What happens when you give a FilmStruck subscription to an inveterate writer of Shakespearean sonnets?
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Christopher Miller & Phil Lord's THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART (2019)
I guess I have to write a sonnet for
This sequel, too, though you could all refer
To yesterday's. They clearly meant for more
To come at last one's end, and what occurs
Is all there in that final scene. A few
Good jokes, and Maya Rudolph, and a bit
Of traveling in time and that will do,
I guess. I do admire the technique. It
Would be much cooler, though, if they had ta'en
The Harryhausen route, with act'ual blocks
Made into act'ual spaceships, ruined plain
And dance floors, but that would sure run out the clocks,
And, too, the patience of the financiers.
Whatever. S'not the worst we've seen, these years.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Christopher Miller & Phil Lord's THE LEGO MOVIE (2014)
Oh god, please make it stop, that effing song,
So dumb it's smart, or, yeah, so smart it's dumb
I will say this, though, as things moved along
I hated Ferrell less than e'er my numb
And hateful heart could e'er allow. This tale
Of toys and how they're played with and of how
They get commodified and made a rail
Along which thoughts are shoved felt very now
Until the bit when Emmett, hailed as one
Unspecial leader with no talents, well,
It's not so funny, ne'er will be as fun
Since that November when we went to hell
In 2016. Oh well, it was cute
And I'm sure all the sequels are a hoot.
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