Review of The Lego Batman Movie (2017) by Minimoviemaniac — 06 Feb 2019

What was great about this movie is the overall experience you get in the theatre while watching this movie. Very few animated kids movies do a good job of appealing to kids and adults and put them in seats. To me, for the longest time, Pixar was the only one who could do this. But I am so pleased to say that this movie is great and enjoyable for kids and adults. The humor appeal to both sides without going to far to one side and you keep getting sucked into the comedy of the movie. Another funny part about this movie is that it is very self aware of what it is and of the character of Batman recently. The movie does bring up some points about the not-so-great parts about Batman and addresses them. It is very cool that the studio not only allowed them to do that, but also doing it in a very effective way. Will Arnett rocks it as this version of Batman, he’s a huge narcissist and thinks he’s all that because he’s Batman which was really funny for the whole audience while I was in the theatre.

This movie being as funny as it is does lend itself to the flaws I had with the movie. In that, because the humor of the movie never lets up with the humor and it’s joke after joke. This leads to the first problem, while you do laugh at every joke and it is funny the jokes never have time to fully sink in because you are being presented so many jokes. Not saying this hurts the comedy, but you could become worn out from all the jokes being thrown at you, but it still is funny all around. This leads me to my biggest issue with the movie, and that’s the sudden shift in tone in a part of the movie. There is a whole family dynamic part to the movie which was very out of the blue. What I mean by that is that I found myself cracking up and then suddenly watching something about family. Not saying it was bad but it just is a very sharp turn and I feel could’ve been done a lot more efficient than how it was done in the movie.