What Makes Lego Batman The Most Faithful Batman

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @possessedpicklejar4762
    @possessedpicklejar4762 Год назад +14176

    “Wouldn’t work in live action” is so nice to hear. Animation as an art medium gives a kind of freedom to make any kind of story work, and so many people always sell it short of that.

    • @sachxtrem
      @sachxtrem Год назад +428

      This so much. Its what alot of studios that make live-adaptions of animes/games fail to understand. Some things just dont translate super well to live action.

    • @legolassonofthranduir33254
      @legolassonofthranduir33254 Год назад +183

      fr look at spiderverse

    • @_patrycj_
      @_patrycj_ Год назад +110

      Disney needs to hear this

    • @PuddleStew
      @PuddleStew Год назад +121

      @@_patrycj_ so sad to think the entity that paved the way for animation respects it so little

    • @Chicci
      @Chicci Год назад +8

      @@PuddleStewsay that to Disney lol

  • @DaRealMikeyBruh.5o17
    @DaRealMikeyBruh.5o17 Год назад +5363

    THAT… and the fact that he’s canonically EVERY Batman ever.

    • @Man_Aslume
      @Man_Aslume Год назад +299

      So lego batman is just composite batman

    • @DaRealMikeyBruh.5o17
      @DaRealMikeyBruh.5o17 Год назад +359

      @@Man_Aslume pretty much, imagine like a multiverse but as person but that’s canonically EVERY famous Lego character in short

    • @Man_Aslume
      @Man_Aslume Год назад +27

      @@DaRealMikeyBruh.5o17 nothing could stop them

    • @saywhatnow2173
      @saywhatnow2173 8 месяцев назад +25

      Except the Batman Who Laughs

    • @Someone-dn2iv
      @Someone-dn2iv 8 месяцев назад +19

      ​@saywhatnow2173 that also is part of this composite Batman.

  • @archive6094
    @archive6094 Год назад +29108

    Fun Fact: Will Arnett uses his Batman voice when he gives his children important parenting information.

  • @Megamean09
    @Megamean09 Год назад +13755

    This movie is what convinced me that I will watch as many Lego movies as they choose to make. Where else are you going to see the Joker team up with Voldemort, Godzilla, Sauron, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Gremlins, and the Daleks, and hear Batman say "Iron Man sucks"?

    • @disneyvillainsfan1666
      @disneyvillainsfan1666 Год назад +1125

      It's a shame that we won't get any more LEGO movies from Warner Bros. This LEGO Cinematic Universe is probably the only shared Universe I would have ate up that wasn't Marvel.

    • @eeveeofalltrades4780
      @eeveeofalltrades4780 Год назад +247

      I mean, Lego Dimensions had all those characters minus Godzilla

    • @cameronweaver2013
      @cameronweaver2013 Год назад +74

      ​@DisneyVillainsFan 16 wait, why? I'm not updated on the status of LEGO movies

    • @showthebeebub
      @showthebeebub Год назад +166

      @@cameronweaver2013 because discovery bought Warner brothers

    • @ricochet4674
      @ricochet4674 Год назад +269

      Absolutly insane that both these movies turned out to be as genuinely good as they did. Like they're movies made out of fucking LEGOS and they're genuinely incredible movies.

  • @isaacrogers4174
    @isaacrogers4174 Год назад +21913

    5:42 “My name is Richard Grayson, but the other kids at the orphanage call me dick.” “Well children can be cruel.” That line is so god damn hilarious.

    • @ryantyanmyan2528
      @ryantyanmyan2528 Год назад +382

      He says dick not sick

    • @marxel4444
      @marxel4444 Год назад

      The typical nickname for richards is Dick.

    • @uumlaut-
      @uumlaut- Год назад +290

      He says dick not sick

    • @deennice6035
      @deennice6035 Год назад +202

      He says dick not sick

    • @lancerspades1603
      @lancerspades1603 Год назад +306

      It would be to my understanding that Bruce Wayne says the name "dick" as opposed to "sick."

  • @lbricks7631
    @lbricks7631 Год назад +4003

    I had no idea how much i needed a well-written video essay on the Lego Batman Movie.

    • @Looneyboy
      @Looneyboy Год назад +3

      @@Ryanh-z8hI’ll need a link cause I can’t find that channel

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos Год назад +10

      Cinema Therapy did one as well

    • @ShinyAvalon
      @ShinyAvalon Год назад +3

      Don't miss the Cinema Wins essay "Everything Great About the LEGO Batman Movie," either!

    • @lbricks7631
      @lbricks7631 11 месяцев назад +3

      Wow 1.5k likes, but I mean, I stand by my statement.

    • @one-onessadhalf3393
      @one-onessadhalf3393 4 месяца назад +2

      I mean there’s one about how well the queercoding works but that one’s not for everyone lol

  • @disneyvillainsfan1666
    @disneyvillainsfan1666 Год назад +11062

    Not only do I consider this one of my favorite versions of Batman, but I think this is the best Robin movie. Too many DC stuff portrays him as either a whiny aggressive brat or some overly angsty edgelord (like 2 TV shows I will NOT mention), but this version of Dick Grayson is actually likable for once. He may have been naive, but his heart was in the right place. He would have done anything to make Batman proud of him, helped him come out of his loner shell, and help create the Bat-Family. He's like what Robin was meant to represent back in the 1940s, and I loved him for it.

