YOU ARE HERE: LAT HomeCollectionsWill Ferrell If you’ve resisted “The Lego Movie” for any reason, reconsider before it leaves the big screen.The little plastic blocks that have captivated kids and bedeviled vacuum cleaners and bare feet for generations absolutely fit their larger-than-life treatment. A script as smart as the animation helps. Together they create a massive collision of subversive humor, hyperkinetic energy, mind-jangling design and spinning colors with about 15 million Legos, no exaggeration.It is very tempting to use the movie's pounding pop anthem — "Everything Is Awesome" — to put this insane sensory experience into sound-bite perspective.PHOTOS: Images from 'The Lego Movie'Having a cast that knows precisely how to play with a good line certainly works to its favor. Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman and others bring the inherently inert plastic pieces to vibrant life.And like the blocks, one wry idea after another snaps together.
Before you know it, you are looking at a towering world of fun.ALSO:Review: 'The Lego Movie''Lego Movie' is a colorful adventure, reviews sayMany moving parts snapped into place for 'Lego Movie' directors PHOTOS AND MORE PHOTOS: Faces to watch 2014 | Movies ENVELOPE: The latest awards buzz DOCUMENTARIES: 10 best of 2013, and a new crop in 2014 Seizure Led to FloJo's DeathHis 104 scores make his caseRestaurant review: South Beverly GrillBrutal Murder by Teen-Age Girls Adds to Britons' ShockComaneci Confirms Suicide Attempt, Magazine SaysTVWatch star-studded cast fight to save the world in THREE trailers for The Lego MovieWill Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson and Chris Pratt join together as the tiny figurines try to fight off an evil force with hilarious results As the release of the much-anticipated film The Lego Movie fast approaches, three TV Spots have been released to show JUST how funny it's going to be. Chris Pine is the voice of lead character Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following figurine who is mistakenly identified as the only key to saving the Lego world.
He joins a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, with a LOT of comical spins along the way. The all-star cast includes Anchorman's Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie. As the city blows up behind him, Emmet is thrown down a hole, flies a jet and generally acts like a superhero. When he spots Batman in a plane nearby, he asks for his own in orange, and Batman responds: "I only work in black, and sometimes very very dark grey." Starting with the line "I'm Emmet, and I have no idea what's going on", it is clear where the film is heading from this clip. The miniature figure is again thrown into explosions and situations beyond his control but manages to keep his good humour throughout. The Lego Movie airs in cinemas on February 14.Like us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterCelebs NewsletterFollow @MirrorTVSubscribe to our Celebs newsletterEnter emailIn Episode 28 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Dave Trumbore of Collider talk about one of their favorite movies, !
However, with Time Warner's 300: Rise of An Empire launching this Friday, Non-Stop needs to maintain its momentum for Comcast to recoup its $50 million budget. Son of God will pay dividends for News CorpOn the other hand, News Corp's "story of Jesus" film came in lighter than I surmised, though I had no delusions it would stand up to the record-setting run achieved by 2004's The Passion of the Christ. But despite debuting at a distant second place, Son of God is still an undeniable winner given News Corp's modest $22 million production budget -- a byproduct of the fact it was created by stitching together relevant scenes and extra footage from the producers' epic miniseries The Bible. And remember, The Bible promptly sold 525,000 DVD, Digital HD, and Blu-ray units in its first seven days on shelves last April, good to make it the highest selling miniseries of all time and the fastest moving launch of TV on DVD over previous five years. It seems reasonable then to assume Son of God will drive similarly massive physical and digital media sales for News Corp a few months from now.
But for all the early success of this weekend's top three, The Walt Disney Company's (NYSE:DIS) Frozen served up yet another reminder of just how big it really is. If it wasn't enough knowing Disney's animated blockbuster just won two academy awards -- one for "Best Animated Feature Film" and one for "Best Original Song" -- it also gathered another $3.6 million for eighth place in its 15th weekend. But that still doesn't sound like much, even if we put aside the fact Frozen entered theaters nearly two months before any other film in this weekend's top 10 (Ride Along just placed tenth in its seventh weekend). However, it was enough to propel Frozen's global box office total over $1 billion yesterday, making it the first Walt Disney Animation Studios effort to do so. Frozen's worldwide gross is also currently the second highest among all animated films -- unadjusted for inflation, that is -- trailing only the $1.063 billion achieved by Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3. But Toy Story 3 finally exited theaters after a full 24 weeks, which gives Frozen another two months to continue running up the score.