Review of The Flash (2023) by Jluis_001 — 16 Jun 2023

In the absence of good stories both Marvel and DC have resorted to dabbling in multiverses in order to appeal to nostalgia. Lazy storytelling indeed. The Flash is sort of an attempt a la No Way Home and In The Multiverse of Madness that in no way tries to reboot things for what's to come with James Gunn, it just seems like there was already too much money invested in this movie that had to be finished and released one way or another. Including the huge problem that Ezra Miller became. And the biggest problem is that unlike what Marvel did, which made everything look organic. In The Flash it seems like they just wanted to see how much they could cram into the plot and call it a day.

The plot sucks. The visual effects are terrible. Staggeringly appalling.

Their Supergirl is worse than useless, and the inclusion of Michael Keaton as Batman is an embarrassment done purely with the intention of manipulating audiences who will admit that he is the reason they will watch the movie and not Flash who is the main character.

The problem with DC/Warner since Man of Steel is that there was never a clear direction of what they wanted to do or where they were going and this movie is another cruel example of that. There are still two movies to go before Gunn presents what he's planning and clearly these don't mean **** anymore, but I really want to think that what he has in mind has to be better than this. It has to be. It demands to be better. I think the only winner here was Andy Muschietti who came out with a brand new job to direct the upcoming Batman movie. But after watching this one I'm not sure it was a good choice.

And even worse for him, because he will be compared mercilessly to whatever Matt Reeves does in The Batman 2. What a huge disappointment, but you could see it coming from all sides.