Thanks to years of seeing DIY stop-motion[单格拍制] shorts made from Legos all over the Internet， it’s been hard for me to imagine Legos being the center of a big Hollywood film. But Warner Bros. has won me over with their latest trailer[预告片] for The Lego Movie. Not only does the trailer show a lot of imagination， it’s also got a pretty on point sense of humor.
　　Directed by Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs helmers[电影导演] Phil Lord and Chris Miller， The Lego Movie centers on an ordinary everyman minifigure[迷你人型公仔] named Emmet. As you can see from the trailer， Emmet is a simple guy who takes pleasure in the way everything in his life—from overpriced coffee to the daily traffic—just works out perfectly. But when a work place accident thrusts[强行推进] him into a dark and dangerous part of the city he thought he knew so well， he discovers his destiny[命运] might be that of The Special， a savior MasterBuilder.
　　With help from a wide cast of colorful characters that include a robot-beating Batman， Superman， Wonder Woman， a wise wizard， an angry cop， and a sassy[粗鲁的] badass[（美俚）到坏蛋] called WyldStyle， Emmet will have to stop the evil President Business， who loves tacos[玉米卷] almost as much as being tyrant[暴君].
　　It’s easy to be cynical[愤世嫉俗的] about a movie whose motivation[动机] is to sell toys to children worldwide. But the end game of every Hollywood movie is to make money， right？ Still， as just about every Pixar movie and quite a few DreamWorks adventures have proven， you can make a movie to sell cute monsters or friendly cars to kids and still make the stories entertaining. It looks like that’s a mission that Lord and Miller are taking on. Not only have they created an action-packed animation style that plays on the Lego brand， but they clearly have woven[交织] in the kind of enthusiastic[热情的] energy and goofy[愚笨的] humor that made Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs a hit. Top that off with a voice cast that is not only audibly[可听见地] charming but also likely to appeal to[有吸引力] grown-ups， and you’ve got an animated adventure that could well be worth the price of admission[入场费]…not to mention the inspiration to buy more Lego playsets immediately.
　　由于多年来在网上看过用乐高玩具拍摄的DIY单格动画短片，我实在很难想象以乐高玩具为核心元素拍成的好莱坞大片会是什么样子。不过华纳兄弟公司以《乐高大电影》的最新预告片成功说服了我。这部预告片不仅极富想象力，而且还体现了恰到好处的幽默感。
　　《乐高大电影》由《美食从天降》的两位导演——菲尔·罗德和克里斯·米勒联合执导，影片讲述了名不见经传的乐高小人艾米特的故事。正如你从预告片里看到的，埃米特是一个很简单的人，只要生活中的一切完美运作——从标价过高的咖啡到每天折磨人的交通状况——他就会感到开心。然而，工作场所发生的一次意外把他推到这座他自以为非常熟悉的城市的阴暗角落，他发现自己的宿命也许就是充当那个“特殊之人”——拯救世界的“建筑大师”。
　　在各色人物的帮助下——包括和机器人过招的蝙蝠侠、超人、神奇女侠、一个聪明的巫师、一个脾气暴躁的警察和一个叫“温斯黛”的刁蛮坏蛋，埃米特必须阻止邪恶“企业总裁”的疯狂计划。这位总裁对玉米饼的喜爱与他想当一名邪恶暴君的爱好不相上下。
　　尽管人们很容易对一部以向全世界孩子销售玩具为动机的电影抱以一种嘲讽的态度，但是，所有好莱坞电影的最终目的也不外乎是赚钱嘛，对不对？尽管如此，正如皮克斯的几乎所有电影和梦工厂的不少冒险电影证明的一样，在向孩子们推销可爱的怪物或好玩的赛车玩具而拍摄一部电影之余，你仍然可以使这个故事充满娱乐性。这似乎就是罗德和米勒眼下正在进行的任务。他们不仅为乐高品牌创造了一种充满动作感的动画风格，显然他们也在其中融入了让《美食从天降》大卖的那种热情活力和蠢萌幽默感。再加上一个不仅在听觉上很迷人，而且对大人也可能相当有吸引力的配音阵容，《乐高大电影》便已经是一部值回票价的冒险动画电影了……它还会让你有想买更多乐高玩具套装的冲动，这一点就更不在话下了。