document_title: Death Note (2017 film)

question_text: who plays the death god in death note on netflix

text: Death Note (2017 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In Seattle, high school student Light Turner encounters a notebook marked "Death Note". He is visited by the death god Ryuk, who tells him that he can cause the death of anyone he wishes by writing their name in the book, as long as he knows their real name and face. Ryuk coaxes Light into testing it out on a bully. The bully is decapitated in a freak accident shortly afterwards. That evening, Light is compelled to write down the name of Antony Skomal, the man who killed his mother in a hit and run. Skomal dies in a similar freak accident at a restaurant as chokes to death. Ryuk explains other rules of the Death Note, including the ability to control the actions of the victim for up to 48 hours after their name is written before they die. Classmate Mia Sutton asks Light about the Death Note, and he demonstrates how it works. She encourages Light to use the Death Note with her to rid the world of criminals, improving the world together. They decide to work together under the guise of a god they call "Kira", using the book's coercion powers to have their victims reveal this name to the world.

text: Kira becomes beloved by the public, as its killings are seen as righteous by the majority of law enforcement, and Light and Mia become lovers. Kira's actions draw the attention of "L", an enigmatic detective who is able to track down Kira's location to Seattle and his source to the city's police database. L and his assistant/father-figure Watari travel to Seattle and meet with James Turner, the chief of police and Light's father, to discuss how they will catch Kira. L gives a televised speech with his face concealed, taunting Kira to kill him, and when this fails to happen, L suspects that Kira must know a person's name and face to kill.

text: L has FBI agents follow Light and other suspects. Mia suggests killing the agents, but Light refuses. The FBI agents thereafter commit mass suicide and Light accuses Ryuk of killing them. James appears on television and vows to apprehend Kira. Mia urges Light to kill him for the greater good, but Light can't bring himself to do it. When James is not killed, L comes to the conclusion that Light must be Kira. L confronts Light, revealing his face to him. Realizing that L is closing in on him, Light uses the Death Note to force Watari to uncover L's real name. As Ryuk explains, Light can burn the page with Watari's name on it within the 48 hours to cancel his impending death; however, this method can only be used to save a victim of the Death Note once. Watari leaves suddenly for the abandoned New York orphanage where he found L years before; L learns Watari has disappeared and orders Light's house to be searched; he finds nothing, as Mia was able to sneak the Death Note out.

text: Knowing that Light is still being followed, Mia helps him to sneak away at the school dance, allowing him to collect the Death Note and contact Watari via phone. Watari finds L's records moments before the 48-hour deadline, but Light finds Watari's page missing. Watari is then shot and killed by unknown soldiers before he can reveal L's name. Mia reveals that she used the Death Note to kill the FBI agents in order to protect herself and Light, took Watari's page, and has also written Light's name in the book, giving him until midnight before his heart stops. She offers to burn Light's page if he gives the Death Note to her, as she believes he is not capable of making the right decisions for the good of society. Meanwhile, L is devastated by Watari's death and goes on his own manhunt for Light.

text: Light tells Mia to meet him at the Seattle Great Wheel where he will turn over the book, and then flees from police, who are closing in on him. L catches up to him and prepares to kill him, but a passerby knocks L out after overhearing that Light is Kira. Pursued by police, Light meets Mia and takes her to the top of the ferris wheel. Light tries to convince Mia that they will be happier without the Death Note, but Mia is not dissuaded and takes the Death Note, much to Light's intense dismay. She learns that Light wrote her name in the book, with her death contingent on her taking the Death Note from him. With both of them doomed, Ryuk causes the ferris wheel to collapse. Mia falls to her death, while Light and the Death Note fall into the water. The page with Light's name on it drifts into a burn barrel, an event witnessed by L. Though Light is rescued from the water, he has fallen into a coma.

text: Two days later, a man leaves the Death Note at Light's bedside. When Light wakes up, he finds his father there, who tells him he knows that Light is Kira. James explains that he found a news clipping about Skomal's death in Light's room and realized that he was Kira's first victim. Light explains that he used the Death Note at the school to plan out Mia's death in a way that would ensure his own page got burned if she took the Death Note. He also manipulated several criminals to induce him into a medical coma, having them use the Death Note during his comatose absence to give himself an alibi. With Kira continuing to kill while Light was in a coma, L is taken off the case and forced to return to Japan. As his plane is about to take off, he ponders a comment Light made during their standoff, remembering Mia's involvement, and races to her home to search her possessions. He finds the Death Note page with the names of the FBI agents she killed on it, and in a hysterical fit, contemplates writing a name on the page. Back in Light's hospital room, Ryuk appears, laughing. When Light asks him why he's laughing, he simply comments "You humans are so interesting".

text: Cast[edit]

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Nat Wolff as Light Turner / "Kira": A high-school student who discovers the titular "Death Note" and uses it to kill criminals by writing their names and causes of death, and thus, alongside Mia Sutton, becoming the world-famous serial killer known as "Kira", while praised by law enforcement.
Lakeith Stanfield as L: A highly intelligent and skilled—but also arrogant and unhinged—FBI detective who is obsessively determined to capture Kira and end his reign.
Margaret Qualley as Mia Sutton / "Kira": Light's classmate and love interest, who becomes an ally in his mission to rid the world of criminals, eventually seeking to kill those who seek to stop them and becoming dangerously obsessed with the book's power. In an interview with io9, Adam Wingard revealed that rather than being based on original manga character Misa Amane, Sutton as a character is based on the sociopathic qualities of Light Yagami.[2]
Shea Whigham as James Turner: Light's father and a police officer who aids L in bringing down the mysterious Kira, unaware that he is Light.
Paul Nakauchi as Watari: L's assistant and father-figure.
Willem Dafoe and Jason Liles as Ryuk: A demonic god of death and the creator of the Death Note, who begins communicating with Light when he receives the book and warns him about its repercussions. Liles played the character in costume, while Dafoe provided voice work and performance capture for the facial elements.

text: Production[edit]

text: In 2007, the Malaysian newspaper The Star stated that more than ten film companies in the United States had expressed interest in the Death Note franchise.[3] The American production company Vertigo Entertainment was originally set to develop the remake, with Charley and Vlas Parlapanides as screenwriters and Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Dan Lin, and Brian Witten as producers.[4] On April 30, 2009, Variety reported that Warner Bros., the distributors for the original Japanese live-action films, had acquired the rights for an American remake, with the original screenwriters and producers still attached.[5] In 2009, Zac Efron responded to rumors that he would be playing the film's lead role by stating that the project was "not on the front burner".[6] On January 13, 2011, it was announced that Shane Black had been hired to direct the film, with the script being written by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry.[7] Warner's studios planned to change the background story of Light Yagami into one of vengeance instead of justice and to remove Shinigami from the story. Black opposed this change, and it had not been green-lit.[8] Black confirmed in a 2013 interview with Bleeding Cool that he was still working on the film.[9] In July 2014, it was rumored that Gus Van Sant would replace Black as the film's new director, with Dan Lin, Doug Davison, Roy Lee and Brian Witten producing through Vertigo Entertainment, Witten Pictures and Lin Pictures.[10]

