When “The LEGO Movie” came out in 2014, it quickly became a global success and was one of my favorite films of that year. He landed the “Batman” gig as Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, directors of “The Lego Movie”, were heading off to direct the upcoming Han Solo film. But the action sequences aren’t there in terms of creativity or animation and there’s not much of substance in the rest of the story (a loner hero has to learn the value of family and teamwork, how original). The Joker fancies himself as a sort of head villain and Batman’s arch-nemesis, but Batman sees him as just another nuisance. In fact, the Joker tries to taunt him into conceding they need each other but Batman won’t budge. To Batman’s chagrin, it turns out that Barbara is something of a criminal justice reformer: after cleaning up neighboring city Blüdhaven with a combination of “compassion and statistics”, she’s set her sights on Gotham.
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The Hollywood Reporter note that The LEGO Batman Movie failes to match the opening weekend takings of the franchise’s first release.
If you remember one thing about this film, let it be that it’s amusing. “I think if they’re at all anxious about Warner Brothers’ commitment to making the kinds of movies like I did, and the kinds of movies that they’re making in the DC universe, they should rest assured that they’re fully committed to both. and know that there’s room out there for everybody to make the kind of movies that they’re making on both sides.” he says.
While not as unexpected as the first films, the emotional core is still rock solid here. LEGO and pop culture filled Batcave. It was too amusing to recall those sound effects words that pop out during the fight scenes.
It makes for an imaginative final sequence that could only come from the world of LEGOs and even though the battle’s final moments seems a bit nonsensical, even for a LEGO movie, it’s a wild ride that is some of the most fun you’ll have in a theater this year. Warner Bros spent US$80 million to produce the spin-off, which has collected an extra US$37 million overseas. There is King Kong, the Gremlins, the Wicked Witch and the flying monkeys from “Wizard of Oz”, Agent Smith from “The Matrix”, the T-Rex and velociraptors from “Jurassic Park”. More importantly, it is a strike against the popular notion that WB should be defined entirely by the fate of their live-action DC Films universe.
We’ll see how this plays out over the next few years.
Will Arnett manages to channel plenty of emotion into his seemingly one-note version of Batman, showing us his darkness and why Batman is who he is. The joker, voiced by Zach Galifianakis, was clever and amusing and all of his scenes were fun.
The guy who steals the show, though, is Michael Cera as Robin.
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Ralph Fiennes, as always, is superb as Alfred. Were there any voices or actors that were especially meaningful for you to get as actors? They dug up a lot of details from his entire canon of comics, TV and film and respectfully sent the Bat up in a most entertaining way. You can pick it up on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U. Story Packs are not machine specific. It was clever. It was nostalgic. It was fun and has great replay value.