    • @avereynakama9854
      @avereynakama9854 Год назад +512

      Yes, yes, yes. I thought part of the point of them sticking kid sidekicks into superhero stories was to, in a sense, put the fans in the stories they love so much. Like, "Wow! I get to fight crime and save the day, too!"

    • @Alacaelum
      @Alacaelum Год назад +411

      JESUS CHRIST, YES. It is like Richard "Dick" Grayson is Jason Todd, who i like very much, but Dick is literally the golden boy of DC.
      There has been multiversal confirmation that any universe without Dick is 200% darker.
      The family depends 45% on him, 45% on Alfred, 10% extra that they share between them, and the last 10% is divide with Bruce and the other kids not trying to kill each other.
      Dick is a amazing human being, at a level that leaves even Superman behind, but the live action versions treat him like some fucking edgelord.

    • @AB0BA_69
      @AB0BA_69 Год назад

      Is it just me or is the whole "special rivalry" part of the movie seem really... really G A Y? Like, I was surprise Joker and Batman didn't kiss and get married at the end.

    • @ak-ub1ym
      @ak-ub1ym Год назад +16

      U mean Gotham? But isn't that one show , what about the other?

    • @copperface3574
      @copperface3574 Год назад +18

      ​@@ak-ub1ym Titans

  • @LeonardoKlotz
    @LeonardoKlotz Год назад +10473

    Tony Stark: "Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist."
    Bruce Wayne: "Billionaire, bon vivant, gallivanter, playboy, Gotham's most eligible bachelor, like 90 years in a row."

    • @TheyCallMeDio
      @TheyCallMeDio Год назад +898

      You forgot tax evader

    • @isaiaholaru5013
      @isaiaholaru5013 Год назад +421

      And ignorer of orphans until he adopts one because of said ignoring

    • @bookworm_of_heaven
      @bookworm_of_heaven Год назад +300

      ​@@TheyCallMeDio eh they already said billionaire

    • @magicianslucky602
      @magicianslucky602 Год назад +173

      @@TheyCallMeDio not even joker fucks with the IRS

    • @lordofdestruction9351
      @lordofdestruction9351 Год назад +63

      ​@@magicianslucky602 that's what makes batman batman 🗿

  • @samuelmillersam317
    @samuelmillersam317 Год назад +12397

    Who pays his taxes, NOT BATMAN

    • @somerandolad
      @somerandolad Год назад +882

      Joker may be crazy enough to take him on, but the IRS? No, thank you!

    • @ItsDangerX
      @ItsDangerX Год назад +267

      Monopoly encourages tax evasion now, in their ads.

    • @elementmanexe8389
      @elementmanexe8389 Год назад +216

      Don't worry, his roommate Bruce Wayne pays for him

    • @tjproductionsteal7082
      @tjproductionsteal7082 Год назад +27

      That's why he's so rich.

    • @rorangarrowson5
      @rorangarrowson5 Год назад +41

      I just seen the movie not to long ago with my little brother. He quote this line all the time. Which make sense since it is fire.

  • @philipjohnson3942
    @philipjohnson3942 Год назад +1786

    My favorite part was that they didn’t just add every villain at the very start for the sake of cramming them in, but that they ended up being vital in the finale

    • @TheRedMan77
      @TheRedMan77 11 месяцев назад +118

      Also the joke of "Did you make those last ones up?"

    • @shanel4294
      @shanel4294 8 месяцев назад +69

      @@TheRedMan77honestly cause the condiment one was where they lost me, but they were right. It was worth the google.

    • @Charliesbowtie
      @Charliesbowtie 8 месяцев назад +41

      @@shanel4294 condiment king was a playable character in LEGO Batman the video game 3 Beyond Gotham or whatever it's called, which came out before the movie I believe. That's the only place I've seen him before but I'm not a big Batman fan, just a big lego fan.

    • @ytbvdshrtnr
      @ytbvdshrtnr 7 месяцев назад +7

      @@Charliesbowtie Ah a fellow fan of duplos

  • @Sub_3690
    @Sub_3690 Год назад +6172

    The Lego Batman movie reminds of the 2018 spider man game. It adapts the franchise extremely well and pays homage to every piece of Batman media

    • @MaxIronsThird
      @MaxIronsThird Год назад +23

      I don't love Spider-Man 2018, it's okay imo, the combat is a carbon copy of Arkham but worse, the story is weak, QTE all over, but sure swinging around is really fun(even if it has way too much handholding) and it has cool graphics.
      I don't get how it pays homage to several Spider-Man stories, like Arkham Asylum did for Batman, if you think borrowing then butchering stories is paying homage then idk what to tell you, plus the really uninspiring enemies/villain and how similar it felt to the Arkham games, if I didn't know Insomniac I'd thought the game was made by Rocksteady ex-pats.

