If you’re on a plane this summer, I can’t recommend an inflight movie any more than Lego Batman. That’s not to say that the movie is only worthy of being watched on a tiny airplane screen, just that you’re almost definitely going to end up watching it. And it will be a very good choice.
I was among the last to board an international flight the other week, and by the time I got on, half of the people around me were already watching Lego Batman. It seemed to be slightly less of a hit on my return flight, but a bunch of screens were broken in my surrounding area, and I assume all of them would have been Lego Batman if given the chance.
I’m pretty amazed at how great these first two Lego movies have been. They have such a distinct personality and a zany sense of humor that feels like it could become too much at any moment, but they always manage to pull off a balance between comedy and building characters. They’re kind of just a pure joy to watch — plus a great distraction on a long flight.
Check out 12 trailers from this week below.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
A first trailer is out for the rebooted Jumanji, and it looks very different from the film Robin Williams starred in. Instead of the game breaking out into the real world, a bunch of teens are instead sucked into the game and swap bodies with folks like The Rock and Kevin Hart. Mostly, it seems to be an excuse to set an action movie in a jungle. The movie comes out December 20th.