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Comics on Film: 'The Lego Batman Movie' Is a Love Letter to the Legacy of the Caped Crusader


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Three years ago, Warner Bros. unleashed The Lego Movie onto an unsuspecting public. No doubt hoping that the general goodwill people have for the iconic toy brand and its wonderfully simple, yet effective sense of humor would appeal to a wide swath of moviegoers, the directorial effort by Phil Lord and Chris Miller received near-universal critical acclaim. For a movie shot with little plastic toys, it had a pretty large beating heart at its core, and a lot of people took notice. For comic book fans, one of the biggest treats of The Lego Movie was its use of many of DC Comics' most prominent and iconic characters in situations most movies wouldn't dare put them in -- and the film clearly made no better use of the members of the Justice League than they did with Batman, as...
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