LEGO Movie 2 Is Going Really Obvious With Its Official Title The LEGO Movie 2 has revealed its title, and it’s so delightfully on the nose you’ll instantly fall in love with the franchise all over again. Warner Bros. confirmed that The LEGO Movie 2 will now and forever be known as The LEGO Movie Sequel. You’ll either think that title is a complete stroke of genius or the laziest attempt to devise a moniker in the history of movies. The Hollywood Reporter were the first to unveil the title, and it’s also been revealed that The LEGO Movie Sequel has a new release date too, as it’s been brought forward a week to May 18, 2018. The LEGO Movie Sequel has taken over the spot from Madagascar 4, which was previously in line to hit cinemas on that date, but was pulled because of DreamWorks Animation’s reshuffle. It also comes two weeks after the release of Avengers: Infinity War, which means that viewers should be pining for something else by the time that The LEGO Movie Sequel hits.
If it’s anything like the original, audiences will clamber to reunited with Chris Pratt’s Emmet Brickowski and Elizabeth Banks’ Wyldstyle. Released in February 2014, The Lego Movie was a surprise critical and financial hit for Warner Bros. Not only did its relatively modest $60 million budget return a whopping $468.8 million, but it was also met with a rabid response from critics and audiences alike. The writing and directing team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller instilled a joyful tone to The Lego Movie that simply permeated the entire movie, while it was also featured luscious animation, stellar vocal talent, genuinely hilarious gags, and a heartfelt story. Plus, it had a rollicking soundtrack that was sensationally catchy. Warner Bros. was quick to take advantage of The Lego Movie’s success, and they instantly sent the follow-up into development. While it’s a shame that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (who are arguably the hottest property in movie comedy at the moment) are only returning as producers, Rob Schrab, who replaces the duo in this role, has previously worked wonders in television as a writer on the likes of The Sarah Silverman Program, Community, The Mindy Project, and Parks and Recreation
, and is a shrewd choice. The supreme vocal talent from the original, which was led by Chris Pratt, but also included Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, and Charlie Day, should all return to the fold, while it was previously teased that the follow-up will introduce Emmet’s sister. The Lego Movie Sequel will be preceded by The Lego Batman Movie and Ninjango in February 2017 and September 2017, respectively, as Warner Bros. looks to build another cinematic universe for us all to devour. Blended From Around The WebThe requested URL /showthread.php?t=1131392 was not found on this server.Nothing is more invigorating than getting extremely angry at someone on the internet, which is why we purposely created “Kara Goldberg,” a fake author who dislikes everything you love. Can you feel your blood boiling? We don’t like it either.My name is Kara Goldberg and I hated The Lego Movie. Shockingly, everyone loved it, but it’s a bad movie and people are stupid for liking it.
Point-by-point, I am going to tell you why. Point: It Wanted Me To Like It From that Nyan Cat rip-off character to the quirky Abraham Lincoln references, this movie was DESPERATE for me to like it. It’s sugary, it’s twee, it’s overly-optimistic. And it looooves being that way. “But Kara, why are you being such a grouch about the movie being so nice?” Because I don’t buy it. Warner Brothers didn’t make The Lego Movie to inspire kindness and joy in others. It made The Lego Movie to make money. If you truly believe Warner Brothers cares about anything other than the bottom line, you’re as dumb as this scene. Here’s my impression of the executive who made The Lego Movie:“Hmm… what will make people like this movie? I know, put Batman in it. People think that liking Batman is so special and nerdy. Let’s add cameos by The Green Lantern and other comic book characters so the trolls will give us a good review on SpoiledTomatoes Dot Com!!!!” I mean, just look at the cast: the producers all sat around at a table and thought, “Hm… which celebrities is everyone obsessed with?
You know, the ones everyone is making single-serving Tumblrs of on the internet?” I mean for chrissakes they put Morgan Freeman in it. Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, and Elizabeth Banks, are you kidding me? They are PANDERING TO YOU. If you liked this movie it’s because you were too dumb to see that it’s because Warner Brothers pumped it full of PROCESSED WHITE POP-CULTURE SUGAR and shoved it down your throat. It’s a sheisty, money-hungry move and I saw right through it. Cats + Unicorns + Legos + Batman + Ghosts + Pirates + Astronauts = $$$$$$$!!!! The whole world went crazy for The Lego Movie, and The Lego Movie couldn’t be happier about it. Right now the producers of this film are all jerking themselves off in their jacuzzis, putting on face lotion made from stem cells, and cackling at all of us. The Lego Movie is what happens when you take Toy Story 2 and cut its balls off. Toy Story at least had some darkness and depth to it. Woody has a beautifully developed character with jealousy and control issues.
As opposed to the protagonist in this monstrosity… Emmet is, literally, a dumb piece of brick with no redeeming qualities. Why am I supposed to like him? Please tell me, because as far as I can see, he has done nothing but NOTHING to deserve my support. Oh, people are mean to him, you say? People are mean to everyone. Maybe there’s a REASON everyone in the Lego universe is mean to Emmet, you ever think of that? Why did we just assume that literally everyone else in this world is wrong and Emmet is right? Emmet is bad at his job and a non-contributing member of society. You know what happens when we encounter that person in the real world? Republicans scorn them and call them a freeloader who’s taking advantage of welfare. We like Emmet for the same reasons we like dogs: because they don’t have opinions that might force us to think about anything. Trust me, I would have preferred watching a Dalmatian take a poo. Point: It’s An Ad This movie is a 2-hour-long commercial that they made you PAY to watch.
Congratulations, you fell for it. Point: You Hear The Celebrities, Not the Characters I’m not a martian. I understand that you need celebrities to sell your movie. None of these actors even tried changing their voices even the TINIEST of bits. Every time Emmet spoke I pictured Chris Pratt wearing a baseball cap talking into a microphone in a glass booth. I could feel Elizabeth Banks turning the pages of her script as she read the dialogue. It made the characters completely unbelievable and prevented me from immersing myself in the film. Same deal with the rest of them. They made no effort whatsoever to change their voices, only FURTHER proving my point that the directors of the movie WANTED people to know, so badly, that they had “cool” celebrities in their movie. Point: I Liked The Lego Movie Better When It Was Called The Matrix We’ve seen this story a hundred times. Average white man has an average white life when one day, a woman comes from out of nowhere and tells him he’s special and so he goes off with her to save the world from imminent danger, ultimately finding out that he’s better than everyone at everything even though 24 hours ago he was a total bozo, and then saves the world and gets the girl at the end as his “prize.”