I fell in love with the technical prowess and true-to-form style of the original Lego movie, and I was instantly and similarly enchanted again when watching the Batman movie. I am only a casual fan of stop-motion, but I was very impressed with the clouds in the intro, just as I was with the watery waves in the Lego movie.

The movie has to ride a thin-line of humor funny enough for adult audiences, but friendly enough for kids. The movie starts off strong by nearly implying Batman has a muscular dick, and I am not joking. Toilet humor in any other context, but near-impossible to pull off tastefully and humorously in a kids movie.

Early on, the Joker cements himself as, surprisingly, the most serious and fleshed-out character. He feels like a real person in a movie where every character is intentionally one-dimensional. This was surprising, but like, it works, y'know?

This is compared to Batman, an annoying rich billionaire macho-dude who's full of himself, and has the confidence of someone who knows he has plot armor. Batman even brags about being a billionaire who doesn't pay his taxes. God I hope Batman dies. That would completely subverse my expectations for kids movies for all time.

I am not joking: Batman canonically commits tax fraud.

It's funny when Yoshi does it, because he isn't a billionaire. I really, really hope Batman suffers a downfall and a character arc, dies, or the roles are reversed and the Joker turns out to be the hero.

And for you Homestucks: The first ten minutes end establishing the Joker and Batman in a vacillating kismesis and I am not joking.

All in all, 10/10, the first 10 minutes have be absolutely wanting to keep watching.

EDIT: about 30 minutes through, this is my favorite batman so far