PushOverProductions wrote:EDIT: Also, to avoid getting this post remove for being "Silly" I would like to mention what flyingminifig said. Yes, movies are fake, but they are also used to deliver a message to the viewer. Some movies tell you to never give up, some tell you to do something with you life because you are only here for a short time, and some movies give you political opinions.
I was just pointing out that it seemed rather superfluous to tell everyone that movies are fake, on a forum dedicated to film-making.
Anyway it seems to me that people are seeing ghosts where there are none. I get what you're saying PushOver, but I think the fact that Emmet is a construction worker has more to do with the fact that LEGO is all about construction (har har har) than anything about "ordinary everyman blue-collar worker fighting against big nasty evil profiteering corporation". Also, I would say that, if anything, the message is about individualism rather than socialism--it's all about throwing away the instructions and creating your own world, or at least that's the feeling I've gotten from the trailers. As Jstudios said, this movie is meant to be fun for kids, not have some deep underlying meaning.
Also, for every stereotype there is often a stereotype that is the opposite, e.g. "military soldiers are trigger-happy"/"military soldiers are heroes who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for their country". And every stereotype must have some sort of kernel of truth to it, otherwise how would it become a stereotype in the first place? Not only that, but certain stereotypes can be extremely funny if used correctly precisely because they're so over-the-top. A large percentage of comedy works by using stereotypes.
The fact of the matter is that humanity is far too vast and complex to be boiled down to a few simple cookie-cutter stereotypes; humanity cannot simply be pigeon-holed into an "all ____ are ____" system, and anyone who believes otherwise is either gullible/deluded/an idiot. Point being that even with fundamentally different beliefs it is still possible to agree on potentially touchy subjects by sharing each other's perspective. The bottom line is that talking down to people, acting like you know it all, and forcing your opinions on others is the #1 way to create conflict.
So please, can we please just express our opinions nicely without getting all preachy, and start discussing film-making?
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