Columbia Pictures via Everett Collection
The Lego Movie is the latest in a string of successes for Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
In addition to their recent nostalgia-heavy animated adventure, the
writing and directing duo have such credits under their belts as Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street. Soon Lord and Miller will be adding the highly anticipated upcoming sequel 22 Jump Street
to their resumes as well. With so many consecutive box office triumphs,
it’s got us wondering if this writing and directing team have the magic
touch.
Okay, maybe they don’t have a Harry Potter-type magic
touch so much as a perfectly tuned sense of humor and penache for
filmmaking. Lord and Miller have taken four different ideas that are
quite strange and could have gone horribly wrong in someone else’s hands
— we're including their little seen but incredibly hilarious early
2000s cartoon Clone High — and created totally unique and hilarious properties. Could you imagine the 21 Jump Street reboot if it had tried to stay true to the original '80s TV series? It would have flopped as badly as the Footloose remake.
What makes their films so special is that Lord and Miller
have perfected the self-referential, tongue-in-cheek humor; they can
turn even the silliest idea into comedy gold. The reason their humor
works so well is that it can appeal to everyone. Even though Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs and The Lego Movie are animated films aimed at younger demographics, they can be enjoyed by anyone. Even 21 Jump Street seems to play to a wide range of age groups who have different types of humor — and we have high expectations for the sequel.
Given what we’ve seen so far from Lord and Miller, we’re
wondering what they’ll tackle next. Whatever it is, no matter how weird
or silly the premise, we’re sure it’ll be a hilarious hit.
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