MOVIES
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Thursday, May 27, 2021 • ThE BuLLETIN
Movies build up the drama, comedy
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A scene from “The LEGO Movie” (2014).
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ilms work based on how they can build up the drama or comedy in a
situation — that’s what makes them interesting. For some, the tension
built coincides with actual construction. These movies take their
construction-based plot lines and craft entire stories around them making them
inspiring, hilarious or cautionary tales.
”The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957)
— The sweeping war epic directed by the
equally impressive Sir David Lean is full of
nuance not seen in many war films from
that era. Starring Sir Alec Guinness as a
British prisoner of war during World War
II who is forced, along with other POWs,
by his Japanese captors to build a rail bridge
over the River Kwai. Guinness and co-stars
William Holden and Sessue Hayakawa de-
liver stunning, career topping performances.
The film, obviously takes many liberties
with the truth of Allied POW camps and
their treatment as well as how it portrays the
Japanese soldiers in it for the sake of drama
and 1950s audiences. Rent it on Amazon
Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu or
YouTube.
”The LEGO Movie” (2014) — Everything
is awesome in the surprisingly clever and
fun animated film centered around an ordi-
nary LEGO figure who, like all other ordi-
nary figures in the world made from brick-
like toys, goes about his days in a routine
schedule of events. When he encounters a
mysterious woman at his construction site,
he becomes fused with a mythic LEGO
piece that is the key to defeating the villain-
ous Lord Business. Featuring the vocal tal-
ents of Christ Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Mor-
gan Freeman, Will Ferrell and Will Arnett
who would go on to give one of the best Bat-
man performances ever (I said what I said)
in the spin-off film “The LEGO Batman
Movie.” The movie is, like the toys it’s based
on, delightful for all ages. Rent it on Ama-
zon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu or
YouTube.
”The Money Pit” (1986) — Sometimes a
good deal really is too good to be true. For
Walter and Anna (Tom Hanks and Shelley
Long), they find out very quickly that the
home they’ve purchased together which
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