The All Things Flash Thread. - Part 2

[Dark Raven]

Maybe it was a flash sale.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The 'making of' extras are good, but the total absence of deleted scenes on Blu-ray feels like a real **** you to those of us who a) turned out to see, and b) bought this movie (4K only?! **** Warners).

 

[JoshB1980]

I remember being excited over this movie, for a very long time. But I waited for the Blu-Ray to come out before I saw it...and when I did, I was fairly disappointed.

Ezra Miller's portrayal of both Barrys was actually pretty good, and seeing Michael Keaton as Batman was a treat. I even enjoyed Sasha Calle as Supergirl...but everything else felt so convoluted and run-over. Michael Shannon made a good Zod in "Man of Steel", but I don't think they really needed to bring him back...and when

Spoiler

they had him kill Kara

, I was very upset. The cameos at the end were all good, but as a whole I feel the film didn't live up to the hype.

 

[TheGDBatman]

I’m about the flush my credibility down the toilet, but I watched this movie again today and still really enjoyed it.

CGI gripes aside, it was fun, action-packed, and funny.

I really think the over reliance on CGI was apparent, and probably alienated more people from the movie than otherwise would have happened had the mediocre CGI been limited to the third act.

This was one of the more enjoyable DCEU movies for me, and I think if I did a ranking it would rank pretty high.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

I’m about the flush my credibility down the toilet, but I watched this movie again today and still really enjoyed it.

CGI gripes aside, it was fun, action-packed, and funny.

I really think the over reliance on CGI was apparent, and probably alienated more people from the movie than otherwise would have happened had the mediocre CGI been limited to the third act.

This was one of the more enjoyable DCEU movies for me, and I think if I did a ranking it would rank pretty high.

I've seen it three times now. There is no way it deserved the reception it got. It was a fun movie with some great performances. One of my favourites of the DCEU. 7.5/10

 

[Baneis8feettall]

If you expect greatness you will be disappointed. but if you expect disappointment you might find enjoyable.

Felt like a bit new MCU to me. Too many things happening that you don't really care about. Enjoyable famous side characters keep you engaged. At least it wasn't boring. It could easily be overly convoluted mess so i think Andy Muschietti did a good job. I think overall it was enjoyable but also forgettable.

 

[migsblanco729]

I've seen it three times now. There is no way it deserved the reception it got. It was a fun movie with some great performances. One of my favourites of the DCEU. 7.5/10

Agreed, Ezra Miller is a disgusting person in real life, the CGI is absolutely cheeks. Yet the movie was ridiculously entertaining had some absolutely amazing heart to it. Michael Keaton comes back at seven years old and knocks it out of the park and visibly out performs Midfleck at the same character. Somehow the 5’9 70 year old looks and feels way more threatening than the 6’3 50 something year old as the same character. And hilariously, Ezra Miller gives the best performance of any of these superhero movie castings from the Snyderverse. I honestly feel it’s tied for second best film in the DCU after man of steel and right along side wonder woman

 

[gohei_]

Rewatched this movie yesterday for the first time since it was in the theaters. Still think it's a pretty good movie afterall, even if it has its problems.

 

[Mani-Man]

Rewatched this movie yesterday for the first time since it was in the theaters. Still think it's a pretty good movie afterall, even if it has its problems.

I will die on that hill.
Outside of the really bad CGI stuff and some other problems that can be traced back to how many hands the movie etc has gone through...its overall pretty good.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I enjoy the movie but have actually fell asleep both times watching it. Keaton and Called are absolutely the highlights for me.

 

[J.Drangal]

The way I see it, I found The Flash no worse than the average superhero movie. It felt completely within the norm to me.
Now, what does each one think of this norm...

I enjoy the movie but have actually fell asleep both times watching it. Keaton and Called are absolutely the highlights for me.

It's hard for me to say about Calle: she hasn't done anything wrong, but she also only has like five lines in the movie and appears most of the time in semi-digital doubles, so...
Keaton on the other hand was perfect, but you could also feel how much this film was written to work with any Batman in his role...
Missed opportunity to really revisit THIS character.

Maybe I've said this before, but I sincerely believe this film would have had a much better critical reception (especially from fans) if it had been animated. Certain scenes and visual ideas would have been less tacky (the baby scene, the sort of fresco-clock thing or whatever it's called) and there would have been no tiresome Miller (although I'll give him credit for a few more composed and convincing sentimental scenes).

 

[AndrewGilkison]

The way I see it, I found The Flash no worse than the average superhero movie. It felt completely within the norm to me.
Now, what does each one think of this norm...



It's hard for me to say about Calle: she hasn't done anything wrong, but she also only has like five lines in the movie and appears most of the time in semi-digital doubles, so...
Keaton on the other hand was perfect, but you could also feel how much this film was written to work with any Batman in his role...
Missed opportunity to really revisit THIS character.

Maybe I've said this before, but I sincerely believe this film would have had a much better critical reception (especially from fans) if it had been animated. Certain scenes and visual ideas would have been less tacky (the baby scene, the sort of fresco-clock thing or whatever it's called) and there would have been no tiresome Miller (although I'll give him credit for a few more composed and convincing sentimental scenes).

I mean he is literally playing the Thomas Wayne Batman role from Flashpoint. He is basically Flashpoint Batman in the movie.