    • @Toosty7
      @Toosty7 Год назад +206

      @@MaxIronsThird 🤓

    • @legometaworld2728
      @legometaworld2728 Год назад +136

      @Tootsy7 I don’t get why so many people are suddenly hating on Spider-Man PS4, it’s pretty much what Arkham Knight should’ve been IMO (aside from the stuff that’s distinctly Spider-Man and not Batman).

    • @ak-ub1ym
      @ak-ub1ym Год назад +24

      ​@@legometaworld2728 cause these ppl treat it like as if there were no good solo spiderman games existed before that and Spiderman'18 single-handedly made spiderman great.
      Web of shadows / Shattered dimensions / ultimate spiderman were so much better than Spiderman'18 in terms of story and execution and marvel games under Activision were good but are treated like they don't exist and these guys give high praise to insomniac spiderman like the next coming of christ when it's just mid or average.

    • @MaxIronsThird
      @MaxIronsThird Год назад +10

      @@legometaworld2728 Arkham Asylum/City >> Spiderman 2018/Arkham Knight

  • @ob2kenobi388
    @ob2kenobi388 Год назад +6290

    I definitely LOVED the idea of a Batman who has tragically closed himself off from everyone around him. Most other Batman media doesn't even mention that Bruce's _parents were shot right in front of him_ more than once or twice, and it's always been a backdrop to the overall story. This is the only Batman story I've seen where Bruce is actively trying to fill the void left by growing up without his parents, and intentionally pushes away those closest to him because he's afraid of losing them too. Lego Batman, more than any other Batman, is a man who lost his parents at a young age and still hasn't fully come to terms with that. He basks in the adoration of his city full of fans because it's the most intimate relationship he'll let himself have. Sure, other Batmans have avoided getting close with those around them, but those Batmans were more _dark, brooding, and edgy,_ while Lego Batman is genuinely tragic.

    • @LakeGameCreepr
      @LakeGameCreepr Год назад +21

      OB2 i keep seeing you everywhere in comments sections

    • @ob2kenobi388
      @ob2kenobi388 Год назад +56

      @@LakeGameCreepr
      I guess I have a knack for it lol

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 Год назад +96

      "Dark brooding and edgy"
      Very nice lego 2 reference

    • @ob2kenobi388
      @ob2kenobi388 Год назад +37

      @@Killerbee4712
      That was an accident lol-when was that said in the movie? I watched it like once and don't remember much.

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 Год назад +93

      @@ob2kenobi388 Oh lmfaoo, "dark brooding and edgy" is the theme lego 2 tries to mock. Remember how duoplo takes over and the lego people have to like escape into an apocolypse world, everyone's acting edgy and dark and manly and emmet's like too innocent?

  • @bencarlson4300
    @bencarlson4300 Год назад +2129

    This is legitimately one of my favorite films of all time. That sounds stupid, but this movie is gorgeous to look at, surprisingly witty and funny, packed with jokes only adults will get, and a really poignant message at its heart. And as much as I love The Batman and the Nolan trilogy, this is my favorite Batman movie.

    • @lordofdestruction9351
      @lordofdestruction9351 Год назад +45

      Exactely my thoughts, its so goofy and hilarious while also having a serious side that's hidden beneath the sarcasm, kinda like real life, where people joke about their problems and emotions, but obviously not batman he doesnt feel any emotions but rage

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos Год назад +5

      Mine is Mask of the Phantasm but this one is up there

    • @Qaosbringer
      @Qaosbringer Год назад +4

      "The Most Faithful Batman adaptation ever". WTF? Really. What the even fuck?
      Lego Batman is not even close to being a most faithful Batman adaptation ever. It is just a parody of Batman, nothing more, nothing less.
      Check Batman Animated Series if you need more faithful Batman adaptation.

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos Год назад +27

      @@Qaosbringer Parodies can be faithful. Look at DBZ Abridged

    • @achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233
      @achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 Год назад +4

      To be honest .. I don't like the Nolan Trilogy that much.
      Christian Bale was neither a good Bruce Wayne, too much American Psycho Vibes, nor a good Batman .
      He was okay in Begins, especially with Scarecrow.
      The Dark Knight was carried by Heath, and after Batman gunning himself through half the city in his tank/bike I thouhgt thats no Batman ..
      Had no chemistry with the worst Catwomen after Hale Berry and Mumbles just pissed me off ..

  • @thewizard-edits
    @thewizard-edits Год назад +706

    Something genius this film did in contrast to other Batman films is explore to its fullest _why_ Batman is a dark and brooding loner. It’s always been established that he is, but this film makes the direct connection that because he lost his parents, he’s scared of ever caring for anyone again in case they die too. It creates this incredible character motivation in this movie that isn’t really used elsewhere. Sure, he’s a loner who hates working with people, but the Lego Batman Movie says exactly _why._

  • @gazem_3211
    @gazem_3211 Год назад +2312

    I remember watching this in theaters as a 12 year old kid, and I remember enjoying it well enough. But being reminded of how much of a love letter it was for Batman fans in hindsight makes me appreciate more.
    Maybe if I were to rewatch it, I would actually love it.

