Piece by Piece
“You know what’d be cool? If we told my story using Lego pieces.” -Pharrell
This was a film that after watching the Lego movies this summer really intrigued me. It intrigued me so much that I even added it to my Movie Fantasy team. Sadly, in some ways it was a bit disappointing in the fact that it was nothing like the Lego movies. It was fully a documentary, when I did go in expecting a movie. Now, disappointing is most likely the wrong word, because I actually adored the film. A fun and exciting way to tell a story. I agree with Pharrell that the best easy to tell this was most likely through Lego’s. The animation was great and the imagery was captivating. I found myself dialed in the entire time. Along with that, it is with no surprise that the music was also phenomenal. This was just a great blend of imagery, music, and story. Zach is known to hate documentaries due to them feeling like homework, but I would argue this feels nothing but. If you get a chance and like music at all, I think that this is a must see film for you!
-J
The ZEJ team went to Piece by Piece fully thinking it was an animated autobiopic movie, but as it turned out, it is actually just a documentary of Pharrell Williams’ life, who is undeniably the most prolific music producer of this century. (Because it’s a documentary, it won’t be placed on the ZEJ ratings table.) The animation and music was absolutely banging, and the creativity of showing Pharrell’s life through the Lego lens was really cool. As far a documentaries go, it probably wasn’t as hard hitting as it could have been, given that it was produced by Pharrell himself. And it definitely felt like a very well polished, high effort commercial for Pharrell’s career. If you’re into that, or music, you’ll like this.
-Z
