Review of The Lego Batman Movie (2017) by Jacob B — 30 Jun 2017

You know that awkward moment when you work for a movie studio and your animated kids' movie based off of a line of toys is better than your PG-13 "oh so serious" live-action movies? DC knows how that feels.

How so, you ask? Hmmm, let's see...better received than the DCEU movies before Wonder Woman - which is the DCEU's first legitimately good movie that succeeds where Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad and the few female superhero movies before it failed -, fun action sequences that are a lot more engaging than in BvS which I believe is because of the fewer limitations that the slow process of animation allows, beautifully animated with the characters moving, IMO, a lot more smoothly than in the also pretty good animated hit, The Lego Movie.

OK, fine the DCEU movies don't have terrible visuals but whatever. Not taking itself too seriously, Heath Ledger's Joker would be proud, may Ledger rest in peace. And far more coherent storytelling than in BvS.

I am mostly reviewing this film as if I have seen it before Wonder Woman but note that this mostly apply to the problems in pre-Wonder Woman DCEU entries, despite giving BvS and Suicide Squad four stars.

Let's just say I was in a good mood and feeling generous. And now, some meta humour. *deep Will Arnett Batman voice* Every review should end with a summary that will make a parent or studio executive satisfied.

And most of them should start with "all in all". So, here we go. *normal voice* All in all, The Lego Batman Movie is a beautifully animated, freaking hilarious, action-packed and just damn good fun that serves as the best Batman movie since The Dark Knight.

The Lego Batman Movie is, in terms of movies, the OTHER hero the DCEU deserves but not the one it needs right now. If Warner Bros. can't bring Nolan back, why not have the director of this movie, if not Lord and Miller, direct it? Maybe Justice League might be one of Zack Snyder's better efforts in recent years.

We'll find out soon enough.