    • @blueazure9658
      @blueazure9658 Год назад +26

      Damn I was 18 and I loved it but I also had the first Lego sets like 17 years ago

    • @gazem_3211
      @gazem_3211 Год назад +8

      @Blue Azure Wow, I'm 18 right now lol. First year of uni. So you'd be 24 now right?

    • @Astro_Rohan
      @Astro_Rohan Год назад +26

      ​@@gazem_3211 you should totally rewatch it. It was meant for audiences of all ages! It's still holds up super well

    • @lowlowseesee
      @lowlowseesee Год назад

      lol @ maybe

    • @pennywise8994
      @pennywise8994 Год назад +22

      I hate the fact you made me realize the movie released 6 years ago.

  • @gentlekatabasis
    @gentlekatabasis 8 месяцев назад +132

    What really makes this movie so faithful is how Chris McKay paid homage to the rampant homoerotic tension between Batman and the Joker that is so prevalent through his countless adaptations.

  • @lyonspell
    @lyonspell Год назад +1183

    The Lego Batman Movie was incredible and a nice surprise.
    Not mentioned in the video but the casting was on point for this as well, with Will Arnett and Michael Cera shining as Batman and Robin.

    • @saladpotet7872
      @saladpotet7872 Год назад +58

      Michael Cera was Robin??? Holy shit he was way more vibrant than I thought he'd be

    • @snufkinwufkin9247
      @snufkinwufkin9247 Год назад +29

      Most likely an unpopular opinion but this movie is proof why Will Arnett should be cast as Shadow in Sonic 3

    • @ekamsingh1640
      @ekamsingh1640 Год назад +7

      @@snufkinwufkin9247 Or the guy in sonic adventures fandub, that guy works too.

    • @snufkinwufkin9247
      @snufkinwufkin9247 Год назад +2

      @@ekamsingh1640 oh Ryan? I mean probably, if he's a voice actor

  • @Styrophoamicus
    @Styrophoamicus Год назад +882

    It's a shame we'll never get a sequel. Chris McKay had an awesome pitch that was about his friendship with Superman.

    • @dylannichols3577
      @dylannichols3577 Год назад +176

      I hope you’re lying about this, because if it was true then we must protest.

    • @TheCompleteMental
      @TheCompleteMental Год назад +106

      Fuck, we need that movie

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos Год назад +69

      It's genuinely amazing that there hasn't been a sequel

    • @animaticfanatic7516
      @animaticfanatic7516 Год назад +25

      Why did they not do the sequel?

    • @TheAlpacalypseIsUponUs
      @TheAlpacalypseIsUponUs Год назад +41

      I love them as friends so sick of them being "rivals" or not getting along in live action

  • @GuineaPigEveryday
    @GuineaPigEveryday Год назад +118

    That scene when Batman comes home, spends his night alone in the most relatable moments ever captured on film of just the sort of mundane activities of microwave and watching a movie etc, then watches Jerry Maguire, realising he’s alone, and then laments to his dead parents. Its such a simple obvious scene that makes its point super clear, and hilariously cliche, yet wow it is somehow extremely emotional to watch. Gonna be honest, never expected to cry at a Lego Batman Movie.

  • @k31than
    @k31than Год назад +305

    The movie Kick-Ass (2010) actually made me think and believe that it's possible to make a Batman movie with Robin without compromising or losing all its dark and serious tone/theme.

  • @spddiesel
    @spddiesel Год назад +497

    The "kids can be cruel" line was gold 😂

  • @legometaworld2728
    @legometaworld2728 Год назад +551

    This is like the only version of Batman who has objectively never killed anyone (even Battinson inadvertently killed at least someone during the chase scene when the Batmobile’s exhaust ignited that one truck).

    • @TheCompleteMental
      @TheCompleteMental Год назад +102

      Cartoon logic makes that way easier to do
      Also not being in the same room as Zach Snyder

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos Год назад +4

      BTAS maybe?

    • @lord2.0works
      @lord2.0works Год назад +1

      @@BJGvideos To my memory not really but again there's a lot that happens there

    • @parkerwayneenforcersofjust4006
      @parkerwayneenforcersofjust4006 Год назад +19

      Well those penguins he used to shield himself from Poison Ivy probably died. (I’m just gonna imagine they were evil penguins tho 🐧 🔪)

    • @Waffletigercat
      @Waffletigercat Год назад +9

      @@BJGvideosBTAS Batman has killed at least one person. Sort of. There’s an episode of Justice League where Deadman possesses Batman’s body to shoot an assassin that was trying to kill one of the JL members, and while the shot hits a non-lethal body part, it throws the person into some exposed wiring and electrocutes him to death. Even though Deadman was controlling Batman’s body, Batman was VERY upset about the incident.

  • @satire__
    @satire__ Год назад +170

    Fun fact: lego batman is canonically the strongest lego minifigure, due to him having a 9-pack

  • @henrychinaski
    @henrychinaski Год назад +320

    One of my only regrets in life is NOT seeing this in theaters opening weekend.

