Thursday, March 30, 2017

Film Review - LEGO Batman (2017)

LEGO Batman sees Will Arnett return to the role of Batman which he did in the LEGO Movie in 2014 and here Batman arrests the Joker and then is beloved once more by the people of Gotham but a new Police Commissioner (Rosario Dawson) wants to work with Batman and well he kinda tends to work alone.

I had a lot of fun watching this movie it is easily the most fun I have had in a cinema since watching Split earlier this year, Arnett really does that campy Batman all anew for this generation (the recent DC animated film Return of the Caped Crusaders really felt out of place I feel) and it doesn't feel annoying or irritating to watch at all, Dawson has a lot of fun as the new Police Commissioner while Ralph Fiennes makes for a terrific Alfred.

The film also has some truly gorgeous animation there were many times where I was just looking at the film and thinking "This looks amazing" plus if you are a long time Batman fan there are plenty of gags and references to the history of the Dark Knight but I will say that the LEGO Movie is preferred to this film for me as that film had a lot more gags, more characters to enjoy watching and a more fresh feel to it whereas this if you aren't a big Batman fan you'll have a good time but a lot of the gags and references might go misunderstood.

And so that was LEGO Batman a lot of fun that is well worth watching, 3 and a half out of 5.

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