Lego Movie As An Apocalyptic Narrative

The Lego Movie as an Apocalyptic Narrative The Lego Movie is an adventurous animated film that follows the protagonist, Emmet Brickowski. Emmett is a completely ordinary LEGO mini-figure who always follows the rules. He then becomes mistakenly identified as the Special – an extraordinary being and the key to saving world. He finds himself being drafted into a fellowship of strangers who are on a mission to stop an evil tyrant’s, Lord Business, plans to conquer the world using his super weapon, “Kragle”. The only thing capable of stopping the “Kragle” is the Piece of Resistance. Emmet comes across the Piece of Resistance when he investigates a woman at his construction site after hours. He is immediately captured by Lord Business’ lieutenant,
So they tend to jump to narrative comparisons such as The Walking Dead or The Road. There is more to Revelation than mass destruction and solitude. John writes to the seven churches in Asia Minor in order to reveal their situation. He addresses each church individually based on their circumstances. There are two churches in particular that are being subject to persecution: Smyrna and Philadelphia. These two churches face similar situations to Emmet, Wyldstyle and the fellowship of friends. Smyrna and Philadelphia are both being punished for what they believe in, yet they are both remaining loyal to the word of God. John writes to them, “I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name… Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth” (3:8-10). In The Lego Movie, Emmet and Wyldstyle have to stay loyal to each other even when Emmet cannot tap into his creative side. They also have to trust each other as they are being tested against evil. When Vitruvius’ ghost tells Emmet that even though the prophecy isn’t real, he can still save the world. The true friendship is shown when Emmet ties himself to the self-destruct mechanism’s battery and sacrifices himself by throwing himself over the edge of the universe in
There are a lot of monsters portrayed that are destructive to the seven churches and the citizens of Asia Minor. In Chapter 13 verses 1 and 2, the First Beast is described as, “… having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority” which represents Rome and the Roman power. Rome is influenced under Satan which makes the beast evil in the eyes of society. The second beast that rose out of the earth was similar to the first beast as it “exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast” (13:12). These figments of evil are beasts that wreak havoc on the world just like in The Lego Movie when Lord Business creates flying ships with Micro-Managers on board to track down and capture all of the Master Builders. The fact that the whole movie is about LEGOs and their journey to save the universe is absurd all on its own but the addition of these unrealistic characters adds to the