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<\/a><\/p>\nDirector:\u00a0 <\/strong>Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Bricksburg is ruled over by Lord Business, the evil CEO of the Octan Corporation, who controls the populace in a benevolent dictatorship.\u00a0 People are kept under rule by being fed a steady diet of mindless commercial pop music and brain dead TV shows like Where Are My Pants?\u00a0 <\/em>The townsfolk of Bricksburg are presumably kept in a state of perpetual serfdom too as the poor minifigs have to pay up to $40 for a coffee.<\/p>\n Emmett is completely oblivious and happy with his bland and unimportant life when one fateful day he unintentionally discovers the Piece of the Resistance and is anointed as The Special, a chose one who can deliver freedom and liberty to the citizens of his town.<\/p>\n Emmett enters into a clandestine liberation army that includes the wise all-knowing Vitruvius (voiced by Morgan Freeman, naturally), the spunky and vivacious Wyldstyle, Batman, one of those old Spacemen Lego guys from the Eighties and a half cat, half unicorn creature named Unikitty.\u00a0 Together they fight the evil forces of Lord Business and attempt to thwart his plan to permanently encase Bricksburg in a state of order where no imagination or creativity is allowed (using a tube of superglue).<\/p>\n By all rights, The Lego Movie<\/em>, a film about the popular plastic toys from Denmark, should fall somewhere between Battleship<\/em> and G.I Joe<\/em> in terms of quality.\u00a0 After all, the concept is to make a 90 minute commercial pitched at selling more toys.\u00a0 Right?<\/p>\n Wrong.\u00a0 The Lego Movie<\/em> turns out to be an improbably decent animated comedy.\u00a0 It has a great voice acting cast, is funny throughout and most unexpectedly, it is a surprisingly sharp tongued satire that is not afraid of lampooning consumerism and even the Lego company itself.\u00a0 When you look at how many licensed product ranges The Lego Group releases each year (Batman, Superman, Spider-man, The Lone Ranger, The Simpsons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars etc.)<\/em>, the organization’s approach to order and segmentation seems pretty consistent with Lord Business himself.\u00a0 The resistant movement lead by Emmett on the other hand, seems to embody the spirit of The Lego Group from the Eighties.\u00a0 The one that made the What It Is Is Beautiful<\/em> advert and embraces creativity.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Writers:\u00a0 <\/strong>Dan and Kevin Hageman
\n<\/em>Cast:\u00a0 <\/strong>Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Alison Brie
\n<\/em><\/p>\nM<\/span>eet Emmett Brickowski.\u00a0 Emmett is your average, blue collar minifig who lives in the Lego town of Bricksburg.<\/p>\n