    • @MissShiniSato
      @MissShiniSato Год назад +13

      I watched it when it came to theaters with a friend and it was the best experience ever

  • @StriderStryker
    @StriderStryker Год назад +411

    Even if Kevin Conroy isn’t with us anymore, I won’t mind Will Arnett voicing Batman at all.

  • @xeno_animation1
    @xeno_animation1 Год назад +460

    I looove the dark versions of batman but I somehow love this version even more..

    • @alchemistofsteel8099
      @alchemistofsteel8099 Год назад +3

      have you seen the animated series?

    • @xeno_animation1
      @xeno_animation1 Год назад +7

      @@alchemistofsteel8099 I've watched batman beyond and a few others but I see ur point

    • @DatOneCat
      @DatOneCat Год назад +10

      Goes to show what having a touch of character in you instead of always being dark and broody does huh?

    • @barry2349
      @barry2349 Год назад +2

      ​@@xeno_animation1animated version of batman is pretty much thus

  • @milkiassamuel780
    @milkiassamuel780 Год назад +437

    For a time this was my all-time favourite Batman movie as a teen. This film just felt like a genuine love letter to the character and Will Arnett truly is underrated as Batman.

  • @the-berries-and-cream-dude
    @the-berries-and-cream-dude Год назад +68

    This is what happens when someone that knows the material works on a movie adaptation. It shows when there's love and passion behind a project.

  • @avereynakama9854
    @avereynakama9854 Год назад +106

    I absolutely loved it. I mean, I do like Lego and I thought it was cool that they did more with Lego Batman, but I was like, "Oh, wow! They mentioned THAT?" when they made all the references to other iterations over the years. And, as you said, they actually gave Batman something he's wanted for a long time: family. How often has he had to turn his back on it because it was too dangerous to open up to anyone other than Alfred? And it's always good to see Alfred hopping into action and helping to save the day.

  • @JustTryingToChillOut
    @JustTryingToChillOut Год назад +234

    Watching this movie again after years you realise that there is a ridiculous amount of adult jokes hidden in it.

    • @Anarqism
      @Anarqism Год назад +31

      "children can be cruel"

    • @outrowed
      @outrowed Год назад

      ​@@Anarqismo😮 67 rff😂

    • @RB83206
      @RB83206 11 месяцев назад +12

      Who always pays his taxes? NOT BATMAAAN!

    • @zucchini3857
      @zucchini3857 4 месяца назад +7

      “I fight around” i loved the joker and batman relationship plot bwahah

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Год назад +180

    "If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change."
    Batman, Woo.
    Definitely not Michael Jackson.

  • @alchemistofsteel8099
    @alchemistofsteel8099 Год назад +72

    At the end of the day Batman isn't a loner, he has a found family always there for him, he just has to accept them

  • @ScorpioIsland
    @ScorpioIsland Год назад +41

    This is one of the first movies i watched with my adopted son and i cried. A lot. What a film

  • @Locadel2003
    @Locadel2003 Год назад +161

    I still think this movie was so underrated and fun. Its better than The lego ninjago movie & The lego movie 2

    • @Kureemy
      @Kureemy Год назад +28

      Yeah, and the Ninjago movie wasn’t really faithful to the actual series that I enjoyed when I was in elementary.

    • @Scr4mbledM3ggs
      @Scr4mbledM3ggs Год назад +5

      Tbh all of the movies are better than Lego Movie 2 imo.

    • @coolboy2256
      @coolboy2256 Год назад +5

      @InfiniteSoulsin my opinion the lego ninjago movies really good on its own. If it was cannon to ninjago it would have been hard for people unfamiliar with the show to understand whats going on, making the target audience pretty small. I also enjoyed seeing a different take on ninjago and for the most part I loved their redesigns. AND! without it we wouldn't have gotten the MASTERPEICE that is the oni trilogy

    • @Flankify
      @Flankify Год назад +4

      ⁠@@coolboy2256It's crazy how the Ninjago Movie (which was kinda mediocre, in my opinion) indirectly led to two of the greatest Ninjago seasons of all time.

    • @MissShiniSato
      @MissShiniSato Год назад +1

      I agree the second Lego movie was lackluster they should have just done a second Lego Batman movie

  • @alexlovel
    @alexlovel Год назад +22

    4:50 that poster is gold. I want one

  • @Awesomemay
    @Awesomemay Год назад +19

    ive been waiting for a proper video essay on the lego batman movie, its so perfect

  • @coreyhaynes7951
    @coreyhaynes7951 Год назад +222

    I absolutely adore the Lego Batman Movie. Truly a hilarious, reference filled delight. Love your guys videos too!

  • @pacorka9943
    @pacorka9943 Год назад +35

    As a big batman fan, this movie is so incredibly good. I hope we get another movie like this in 20 years to recap the following decades of batman visual media.

  • @Headlock123456789
    @Headlock123456789 Год назад +64

    I’ve never been huge into Batman, but this definitely makes me appreciate it more.

