The Flash

Finally after the early screening on 6th June which showed the unfinished print, I get to watch the final cut on IMAX today. One major drawback is that a movie this big has both really good and really bad VFX. Apart from that, this complete fan service aims at not taking the story forward into the DCEU's newly planned future, instead takes Barry Allen on his usual time travel to save his mom and him learning the repercussions of his action, the hard way.

This harmless PG-13 movie sticks to the basics and plays safe to the core. Adds a bunch of cameos from DC universe to get us fans riled up. The narrative ranges from meh to "oh that's fun" and the director Andy Muschietti hardly fails in hitting the mark. He clearly knows what he intends to do with this script and plays to it's strengths. Ezra Miller indeed is good as The Flash is an added advantage and rest Michael Keaton's return as Batman takes care off.

Special mention to all the cameos as they simply were that good. Needless to say, the film is worth watching for them. Sasha Calle's Supergirl has very little to do and she tries to make most of what is offered to her. The visuals during the time travel and the reveal of multiverse was well done. The humor ensures to lighten the tone while keeping the mother-son sentiment intact. Not sure what DCEU's future holds for us fans, The Flash succeeds in entertaining for most of those 2.5hrs.

Ok so for me the Grant Gustin will always be my live action Flash. So Ezra Miller took some getting used to. But by the end of the movie he had grown on me enough that I could appreciate his version of the Flash. I enjoyed the movie ultimately but I think that overall enjoyment was greatly subsidized by getting to see Michael Keaton as Batman again. Overall, I think it's a good movie that was let down a fair bit by the CGI used throughout. It's just a shame that when the subject matter of the movie is the Flash it's going to be very CGI dependant. Ultimately I can imagine that there some talented and passionate CGI artists out there who did their best despite having their wings clipped by management.

I heard this was the " Best DC movie". No I still think it's the Zack Snyder's Justice League. I went in with an open mind considering all the Ezra Miller troubles. But really only saw it to see Michael Keaton as the Batman again. Most of the people I know that are seeing The Flash are because of Michael Keaton. But back to the movie. It started real good. Had some laughs, some good action. Unlike other people, I didn't think the cgi was bad. Somewhere in the middle i started losing interest. The scenes with the room mates, that could have been left out. Then the ending just didn't do it for me. I'm sure the writers went through several versions of the story to get the final one. But dang it could have been better (without getting into spoilers by original Barry keeping his powers). The younger Barry was fun for a bit, then became annoying. Sasha Calle as Supergirl? I liked her. Suprised me, but I would see her again if she got the chance. Miller did fine playing his roles.

The scenes going back into time were pretty bad not necessary the cgi, but the execution. I didn't care for how they did it. The time travel multi universes stories are getting tiring. The cameos towards the end were fun and i did like the effort they put into it. I give that a 10 out of 10. It was great seeing some of the great hero's and what could have been. But overall, the story was ok. Would i see it again? I'm sure when its streaming. It had some good laughs, but another missed opportunity by DC. But it was sure great to see Michael Keaton as the Batman again.

Apart from the lame story line and CGI from the 90's, the worst thing about The Flash is the actor Ezra Miller.....he is just dreadful in this movie and every single lame jokes in the film fall flat on it's face and not surprising with comedy genius like 'come on barbie, let's go party' lines. Just when I thought he couldn't get more annoying you get a double dose of Ezra whereby he become virtually unwatchable and he essentially ruins the entire movie himself. Michael Keaton and Super Girl try hard to save this cluster of a movie but unfortunately it's not enough to give this film anything over 5 stars.

As a fan of the Flashpoint:Paradox film, i was looking forward to this. The story is similar, but does change some major parts. The Flash is, for the most part, an enjoyable film with some really good performances, especially Sasha Calle and Michael Keaton. Not a huge fan of Ezra Miller as the flash, but the biggest issue with the film is undoubtedly the CGI. At times the graphics are poor, other times they are horrendous and unnecessary. The film would have been better had they taken a bit more time with the look of the film. Overall, a decent film with some suprising cameos, some really entertaining moments, but looked cheap.