The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

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  TheMovieDiorama

  7 / 10

  The LEGO Batman Movie is pretty much what you would expect it to be. Barrels of fun, thoroughly entertaining and full of comic relief. If you watched The LEGO Movie and thought "Damn, Batman was so funny he should be in his own film"...well, your prayers have been answered. Another opportunity for LEGO to self-promote their products and start establishing a film franchise. Regardless, I had quite a good time watching this. Batman consistently saves Gotham, has no family or friends and refuses to let the Joker be his greatest enemy. So the Joker decides to ramp up his typical evil schemes by creating an army that consists of cinema's greatest villains. King Kong, Voldemort, Sauron and even Gremlins. It's an exhausting list, which pretty much describes the film. Exhausting. The countless amounts of pop culture references melted my brain. Nearly every line of dialogue is self-referential. Whether it harks back to classic Batman films or shoehorning in Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"...I just became numb to it all. Yet, somehow...I damn enjoyed this. This iteration of Batman is probably one of the best. Serious whilst hilarious. Cool whilst stupid. Suave whilst badass. Will Arnett's voice work is outstanding. The animation is stupendous and consistent with its predecessor. The plot is lighthearted with a good moral for younger viewers. Remember kids, teamwork saves the day. But it's the smaller finer details that really impressed me. LEGO Bane's voice imitating Tom Hardy. Agent Smiths repeating the same line. Narrating the studio logos. Referencing Adam West's Batman. "You...complete me!". It's fun just picking out certain references that make you chuckle. I do hate animations that utilise multiple annoying pop songs, and for some reason Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" was the most prominent. I get why, but urrrrrgh...why!? The LEGO Batman movie is lighthearted entertainment that everyone will admire, you just might need to take some time to mend you brain afterwards.

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