text: On April 27, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Adam Wingard would direct the film, that Lin, Lee, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka would produce, and that Niija Kuykendall and Nik Mavinkurve would oversee the studio.[11] Producers stated the film would receive an R rating.[12] In April 2016, TheWrap reported that because Warner Bros. had decided to make fewer films, the studio put the film into turnaround but allowed Wingard to take the project elsewhere. Within 48 hours, Wingard was reportedly approached by nearly every major film studio.[13] On April 6, 2016, it was confirmed that Netflix had bought the film from Warner Bros. with a budget of $40–50 million and a recent draft of the script being written by Jeremy Slater. Production officially began in British Columbia on June 30, 2016, overseen by DN (Canada) Productions, Inc.[14][15][16][17][18]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On September 29, 2015, Nat Wolff was cast in the lead role.[19] On November 12, 2015, Margaret Qualley joined the film as the female lead.[20] In June 2016, Lakeith Stanfield joined the cast.[21] On June 30, 2016, it was announced that Paul Nakauchi and Shea Whigham had joined the cast.[22] On August 2, 2016, Willem Dafoe was announced to voice the Shinigami Ryuk.[23] In the wake of Dafoe's casting, Brian Drummond, who voiced Ryuk in the English dub of the anime, voiced his approval.[24]

text: Early casting announcements, similar to other Hollywood productions based on Japanese manga such as Dragonball Evolution and Ghost in the Shell, resulted in accusations of whitewashing.[25][26] In response, producers Roy Lee and Dan Lin stated that "Our vision for Death Note has always been to...introduce the world to this dark and mysterious masterpiece. The talent and diversity represented in our cast, writing, and producing teams reflect our belief in staying true to the story's concept of moral relevance—a universal theme that knows no racial boundaries."[18] Oka announced that he also has a role in the film.[27] Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross composed the score for the film.

text: Wingard addressed the concerns over the film, explaining that the film is an American take on the Death Note story, stating, "It's one of those things where the harder I tried to stay 100 percent true to the source material, the more it just kind of fell apart... You're in a different country, you're in a different kind of environment, and you're trying to also summarize a sprawling series into a two-hour-long film. For me, it became about; what do these themes mean to modern day America, and how does that affect how we tell the story."[28]

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was released on Netflix on August 25, 2017. On July 20, 2017, the film was screened early for audiences at San Diego Comic-Con International 2017.

text: Marketing[edit]

text: On March 22, 2017, Netflix released a teaser of the film on YouTube.[29] An additional trailer was released on June 29, 2017.

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Death Note received mixed to negative reviews, with critics calling it "a bad decision on top of a festering pile of bad decisions", "a lazy, unambitious, forgettable movie" and "boring",[30][31] though the direction and the cast received some praise.[31] On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 40% based on 53 reviews, and an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Death Note benefits from director Adam Wingard's distinctive eye and a talented cast, but they aren't enough to overcome a fatally overcrowded canvas."[32] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a score of 43 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[33]

text: Jeanette Catsoulis for The New York Times wrote that the film "feels rushed and constricted" compared to the volume of the source material, but praised how Wingard's direction focused on "mood over mayhem" to make the adaptation his own.[34] Peter Debruge for Variety said that he felt that Wingard took the film adaptation towards a Donnie Darko-styled work that would capture the interest of more Western audiences compared to the original work, but made the work capture the feel of a theatrical film rather than just a made-for-television work. Debruge also wrote that despite the philosophical concepts of murdering via the Death Note, "the movie never quite reckons with just how twisted a concept it’s peddling, and that’s easily the scariest thing about it".[35] Brian Tallerico for Rogerebert.com gave the film one of four stars, stating that the changes that Wingard had made from the original work did not serve any artistic or thematic purpose, nor captured the cat-and-mouse game between Light and L that was core to the original work, and because the producers "refused to make Light the antihero he needed to be", the addition of Mia as a love interest "[left] the project hollow at its center".[36]

text: Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, the original creators of Death Note, have praised the film, with the former stating, "In a good way, it both followed and diverged from the original work so the film can be enjoyed, of course by not only the fans, but also by a much larger and wider audience".[37]

text: Possible sequel[edit]

text: In an interview with Heat Vision, director Adam Wingard stated that Netflix has wanted to make at least two films, if enough people watch the first one. He said: "There are definitely lots of places to go, and we know generally where we would take it. Hopefully people will watch it and Netflix will order a sequel. They definitely are ready to. They just need people to watch it."[38]


document_title: 2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

question_text: cyclon formed in bay of bengal may 2017

question_tokens: cyclon formed in bay of bengal may 2017

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text: 2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

text: Season summary[edit]

text: The season officially had an early start compared with the last two seasons, with the formation of Cyclone Maarutha over the Bay of Bengal in mid-April. Cyclone Mora, formed in late May over the Bay of Bengal. At its peak intensity, it was equivalent to a marginal Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. The cyclone produced severe flooding across Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh and caused 15 deaths directly and 208 deaths indirectly. The floods persisted in Bangladesh since a Deep Depression over Bay of Bengal made landfall and killed 156 people in Bangladesh. A depression formed in northwestern Bay of Bengal and produced torrential rainfall. It was followed by a depression over Jharkhand which killed 70 people in West Bengal. Under the influence of strong monsoon surge a disturbance developed over Bay of Bengal travelled westwards and intensified to an unnamed depression. It also affected neighboring Karachi in Pakistan. A strong monsoon surge prevented formation of systems until a deep depression formed over  West Bengal in October and caused heavy rainfall. A couple of depression formed between mid October and November which continued the rain spell causing destruction of life and property. Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ockhi formed in early December and wreaked havoc in the countries where it impacted. It was equivalent to a strong Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale at peak intensity. The twin storm of Ockhi was a deep depression which originated in Bay of Bengal  while its counterpart was in Arabian Sea.

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text: Systems[edit]

text: Cyclonic Storm Maarutha[edit]

text:
Cyclonic storm (IMD)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 Duration
April 15 – April 17Peak intensity
75 km/h (45 mph) (3-min)  996 hPa (mbar)

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On April 13, an area of low pressure formed in the South Bay of Bengal, under the influence of a persistent area of convection, in a span of six hours.[3] Under favorable conditions, rapid deepening took place, and the system was classified as a depression on April 15.[4] Later on the same day, it further intensified into a Deep Depression, and then into Cyclonic Storm Maarutha. The system moved very fast under the influence of mid-latitude trough in
westerlies lying over India in the middle and upper tropospheric levels.[5] However, strong vertical wind shear and unfavourable MJO inhibited rapid intensification or further intensification of the system. Moving northeastwards, it reached its peak intensity in the early hours of 16th. The system maintained its peak intensity till landfall near Sandoway (Thandwe) in Myanmar in the midnight. After landfall, the system weakened into a Deep Depression in early hours of 17th, into a Depression in the morning and well marked low pressure area over central Myanmar and neighbourhood in the forenoon of 17th.[6]

