History Fridge / TheLegoMovie

* Upon release, one of the major criticisms about the film was how much it used photorealistic animation for the Lego world, as opposed to the more traditional StopMotionAnimation of Brick Films, with a few calling it "lazy" or "cheap". But think about how the film's being told: [[spoiler: it's one massive story played out in young Finn's head.]] By having the film in photorealistic animation and yet ''also'' adhering to the rules of StopMotion, the film itself becomes an [[spoiler: existential allegory for imaginative Lego playtime.]] And when it finally ''does'' employ StopMotion [[spoiler: in the real world scenes, it becomes significantly more symbolic of how much harder it is for Lego toys to move in our universe. Unikitty mentioning how her world has "no bedtimes, no babysitters, no bushy mustaches, and no negativity of any kind"? That's Finn reciting everything in life he hates and uses Cloud Cuckoo Land made up of the blocks his father assigned to him as his one moment of playtime where he isn't angry, yet still keeps his anger in! Emmet reciting all the steps he takes to start the day? That's Finn commenting on how he thinks a grown-up starts his day!]].

* Once we learn that Cloud Cuckoo Land is the only part of the Legoverse [[spoiler:built with Finn's ''own'' Lego bricks,]] Uni-Kitty's long list of things the Land lacks acquire a lot of subtext, and Uni-Kitty's anger management issues become a lot darker, [[spoiler: since they probably indicate Finn has the same problem.]]

* Upon release, one of the major criticisms about the film was how much it used photorealistic animation for the Lego world, as opposed to the more traditional StopMotionAnimation of Brick Films, with a few calling it "lazy" or "cheap". But think about how the film's being told: [[spoiler: it's one massive story played out in young Finn's head.]] By having the film in photorealistic animation and yet ''also'' adhering to the rules of StopMotion, the film itself becomes an [[spoiler: existential allegory for imaginative Lego playtime.]] And when it finally ''does'' employ StopMotion [[spoiler: in the real world scenes, it becomes significantly more symbolic of how much harder it is for Lego toys to move in our universe]].

* If you pay attention to the song, "Evertything is Awesome" is crammed full of subliminal messaging from Lord Business. Not only does it keep everyone complacent, but the line "Everything is better when we stick together" seems to be a way to say that [[spoiler: ''literally'' sticking everyone together with the kragle is a better way to live.]] Likewise, the line about everyone being "the same" promotes the sheep-like mentality that keeps things in order.

** In short: Lord Business is BoringButPractical, Master Builders are CoolButInefficient[=/=]AwesomeYetImpractical, [[spoiler: and Emmet is AwesomeYetPractical]]

* Vitruvius and Cloudcuckooland seem like pretty high-brow references [[spoiler:for a 8-year-old's playtime.]] But then in the credits song, among other things TheLonelyIsland lists as "awesome" is "a book of Greek antiquities." [[spoiler:So that's how Finn knows those names!]]

* Vitruvius and Cloudcuckooland seem like pretty high-brow references [[spoiler:for a 8-year-old's playtime.]] But then in the credits song, among other things TheLonelyIsland lists as "awesome" are "a book of Greek antiquities." [[spoiler:So that's how Finn knows those names!]]

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* Perhaps unintentional but one of the tv spots uses "That's Not My Name" by The Ting Tings [[spoiler: Wyldstyle is not her real name.]]

* Considering that [[spoiler: the entire film is one big AllegoryAdventure, the fact that Good/Bad Cop's face got erased with nail polish means that Finn must have willingly done it himself. And considering that Lego toys are alive now....looks like we have another [[ToyStory Sid Phillips]] on hand]].

* Upon release, one of the major criticisms about the film was how much it used photorealistic animation for the Lego world, as opposed to the more traditional StopMotionAnimation of Brick Films, with a few calling it "lazy" or "cheap". But think about how the film's being told: [[spoiler: it's one massive story played out in young Finn's head.]] By having the film in photorealistic animation and yet ''also'' adhering to the rules of StopMotion, the film itself becomes an [[spoiler: existential allegory for imaginative Lego playtime. And when the film finally ''does'' employ StopMotion in the real world scenes, it becomes significantly more pertinent how much harder it is for Lego toys to move in our world]].

* Upon release, one of the major criticisms about the film was how much it used photorealistic animation for the Lego world, as opposed to the more traditional StopMotionAnimation of BrickFilms, with a few calling it "lazy" or "cheap". But think about how the film's being told: [[spoiler: it's one massive story played out in young Finn's head.]] By having the film in photorealistic animation and yet ''also'' adhering to the rules of StopMotion, the film itself becomes an [[spoiler: existential allegory for imaginative Lego playtime. And when the film finally ''does'' employ StopMotion in the real world scenes, it becomes significantly more pertinent how much harder it is for Lego toys to move in our world]].

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* Upon release, one of the major criticisms about the film was how much it used photorealistic animation for the Lego world, as opposed to the more traditional StopMotionAnimation of BrickFilms, with a few calling it "lazy" or "cheap". But think about how the film's being told: [[spoiler: it's one massive story played out in young Finn's head.]] By having the film in photorealistic animation and yet ''also'' adhering to the rules of StopMotion, the film itself becomes an [[spoiler: existential allegory for imaginative Lego playtime. So when the film finally ''does'' employ StopMotion in the real world scenes, it becomes significantly more pertinent how much harder it is for Lego toys to move in our world]].