Awww, yeah, here we go!
Out of the disappointments and into
what we've been waiting for!
Out of the disappointments and into
what we've been waiting for!
As you may have read previously (specifically in
the Lego’s Batman: The Movie review),
I am not much of a superhero-genre-watcher. It’s interesting, just not my
immediate style. I do like the How It Should
Have Ended series, mainly for its comedy, and the fact that these
superheroes often stay in their superhero form. Speaking of comedy and
superhero genre, I finally got my hands on a free rental for The Lego Batman Movie.
While Princess Unikitty is without a doubt my
absolute favorite character from The Lego
Movie, Lego Batman was probably the coolest, and my second favorite. When I
first heard he was getting his own movie, I was ecstatic! My poor parents did
not share in my excitement. Oh, it’s not that they disliked The Lego Movie, there’s just a
generation chasm. My mom is not necessarily one for Legos or modern animated
films, and my Dad is not necessarily one for Legos or post-Adam West Batman.
I’d heard it was a good movie, and after the *mild* disappointment from what I
thought was The Lego Batman Movie, I
suddenly became more excited than ever.
To make myself even more appropriately excited, I
watched The Lego Movie before The Lego Batman Movie… well,
technically. There may or may not have been a viewing of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in between the two movies. I was still
excited!
THIS HAD ME
LAUGHING FROM THE FIRST LINES. Oh, man! It actually starts with a Batman
voice-over critique and a Michael Jackson quote! I was dying!
The story starts off about as basic superhero
folklore as it gets. The joker wants to take over Gotham City…
I know how that meme is supposed to
be used, but I feel it still applies here.
…using an admittedly overcomplicated bomb and a ton
of Batman Supervillains (Apparently, there are many; I don’t know how many were
legit, but the movie claims they’re real. I’m not Googling them.) under the
city to do so. With the city somehow surviving as a bunch of Lego-like plates
over no actual foundation, just an abyss, plus the fact that Batman cannot be
reached. the town is in real trouble.
Batman, however, inexplicably arrives on the scene.
And of course, Batman defeats the Joker… but not without a – what I like to
call – Nemesis Lovers’ Spat. In order to understand what I mean, think about
when Dr. Doofenschmirtz had a minor falling out with Perry the Platypus when he
was secretly fighting Peter the Panda on the side.
Hmm. P-names… everyone has a type, I guess.
Anyway, the Joker not only thinks that Batman’s
obsessed with him, he also thinks he’s Batman’s greatest enemy! Batman gives
Joker a MAJOR shutdown, leaving Joker a bit… deflated. For those who saw the
movie….
If you’ve been reading my blog as well,
you knew that meme would be back.
Batman in this movie is comically full of himself,
as he was in The Lego Movie, and to a
lesser extent Lego’s Batman: The Movie.
He’s still insanely rich, with a lair that would be the ultimate man-cave, and
he frequently visits the orphanage to give out Batman merchandise. There is one
bespectacled boy there who is obviously Batman’s biggest and shyest fan. The
only thing Batman lacks is friends/ / a stable family…. unless you count his computer, and his
butler, Alfred.
You wish.
This movie is incredible. I knew it was going to be
good, but I didn’t realize just HOW good this was. It shows a (somewhat
predictable) journey for Batman and his inner quest to open himself up to let
people into his life… and save the world from one of cinema’s best crossovers.
I did NOT, however expcect a Bat-fax to be included. I guess Hobbes was right
on his prediction.
Hey, it was still amazing!!!
The best part about this movie is that, like The Lego Movie, it included a ton of
material for a huge age range. It has a ton of charm, and excellent geeky
references for both the amateur and extreme. I’d recommend this for ages 8 and
up, but I guess a 5-year-old could watch it, too, depending on the parent’s
discretion. This was simple an amazing film.
Well, as I mentioned in last week's post, this is the last post I have for 2017. I'm taking an extended holiday break to recharge. Hope you enjoy the rest of 2017, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and I'll see you in 2018!
Bye!
If you had to hug a flower, what would you hug? And
what would your superhero alter-ego be?
