In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO® Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble - LEGO Batman - stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone-vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. There are big changes brewing in Gotham City, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. I would never believe that the animated superhero movies would return to the big screen but after Big Hero Six and now this film I will say that ,they have returned and they are in a rolling!<br/><br/>So in this film we see a great and needed satire for the Caped Crusader, which in a very clever way shows us what would do years of continuous work and isolation to psychology of a man. At the same time we have every time of joke imaginable from references to cameos to four wall ones as well.<br/><br/>In general everyone did a fantastic work in the voice acting and in the animation department. To add there another thing that I must address, this film is in fact the acceptance of the now late Adam West version of Batman, the so-called Bright Crusader, to the general culture as a great chapter in the history of Batman like the 1989 film, the Animated series and the Nolan trilogy . In short we can now safely say that the 1966 Batman is good. <br/><br/>To be honest this light-heartiness was necessary after the BvS extreme bruiting and overly dramatic attempt which missed the real reason why Batman and Superman are so loved. <br/><br/>Is this movie perfect? To me now the third act is a bit lacking, however this is my only complain and you should definitely watch it. After watching all the Lego DC movies I decided to leave this the grand daddy of them all until last, and I'm glad I did. I'm glad I did so that I could see the contrast.<br/><br/>You see all the others were lower budget straight to DVD affairs but the entire cast was made up of voice actors, legends within the industry like Troy Baker & Nolan North. This is the Hollywood version and instead is full of traditional actors, and that does the film no favours.<br/><br/>Furthermore it's glitzy and colorful and stands out from all the others, you can tell it has money behind it. It does however play to the whole Lego world more so, and therefore the animation is worse and many scenes are stretching the imagination to breaking point.<br/><br/>With countless DC villians and a few from other franchises such as King Kong and Voldemort they really went all out here and went with a Batman similiar to what you'd find in HISHE (2005) namely goofy, egotistical and a parody of the Batman we all know.<br/><br/>Sadly the movie is inconsistent, one minute I'm enjoying the satire and cleverly integrated adult humour and the next I'm cringing at childish jokes & musical numbers.<br/><br/>Credit where credit is due I see what they were doing here but alas this is so Hollywood it made my toenail ingrow.<br/><br/>The Good:<br/><br/>Looks great<br/><br/>Brilliant soundtrack<br/><br/>Plenty of adult humour for the parents<br/><br/>The Bad:<br/><br/>Should have been the proper voice cast<br/><br/>Despite the budget the animation is worse than the straight to dvd films<br/><br/>Zach Galifianakis is the worst Joker ever<br/><br/>Incredibly hit and miss<br/><br/>Things I Learnt From This Movie:<br/><br/>DC is the house that Superman made, but Batman has maintained<br/><br/>Batman doesn't pay his taxes<br/><br/>Ironman sucks<br/><br/>Life doesn't give you seatbelts It doesn’t have the heart, the depth or the novelty of the first Lego movie, but it is relentlessly, consistently funny – which excuses everything.
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