The Lego Movie is a 3D computer animated film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. While the film features a few live-action scenes, it is primarily an animated film. Based on the line of Lego toys, the story revolves around an ordinary Lego named Emmet, who out of sheer luck finds the piece of resistance and turns out to be the ‘special ’. He and the master builders band together to stop Lord Business from gluing everything in his vision of perfection. In the film everyone in the Lego world lives by instructions, from the moment their day starts till the end.The film poses a good question of identity, of who we are without the ‘instructions’ of society .This is not just a great children's movie, but it borrows many philosophical concepts …show more content…
So when he meets and gets rescued by Wyldstyle and she tells him that he’s “the most important, most talented, most interesting and most extraordinary person in the universe.” He lies and said he is because he wants to be accepted and loved. Throughout the film starts to think that maybe he could potentially be something more than ordinary. He begins to question who he is. Could he be a master builder? Can he help save the day? And then towards the last 20 minutes there is an awakening for Emmet when he flings himself off the edge of the universe only to discover there is a whole other world out there, and that the goings on in his world are merely a creation by the people of the “real world.” Absurdist philosopher Albert Camus talks about the absurdity of existence and realizing the absurdity of the world that you live in. In his philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus, Sisyphus is doomed in hell for an eternity rolling a rock up a hill then rolls it down and has to repeat the process again and again. “The workman of today works every day …show more content…
We live by some sort of instructions as well, some societal norms. We are born, grow up, get some form of education, find an occupation, get married, start a family and eventually retire, settle into old or old age and eventually die. And repeat, this is what would be Das Man. In Martin Heidegger’s work Being and Time introduced the concept of Das Man, which can be translated as ‘the they’ or ‘the one’. Das Man is “the way of being human that is the norm of society.” Heidegger saw that while we live out the norms of society, he realized that we are able to find authenticity and understand the mystery of ‘being.’ Da Sein is ‘being’, Heidegger used this to describe the state where we are not acting out societal norms, instead we make authentic choices. We become the builders of our own life. Just like the Master builders who make independent choices about what they build. We become authentic when we make our own choices. For Emmet when he finally made his own choice, without the instructions, ‘prophecy’ and what was expected of him he was finally living in his authentic
Lego’s are very fun to play with, they bring out your imaginative side. The Lego is very creative for your creative personality too! These toys had an interesting history about them and you know much of it now. The word Lego means what it is for, it means (I assemble, or I put together!). I hope you found this as interesting as much as I did.
In the long trek of life, people are constantly chided to follow their hearts, and to be themselves, and to let our individuality run free. As Georg Simmel once said,“The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.” He is utterly correct. Every person, every mind and every heart, has their own way of doing things. We have associated individuality with singularit...
Heidegger’s idea of how we have to realize ourselves, by saying that we are in a state of falleness and that during this we are the slaves to the one or human drama. Heidegger explains that we are included in this creature and for that we are categorized. This leads us to being constricted to Daesin and this will not lead us to reach our full potential as beings. We are part of this public creature and we are categorized for being as such.
“I still collect toys.Toys are a reflection of society. They are the tools that society uses to teach and enculturate children into the adult world. Toys are not innocent.” (Burden). When you think of toys you probably think about dolls or Hot Wheels. What you probably don’t know is the toys can vary into anything. Toys are usually used to entertain yourself, but what if they represent more than just that. It can be a famous cite, make you question society, or just make you think about how we’re treating each other. Anything can be a toy. You just have to be creative to make it more than a toy. Chris Burden, an amazing artist, famously known for creating artwork that reflect on society, in most of his work he used toys to help him. Burden is famously known for two pieces of artwork, Shoot and Urban
Poverty can be a choice or a last resort for many across the globe. The Glass Castle a memoir written by Jeannette Walls, portrays how her family rejected civilization and embraced poverty. I felt Rex Wall’s notion of “sink or swim” (Page 66) portrays the failure and success of having a family. The situation in the Wall’s hopes manifested itself as a Glass Castle, a mysterious glass house the family would hope to build and live in. In order for the family’s dream to succeed, they would have to face many demons on the way. Throughout the book, I protested against some of the choices that were made, but I soon came to an understanding that some people will not change the way they live. I kept on thinking there always a possibility that there is always a cure to a problem, but sometimes there is too little time or understanding on both sides. A common theme that kept on going
Most people can remember playing with Legos at some point in their lives. From 1958-2013, 650 billion Lego bricks were manufactured and sold in 130 countries, making Legos one of the most popular childhood toys. In more recent years, with digital technology on the rise, Lego’s have a become popular subject in video games and movies. The Lego Movie was the first movie centered around Legos to use a fully CGI animation style. While The Lego Movie may at first appear to be an average children's movie, it's storyline goes much deeper than that most movies marketed primarily to families, allowing it to quickly become one of the most sold movies of 2014. Through the use of creative cinematography which helps reinforce the storyline, as well as an ingenious adaptation of an Orwellian society, based upon capitalist values and extreme conformity, The Lego Movie pushes a pro-libertarian, anti-capitalist message, hidden behind the innocent facade of children’s movie.
