By refusing to start with anything but darkness, Arnett’s Batman hisses, “Every serious movie begins with blackness.” At least all three of Nolan’s Batman movies do. This is made obvious before even the opening titles commence.
What place is better to really begin than digging into the knowing Dark Knight Trilogy smirks? Sure, Batman v Superman might be the most recent one, and Ben Affleck is technically WB’s current face for costumed adventuring, but it is with Christopher Nolan’s triumvirate of ponderous self-seriousness where Lego Batman’s heart truly lies. Afterward, it’ll go in the below sections too. If we missed anything, let us know by lighting the signal… or just leaving a comment or telling me on Twitter. So below we have begun compiling in this living document all the references we caught on just one viewing of The Lego Batman Movie. As a consequence, it’s easy to get lost about just what is being winked at, and when you’re supposed to nod along.
Still one of its best gags is its shameless (and relentless) use of references, cutaways, and in-jokes to overstuff its narrative with more meta-humor than the most unwieldy episode of Community. Not afraid to let Batman’s sidekicks have fun-even if our cantankerous main guy still prefers to wear only black and sing about “darkness”- The Lego Batman Movie is poised to entertain Bat-fans of all Bat-ages. Holy plastic building blocks, Batman! Almost everything really was awesome about The Lego Batman Movie. After years of dark nights and grim glares at other superheroes, the newest adventure of the Caped Crusader, as voiced by Will Arnett’s perfectly overdone gravel, was a breath of fresh air. This article contains major The Lego Batman Movie spoilers.