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Maarutha had already triggered heavy rainfall as a depression in Sri Lanka, as well as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India). Due to a heavy swell in the sea around the Andaman Islands, all ferries to Havelock Island from Port Blair were suspended on leaving nearly 1,500 tourists stranded.[7] In Kyaukpyu, Maarutha destroyed more than 81 households and total damages amounted to Ks31.8 million (US$23,400) as of April 18.[8] Four people were reported to be killed in the Irrawady division of Myanmar.[9][10]
Maarutha developed as a depression in the first fortnight of April. Climatologically, the formation of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal at this time of the year is rare. Only twelve Cyclonic Storms have developed over the Bay of Bengal this early in the year between 1891–2016.

text: Severe Cyclonic Storm Mora[edit]

text:
Severe cyclonic storm (IMD)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
 Duration
May 28 – May 31Peak intensity
110 km/h (70 mph) (3-min)  978 hPa (mbar)

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Under the influence of a persistent area of convection, a low-pressure area formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 26.[11]
It rapidly strengthened on May 28 with the IMD classifying it as a Depression and subsequently into a Deep Depression on the same day, designating it BOB 02. In the early hours of May 29, the IMD reported the storm to have reached Cyclonic storm intensity, naming it Mora.[11]
The storm followed a north-northeasterly track parallel to Myanmar coast. The system moved fast under the influence of mid-latitude trough in westerlies lying over India in the middle and upper tropospheric levels and the anti-cyclonic cyclonic circulation lying to the northeast of the system.[11]
Shortly before landfall, the storm reached its peak intensity as a severe cyclonic storm with winds of 110 km/h and a minimum central pressure off 978 hPa (28.9 inHg). The JTWC analysed it having reached Category 1 hurricane strength with winds of 120 km/h on the same day. At peak intensity, the storm made landfall on the southern coast of Bangladesh near Chittagong at IST 6:00 am.[11]
After landfall, the storm steadily weakened due to land interaction and dissipated into a well-marked low-pressure area over Nagaland on May 31.[11]

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A total of 31 people have been killed—9 in Bangladesh and 1 in Myanmar and 19 in Manipur[12][13][14]
Damage throughout  all the affected countries totalled almost USD 1.37 billion.[15][16][17] Two people were reported to be killed in Malda district of West Bengal.[18]

text: Additionally, although not directly related to the storm, the precursor low of Mora strengthened the arrival of the monsoon, which caused heavy flooding in Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands that killed 208 people.

text: Deep Depression BOB 03[edit]

text:
Deep depression (IMD)
 Duration
June 11 – June 13Peak intensity
55 km/h (35 mph) (3-min)  988 hPa (mbar)

text: A low pressure area formed over west central & adjoining north Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh south Odisha coast in the morning of 10 June.[19] It concentrated into a well marked low pressure area over northern parts of central Bay of Bengal & adjoining north Bay of Bay on 11th morning and into a depression over north Bay of Bengal in the evening of 11th.).[19] An anti-cyclonic circulation lay to the southeast of the system centre leading to poleward outflow favouring genesis of the system.[19] Moving nearly north-northeastwards, it intensified into a deep depression over north Bay of Bengal in the night of 11th (1800 UTC)and peaked with estimated 3-minute sustained windspeeds of 55 km/h (35 mph).[19] Moving north-northeastwards, it crossed Bangladesh coast near Khepupara between 2300 UTC of 11th and 0000 UTC of 12 June.[19] As the system moved over land, it weakened gradually into a depression over east Bangladesh & neighbourhood due to land surface interaction and thereafter into a well marked low pressure area.[19]

text: At least 156 people have been confirmed dead following landslides caused in the Rangamati, Bandarban and Chittagong districts of Bangladesh along with 14 others in Northeast India caused by torrential rainfall. Cherrapunji received 320 mm rain in association with the system.[20][21] The system helped in the advancement of monsoon over the regions of West Bengal and Odisha. Damages included loss of Tk 1800 crore (USD  $223 million).[22]

text: Depression BOB 04[edit]

text:
Depression (IMD)
 Duration
July 18 – July 18Peak intensity
45 km/h (30 mph) (3-min)  992 hPa (mbar)

text: A low pressure area consolidated into a depression over the northwestern and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal, off the Odisha coast on July 17. The IMD began issuing advisories on the depression, which was very likely to cross the coast by night. The depression moved in a generally northwestwards direction without intensifying, and made landfall on India's Odisha coast, south of Puri, at about 15:00 UTC (20:30 IST) on July 18. Heavy rainfall peaking at Dondilohara in Chhattisgarh receiving  270 mm (11 in)[23] and Dabubagan in Odisha receiving  200 mm (7.9 in)[23] in 24 hours, along with sustained winds of 45 km/h (30 mph) affected the region,[24] causing at least a dozen villages to be submerged in floodwater and five bridges to be washed away.[25] As many as 6,000 people were evacuated in Nabarangpur, and an estimated 65,000 people were directly affected by the dangerous weather.[25][23] By July 31, at least seven people had been killed as a result of the storm.[25] Total losses were estimated at Rs 219 crore (USD $34.3 million).[26]

text: Land Depression 01[edit]

text:
Depression (IMD)
 Duration
July 26 – July 27Peak intensity
50 km/h (30 mph) (3-min)  992 hPa (mbar)

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A well-marked low-pressure area over Jharkhand and adjoining the Gangetic West Bengal intensified into a depression on July 26.[27]
It moved in a west-northwest  direction until degenerated to a well marked low pressure area over east Madhya Pradesh during the next day.[28]

text: As a precursor low, the storm caused dangerous floods in West Bengal. At least 152 people died,[29] while nearly 2 million people were affected in over 160 villages, which were inundated due to heavy rains. 2,301 people were evacuated from their houses and 202,957 hectares (501,520 acres) of agricultural land were submerged.[30] Around 7,868 houses were entirely destroyed, while 44,361 were partially damaged in West Bengal.[31][32] The state lost around Rs.14000 crores ($2.9 billion USD) due to the storm.[33] Eleven people were reported to be killed in Jharkhand, due to the heavy rains.[34] The system caused flooding rains from  West Bengal to East Rajasthan. In Jharkhand, Latehar recorded 270 mm (11 in) of rain, and Pratapgarh in Rajasthan recorded 240 mm (9.5 in) of rain, along with sustained winds of 45 km/h.[28] In West Bengal, Halisahar recorded 189 mm.

text: Land Depression 02[edit]

text:
Deep depression (IMD)
 Duration
October 8 – October 10Peak intensity
55 km/h (35 mph) (3-min)  996 hPa (mbar)

text: Under active monsoonal conditions, a low pressure area formed over the north Bay of Bengal, near south Bangladesh on October 8.[35] On the following day, the system intensified further into a well-marked low pressure area over the same region, and later, into a depression over the northern Bay of Bengal, near the West Bengal coast.[36] The Madden Julian Oscillation lay over phase 4 with amplitude 1 and these conditions helped in maintaining the intensity of the system and associated convection and thus the storm intensified further into a deep depression later on the same day.[37] An anticyclonic circulation lay over central India in the middle & upper tropospheric levels thus making the system move in a north-northwesterly direction. The storm encountered with strong wind shear, which caused it to weaken rapidly into a low pressure area over west Jharkhand, on October 10.[38]

