Review of The Lego Batman Movie (2017) by 43In2014 — 16 Feb 2017

Related media: The film uses the styles and is a follow up to The Lego Movie. It also refers back to past Batman films, TV shows and comics.

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What's it like?: Batman is imperious in his defeat of his enemies, including The Joker, but he does have one big weakness - his individualism - and The Joker exploit this in his plan to destroy Gotham.

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Pros:

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1. The film tackles one aspect of the Batman story that has not been looked into in all of the past Batman films in a significant way. It is his individualism and his arrogance. Doing so makes this film very fresh and original. Even the trailers are very interesting!

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2. Taking a page from Deadpool, the jokes start at the very beginning. No! Even earlier than that! Even before the Warner Bros. logo is revealed! Now that shows great effort! The jokes continue until the very end, with the final song that is similar in tone to the Everything is Awesome song from The Lego Movie. There is no mid- or post-credit scene though.

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3. There are numerous jokes on Batman, Batman's incarnations in all the previous films and TV series, Bruce Wayne, Robin, Alfred, The Joker, Superman, The Justice League, The Phanthom Zone, The Wayne Mansion, The Batcave, etc., that harks back to what we knew of them already, yet opens up new possibilities into the characters and props. >.

4. I prefer this film over The Lego Movie. I think that the animation here has fewer distracting flashing lights, there are more jokes, and there isn't the live action part at the end of The Lego Movie that slows that film down.

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Cons: No significant cons.

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How would the different age groups rate it?

Children: Excellent.

Teenagers: Excellent.

Young adults: Excellent.

Medium age adults: Excellent.

Old adults: Good.

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My rating: 5/5 (no half scores). Watch it in the cinemas and buy the DVD.