  • @agirlnamedbrett.
    @agirlnamedbrett. Год назад +6

    'i dont feel anything emotionally except for RAGE'
    the lego Batman movie is so rewatchable, i love it

  • @mrdrprof8402
    @mrdrprof8402 Год назад +71

    I'm so glad I'm not alone in this! Lego batman was such a perfect incarnation of batman, both as a love letter to the character and a brutal satire of the dark edgy take. Batman needs a bat family, they really are what rounds out the character. I cannot express how clear the love for batman was in that movie.
    Excellent video

    • @Qaosbringer
      @Qaosbringer Год назад +2

      "The Most Faithful Batman adaptation ever". WTF? Really. What the even fuck?
      Lego Batman is not even close to being a most faithful Batman adaptation ever. It is just a parody of Batman, nothing more, nothing less.
      Check Batman Animated Series if you need more faithful Batman adaptation.

    • @mrdrprof8402
      @mrdrprof8402 Год назад +10

      @@Qaosbringer The best parody comes from a deep love of whatever is being parodied. Yes, he's a parody but in this parody they make the single most complete conceptualization of the character. TAS is phenomenal and carrying basically that batman into justice league animated is so good. However, it only really touches on an aspect of a character that's almost a century old. It doesn't acknowledge how goofy the silly man in a bat costume can be, it doesn't take him to the depths of edge that he's descended into, it is more fantastical than the Nolan films but more grounded than the Adam west series. Kevin Conroy is and always will be the voice of batman in my mind because of those shows. TAS is an absolute timeless classic with many episodes that blow the Lego batman movie utterly out of the water in terms of quality.
      Lego batman came to be only because the creators clearly loved this character in his entirety and endeavored to take every aspect of that character into their adaptation. And, frankly, this is one of the few realms this works: a ridiculous world where a multitudinous batman fits right in. Lego batman is less a character in his own right and more a brutal condemnation of a few limited takes on the character (batman always wins, batman always works alone, batman is so dark and edgy, batman can't ever grow as a character) but he's also an incredible love letter at the same time. A take on this character that encapsulates more than any other take I've seen and embraces everything about him that multiple generations of people have come to love.
      So I'll absolutely agree that TAS is a much better work of art but Lego batman is the most faithful adaptation.

  • @animeditor
    @animeditor Год назад +92

    Thanks @Nerdstalgic for this deep dive into our movie. Every single one of us on the show was an enormous Batman fan, and most of all Chris McKay, who I have to say knows the most about Batman and is (secretly) Batman when no one is looking. 😊

  • @diegovalentino3953
    @diegovalentino3953 Год назад +14

    My dad has been a Batman fan ever since he watched the Adam West show a kid. And all these years later, if you ask him what is his favorite Batman film, he will always point to this one

  • @cement_eater
    @cement_eater Год назад +26

    The movie felt like a love letter to Bruce Timm's work on Batman in particular. The animation was excellent, and the characters were all understood perfectly... but the crew just couldn't help teasing a Batman and batgirl couple.

  • @gilesa.4052
    @gilesa.4052 Год назад +27

    What Lord and Miller did with Batman in the Lego movie was absolute genius. 😂

    • @800Ms-k6n
      @800Ms-k6n Год назад +4

      I mean where else can you see Batman stealing the hyperdrive from the Millennium Falcon 😂😂

  • @Guesthunter
    @Guesthunter Год назад +21

    The first Lego movie was a very pleasant surprise and I had doubts, that any sequel, even if just loosely based, could touch it (Corporate greed and so on), but the Lego Batman movie was a treat from start to finish. It showed me, that people and even big movie studios can still make good movies in the 21st century!

  • @harmless9336
    @harmless9336 Год назад +26

    A movie that finally instead of asking who batman is, asked how batman is (doing).

  • @princeimrahil6557
    @princeimrahil6557 Год назад +8

    As soon as I left the theater I just shook my head and said "that had more character development then Ive seen out of any other adaption"

  • @LeonardoKlotz
    @LeonardoKlotz Год назад +48

    I would love to see the live-action Nightwing movie directed by Chris McKay

  • @Sootielove
    @Sootielove Год назад +26

    The relationships in this film are just so fun. Robin is delightful and a perfect foil against Batman's overly serious and angst persona

  • @laurelsilberman5705
    @laurelsilberman5705 Год назад +14

    “Accidentally adopts”😂

  • @CaptainphoenixofficialYT
    @CaptainphoenixofficialYT Год назад +13

    This movie is hilarious and amazing.
    On a side note though, it's actually crazy how Lego and Warner Brothers made one of the most loyal Batman films ever yet in the same year, made a Ninjago movie that barely has any semblance to the show it came from.

  • @rgodase
    @rgodase Год назад +27

    You pretty much summed up my opinion sir. I recommended this movie to all friends who love batman and never got a bad review.

  • @17DecimalsPerHour
    @17DecimalsPerHour 26 дней назад +2

    You did not convince me on “most faithful” but 100% leg9 Batman is a masterpiece and not every one needs to be super dark and tragic.

