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The Lego movie, and moved to a new town (to Leilani)
11 years ago
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I had the great fortune to see the movie, for free, by a somewhat great turn of events.
As you know from our chats in FM, me and family were homeless and living in motels and shelters as we waited for our housing voucher to come thru... (more about that in my journal... )
We finally found a great place in the small town of Oxford, Pa. (*see note below ) and as we got moved in, we had to get our 9 year old daughter signed for school next year. The school office staff including the principle were nothing but extremely kind and welcoming to us as we signed the paperwork. When we explained how we had gotten to Oxford, they didn't judge us or pity us, but were happy we chose their town. And the principal offered us 3 tickets to that evening's movie night at the high school auditorium to see the Lego movie free of charge.
Naturally we went, and during the hellos to the audience, the principle told everyone there that he had the pleasure welcoming a new family to town earlier that morning with tickets and everyone politely applauded. We never had the town welcome us like that before.
The movie was incredible... we all loved it.
I immediately loved Morgan Freeman as the prophet with a lollipop stick as a staff, and Liam Niesom as the cop... who had me laughing out loud at the interrogation... "You know... I've watched a lot of Cop's episodes..." as Liam was tearing apart the room in anger.
A lot of hilarious scenes in that movie, from the copier machine mooning to Batman's continuous grumblings and almost monotoned voice like in the Dark Knight.
And yes the plotline was done millions of times before, however the scenes with Will Farrell were simply amazing and thoughtfully well done. I wasn't such a fan of Will's as I thought he tried to be, too 'over the top' like in "Elf" which I 'hated'. BUT... this movie changed my impression of Will... and I might even try to look up his 'Pineapple Express' film next.
And about the underlying things about being the 'Special snowflake' that Mora-chan had noted, I had also noticed, but I liked your reply that we all need to follow and co-operate in things as well...
We are all builders in life... we meet friends along the way, and as we all interact, we begin building relationships with each other that are special, like me and my family, or our friendships in FA or in Furrymuck. Without those interactions... life would be nothing...
I'm gonna buy the blu-ray when I can get a player, and watch it a lot more, to catch the things I missed. And look up the Lego Blooper Reel in Youtube... that was funny as hell...
*(Note: I read in City-data that Oxford, Pa. was drug addled, filled with crime, and with gangs running about, much like Phoenixville where I was renting last, but thankfully those fears were dispelled after being welcomed like we were.)
Hugs to you Lei-sama...
Kimonoskunk
As you know from our chats in FM, me and family were homeless and living in motels and shelters as we waited for our housing voucher to come thru... (more about that in my journal... )
We finally found a great place in the small town of Oxford, Pa. (*see note below ) and as we got moved in, we had to get our 9 year old daughter signed for school next year. The school office staff including the principle were nothing but extremely kind and welcoming to us as we signed the paperwork. When we explained how we had gotten to Oxford, they didn't judge us or pity us, but were happy we chose their town. And the principal offered us 3 tickets to that evening's movie night at the high school auditorium to see the Lego movie free of charge.
Naturally we went, and during the hellos to the audience, the principle told everyone there that he had the pleasure welcoming a new family to town earlier that morning with tickets and everyone politely applauded. We never had the town welcome us like that before.
The movie was incredible... we all loved it.
I immediately loved Morgan Freeman as the prophet with a lollipop stick as a staff, and Liam Niesom as the cop... who had me laughing out loud at the interrogation... "You know... I've watched a lot of Cop's episodes..." as Liam was tearing apart the room in anger.
A lot of hilarious scenes in that movie, from the copier machine mooning to Batman's continuous grumblings and almost monotoned voice like in the Dark Knight.
And yes the plotline was done millions of times before, however the scenes with Will Farrell were simply amazing and thoughtfully well done. I wasn't such a fan of Will's as I thought he tried to be, too 'over the top' like in "Elf" which I 'hated'. BUT... this movie changed my impression of Will... and I might even try to look up his 'Pineapple Express' film next.
And about the underlying things about being the 'Special snowflake' that Mora-chan had noted, I had also noticed, but I liked your reply that we all need to follow and co-operate in things as well...
We are all builders in life... we meet friends along the way, and as we all interact, we begin building relationships with each other that are special, like me and my family, or our friendships in FA or in Furrymuck. Without those interactions... life would be nothing...
I'm gonna buy the blu-ray when I can get a player, and watch it a lot more, to catch the things I missed. And look up the Lego Blooper Reel in Youtube... that was funny as hell...
*(Note: I read in City-data that Oxford, Pa. was drug addled, filled with crime, and with gangs running about, much like Phoenixville where I was renting last, but thankfully those fears were dispelled after being welcomed like we were.)
Hugs to you Lei-sama...
Kimonoskunk
Lego Movie was fun -- and, to be honest, I'm glad it both has touched so much on both uniqueness and personal experience on one side and the need for cooperation and teamwork. It's something that we need to discuss more in our culture.