Menu
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Podcast
      • Slice of SciF 1019: Shark Bait“Shark Bait”: James Nunn on setting up the shark
      • Slice of SciFi 1018: Chariot“Chariot” Writer-Director Adam Sigal
      • Slice of SciFi 1017: DualIndie Scifi: On “Dual”, disposable lives and cloned replacements
      • Slice of SciFi 1016: Astrid & Lilly Save the World“Astrid & Lilly Save the World” Season 1 Breakdown
    • View all
  • Movie Reviews
      • Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”: A Triumph in Many Ways
      • Review: Memory (2022)“Memory” is a compelling crime thriller
      • Review: The Northman (2022)“The Northman” brings a Viking legend to life
      • Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is delightfully subversive
    • View all
  • TV Reviews
      • "Project Blue Book"“Project Blue Book” explores the threads of UFO reports
      • Manifest Season 1: 5 Episodes In5 Episodes In: “Manifest”
      • 5 Episodes In: Reverie5 Episodes In: “Reverie”
      • 5 Episodes In: Marvel's Cloak and Dagger5 Episodes In: “Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger”
    • View all
  • DVD Reviews
      • Discussion: The Spine Of Night (2021)Indie Talk: Another Look at “The Spine of Night”
      • Review: Creepshow S2 Blu-rayBlu-ray Review: “Creepshow Season 2”
      • Batman: The Long Halloween (2021)“Batman: The Long Halloween”: an effective if over-long story
      • Blu-ray: Seance (2021)Blu-ray review: “Seance”
    • View all
  • Columns
  • News
      • TV News
      • Film News
      • DVD News
      • Interviews
      • Events
      • Geeky, Funny & Weird
      • Online Entertainment News
      • Music News
      • On Stage
      • Space News

Slice of SciFi

This is How We Geek Out: Interviews, Reviews & More

  • Writers, After Dark
  • Horror Happenings
  • The Babylon Podcast
  • SciFi Shop Talk
  • Slice of SciFi TV
  • Contact Us
Reviewing “The LEGO Batman Movie”

Reviewing “The LEGO Batman Movie”

February 10, 2017 By Ro Leave a Comment

In LEGO Batman, the caped crusader lives his life in with the aim to never losing another person who matters to him; by not letting anyone matter ever. The movie opens with the Joker plotting a caper intended to bring the city to its knees and cement his place as Batman’s GREATEST FOE. But at the height of the action, Batman balks at the Joker’s every attempt to “ship” them. The whole setup plays to the (barely) unspoken codependent relationship between Batman and Joker to sidesplitting effect. Batman then once again saves the city, takes his victory lap (really there’s just no way to describe all the hilarity). LEGO Batman will absolutely turn out to be the relationship goals movie for more than one dude-bro among us and we who have to live them can’t but be hilariously amuse at the irony.

LEGO Batman Movie (2017)

Alongside this amusingly beleaguered bromance, Batman sees Barbara Gordon (voiced by Rosario Dawson) and immediately regresses to a fumbling, bad one-liner throwing goof in desperate need of (several) social engagement and interaction lessons. Barbara’s the ass-kicking, four-point plan having cop Gotham needs to wean itself off its dependence on Batman’s vigilante ways. As these two are at loggerheads, here comes the Joker – again – with a brilliant plan to make the Batman see just how much he really needs him… cue shenanigans, mad cap, beyond reasonable shenanigans.

If you thought the scenes from the commercial with Robin (Michael Cera) were hilarious you’re going to be reduced to tears before the end of the movie. *I will not spoil… I will NOT spoil*

LEGO Batman is the perfect follow up to the LEGO Movie. It brings the tongue-in-cheek vibe of the first movie to LEGO Gotham. With a hat tip nod to the first installment Batman’s skills as a master builder are all kinds of on display. The jokes are plentiful, the side-eye at the various incarnations of the caped crusader and his arch-nemesis a bound and the cameos are ridiculous (just ask your “nerd friends”).

LEGO Batman Movie (2017)

Batman, voiced with Will Arnet’s dry-witted and comical delivery, pulls the audience in to this story in a way I only wish the DCU would get it’s shit together enough to give us in with its most recent live-version; funny what effectively drawing on every last property featuring Batman owned by the studio can do for a script.

It doesn’t really matter what decade you grew up, every last one has an incarnation of Batman and the makers of LEGO Batman know it, love it and embraced it with their entire snark-driven hearts. This is an easter-egg riddled, double entendre delivering, laugh out loud good time.

