The Bearded Trio

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Starring the voices of Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Zach Galifinakis and Ralph Fiennes Screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith and Chris McKenna and Eric Summers Directed by Chris McKay Reviewed by Patrick Gibbs   Out of Four I was probably the first person to take to the internet in defense of Ben Affleck when he was cast as Batman, and I still believe that there is plenty of potential there (I love his look, and he was easily the best part of Suicide Squad .). But the charactization made necessary by the messy storyline of Batman v. Superman  was a constant contradiction that ranged from disturbing to unintentionally hilarious.  It was a dark and brooding, murderously angry take on Batman that still has moments where it out-camps Joel Schumacher. As such, there was almost nowhere to go with character but up, much like George Clooney's portrayal in Batman & Robin.   But why do we fall, Bruce? So we can pi...