Been away for a bit but I've been busy watching more movies and anime to update this blog, after this review, Kubo and the Two Strings, All Dogs Go To Heaven and Magic Kyun Renaissance but first it's Lego Batman.
Without giving away too much as this is a current movie, Lego Batman Movie is basically a comical look at the most overlooked part of Batman's psyche which is of course his crippling fear of accepting family again, so lets see what Lego makes of it.
Batman is being Batman as he is Batman but after the latest battle with Joker and his villain friends, Batman rejects Joker as his biggest enemy, this is followed by Barbara Gordon taking on the head role of Police Commissioner from her father and calling out Batman for not actually catching the criminals which leads to a strange moment when Joker surrenders, unable to fight crime anymore, Batman resorts to getting rid of the Joker once and for all with the help of Robin but in doing so creates an even greater scenario which is where this review stops as it's spoiler territory.
Lego Batman is funny which is what it was aiming to be to begin with, it's Lego it's not meant to be taken seriously but I get the sense and this will make me a massive hipster, that Lego has become too mainstream.
It's absolutly everywhere, it's making the franchises they cover into sellouts and this film is so ridiculously cheesy and marketable that I kind of feel cheated. I say that because the Lego Movie was actually really good and was written well and actually felt like what Lego was representing. This is a cash in trying to rebuild (No pun intended) Batman's shattered movie career and using Lego to bring yourself back is as last resort as you can get without resorting to an unpopular reboot.
It's still funny and it's non offensive but I still feel cheated considering how much I enjoyed the Lego Movie.