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The system produced heavy rainfall in East India,[39] and also caused caused 3 deaths in Odisha by lightning and heavy rainfall.[40] The system caused 200 mm of rainfall in Durgapur  .[41] Halisahar recorded 105 mm with strong gusty wind of 65 kmph. Kolkata was badly affected by the dangerous weather receiving rain up to 124.4 mm (4.9 in).[42]
Strong winds along with incessant rains slowed down traffic, uprooted trees and collapsed buildings.[42]
Departure of flights from Kolkata Airport were canceled, due to strong gusty wind of about 70 kmph, at least 23 domestic flights were diverted due to the bad weather.[43] Couple of accidental death also happened due to the rain.[44]
An elderly person was electrocuted when he accidentally touched a lamppost. A youth died after an uptrooted tree fell on him.[42]
Bangladesh was also affected by severe weather conditions. Torrential rain fell, peaking at Jessore receiving  109 mm (4.3 in) in 24 hrs.[45]
Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra had been advised in Bangladesh to hoist local cautionary signal number three.[46]

text: Depression BOB 05[edit]

text:
Depression (IMD)
 Duration
October 18 – October 22Peak intensity
45 km/h (30 mph) (3-min)  997 hPa (mbar)

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On 18 October, the JTWC noted an area of thunderstorm activity located in the eastern Bay of Bengal as having a partially exposed low level center while located in a marginally favorable environment for further development.[47] Later that day, the IMD upgraded the system to Depression BOB 05 as the system developed formative banding surrounding a center of deep thunderstorm activity.[48][49] Despite being initially forecasted to intensify further, the depression tracked into an environment with strong wind shear and failed to intensify, making landfall on the Odisha coast near Paradip during the afternoon of 20 October.[50] After landfall, the system remained near the coastline, allowing moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal to prevent rapid weakening. Initially tracking northwards, the system soon recurved towards the northeast before weakening into an area of low pressure early on 22 October, while located over northeastern Bangladesh, Meghalaya, and southern Assam.[51]
[52]

text: On 20 October, the Odisha state government declared the heavy rains caused by the storm as a "State-Specific Disaster". Up to 25 blocks of eight districts in the state had received rainfall exceeding 135 mm (5 in), with the Kanas block of the Puri district recording rainfall of 274 mm (10 in). Heavy damage to homes were reported in Balasore and Bhadrak districts, with an infant reported to have died in the former district following the collapse of a wall.[53][54]

text: West Bengal was similarly affected by torrential rain, with Kolkata reporting 110 mm (5 in) of rain and the Bankura district reporting 279 mm (10 in). In North 24 pargana district, Halisahar recorded 116 mm and strong winds of about 55 kmph. In the East Midnapore district, a key bridge linking the seaside tourist destinations of Shankarpur and Tajpur collapsed due to strong waves and a storm surge of 1.5 m (5 ft) from the Bay of Bengal as the storm passed through the area. Large portions of the Jamura-Shyampur village near the bridge were similarly reported to have been inundated by the storm surge. In addition, the town of Cherapunji in Meghalaya reported rainfall of 283 mm (10 in) – among the highest reported in association with the depression.[55][56]

text: In Bangladesh, the ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra raised Signal No. 3 as a result of the strong crosswinds and heavy rainfall.[57] Heavy rainfall was witnessed in the country, with the highest total reported at Gopalganj of 279 mm (10 in) of rain.[58]

text: Depression BOB 06[edit]

text:
Depression (IMD)
 Duration
November 15 – November 17Peak intensity
45 km/h (30 mph) (3-min)  1000 hPa (mbar)

text: On November 9, an area of low pressure formed in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Sri Lanka. The storm moved northwards, but failed to organize further, due to strong wind shear. Conditions later improved while the system moved north-northeastwards, and intensified into a depression on November 15. The IMD subsequently gave the system the identifier BOB 06.[59] On November 17, BOB 06 weakened off the coast of north Odisha  into a well-marked low-pressure area as it encountered strong wind shear, with the IMD issuing their final advisory on the system.[60]

text: Depression BOB 06 caused heavy rainfall, damaging standing paddy crops in Sompeta, Vajrapukotturu, Ichchapuram, Mandasa and some other areas in Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh.[61] The system caused heavy rain in Odisha as it tracked along the coastline.[62] Kolkata recorded 53.7 mm rainfall, Digha recorded 60 mm rain while Halisahar recorded 58 mm rain and Diamond Harbour in coastal South 24 Parganas district recorded 50 mm rain as the system moved closer.[63] The rains from the storm caused an epidemic, which caused the death of hundreds of cattle at Gumabirsinghur village in the Ganjam District, in Odisha.[64] As a precursor low, the storm caused heavy rain in Tamil Nadu including Chennai,[65] and caused 20 confirmed fatalities.[66][67]

text: Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ockhi[edit]

text:
Very severe cyclonic storm (IMD)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
 Duration
November 29 – December 6Peak intensity
155 km/h (100 mph) (3-min)  976 hPa (mbar)

text: On November 20, the remnant energy of Tropical Storm Kirogi led to the formation of a new low-pressure area over the Gulf of Thailand.[68]  During the next several days, the system moved into Bay of Bengal and slowly drifted westward, but the storm was unable to organize significantly, due to unfavorable conditions.[68] On November 29, the storm organized into a depression just off the southeast coast of Sri Lanka, and the IMD gave the storm the identifier BOB 07.[69] Due to the storm's rapidly consolidating low level circulation center the JTWC issued a TCFA on the system, shortly before classifying it as Tropical Cyclone 03B.[70] The IMD followed suite and upgraded the storm to a Deep Depression, and soon afterwards to Cyclonic Storm Ockhi. The storm tracked towards the west-northwest around the southern periphery of a subtropical ridge located over India.[71] The storm tracked westwards, and intensified further into a Severe Cyclone Storm, early on December 1.[72] Soon afterwards, Ockhi intensified further into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm.[73] On December 2, a 23 mi (37 km) eye formed, prompting the JTWC to upgrade it to a Category 3-equivalent cyclone.[74] But the storm had a sudden turn to the north and the northeast and interacted with a  Western Disturbance and a rapid deepening trough along with strong wind shear which deteriorated the overall structure of the storm.[75]  It moved further north-northeastwards towards Gujarat coast and encountered cooler sea surface temperatures and dry air intrusion from the  Arabian Peninsula and was last noted as a well-marked low-pressure area off the coast of  Gujarat.[76]

text: As a precursor low, the system produced heavy rainfall in Sri Lanka, killing at least 13 people and displacing another 200,000.[77] As a Deep Depression, the system lashed the coast of Tamil Nadu[78] and Kerala, damaging infrastructure, and taking the lives of 72 more people in Kerala[79] and 14 in Tamil Nadu.[80][81]

text: Deep Depression BOB 08[edit]

text:
Deep depression (IMD)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
 Duration
December 5 – December 9Peak intensity
55 km/h (35 mph) (3-min)  1002 hPa (mbar)

