The Flash

The bells are tolling for this phase of the DC universe and The Flash almost feels like a swan song. But don't worry, we still have Aquaman 2 and Blue Beetle to look forward to! Comparing this to Marvel is a waste of time nowadays, but here Spider-Man: No Way Home is literally screaming. Although it's quite entertaining, the plot, which mixes several timelines, has to be kicked off with the main character acting like the world's most irresponsible moron, and everything that happens after that is just mindless action for effect. The excessive fan service will captivate many, on the other hand, the very bad digital effects may surprise some, but otherwise it's a pretty average comic book film, whose existence you will probably forget two days after the screening. (06/14/2023)

A film that ultimately didn't take as big a bite as I feared, it isn't only waiting for the Batmen and all the possible cameos to show up. It’s a truly good and, more importantly, fun Flash story. Nothing profound, nothing I'd remember for a long time, but I guess that wasn't the point. It's "just a pity" that this film is actually of no use and that the studio itself had already killed it before releasing it by a series of decisions. (06/23/2023)

A Flash movie where Flash himself swears the fuck out can’t be that bad. The farewell to Snyder's world, full of winks and various mini-movies, shatters the multiverse and unfortunately leaves the worst thing in it: Ezra Miller. While his older version is quite passable, his younger drug-addled self is awfully annoying. Even his running style is terrible, and that’s why he’s at his best when he’s mentoring instead of running. Muschietti casts his spell, building the story around saving Flash’s mother. It works perfectly, and, despite the blatantly CGI time travel (of course it was on purpose, after all the pretense there was no money for anything better) the whole universe stuff works well, even if it doesn’t make sense and has lapses in logic – why does Kara speak English instead of Russian? The final clash is quite boring compared to the dynamic opening. The Batmen are all great, and Keaton is really enjoying his comeback. It's a solid popcorn flick that does have a few issues, but it's the fist DC movie I'm happy to watch again after a long time. The closing credits scene could theoretically help Aquaman a lot. PS: Sasha Calle is awesome and I hope we will see more of her on screen. (06/17/2023)

I find that I get bored with these comic book movies, unless it's an R-rated movie in the style of Suicide Squad or Deadpool . This one is just another in a line of mediocre originals where a couple of old characters (Keaton and Shannon) are enjoyable, but otherwise I wasn't too blown away. The humour didn't work for me, and I only liked two of the the action scenes (the opening slow motion scene with the babies is fun). The finale itself is decent too, but everything in between doesn't really stick and flows along without much interest, though it was a bit more fun than Doctor Strange. The multiverse is presented surprisingly more clearly here than in Marvel. As a one-shot, The Flash is okay, but nothing I keep coming back to. 6/10. (07/08/2023)

The Flash is a highly unorthodox superhero movie that defies standards and is so unpredictable plot that it won me over and I'm satisfied! The Flash, thanks to his ability to run faster than light, goes back in time to rescue his mother, but as it happens, everything goes wrong and he gets caught up in a different world. Most of the superheroes don't exist, Michael Keaton is Batman (nostalgia!!), we have Superwoman flying around, and we get a new Flash from the present day of that line. On the one hand, I initially remarked that even DC couldn't avoid the parallel multiverse idea, but in the end they played with this one very well and I enjoyed all those ideas, characters, cameos and changes. The first half of the film runs purely on the comedy side and it's in the second half that we get the bad guy, the action and the unexpectedly engaging multiverse and everything in it, right up until the final shot that suggests there's still more to watch in a sequel. The idea of "walking through walls" and going back in time are fine fleshing out of a "basic" character like the Flash and show that he's a far more important character to DC's version than he originally seemed, and when you add in the backstory reveal of how and when he got his powers, we have another superhero I definitely want to see on screen! Well in the end, a perfectly satisfactory enough popcorn movie, I'm not sure why everyone is hating on it like this. Oh, and the cameo by Nicolas Cage and George Clooney are great! For a director of three horror features, definitely a quality first film in the genre! (06/15/2023)