“More” is a touching, thought-provoking claymation film, directed by Mark Osborne, following the rise of a struggling inventor living in a colorless, monotonous society and working in a factory assembly line, building the same product day in and day out. In a short 6 minutes, the film explores the meaning of true happiness and questions the worth of success as a result of fame and wealth. Mark Osborne’s film proves that achieving innovation and success come at a high personal cost, and one must be willing to make sacrifices in order to catalyze positive change in a community. The films begins with colorful images of children playing on a merry-go-round, which represent memories of the protagonist's lively youth, contrasting the bleak reality
My sixteen week class in English 111. I was really nervous about this class. Because English has never been my strong point. This class has hard, but fun all at the same time. I learn a lot from this class. Meanwhile,the first day of class you handed a paper with a question on it. “The first thing I want to say to you who are students is that you must not think of being here to receive an education; instead, you will do much better to think of being here to claim one.” Even though putting my all in what I have learned, claiming my education with hard work because using the skills of the meal plan, as we write to different audiences and learning to be a Critically thinker as I start becoming a critically-Literate Citizenship.
In his work, Who is Man, Abraham J. Heschel embarks on a philosophical and theological inquiry into the nature and role of man. Through analysis of the meaning of being human, Heschel determines eight essential traits of man. Heschel believes that the eight qualities of preciousness, uniqueness, nonfinality, process and events, solitude and solidarity, reciprocity, and sanctity constitute the image of man that defines a human being. Yet Heschel’s eight qualities do not reflect the essential human quality of the realization of mortality. The modes of uniqueness and opportunity, with the additional singular human quality of the realization of mortality, are the most constitutive of human life as uniqueness reflects the fundamental nature of humanity,
The LEGO Group organization is famous due to its flagship product – colourful plastic bricks that can be interlocked to form a variety of figures, and then disconnected again. These binding bricks originated in a wooden form when the company was first established in Billund, Denmark by Kirk Kristiansen in 1932 (The LEGO Group, 2012), and today’s well known plastic version was introduced in 1958 (Rosenberg). The company’s head office is located in Billund to this day, and The LEGO Group remains privately owned by Kristiansen’s family (The LEGO Group, 2012). They currently sell toys and teaching materials in over 130 countries worldwide.
The Lego Movie. Dir. Chris Miller, Phil Lord. Warner Bros, 2014, film. Orwell, George. 1984. Ed. Erich Fromm. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
In the end, what Halberstam is doing in her essay “Animating Revolt and Revolting Animation”, is providing a new way of thinking. Not just about the animated films she discusses, but also about humanity as a whole. Films such as Toy Story, Over the Hedge, and even Finding Nemo are used to represent a new utopia for children where they can escape the troubles of reality that are created by those that they are surrounded with. And other films such as March of the Penguins , that are used to rework humanity. Altogether,
I spent the afternoon revisiting the movie Stepmom starring Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts. When the movie first was released, it was Christmas 1998. I was the stepmother to 2 stepdaughters and one stepson. In addition, I had added to our brood by becoming a biological mom to a daughter (3 years) and a baby boy (4 months). I had the crazy notion that maybe this would be a perfect movie for me to see with my two stepdaughters, Danielle and Nicole over the Christmas break from school. Both resisted, and I recall that I never did see the movie in the theaters. I ended up renting it and watching it alone on VHS several months later.
Everything is awesome, everything is cool when you’re a part of a team; everything is awesome, when you’re living in a dream. The lyrics from the theme song in The Lego Movie (McKay, Lord and Miller) captures what it is like to be in a bubble, doing life in our comfort zone. I will examine the correlation between the movie and Plato’s cave allegory by describing the allegory, giving an explanation of the movie and finally making connections between the movie and the cave allegory.
Ever since I was little I remember playing games where I would fight the bad guy and win the girl in the end. This never seem to affect me or make me wonder what small effect it had on my thought process. In games such as Zelda, call of duty, assassin creed, gears of war, Mario, and even halo you play as a white heterosexual male. The idea of playing this way never seemed to phase me as a young child. As I grew up and became more aware of the difference of people and the need for other as well as myself a need to be able to connect and find one 's self in different place such as games, movies, and TV shows. I became aware of the one sided views that video games seem to have. Then I realized that it was seen as acceptable to only have the one sided displayed due to the lack of speaking out on the need for change.