So much average

Excellent adaptation.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Let me tell ya - Had one more violent explosion taken place in this 70-minute, LEGO, Batman movie - Then - I think that my brain would have probably exploded, too (out of sheer exasperated boredom), right along with it.I mean - Talk about explosion overload! - Like - Is this really what the screenwriters of this kiddies' film thought was all that the viewer wanted to see?And, speaking about these LEGO superhero characters - For such pipsqueak, little toys - They certainly all had mighty big, over-inflated egos. (I guess that accounts for all of the explosions - They had to vent some of that egocentricity, somehow)Anyway - IMO - Since LEGO Batman's story truly lacked any real substance - The best that I can say about this juvenile film is that it was just "OK", and that's all.

Having seen The Lego Movie, I expected this to be similar but found it to be a more serious rendition of the Batman tale, and probably nothing like the more recent Batman Lego Movie which I've yet to see. Beginning with the titles sequence in Legos copying the opening of the live-action Batman the Movie, and the use of the Batman and Superman themes from those films, the intent is immediately obvious that the story is going to proceed along those lines and not the more lighthearted and satirical tones of the latter.There are some amusing moments, however, in the depiction of the characters. Unlike the adult Robin portrayed in the live-actor movies, Robin is here a youngster, impatient to join in the mayhem while Batman continually forces him into the background. He also sleeps with a teddy bear.It's an enjoyable movie and the Lego constructs are interesting, and it definitely opens the way for the later, more ambition presentations.

Here I was thinking that the 2017 Lego Batman movie was the original, but this proved me wrong. I guess the other movie was a tough act to follow. Well, technically it came later, but it was in terms of the order I saw them. Being a huge fan of Lego, I think this may have been the first movie of any kind to prominently feature them. Then again, the Bionicle movies might count, being based on a line of Lego products. For whatever the reason, this movie was just okay. The animation is just nice and there's a lot of cool stuff going on. There is a huge complaint I have.Despite the fact that the title is "Super Heroes Unite", the actual Justice League don't appear until literally the last seventh of the entire movie! And seeing as how the movie is only 70 minutes long, that's really annoying. It needed way more comedic moments. Well, it was probably never intended to be like that anyway. There is this rather humorous scene where it's revealed Batman and Superman have been impersonating each other and they swap body parts. So, is it just their heads that need to be intact? Whatever, it was funny. **1/2

Just like the Lego movie, it wasn't the best to be quite honest with you. Now, I don't know whats going to happen when the original Batman movie comes out next year but this, wasn't a great example to use the Lego format as an excuse to make it look better. I really didn't think this was really that good because, I felt the actors weren't getting enough lines or the story just dragged on. I honestly don't know which one is worse because both of them are bad as each other. Maybe if they made this short Lego movie more serious with less jokes, then definitely it would go onto the Hollywood Hall of Fame. I don't think this would fit that purpose! I would avoid this, especially showing this to your kid, beware!