Marval Movie

We open on a Gotham city of plastic and bricks. A celebration is being held for the man of the year award and the nominees are Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown), who is also in the middle of running for president and Bruce Wayne (Troy Baker). Naturally Bruce Wayne is the winner and when he goes to collect his award the party is crashed by the Joker (Christopher Corey Smith) along with most of the other recognizable Batman villains.
The voice cast for this movie is packed with talent. Some of them covering more than one character but all giving good reads, particularly in the comedy department.

Lex sees that with the Jokers help he can affect the votes so he will win in a landslide. They then get their big scary weapon to execute their plans "The De-constructor." Which fires an electric beam that dismantles everything that has been assembled (because Lego).

Being that this boast's a very big challenge for just Batman and Robin (Charlie Schlatter) they need to call in Superman (Travis Willingham), he is of course able to handle most of the problems that he gets faced with and still remains ow-so-chipper (which makes Batman uncomfortable)

For a direct-to-DVD release this is a good looking movie with convincing shine to to the plastic and distinguished movements to the characters and the amount of actions they are able to display on-screen.  It is the visuals where the bulk of the comedy lies, one good example is when most of the villains are taken down and how each is restrained in a particular way.

This movie does unfortunately sufferers from having to come after The Lego Movie which is the pinnacle of a movie that takes place in a Lego world and all the jokes that come with it (that movie even had Batman in it as-well). So unfortunately by comparison all the inventiveness and good ideas are overshadowed (greatly!).

This movie is jam-packed with references. References to other movies that may come in the form of musical cues or even the opening which parallels Tim Burton's Batman. But the story and the passing never stop for the references, which is the way to do it.

One constant re-occurring gag throughout the movie are chickens. That's right chickens, never is there a rhyme or reason for inserting into the background or making them a projectile, they are just a piece of random humor for show.

This is a movie for the children, the really young ones will enjoy seeing colorful toys move on-screen, the older ones will laugh at the simple humor and the adults will also appreciate the more sly jokes well inserted in for them.

Rating: 3 stars out of 4