You walk out with a smile on your face and more than one quotable quotes to work into conversation. Go, enjoy and remember the password is: “Ironman sucks!”

Side-note: I want a Lego Justice League movie immediately – trust me you will too.

Rating: 4.75 out of 5


In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The LEGO® Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble – LEGO Batman (Will Arnett) – stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s (Zach Galifianakis) hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. Maybe his superhero sidekick Robin (Michael Cera) and loyal butler Alfred (Ralph Fiennes) can show him a thing or two.

Voice cast: Will Arnett (Batman), Zach Galifianakis (Joker), Michael Cera (Nightwing), Rosario Dawson (Barbara Gordon), Ralph Fiennes (Alfred), Channing Tatum (Clark Kent), Zoë Kravitz (Catwoman), Jenny Slate (Harley Quinn)
Director: Chris McKay
Music composed by: Lorne Balfe

The LEGO Batman Movie
4.5

Summary

It doesn’t really matter what decade you grew up, every last one has an incarnation of Batman and the makers of LEGO Batman know it, love it and embraced it with their entire snark-driven hearts. This is an easter-egg riddled, double entendre delivering, laugh out loud good time.

Sending
User Review
0 (0 votes)
Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on Email

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: animation, DC Entertainment, LEGO

About Ro

I'm a blerd with a law degree who stumbled into a career in healthcare regulatory compliance. I'm a pop culture junkie, social justice and political back-talker living and working in Southern California. In my free time, I read and review books at shelfenvy.com, live tweet action, sci-fi/fantasy shows and often contemplate a career change so I can write that story that just won’t leave me alone.
shelfenvy.com | Twitter: @BookBlerd

Related Posts

5 Episodes In: “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”
Momoa-Aquaman Rumors Abated
Giveaway: Batman: Hush
Giveaway: Batman: Hush (DC Animated Universe)

Trackbacks

  1. “Teen Titans GO! To The Movies” is hilarious summer fare | Slice of SciFi says:
    July 27, 2018 at 8:41 am

    […] movie deals with familiar themes. Much like the LEGO Batman movie, the need for a superhero to have an arch-nemesis is one. The search for personal identity is […]

    Reply
  2. “LEGO Ninjago Movie” is a Fun, Emotional Tale | Slice of SciFi says:
    March 17, 2021 at 8:00 am

    […] Movie, I’ve fallen in love. I adore how the stories build on family and connectedness. When the LEGO Batman movie came out, it was brilliantly funny and continued to show us how families can come together […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Filter by Categories
Audio Productions
Awards News
Book News
Book Reviews
Columns
Comics News
DVD News
DVD Reviews
Entertainment Business News
Events
Fan Films
Fan Productions
Film News
Film Reviews
Gaming News
Geeky, Funny & Weird
Human Interest
Interviews
Music News
On Stage
Online Entertainment News
Science News
Slice of SciFi
Slice Video News
Space News
Specials
Technology News
TV News
TV Reviews

Subscribe to Podcast

Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsiHeartRadioStitcherPodchaserTuneInRSS

Listen to Slice of SciFi

iTunes
iHeart Radio
Player.FM
RSS
 

Keep Up With Slice of SciFi

  • Movie & TV Reviews

Recent Comments

  • Chris Howley on “The Northman” brings a Viking legend to life: “Your review makes me want to see this movie, which I had previously decided to skip over. Of course, I’ll…”
  • Armando Ruiz on Aquaman vs Namor: “Namor can destroy DC’s fish man”
  • Louis C Howley on “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is delightfully subversive: “Thank you for that compliment. I agree that it is a very difficult film to summarize. I very much appreciate…”
  • Summer Brooks on “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is delightfully subversive: “oh my, I didn’t do this review, it was Louis! Thanks for letting me know I needed to fix the…”
  • Alan Irwin on “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is delightfully subversive: “Thank you Summer. I had no way of describing this film when I came out of it. I absolutely loved…”
Tweets by Slice of SciFi
death to humans 160x600
Save 10-50% on in-stock toys at TFAW.com.

Slice of SciFi
1121 Annapolis Rd PMB 238
Odenton MD 21113
602-635-6976

Artwork:
Slice of SciFi spiral logo designed by Tim Callender

Theme Music:
Slice of SciFi music and themes
courtesy of Sci-Fried

Sister Sites:
Writers, After Dark
Horror Happenings
SciFi Shop Talk
Slice of SciFi TV

Copyright © 2005–2022 · Magazine Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in