Postmodernism
A film that is abstract and and reminds the audience in a humorous way that the movie is not real.
'Postmodernism questions what is real and what is absolute.' (Palmer 2014)
The Lego Movie The Lego Movie is a Postmodernist movie by:
- The change from fantasy to fantasy (Pirate, Medieval, Cowboy...)
- The movie changes genres (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Superhero, Animated...)
- The characters are not the stereotypical roles (Emmet is a usual builder)
- The movie links with the plot of other movies like The Matrix
Intertextuality
The Lego Movie starts by showing the location that is the city, when it starts, there is seemingly no main character due to all the people being ordinary and doing the same routines. All the builders other than Emmet leave, revealing the main character. Emmet then sees a person with a detector and then a hole arrives and they fall down it. Emmet and Wyldstyle, the second character, teleport to the surface and Emmet has a red thing on his back. Wyldstyle mistakes Emmet for the special. They go around world to save the world because Wyldstyle found out the Emmet is not a master builder and then they saw Vitruvius who makes Emmet into a master builder and then they fight the bad guys.
The main theme of the Lego Movie is that we should treat each other equally and not hate people. It also shows the message of not judging people at surface value. You don't have to be a stereotypical hero to be a hero. Using your imagination.
The Lego Movie had Lego Sets made for it that are in the style of it, these are a great way to make money off of the film. There are links to other superheroes in the D.C. universe like Batman and Superman, also linking to Dumbledore and other characters in different movies.
Propp's Spheres Of Action
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