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A low pressure area formed in the Malay Peninsula in early December. The system slowly drifted westwards in the Bay of Bengal, but failed to organize rapidly due to strong wind shear. Warm sea surface temperatures and a pole-ward channel helped the system to consolidate, and on December 5, the IMD initiated advisories on Depression BOB 08, while the JTWC to issued a TCFA on the system,[82] as it intensified to a deep depression.
The following day, the system depicted flaring convection to the north of the low level circulation center. At that time the storm was located in moderate vertical wind shear along with moderate poleward outflow. The system  steered under the influence of a subtropical ridge.[83] The system produced 40 knots winds in the western quadrant and the JTWC upgraded to a tropical storm.
But the storm encountered high wind shear and started to rapidly decay, leading to an exposed low level circulation center with limited convection and shallow banding wrapping into a broad circulation.[84] However an overall weak structure of the storm was noted and it rapidly weakened into a well-marked low-pressure area off the coast of  West Bengal and Bangladesh on the evening of 9 December.[85]

text: Due to heavy rains under the influence of the storm paddy harvests died down in some parts of Rupsa block in Balasore and some pockets in Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. Paddy in acres of land was damaged in the rain at Badaopalasa, Bagedihi, Badepataka, Kendua, Olidihai, Burupalsa, Tupaghutu, Segeghutu, Jharadihui, Badakedam, Pokharia, Kuladiha, Rangamatia, Suruda, Anlajodi, Bahalda, Kanki, Basing and Gidighati.[86]

text: In Bangladesh, the maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra had been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three. All the fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay had been advised to remain in shelter owing to roughconditions in the sea.At some places of Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong, moderate to heavy rainfall were witnessed from the remnants of the system.[86]

text: As a precursor low, the system caused massive floods and landslides in Indonesia and Thailand. As of 10 December, 20 people were reported killed and 5 remained missing.[86]

text: Season effects[edit]

text: This is a table of all storms in the 2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. It mentions all of the season's storms and their names, duration, peak intensities (according to the IMD storm scale), damage, and death totals. Damage and death totals include the damage and deaths caused when that storm was a precursor wave or extratropical low, and all of the damage figures are in 2017 USD.

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Name

Dates active

Peak classification

Sustainedwind speeds

Pressure

Areas affected

Damage(USD)

Deaths

Refs

Maarutha
April 15 – 17
Cyclonic storm
75 km/h (45 mph)
996 hPa (29.41 inHg)
Myanmar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Yunnan
$23.4 thousand
7000400000000000000♠4
[8][9]

Mora
May 28 – 31
Severe cyclonic storm
110 km/h (70 mph)
978 hPa (28.88 inHg)
Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, East India,Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Tibet
$1.36 billion
7002135000000000000♠135
[13][14][87]

BOB 03
June 11 – 13
Deep depression
55 km/h (35 mph)
988 hPa (29.18 inHg)
Northeast India, Bangladesh
$223 million
170
[19][88]

BOB 04
July 18 – 19
Depression
45 km/h (30 mph)
992 hPa (29.29 inHg)
Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
$34.3 million
7

LAND 01
July 26 – 27
Depression
45 km/h (30 mph)
992 hPa (29.29 inHg)
West Bengal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
$2.19 billion
7002152000000000000♠152
[89][34]

LAND 02
October 8 – 10
Deep depression
55 km/h (35 mph)
996 hPa (29.41 inHg)
Bangladesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha,  Andhra Pradesh
Unknown
7

BOB 05
October 18 – 22
Depression
45 km/h (30 mph)
999 hPa (29.50 inHg)
Odisha, West Bengal, Northeastern India, Bangladesh
Unknown
1

BOB 06
November 15 – 17
Depression
45 km/h (30 mph)
1000 hPa (29.53 inHg)
Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh
Unknown
20

Ockhi
November 29 – December 6
Very severe cyclonic storm
155 km/h (100 mph)
976 hPa (28.82 inHg)
Sri Lanka, India, Maldives
> $5.07 billion
245
[90][77][80]

BOB 08
December 5 – 9
Deep Depression
55 km/h (35 mph)
1002 hPa (29.59 inHg)
Southern Thailand, Northern Malaysia, Aceh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Odisha
Unknown
20
[91][92][93]

Season aggregates

10 systems
April 15 – December 9

155 km/h (100 mph)
976 hPa (28.82 inHg)

$8.88 billion
7002761000000000000♠761


document_title: The Lego Movie

question_text: what is the name of the city in the lego movie

text: The Lego Movie

text: Plot[edit]

text: In the Lego universe, populated by anthropomorphic minifigures, the evil Lord Business finds a super-weapon called the "Kragle". The wizard Vitruvius attempts to stop him, but is blinded by Business's robots. Before Business leaves with the weapon, Vitruvius prophesies a person called "The Special" will find the "Piece of Resistance", a brick capable of stopping the Kragle.

text: Eight and a half years later, in the city of Bricksburg, construction worker Emmet Brickowski finds a woman, Wyldstyle, searching for something at his construction site after hours. When he investigates, Emmet falls into a hole and finds the Piece of Resistance. Compelled to touch it, Emmet experiences vivid visions and passes out. He awakens with the Piece of Resistance attached to his back, in the custody of Good Cop/Bad Cop, Lord Business's lieutenant.

text: Wyldstyle rescues Emmet, believing him to be the Special, and takes him to meet Vitruvius in the Old West. Emmet learns Wyldstyle and Vitruvius are "Master Builders"[10] – people capable of building anything from their imagination without the need of instructions – who oppose Business. Wyldstyle explains that Business wants to use the Kragle (a tube of Krazy Glue with a weathered label) to freeze the world into perfection. Though disappointed to find Emmet is not a Master Builder, Wyldstyle and Vitruvius are convinced of his potential when he recalls visions of a seemingly human deity referred to as "The Man Upstairs".

text: Emmet, Wyldstyle and Vitruvius evade Bad Cop's forces with the aid of Batman, Wyldstyle's boyfriend. They go to the hidden realm of Cloud Cuckoo Land to attend a council of Master Builders, all of whom are unimpressed with Emmet and refuse to fight Business. Bad Cop's forces attack, having placed a tracking device on Emmet, and capture everyone except Emmet, Wyldstyle, Batman, Vitruvius, and a small group of other Master Builders. Escaping, Emmet devises a plan to infiltrate Business's office tower and disarm the Kragle, but the group is captured and imprisoned in the Think Tank, where all the Master Builders are forced to make instructions. Trying to retaliate, Vitruvius is decapitated by Business, who sets a self-destruct protocol and leaves everyone to die, including Bad Cop.

