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The Lego Movie · 2014 — 第 13 / 22 章 · 1'58" · B1

Business Mocks the Double-Decker Couch, Explained：after all

After the escape, Business studies the one object left behind — a double-decker couch — and tears the idea apart: "the most useless idea I have ever heard." Then the film cuts to the survivors actually floating on that couch at sea, where it holds together when nothing else does.

あらすじ

Inside Business's Think Tank, the villain learns that The Special may still be alive, with only a double-decker couch found in his wake. Business mocks the couch in detail before calling it the most useless idea he has ever heard. Later, at sea, the same couch is the one thing that survived.

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注目の表現

come up withafter allthe most useless ideabelieve in someone

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このシーンの表現

after all

in the end, contrary to what was expected

双层沙发被批得一文不值，最后船员才发现它 wasn't totally pointless after all，原来还有用。

The cheap tent held up after all.

このシーンの他の表現

  • come up with

    to produce an idea or solution

  • the most useless idea

    a dismissive verdict on an idea

  • believe in someone

    to trust and back someone

このシーンのメモ一覧

45 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B1have no ideaSuperman. Wonder Woman, I had no idea you'd be here.
文法 · B2I had no idea you'd be here

negated cognition plus clause: had no idea carries the surprise; the clause tells what was unexpected.

Superman. Wonder Woman, I had no idea you'd be here.
表現 · B1come up with something

to produce an idea or solution

They come up with all the instructions for everything in the universe.
発音come up with

liaison

They come up with all the instructions for everything in the universe.
表現 · B1much worse than somethingCan't get much worse than this.
スラング · B1How crazy is thatOh, my gosh, we're roommates! How crazy is that?
表現 · B1at the bottom of somethingThe Special and the Piece of Resistance are at the bottom of the ocean.
表現 · B2as we speakSir, my scuba team is looking for his remains as we speak.
文法 · B2how are you gonna get down without climbing over someone

without plus gerund: Without plus the -ing form names what you manage to avoid.

how are you gonna get down without climbing over someone?
表現 · B1a bunch of somethingare you gonna have to watch through a bunch of dangling legs?
表現 · B2the most ... I have ever ...

a dismissive verdict on an idea

the most useless idea I have ever heard.
発音the most useless idea I have ever heard

stress

the most useless idea I have ever heard.
表現 · B1after all

in the end, contrary to what was expected

It wasn't totally pointless after all.
表現 · B1stay togetherIt's the one thing that stayed together.
表現 · B1believe in someone

to trust and back someone

I always believed in you, Emmet.
表現 · B2spoil the partyI don't mean to spoil the party, but does anyone else notice...
文法 · B1does anyone else notice

else after an indefinite pronoun: Else widens anyone to include people beyond the speaker.

I don't mean to spoil the party, but does anyone else notice...
表現 · B2be stuck in the middle of somethingwe're stuck in the middle of the ocean on this couch?
表現 · B2come out of nowhereis gonna come out of nowhere and save us...
発音out of nowhere

liaison

is gonna come out of nowhere and save us...
スラング · B1My goshMy gosh!

「Business Mocks the Double-Decker Couch」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets up a joke and then pays it off. Business picks the couch apart point by point and delivers a verdict — "the most useless idea I have ever heard" — because a second level of seating is absurd and no one wants the bottom. Cut to the ocean, and the absurd object is exactly what keeps them alive: "It's the one thing that stayed together." The film's message lands through the joke rather than a speech. What everyone dismissed as useless turns out to be the thing that saved them, and Emmet's odd idea is quietly vindicated.

Theme

SurvivalThe couch everyone mocked becomes the only thing that floats, keeping the group alive at sea.
DreamsEmmet's dismissed little idea is quietly vindicated, hinting that even silly dreams can matter.

発音のポイント

  • come up with — liaison
  • the most useless idea I have ever heard — stress
  • out of nowhere — liaison
Can't get much worse than this.

A comic understatement setting up the scene's next reversal, delivered right before things do change.

It's the one thing that stayed together.

The couch survived when everything else broke apart, turning a joke object into something like a symbol.

The only remnant of The Special was a double-decker couch.

The villain's report reduces the legendary Special to one piece of furniture, which is the setup for the whole gag.

Who's gonna want to sit on the bottom?

The practical objection that dismantles the couch, and the closest the film gets to explaining why the idea seemed useless.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Business hate the double-decker couch?

He thinks it is impractical: climbing out of the top means crawling over someone, and watching from the bottom means looking through legs. He calls it the most useless idea he has ever heard.

What is the point of the couch in this scene?

It is first the butt of a joke and then the thing that saves the survivors at sea. The reversal makes the case that a dismissed idea can turn out to be the one that holds together.

Why does the scene end with a giant ship appearing?

It is a last comic reversal. Someone says a huge ship is not going to come out of nowhere and save them, and one immediately does.

What does Business want with the captured MasterBuilders?

He has gathered them in his Think Tank because they invent the instructions for everything in the universe. He wants that creativity controlled rather than free.

LEGO ムービー · 全 22 章

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次のチャプター · 第 14 章the last thing someone expectsEmmet Pitches His Master Plan
第 1 章put to sleepEmmet Follows the Instructions第 2 章between the linesEmmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg第 3 章I hate to tell you thisEmmet Touches the Piece of Resistance第 4 章a blank slateBad Cop Interrogates Emmet第 5 章drop the actWyldstyle Rescues Emmet第 6 章no time to loseVitruvius Explains the Universe第 7 章No more Mr. Nice GuyPresident Business Reveals the Kragle第 8 章blend inEmmet Fails the MasterBuilder Test第 9 章in the first placeEmmet Invents the Double-Decker Couch第 10 章Trust your instinctsEmmet Learns to Trust His Instincts第 11 章tale of woeEmmet Addresses the MasterBuilders第 12 章every man for himselfCuckoo Land Gets Raided再生中 · 第 13 章after allBusiness Mocks the Double-Decker Couch第 14 章the last thing someone expectsEmmet Pitches His Master Plan第 15 章out of the blueEmmet Plans the Tower Heist第 16 章put on a tough actLucy Reveals Her Real Name第 17 章made it upVitruvius Reveals the Prophecy Is Fake第 18 章special little snowflakeLord Business Releases the Kragle第 19 章sounds like a cat posterGhost Vitruvius Reveals the Truth第 20 章a face in the crowdWyldstyle Rallies the Universe第 21 章Fire in the holeDad Finds His Lego Collection Wrecked第 22 章back from the deadLord Business Offers His Hand
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