The Lego Batman Movie - Review

Star Rating: ✮✮✰✰✰

Anyone who knows me, knows I am a die-hard Batman fan, especially where Lego is involved. I have all the games and even a bunch of Lego figurines. So, I braved the cinema filled with sweaty, screaming children, who were incapable of chewing with their mouths closed to see an "advanced" screening for this movie. I say "advanced" because it was released two months prior in the US. So, if I am to be honest, before I even saw the movie I had a bad feel for it.

The first five minutes were probably the most enjoyable, where ripping off everything from The Lego Movie hadn't gotten old yet. Then follows a cluster-fuck of incorrectly represented characters. Let's start with Barbara, I have read the entire New 52 Batgirl series, along with other bits and piece, and there is absolutely NO sexual tension, feelings or relations between Bruce Wayne and Barbara Gordan nor Batman and Batgirl. Why DC keeps trying to perpetuate this, I have no idea.

Next is Dick Grayson, who actually looks Carrie Kelly, one of the few females that actually take up the mantle of robin, pictured below:

Whilst the character is charmingly needy, he does not display any of Dick Grayson charm nor wit that define Dick as Robin, actually everything about Robin screamed Carrie, the neediness, the overwhelming desire to prove themselves as Robin, being generally annoying . And I am not going to even start on The Joker.

The best part of this movie is the first song Batman actually sings. Bravo. 

I feel like this would have been better if I were drunk... Oh well. Maybe next time Lego.

💜MetalandTeacups