text: As he dies, Vitruvius reveals he made up the prophecy. He soon reappears to Emmet as a ghost and reveals self-belief is what makes one the Special. Strapped to the self-destruct mechanism's battery, Emmet jumps into the abyss outside the tower and severs the connection, saving his friends. Inspired by Emmet's sacrifice, Wyldstyle rallies the Lego people across the universe to use whatever creativity they have to build machines and weapons to fight against Lord Business's forces.

text: Emmet finds himself in the human world as a Lego mini-figure, unable to move. The events of the story are being played out by a little boy named Finn on his father's expansive Lego set in their basement. His father, "The Man Upstairs", comes home from work and chastises his son for ruining the set by creating variations of different playsets, and proceeds to rebuild and glue his perceived perfect creations together. Realizing the danger his friends are in, Emmet wills himself to move and gains Finn's attention.

text: Finn returns Emmet and the Piece of Resistance to the set, where Emmet now possesses the powers of a Master Builder and confronts Business. Meanwhile, Finn's father looks at his son's creations and realizes Finn had based the villainous Business on him and his perfectionism. Through a speech Emmet gives Business, Finn reconciles with his father, and the two unglue the constructions with mineral spirits, which plays out as Business having a change of heart, capping the Kragle, and thawing his victims. Emmet is hailed as a hero and begins a romantic relationship with Wyldstyle with Batman's blessing.

text: As a result of Finn's father allowing Finn's younger sister to join them in playing with his Lego sets, aliens from the planet Duplon beam down on the Lego world and announce their plans to destroy everyone.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Chris Pratt as Emmet Brickowski, an everyman and construction worker from Bricksburg.
Will Ferrell as Lord Business, president of the Octan Corporation under the name of President Business.[11][12]
Ferrell also plays "The Man Upstairs", a Lego collector in the live-action part of the film.
Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle,[11] a Master Builder who is Emmet's love interest and Batman's girlfriend, whose real name is Lucy.
Will Arnett as Batman, a DC Comics superhero who is a Master Builder and Wyldstyle's boyfriend.
Nick Offerman as MetalBeard, a giant makeshift pirate and Master Builder.[12].
Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty, a unicorn-kitten and Master Builder from Cloud Cuckoo Land[12][13]
Charlie Day as Benny, a "1980-something space guy" who is a Master Builder.[11]
Liam Neeson as Bad Cop / Good Cop, a double-faced police officer that leads the Super Secret Police.
Neeson also voices Pa Cop, Bad Cop/Good Cop's father.
Morgan Freeman as Vitruvius, a blind old wizard who is one of the Master Builders.
Channing Tatum as Superman, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders.
Jonah Hill as Green Lantern, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders.
Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders.
Jadon Sand as Finn, The Man Upstairs' young son in the live-action part of the film.
Graham Miller as The Duplo Aliens, aliens made from Duplo blocks that come from the planet Duplon.

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text: Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams reprise their Star Wars roles of C-3PO and Lando Calrissian, respectively, with Keith Ferguson voicing Han Solo (whom he previously voiced in Robot Chicken and Mad).

text: Shaquille O'Neal voices a Lego version of himself who is a Master Builder alongside two generic members of the 2002 NBA All-Stars.

text: Will Forte, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, Keegan-Michael Key, Chris McKay and Jorma Taccone provide voice cameos in the film.

text: Co-director Christopher Miller cameos as a TV presenter in the studio that films the Where Are My Pants? TV series.

text: Production[edit]

text: Dan Lin conceived of the idea for the film and began discussing it with Roy Lee before leaving Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Lin Pictures, in 2008.[14]  Meanwhile, Warner Bros. home entertainment executive Kevin Tsujihara had recognized the value of the Lego franchise by engineering the studio's purchase of Lego video game licensee Traveller's Tales in 2007, thought the success of the Lego-based video games indicated a Lego-based film was a good idea, and reportedly "championed" the development of the film.[14][15] By August 2009, Dan and Kevin Hageman were writing the script described as "action adventure set in a Lego world."[16] Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were in talks in June 2010 to write and direct the film.[17] Warner Bros. green-lit the film by November 2011, with a planned 2014 release date. The Australian studio Animal Logic was contracted to provide the animation, which was expected to comprise 80% of the film. By this time Chris McKay, the director of Robot Chicken, had also joined Lord and Miller to co-direct.[18] McKay explained that his role was to supervise the production in Australia once Lord and Miller left to work on 22 Jump Street.[19] In March 2012, Lord and Miller revealed the film's working title, Lego: The Piece of Resistance, and a storyline.[20] In April 2012, Warner Bros. scheduled the film for release on February 28, 2014, a date that subsequently changed.[21]

text:
"We wanted to make the film feel like the way you play, the way I remember playing. We wanted to make it feel as epic and ambitious and self-serious as a kid feels when they play with LEGO. We took something you could claim is the most cynical cash grab in cinematic history, basically a 90 minute LEGO commercial, and turned it into a celebration of creativity, fun and invention, in the spirit of just having a good time and how ridiculous it can look when you make things up. And we had fun doing it.'"
 —Animation supervisor Chris McKay[19]

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text: By June 2012, Chris Pratt had been cast as the voice of Emmet, the lead Lego character, and Will Arnett voicing Lego Batman; the role of Lego Superman was offered to Channing Tatum.[22] By August 2012, Elizabeth Banks was hired to voice Lucy (later getting the alias "Wyldstyle")[11] and Morgan Freeman to voice Vitruvius, an old mystic.[22][23] In October 2012, Warner Bros. shifted the release date for the film, simply titled Lego, to February 7, 2014.[24] In November 2012, Alison Brie, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, and Nick Offerman signed on for roles. Brie voices Unikitty, a member of Emmet's team; Ferrell voices the antagonist President/Lord Business; Neeson voices Bad Cop/Good Cop and Offerman voices MetalBeard,[25] a pirate seeking revenge on Business.[24]

text: In July 2012, a Lego-user contest announced on the film's Facebook page would choose a winning Lego vehicle to appear in the film.[26] Miller's childhood Space Village playset is utilized in the film.[27]

text: The film is strongly inspired by the visual aesthetic and stylistics of Brickfilms and received a great deal of praise in the respective online communities who saw the film as appraising nod to their work.[28] Many Brickfilm-Fans and AFOL’s (Adult Fans of Lego) praised the painstaking amount detail in the production. Animal Logic tried to make the film's animation replicate a stop motion film even if everything was done through computer graphics, with the animation rigs following the same articulation limits actual Lego figures have. The camera systems also tried to replicate live action cinematography, including different lenses and a Steadicam simulator. The scenery was projected through The Lego Group's own Lego Digital Designer, which as CG supervisor Aidan Sarsfield detailed, "uses the official LEGO Brick Library and effectively simulates the connectivity of each of the bricks." The saved files were then converted to design and animate in Maya and XSI. At times the minifigures were even placed under microscopes to capture the seam lines, dirt and grime into the digital textures.[29] Benny the spaceman was based on the line of Lego space sets sold in the 1980s, and his design includes the broken helmet chin strap, a common defect of the space sets at that time.[30]

text: The film's total cost, including production, promotion and advertising (P&A), was $100 million.[31] Half of the film's cost was financed by Village Roadshow Pictures.[31] The rest was covered by Warner Bros., with RatPac-Dune Entertainment providing a smaller share as part of its multi-year financing agreement with Warner Bros.[32] Initially Warner Bros. turned down Village Roadshow Pictures when it asked to invest in the film.[31] However, Warner Bros. later changed its mind, reportedly due to lack of confidence in the film, initially offering Village Roadshow Pictures the opportunity to finance 25% of the film, and later, an additional 25%.[31]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
The Lego Movie: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackSoundtrack album by Mark Mothersbaugh, various artistsReleased
February 4, 2014Recorded
2013Trackdown Studios (Sydney)Genre
Film soundtrack, film scoreLength
58:10Label
WaterTower MusicProducer
Mark Mothersbaugh, Shawn Patterson, BartholomewMark Mothersbaugh chronology