  • @brobs0463
    @brobs0463 Год назад +7

    There are so many villains in this movie that they put in all of Batman’s and kept going

  • @Leoncroi
    @Leoncroi Год назад +8

    7:27 - Ironic that you would show a clip of the Pattinson Batman for this point, because that's exactly the lesson this novice Batman learns. That scene when Batman hears that one Riddler Goon say, "Me? I'm Vengeance" immediately shapes Batman's mindset. He realizes that all this time, he's been no better than the people he's been "punishing" and needs to lean a bit more out of the darkness, and into the light. Less vengeance, more justice; and at the end of The Batman, he knows that and now has to learn to apply it. Less of a curse to be feared by criminals, and more of a champion for good to every day citizens.

  • @bixogrilovevo5655
    @bixogrilovevo5655 Год назад +5

    In my opinion that is probably the most rewatchable Batman movie

  • @minetieplays2092
    @minetieplays2092 2 месяца назад +1

    I will always love the Lego movies, because not only is the animation style _perfectly_ crafted to the style of humor the movies often use, but they usually have pretty well written stories and you can tell that a lot of love went into them

  • @ytjz8397
    @ytjz8397 Год назад +12

    I hope the DCU’s Batman Brave and Bold dives into a fully formed Batverse the same way Lego Batman did it

  • @oishimiller4617
    @oishimiller4617 Год назад +19

    I have watched and immersed myself in nearly every piece of Batman media since I was a baby. I avoided this movie until 2 years ago since I thought it was gonna be goofy and not really a Batman movie. When I finally watched it on a random summer day I fell in love with Batman all over again. The heart that made up the Batfamily’s interactions was there, his history was respected and utilized incredibly well and the villains were an essential part to the story. This has made its way as one of my favorite Batman movies and is up there with The Dark Knight and The Batman for me.

  • @Goldjoni
    @Goldjoni 9 месяцев назад +2

    I watched the Lego Batman Movie with my mother and my aunt, and they thought it was too goofy. They just don't see what an absolute gem this movie is.

  • @Joecota95
    @Joecota95 Год назад +4

    I’ll always remember walking out of the theater saying this was best Batman movie period the biggest love letter to the character ever

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 Год назад +26

    To me, there are three truly great Batman movies. This, Mask of the Phantasm, and his crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 😊

  • @pointlessgarbage8587
    @pointlessgarbage8587 Год назад +15

    My one gripe was that it just HAD to include all other WB properties possible, it could have EASILY stood on its own as just Batman-Lego references galore and would have been plenty fun all the same. The introduction of other characters cheapens the experience

    • @800Ms-k6n
      @800Ms-k6n Год назад +13

      But I still think it's funny that they do that. I mean where else can you get a movie where Joker teams up with Voldemort, Godzilla, Sauron, Wicked Witch of the West, King Kong and others in beating Batman. As just a simple throwaway joke, it absolutely works

  • @Donutlover
    @Donutlover Год назад +6

    I actually rewatched this yesterday! Love this movie, *especially* lego joker and batman's relationship

  • @909Films
    @909Films Год назад +12

    This movie is right up there with Mask of the Phantasm as my favorite of the animated Batman movies. I remember when I first heard The Killing Joke was getting it’s own animated adaptation, I was so excited! Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill in an R-rated Batman movie?!!! What more could you ask for? I was really let down though. I know they were trying to establish Barbara Gordon’s backstory to give new-time viewers her background and daily life. Fleshing out a character and adding more weight to the stakes that Gordon is feeling by the time we get to the actual Killing Joke portion of the story. They went about it all wrong though. But if you skip the first 30-ish minutes, it’s pretty faithful to the graphic novel.

  • @yagirlsheila7705
    @yagirlsheila7705 8 месяцев назад +9

    1:48 If i had a nickel for every time audiences thought a lego animated movie would be a cash grab only to be pleasantly surprised, I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

  • @ZPHammill
    @ZPHammill 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for this essay. I couldn’t agree more.
    My favorite moment in the movie comes toward the end, when Bruce takes off the cowl in the moments before he is to go to the Phantom Zone, and he still holding it when he hugs Robin, but it’s only when he sets it down that he can truly embrace him. It gets me every time.
    And then it goes right back to being incredibly funny. It just might be a perfect movie.

  • @zellalaing5439
    @zellalaing5439 9 месяцев назад +4

    Whenever anyone asls "whos youve favourote batman" I always say Arnett

  • @TopGuardDawg
    @TopGuardDawg 7 месяцев назад

    Its always great when Directors direct a film to something they can relate such as Chris Mckay who actually grew up watching and liking Batman. He actually knew the lore and added some villians that only appeared in the comics and not in live action movies

  • @novelle.27
    @novelle.27 Год назад +9

    Love this movie so much. My family is obsessed with it and we quote it very often. The only other movie we quote to this degree is The Emperor’s New Groove. Truly a family classic.

  • @HemiSlant6828
    @HemiSlant6828 Год назад +1

    The silliness is what made the Lego video games amazing, and having that in movie form is amazing.

  • @ExtraEdgyOtter
    @ExtraEdgyOtter Год назад +23

    I've been a DC fan for all of a month, consuming content in every waking moment I have. I just watched Lego Batman for the first time three days ago, and LOVED IT. Knowing that most of the movie franchises won't entirely live up to what I've experienced thus far with Lego Batman, Young Justice, and the Nightwing (2016) comics is definitely a disappointment. This movie just felt so full of love.

