LEGO Batman, le film : Unité des super héros

This is a film adaption of the Lego Batman 2 video game that I enjoyed years back. I have to say, I love how the movie improves on the video game at least. I'm just going to mention a few of my favorite improvements:

1. Bruce Wayne actually giving his speech at the "Man of the year" awards.

2. Lex and Joker being equal threats. I hated how Superman was out for the count on the final battle of the video game and the others took down Lex without him.

3. Adding Catwoman. She is my favorite Batman character, and I'm glad they gave her more screen time.

This happens to be the best Justice League film so far, the reason being is that if you want origin stories for these characters, you just need to watch the animated shows that the characters were based on in the DCAU. They also happen to get the personalities of the villains correctly, which is something that the modern DC Extended Universe fails on miserably. Overall this is a great fun movie and possibly, the best Justice League film made.

Having seen The Lego Movie, I expected this to be similar but found it to be a more serious rendition of the Batman tale, and probably nothing like the more recent Batman Lego Movie which I've yet to see. Beginning with the titles sequence in Legos copying the opening of the live-action Batman the Movie, and the use of the Batman and Superman themes from those films, the intent is immediately obvious that the story is going to proceed along those lines and not the more lighthearted and satirical tones of the latter.

There are some amusing moments, however, in the depiction of the characters. Unlike the adult Robin portrayed in the live-actor movies, Robin is here a youngster, impatient to join in the mayhem while Batman continually forces him into the background. He also sleeps with a teddy bear.

It's an enjoyable movie and the Lego constructs are interesting, and it definitely opens the way for the later, more ambition presentations.

After watching this film for the 10th anniversary on my digital hard drive for Bricktober here's my spoiler-free review of LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC SuperHeroes Unite! As usual, I'll be talking about my thoughts, comparing this with the game and my favourite moments & my conclusion/rating! The movie follows the same plot as the LEGO game and features returning voice actors like; Troy Baker as Bruce Wayne AKA Batman, Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor etc. Just like the game instead of watching cutscenes on YouTube, you're watching a full-feature short film! My favourite moments are; the music that was used from the Tim Burton 1989 movie scored by Danny Elfman and the action scenes! Overall I believe that kids will enjoy this film equally as The LEGO Batman Movie! That's why I'm giving this a 6/10! Go watch all the cutscenes on YouTube for LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes or watch the movie either way you'll have a good time entertaining yourself! ;-)

Not a good plot by any means ... but the movie is fun to watch with some EXCELLENT comedy. The bad dialogues and plot, with a few poorly written characters let it down though.

And, meanwhile - Back at the Batcave.... Batman kicks some serious butt (with a little help from all his super-friends, of course)....

Even though LEGO Batman's story of over-the-top, superhero crime-fighting pretty much went over the same, old ground, I still enjoyed this particular CG offering a helluva lot more than I did the likes of Christopher Nolan's live-action "Dark Knight" movie-series. I really did.

Besides LEGO Batman containing some often-humorous one-liners (nicely delivered by both Batman & Superman), I also got quite a delightful kick out of the LEGO-look of all the characters.

From having some very amusing facial expressions, to their squat stature and stubby legs, I'm actually looking forward to checking out other LEGO movies once they become available through my city's library system.

Of all the superhero characters featured in this picture's ultra-violent, fast-paced story, it was Flash, in his brief, but pivotal appearance, who I liked the most.