<em>The Lego Batman Movie</em> Is the Funniest Superhero Movie in Years
The anarchic animated film brilliantly deconstructs pop culture’s angriest comic-book character.
by David Sims
Feb 10, 2017
3 minutes
Moviegoers’ first look at the Caped Crusader in Tim Burton’s 1992 gothic masterpiece was a peculiar one. Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) , brooding silently in a giant, dark office, with seemingly nothing to do. Suddenly, the Bat-signal flashes into the sky; Bruce’s head jerks up, and he leaps into action, energized by the grim purpose of his secret crime-fighting identity. It’s a brilliant gag on Burton and Keaton’s part—a sly nod to the reality that,
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