  • @missy2105
    @missy2105 9 месяцев назад +2

    the lego batman movie being so beloved by everyone is SO funny and i will continue to rep it to anyone i meet who has never watched it. just fine cinema all around, it's my #1 sick day movie

  • @gaminization1721
    @gaminization1721 Год назад +9

    THIS IS MY FAVOURITE BATMAN MOVIE

  • @zachwilliams2369
    @zachwilliams2369 Год назад +4

    I saw this with my wife on my birthday 6 years ago as a thirty year old. We both were the only people in the theater. We laughed so hard at the no no no scene that if anyone else would have been in there they probably would have complained to management.

  • @lowlowseesee
    @lowlowseesee Год назад +3

    this film blew me away. im older and didnt really take it seriously for obvious reasons but a co worker who doenst even know as much as I know about Batman put me on. i was floored. high as hell dying watching it lol

  • @Ali-ey9sz
    @Ali-ey9sz Год назад +5

    Man, its my favourite batman movie. Its just so good

  • @kylejwood1051
    @kylejwood1051 4 месяца назад +2

    When my wife and I went to go see this movie in the theaters, she laughed so hard and for so long that she freaked out the kids sitting next to us. Loved it!

  • @tigeroats913
    @tigeroats913 Год назад +5

    I genuinely did not expect to love this movie as much as I did I really want a part 2

  • @L1lz_0222
    @L1lz_0222 2 дня назад

    "If you want to make the world a better place, look at yourself and make a change." this is the only batman movie i have ever cried while watching tbh

  • @Goosegoosegoose24
    @Goosegoosegoose24 Год назад +12

    "because last I checked i only have one butt." Kills me everytime 😂

  • @levilukeskytrekker
    @levilukeskytrekker Год назад +2

    This is a great video essay, Lego Batman deserves all the accolades and more.

  • @Zombiesnyder13
    @Zombiesnyder13 Год назад +12

    I watched THE TOMORROW WAR because of Chris McKay
    But i was expecting more from him
    Good thing that he was able to redeem himself with RENFIELD

  • @strangecolouredbird
    @strangecolouredbird 9 месяцев назад +1

    LEGO Batman was the best idea I've ever seen and I loved it

  • @caranook
    @caranook Год назад +6

    I was 21 when this movie was released, and I didn’t expect to enjoy it like I did. In fact i wasn’t going to even see it at all, except my girlfriend really wanted to watch it so we did. I absolutely adored this movie, and I never thought I would! I had not seen any Lego movies prior, and was expecting a silly Batman story for kids, but it was not! I loved the references, the characters, the story, the animation, everything.

  • @peika8324
    @peika8324 5 месяцев назад +1

    I really think movie should do more of this type of movie, to show the fans they care about all of their franchise pass present and future. New to old generations

  • @WrecklessFantasist
    @WrecklessFantasist Год назад +7

    I use to think that I didn’t like this film but with further examinations and watching it again I can safely say I do indeed like it is quite in fact comedy gold

  • @crimsonmaverick8237
    @crimsonmaverick8237 10 месяцев назад +1

    My favorite movie of all time. It makes you feel everything you want a film to make you feel.

  • @rorangarrowson5
    @rorangarrowson5 Год назад +3

    I just seen it for the first time about two weeks ago. And absolutely and completely love it to pieces. The more i watch it the more i notice and love it

  • @annepandesal
    @annepandesal Год назад +1

    look, when a youtuber makes an analysis for my fave comfort movie i HAVE to watch !

  • @newgirlde
    @newgirlde Год назад +31

    This was and still is the BEST Batman. I read long ago a sequel was planned, but scrapped when Lego Movie 2 failed to hit it's expected profit margin. :( The world was robbed of Lego Batman 2.

  • @guts60
    @guts60 8 дней назад +2

    “What are you doing?”
    “Punching Bane.”
    “Ouch! That was unnecessary… :(“

  • @Traph
    @Traph Год назад +4

    This is one of my favorite Batman movies alongside Mask of the Phantasm and Return of The Joker.

  • @minecraftdude1338
    @minecraftdude1338 Год назад +1

    The Lego Batman movie is the first and only movie that made me cry by the end

  • @EyeOfKings
    @EyeOfKings Год назад +4

    I remember going along to the movies with my little cousins to watch this thinking it was about to be so bad, but man was I wrong. My opinion did a 180 by the end because of how charming it was.

  • @phantazem9381
    @phantazem9381 9 месяцев назад +1

    when i watched it for the first time i didnt expect a genuine batman movie with all kinds of hidden easter eggs

  • @24kilobytes
    @24kilobytes Год назад +5

    It slapped so hard

  • @edwardnashtonsglasses
    @edwardnashtonsglasses Год назад

    also, it is so incredibly nice to just look at. the lighting and the colours and everything is so good

  • @starrsmith3810
    @starrsmith3810 Год назад +11

    I adore this movie.