Will Arnett and Chris McKay on creating a complex version of Batman for their film 'The Lego Batman Movie' Holy Batman: Lego Batman himself, Will Arnett, and director Chris McKay swooped into BUILD to give the inside scoop on their upcoming film!In 'The Lego Batman Movie,' a much-anticipated spinoff of the wildly popular 2014 animated film 'The Lego Movie,' Batman (Arnett) wrestles with his inner demons as well as a colorful cast of villains including the Joker (Zach Galifianakis), with the help of sidekick Robin (Michael Cera). But why reincarnate such a beloved superhero as a Lego of all things in the first place?"We wanted to do a loving homage as well as a parody as well as showing Batman in a different light," McKay said. "It's a more emotional movie about him learning how to love."During the BUILD, Arnett also discussed his fascination with the human psyche when it comes to exploring the duality of Lego Batman's personality."I'm obsessed with people's motives," Arnett revealed.
"Jesus turned water into wine, but I'm like, yeah, but why? What's he getting out of it? He wanted to help people? He wanted to 'help' people. Or did it make his Friday easier?"Although the pair delved deep into characterization for the flick, they certainly didn't forget to have fun, especially with their hilarious costars."It was a mistake," joked Arnett about casting Galifianakis. "He and I are at war right now."McKay added, "I was really fortunate to be able to put these brilliant improvisers in a room and chase them with boom mics...and have them confront each other and riff on each other."Don't forget to check out 'The Lego Batman Movie,' out in theaters today. Sign up for Entertainment Insider by AOL and get the top celebrity, movies, music and TV news delivered to your inbox daily! Subscribe to our other newsletters Emails may offer personalized content or ads. You may unsubscribe any time. Adrian Peterson Does Local News Interview ... Reporter Has No Idea (VIDEO + PHOTO) Stephen Jackson Says Anthony Davis & DeMarcus Cousins Will Dominate (VIDEO) Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox Run to Transgender Teen's Defense in Supreme Court Case 2 cards charging 0% interest for 21 months Pay off your current high-interest credit card balance using this method The highest paying cash back card is here Colin Kaepernick's Days of Kneeling for Anthem Are Over Emma Watson Photo Starts Bizarre Feminism Uproar Mellencamp
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As mentioned, The LEGO Movie Video Game is a third person action adventure game. The game’s story is told through sequences lifted straight from the movie, so it’s best if you have watched the movie first if you A. Don’t want it to be spoiled and B. Want to enjoy the game properly. Between the cutscenes, are 45 levels, which sounds like a lot but most of them are very short. You play as one of the many characters in the game, each having some special abilities other than the basic movement and attack functionality. The characters get unlocked as the game progresses but you can also purchase them using in-game currency or using real money. Most of the gameplay is going around fixing things and building objects and paths and then moving on to the next area. Occasionally you will find some enemies but they can be dispatched easily by hitting them a couple of times. The game also has achievements, which are given depending upon how well or how quickly you perform certain tasks.
The tasks in the game are character specific and you have to switch to the particular character to complete the task. You can only play as one character at a time, so you have to switch from the button on the top left. Some tasks require a character that you may not have at the moment, so you can either purchase the character or skip the task and come back later to complete it when you have the character (usually these are non-essential tasks that don’t hamper gameplay progress). There are some other gameplay elements as well. In some levels you are falling down a shaft and have to swipe on the screen to avoid hitting something. In some levels you are going down a path and have to play sort of a Temple Run like gameplay to avoid obstacles. These are the kind of gameplay elements that exposes the game’s biggest weakness, and that is the control mechanism. By default, the game asks you to swipe on the screen to move the character on screen but this is woefully imprecise and you always overshoot the location where you intent to move the character.
This is especially frustrating because many of the tasks require the character standing in a very precise location to be able to complete it. The Temple Run style levels also require swiping but again the game is incredibly poor at understanding the swipes causing you to crash and die. Alternatively, you can use the on-screen control method, which buttons a joystick and buttons on screen. The joystick improves the movement aspect considerably but the buttons don’t feel as good as tapping on objects directly, and you can’t tap once you enable on-screen buttons. Also, some thing things are pretty much impossible with the on-screen controls, causing you to temporarily switch back to virtual controls from the menu. This is a very terribly executed aspect of the gameplay, which ruins an otherwise fun game. The LEGO Movie Video Game looks good. The game has the same basic art style as the movie, which is not bad. Unfortunately, it runs at sub 30fps all the time, at least on the iPad Air.