Last Vegas(2013)Last Vegas2013

The Lego Movie(2014)

22 Jump Street(2014)22 Jump Street2014

Singles from The Lego Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Everything Is Awesome"Released: January 27, 2014

text: The film's original score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, who had previously worked with Lord and Miller on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street. The Lego Movie soundtrack contains the score as the majority of its tracks. Also included is the song "Everything Is Awesome!!!" written by Shawn Patterson (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and Robot Chicken), Joshua Bartholomew,[33] and Lisa Harriton,[34] who also perform the song in the movie under the name, Jo Li. The single, released on January 27, 2014, is performed by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone) who wrote the rap lyrics, and is the first song played in the end credits of the movie. The soundtrack was released on February 4, 2014 by WaterTower Music.[35]

text: No.TitlePerformer(s)Length1."Everything Is Awesome!!!"Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island2:432."Prologue" 2:283."Emmett's Morning" 1:594."Emmett Falls in Love" 1:115."Escape" 3:276."Into the Old West" 1:007."Wyldstyle Explains" 1:218."Emmett's Mind" 2:179."The Transformation" 1:4610."Saloons and Wagons" 3:3811."Batman" 1:2312."Middle Zealand" 0:2813."Cloud Cuckooland and Ben the Spaceman" 1:2514."Emmett's Speech" 2:0215."Submarines and Metal Beard" 1:4916."Requiem for Cuckooland" 1:2317."Reaching the Kragle" 2:3518."Emmett's Plan" 1:5419."The Truth" 3:1620."Wyldstyle Leads" 2:4621."Let's Put It All Back" 2:0222."I Am a Master Builder" 2:4823."My Secret Weapon" 4:1924."We Did It!" 1:3125."Everything Is Awesome!!!"Jo Li (Joshua Bartholomew and Lisa Harriton)1:2626."Everything Is Awesome!!! (unplugged)"Shawn Patterson and Sammy Allen1:2427."Untitled Self Portrait"Will Arnett1:0828."Everything Is Awesome!!! (instrumental sing-a-long)" 2:41Total length:58:10

text:
Chart positions

Chart (2014)

Peakposition

Australian Albums (ARIA)[36]

82

UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC)[37]

8

US Billboard 200[38]

37

US Independent Albums (Billboard)[38]

8

US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)[38]

2

text: Theme song[edit]

text: The film's theme song, "Everything is Awesome!!!", has been critically praised and has undergone some close analysis. Eric Brown, writing in the International Business Times, describes the song as a parody of fascism, saying that the song "seems little more than an infectiously catchy parody of watered-down radio pop, right down to the faux-dubstep breakdown. There's a lot more happening under the surface, however."[39]

text: In an interview with Fox News, producer Mark Mothersbaugh says the song "was supposed to be like mind control early in the film. It's totally irritating, this kind of mindless mantra to get people up and working. It's like the whip crack on their back, but then by the end of the movie it morphs into, instead of being just a mindless, go-to-work song it becomes about co-operation and people working together to do bigger things."[40]

text: Release[edit]

text: The Lego Movie premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California on February 1, 2014, and was released in theaters on February 7, 2014.[41] The film was released in Australia by the film's co-producer, Roadshow Films.[42]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: Over twenty Lego sets inspired by scenes from the film were released for the film including a set of Collectible Minifigures. A website was opened up so fans could make minifigure versions of themselves, and later, put that in the film's official trailer. The company recruited a roster of global partners to a broad, multi-category licensing program to support the film.[43][44] Official Lego Brand Stores also scheduled events. Each week of January 2014, a new character poster (Wyldstyle, Batman, Emmet, Lord Business) came with every purchase.[45] By building a creative model in-store, people received a free accessory pack. Barnes & Noble hosted a themed event in January, February, and March.[46] On February 7, 2014, McDonald's released eight collectible holographic/3D cups in Happy Meals to promote the film.[47] A video game based on the film, The Lego Movie Videogame, by TT Fusion for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and Windows, was released on February 4, 2014.[48] An exclusive "Wild West Emmet" minifigure was released with preorders of the game at GameStop.[49]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The Lego Movie was released on Digital HD on May 20, 2014. It was released by Warner Home Video on DVD and Blu-ray (2D and 3D) on June 17, 2014. A special Blu-ray 3D "Everything is Awesome Edition" also includes an exclusive Vitruvius minifigure and a collectible 3D Emmett photo.[50] The film was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on March 1, 2016.[51]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The Lego Movie was met with "nearly unanimous positive reviews."[52] Review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 96% approval rating and an average rating of 8.2/10 based on 236 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Boasting beautiful animation, a charming voice cast, laugh-a-minute gags, and a surprisingly thoughtful story, The Lego Movie is colorful fun for all ages."[7] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 83 (indicating "universal acclaim") based on 43 reviews.[53] According to CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, the average grade moviegoers gave The Lego Movie was A on an A+ to F scale.[54] Filmmaker Edgar Wright, and TIME Magazine film critic Richard Corliss, each named The Lego Movie as one of their favorite films of 2014.[55][56]

text: Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Arriving at a time when feature animation was looking and feeling mighty anemic…The LEGO Movie shows 'em how it's done,"[57] with Peter Debruge of Variety adding that Lord and Miller "irreverently deconstruct the state of the modern blockbuster and deliver a smarter, more satisfying experience in its place, emerging with a fresh franchise for others to build upon."[58] Tom Huddleston of Time Out said, "The script is witty, the satire surprisingly pointed, and the animation tactile and imaginative."[59] Drew Hunt of the Chicago Reader said the filmmakers "fill the script with delightfully absurd one-liners and sharp pop culture references",[60] with A. O. Scott of The New York Times noting that, "Pop-culture jokes ricochet off the heads of younger viewers to tickle the world-weary adults in the audience, with just enough sentimental goo applied at the end to unite the generations. Parents will dab their eyes while the kids roll theirs."[61] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News said the filmmakers "don't sink into cynicism. Their computer animation embraces the retro look and feel of the toys to both ingenious and adorable effect."[62]

