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The Lego Movie
Nov. 23rd, 2014 10:06 amI finally watched The Lego Movie. I...don't think I liked it.
First, this is not a movie that translates well to the small screen. Most of the shots are long shots, and there is so much detail in every inch of them, always interesting things going on in the background, and on my medium sized TV, a lot of that I just couldn't see.
But my real problem with it is that it was sexist. Sexist in the way that all Hollywood is, sexist in the way that the air we breath in media is, but as this is a film for kids, and as LEGO has had a history of real problems with sexism in its marketing, it bothered the shit out of me.
( More on my issues with this film )
Like I said, none of this sexism is in any way unique to this film, but because of the way that LEGOs has been trying to make itself more inclusive to both genders, and because of the criticism it has already come under, the fact that the movie was so stuck in retrograde attitudes about women bothered me to the point that the rest of the film didn't make up for it. So I guess I'm that 4% on Rotten Tomatoes that didn't like this movie.
First, this is not a movie that translates well to the small screen. Most of the shots are long shots, and there is so much detail in every inch of them, always interesting things going on in the background, and on my medium sized TV, a lot of that I just couldn't see.
But my real problem with it is that it was sexist. Sexist in the way that all Hollywood is, sexist in the way that the air we breath in media is, but as this is a film for kids, and as LEGO has had a history of real problems with sexism in its marketing, it bothered the shit out of me.
( More on my issues with this film )
Like I said, none of this sexism is in any way unique to this film, but because of the way that LEGOs has been trying to make itself more inclusive to both genders, and because of the criticism it has already come under, the fact that the movie was so stuck in retrograde attitudes about women bothered me to the point that the rest of the film didn't make up for it. So I guess I'm that 4% on Rotten Tomatoes that didn't like this movie.