22/13
The first Theatrical Lego Movie not produced or released by Warner Bros
Plot
A living journey through the life of Pharrell Williams, told through the lens of LEGO animation.
The opening logos are LEGO bricks
Pictures.
Austin Powers references in Goldmember (2002)
Piece by Piece Featuring Pharrell Williams and Princess Anne High School’s Fabulous Marching Cavaliers.
Rating: 75 Overall a pretty good movie that opens up the possibilities of what kind of stories we can tell through Lego Animation; but it’s basically a biased documentary about Pharrell Williams' life
Direction: Pretty good The direction on a macro level is unique and interesting because they basically had a narrative documentary about Pharrell’s life but told it through Lego and used Lego animation well to help paint the world and show Pharrell’s imagination; the micro-scale direction feels like an interview-style documentary, although Pharrell is given space to work and share his emotions; the storytelling is very similar to other documentaries, although it’s delivered in a very meta, creative style Story: Pretty Good The concept is really interesting as it’s an interview-style documentary about Pharrell’s life, but told through the lens of Lego animation; this film opens up the possibilities of what stories we can tell through Lego Animation; the plot structure follows many interview-style documentaries about the subject’s life, but puts too much weight in the wrong places, seeming to run out of steam towards the end; it is quite unclear what is actually fact and what is made up for the film; The current conflict between Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams causes the film to have a somewhat uncomfortable tension between the two characters; the character writing doesn’t really do a great job of showing Pharrell’s ego because they mention it but kind of gloss over it, but it does a good job of showing him how creative he was; the story is a little biased because it was clear that Pharrell had a big say in what was in this movie and how his side was presented Screenplay: Decent The dialogue is very meta and a little cheesy at times, but other than that it feels like any other documentary; the humor is pretty good, they make a lot of jokes that push the rating line; the symbolism is decent because the movie is a metaphor for how pieces fit together to create larger concepts and aspects of life, why did they choose to make this movie with Lego; they try to have this political message towards the end of the movie, but they run out of time so they just brush it off, so it felt like they just had it for the sake of having it without any nuance; the foreshadowing is fine, but a bit predictable if you know Pharrell’s lifeActor: Pretty Good Pharrell Williams: Pretty Good (He’s just playing himself because it’s more of a documentary than a story, but it definitely shows his personality) The rest of the cast: Pretty Good (Really just interviews from people in Pharrell’s life and people he’s worked with) Score: Good Helped show Pharrell’s personality and incorporated many of his iconic themes and beats Soundtrack: Very Good Basically a Pharrell Williams Greatest Hits album and featured various songs that influenced his childhood.Edit : GoodSound: Good Contains both music and Lego sound effects.
Animation: Great I like the animation because it opens the door to what kind of stories we can tell with LegosPacing The pacing is not the best because it seems to put too much weight on his childhood and beginnings the movie runs out of steam towards the end Climax The climax is not that well performed because the film seems to run out of breath in the last 20 minutes; but there is some closing tone The tone is very documentary in style with a flavor of Lego animation
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