

The comparisons will always be made, I mean it's Batman, but the less the continuation is like what came before it, the more you avoid those comparisons. We already saw the dark and brooding Batman and I don't think anyone can top what Nolan and his crew did with the character, so why even bother? To avoid the inevitable comparisons, you would have needed to move away from that. Having said all of that, as much as I did love the Dark Knight trilogy, I felt that whoever took up the mantle of Batman needed to take the franchise and the character in a completely different direction. And, as a whole, The Dark Knight trilogy is tremendous and, in my opinion (again), no superhero franchise has even come close, MCU or otherwise.

It's also one of my favorite movies ever to boot. It is a thing of crime drama beauty that transcends the limitations of the genre. Or rather, I should say, my favorite of them all.
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In my opinion The Dark Knight is the best superhero movie of all time. To this day, if you were to ask me who would be my favorite superhero, I'd still say Batman. I dressed up as both many times, mostly Batman than the latter. Seriously though, it should be noted that, as a young boy, my favorite superheroes were Batman and Wolverine. What the fuck is this? I've seen two good DC movies in a row? What? Has hell frozen over, it must have, because this hasn't happened, really, ever. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1.The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1 The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast: Season 1 The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself: Season 1 The Mysterious Benedict Society: Season 2 If you love Legos and Batman what are you waiting for? Go now!! You don't even have to take a kid, it's a total blast for all ages, and I will definitely be seeing it again real soon.Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities: Season 1 That's what's happening here, if WB can take notes and study why this movie really works, maybe the Justice League and Ben Affleck's Batman film will actually make a better impact? Regardless, this is the standard animated movies need to have outside of Disney, and WB really needs to bring the heart this movie has into their live action films. It just means when you get people who know the material well, they're gonna make it a great film if they know what to do with it. It doesn't mean DC has to sell to Disney, it doesn't mean critics are biased against DC. This movie has such a stronger emotional impact than anything the DC cinematic universe has done with its last three films. It also makes me mad, because the film proves that WB is just sitting on a character's pile of good material to work with, and they don't know what to do with them in their real films. Seriously this movie had a smile on my face except for the parts when it really hit home for me. And it produces a fantastic message for kids, as well as a touching tribute to fans of Batman. It utilizes it's imagination of Legos to it's potential. It hits all the emotional beats just right with all of its themes. The special relationship Batman has with the Joker. His isolation and loneliness, his fear of becoming part of a family again. The focus of the film actually deals with to me a critical factor of Batman.

But In other words, the script is a hilarious tribute to arguably one of the greatest superheroes of all time, and surprisingly the most emotional.

You almost miss too much because they cram so many funny nod ons and jokes you wish they had spread em out a little bit. They use it to their advantage here, they praise and mock everything great, and everything terrible Batman has gone through over the years. It sounds like I'm talking about fan service because yes, it is most of the time. I swear there was almost a reference to everything you remember about him, from Detective Comics all the way to Batfleck. In a similar fashion, this movie encompassed everything you know about Batman, and I mean everything. We thought to ourselves a Lego movie would never work, it sounds like the ultimate marketing sham Hollywood could ever put out to sell toys, but it became one my favorite animated films of all time why? The first movie blew me away because it not only worked as a story, but it encompassed everything a fan of Lego remembers. It has the humor, the action, the animation, and surprisingly again the heart. Just like the movie before it, the LEGO Batman movie surprises yet again with a fun piece of imaginative work. Sorry fans but this blew all 3 of the cinematic universe movies out of the freaking water. This is the best theatrical film based on DC property that WB has put out in years.