text: Claudia Puig of USA Today called the film "a spirited romp through a world that looks distinctively familiar, and yet freshly inventive."[63] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail asked, "Can a feature-length toy commercial also work as a decent kids’ movie? The bombast of the G.I. Joe and Transformers franchises might suggest no, but after an uninspired year for animated movies, The Lego Movie is a 3-D animated film that connects."[64] Joel Arnold of NPR acknowledged that the film "may be one giant advertisement, but all the way to its plastic-mat foundation, it's an earnest piece of work—a cash grab with a heart."[65] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called the film "sassy enough to shoot well-aimed darts at corporate branding."[66] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post said that, "While clearly filled with affection for—and marketing tie-ins to—the titular product that's front and center, it's also something of a sharp plastic brick flung in the eye of its corporate sponsor."[67]

text: On the negative side, Kyle Smith of the New York Post called the film "more exhausting than fun, too unsure of itself to stick with any story thread for too long."[68] Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times, while generally positive, found "it falls apart a bit near the end."[69] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap said the film "will doubtless tickle young fans of the toys. It's just too bad that a movie that encourages you to think for yourself doesn't follow its own advice."[70]

text: Television personality, author, filmmaker, radio host and conservative political commentator Glenn Beck praised the film for avoiding "the double meanings and adult humor I just hate."[71]

text: Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris referenced The Lego Movie not being nominated Best Animated Feature, which many critics considered a major snub, saying prior to the award's presentation "If you’re at the Oscar party with the guys who directed 'The Lego Movie,' now would be a great time to distract them."[72]

text: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson criticized the film's anti-corporate message, saying that it taught children that "government is good and business is bad", citing the villain's name of Lord Business. "That's done for a reason", Johnson told WisPolitics.com. "They're starting that propaganda, and it's insidious". The comments were criticized by many, and Russ Feingold brought up the comments on the campaign trail during his 2016 Senate bid against Johnson.[73]

text: Box office performance[edit]

text: The Lego Movie grossed $257.8 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $210.3 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $469.1 million.[6] Calculating in all expenses, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of $229 million.[74]

text: In the U.S. and Canada, the film opened at number one in its first weekend with over $69 million, which was the second-highest weekend debut in February, at the time, behind The Passion of the Christ ($83.8 million).[75] The movie retained the top spot at box office in its second weekend by declining only 28% and grossing $49.8 million.[76] The Lego Movie was number one again in its third weekend while declining 37% and grossing $31.3 million.[77] In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number three grossing $20.8 million.[78]

text: Elsewhere, The Lego Movie was released in 34 markets in February 7, 2014—the same weekend as its U.S. release. It made $18.7 million on its opening weekend from 5,695 screens from 34 countries.[79] On its opening weekend, which varies depending on the country, it earned $3.8 million in Mexico, $2 million in Spain, and $1.8 million in Brazil.[79] With a total gross of £34.3 million, it was the second-highest-grossing film in the UK and Ireland in 2014.[80]

text: The popularity of the film led to a shortage of Lego products by September 2014.[81]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
List of accolades

Award / film festival

Category

Recipient(s)

Result

AACTA Awards

Best Visual Effects or Animation

Chris McKay, Amber Naismith, Aidan Sarsfield and Grant Freckelton

Won

Academy Awards

Best Original Song

"Everything is Awesome" written and lyrics by Shawn Patterson

Nominated

American Cinema Editors

Best Edited Animated Feature Film

David Burrows, Chris McKay

Won

42nd Annual Annie Awards[82]

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production

Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Christian Epunan Hernandez, Danielle Brooks, and Raphael Gadot

Nominated

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Directors;Chris McKay, Co-Director

Nominated

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Grant Freckelton

Nominated

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Won

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

David Burrows, Todd Hansen, Doug Nicholas, Jonathan Tappin and Courtney O'Brien-Brown

Nominated

Austin Film Critics Association

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

BAFTA Awards[83]

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Black Reel Awards

Best Voice Performance

Morgan Freeman

Won

45th Annual British Academy Children's Awards[84]

Kid's Vote — Film in 2014

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Children's Feature Film in 2014

The Lego Movie

Won

Broadcast Film Critics Association

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

Best Song

"Everything Is Awesome"

Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Dublin Film Critics Circle

Top Ten Films

The Lego Movie

4th Place

Empire Awards

Best Comedy

Nominated

Florida Film Critics Circle

Best Animated Film

Won

Golden Globe Awards

Best Animated Feature Film

Nominated

Golden Tomato Awards 2014

Best Animated Film

Won

Best Wide Release 2014

2nd Place

Grammy Awards

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Everything Is Awesome"

Nominated

Heartland Film Festival 2014[85]

Truly Moving Picture Award

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Won

Houston Film Critics Society

Best Animated Feature Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Best Original Song

"Everything is Awesome"

Won

Kerrang! Awards

Best Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Kids' Choice Awards

Favorite Animated Movie

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Favorite Movie Actor

Will Arnett (also for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Nominated

National Board of Review

Best Original Screenplay

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Won

Top Ten Films

The Lego Movie

Won

New York Film Critics Circle Awards[86]

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

New York Film Critics Online

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Online Film Critics Society

Best Picture

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

People's Choice Awards[87]

Favorite Family Movie

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Producers Guild of America

Best Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Dan Lin

Won

San Diego Film Critics Society

Best Animated

The Lego Movie

Nominated

San Francisco Film Critics Circle[88]

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

Satellite Awards

Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Best Original Screenplay

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Nominated

Best Original Song

"Everything Is Awesome"

Nominated

Saturn Awards

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

16th SXSW Film Festival[89]

SXSW Film Design Award(Special Jury Recognition)

Brian Mah (Designer)

Won

Teen Choice Awards[90]

Choice Movie: Animated

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Choice Movie: Voice

Chris Pratt

Toronto Film Critics Association

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Runner-Up

13th Visual Effects Society Awards[91]

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Chris McKay, Amber Naismith, Jim Dodd, David Williams

Nominated

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Carsten Kolve, Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Miles Green

Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[92]

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

Best Original Screenplay

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Nominated

text: Franchise[edit]

text: Because of its critical and commercial success, The Lego Movie has been turned into a franchise and a shared fictional universe, it consists of:

text: Sequel[edit]

text: A direct sequel to the film, entitled The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, is scheduled for release on February 8, 2019 with Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett reprising their roles of Emmet, Wyldstyle and Batman respectively and Tiffany Haddish joining the cast.

text: Spin-offs[edit]

text: There are two spin-off films, the first two of which, The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie, were both released in 2017. A third spin-off titled The Billion Brick Race is currently scheduled for release in 2019.[93][94][95]

text: 4D Attraction[edit]

text: A 4-D movie featuring in-theatre effects, based on the film itself, titled The Lego Movie: 4D - A New Adventure, opened at select Legoland theme parks across the globe in  2016.[96]

text: Television series[edit]

text: On May 10, 2017, Warner Bros. and Lego announced that the character Unikitty would receive a spin-off television series on Cartoon Network, with Tara Strong voicing the character. The series premiered January 1, 2018.[97]

text: In other media[edit]

text: Emmet and Wyldstyle make a cameo in The Simpsons episode Brick Like Me in which are seen as part of a Lego building contest.