Clutch Powers is a cinematic masterpiece. You cannot call yourself a fan of film if you don’t believe that this is the best movie of all time. You clearly don’t understand the clever nuances that are littered throughout this film. The true mastery at work can be extrapolated even through simple quips and dialogue.
Just as an example let’s analyse a line uttered by the brilliantly written character Brick. The line in question, (spoilers) “Le’ go,” (short for ‘let go’) is packed full of subtext and dramatic irony which not only gives us a greater understanding of the character and the world in which he lives but also propels the story forwards and gives insight into Yvonne Strahovski’s character, Peg. For starters, attentive viewers may notice that the phrase “Le’ go” sounds eerily similar to “lego” a fictional corporation within the Clutch Powers universe that has branding plastered over much of Lego city and is referenced multiple times in the film. With this knowledge in mind, new meaning can be gleaned from the phrase “let go” as it shows Peg’s unwillingness to ‘let go’ of the capitalist ideology that has enveloped the world of The Lego Adventures of Clutch Powers and has it tightly in its iron grip. Conversely it also shows Brick’s own struggle, as he tries to ‘let go’ of the guilt that plagues his being, over the death toll incurred by his recklessness which had lead to the destruction of a city block, a fact that had been referenced earlier in the film. Through these two warring perspectives, the film makes references to the duality present in ‘letting go’, and compares how unwillingness to do so can be manipulated by those in power, to maintain control, or cause pain and suffering. The film thus indicated to viewers that in life, letting go is important, or else you will be fated to the internal struggle that threatens to tear both Brick and Peg apart, not only from eachother but also within themselves.
All this from a single line of dialogue, and I haven’t even gotten into the allegory for life and death that is the Peg’s hair, nor how the titular characters Skelly and Bones inspired Sans and Papyrus from Undertale. Clearly if you think of this film as less than a masterpiece you are admitting to not understanding the basic principles that make a movie great.