After years of production, The Flash finally hits theaters. The early hype was real for this one, but does it live up to it? Here's my review for THE FLASH! #TheFlashMovie
@@IamNinjaOfNinja where older barry just blows up at young barry in the batcave is a highlight for me. Say what you want about Ezra miller, a wrongun through and through but he killed it
It does make me wonder how much of Ezra going they/them was because he method acted being two people and one side was feminine and one masculine, I dunno don't be offended by what I say but Method can be fucked up sometimes.
Absolutely. Some really great Batman stuff. Ben affleck is either my number 1 or 2 and it was nice to see him get one more cool sequence. I liked his fight inside the truck as well
Hands down the best DC action choreography. Can you imagine what 89 Batman would be if they had this CGI tech and fight scenes. It would be mind blowing.
It's crazy how quickly people seem to have forgotten about Ezra's crime spree. Anyway I'm not gonna tell people they can't watch the movie or anything but still wild how quickly people forgot about it.
I watched it yesterday, as a long time DC hater, expecting it to be trash because of the reviews and was very pleasantly surprised by what a well executed and moving piece of cinema it was.... first time to say bravo to DC for a looooooong time
@RobertK1993 He was though, they literally showed it in the film. The guy you replied to just stated that yet you argue with it, despite not seeing the film.
I went to the movie with zero expectations and it turned out to be amazing. Movie ws fun and fast paced and cameos were fun to watch. I really enjoyed it
She literally had no emotions for most of the film And at the end she just shouted at zod and angrily attacked him So what part of her acting appealed to u ?
@@abhishekkrishna8542Okay you can say the same for Michael Keaton’s batman in this film if you want to downsize a performance. Her performance was great for a small role she had.
The flash has always resonated with me because I lost my mom at a young age and when I saw flashpoint all I could think was what if I could bring my mom back. I’d probably make the same mistake as Barry.
My mom is still around. I lost my dad before my first birthday. I feel for you losing your mother. It’s both sad and a blessing I was so young I don’t know what it’s like to miss a parent.
I’m the same and lost my mom when I was younger too and the Flash has always resonated with me because of that and like you said I would totally try but in the end Barry didn’t learn his lesson about messing with the timeline and this was so far from the animated movie that they should of used and the baby sequence or the first 10 minutes was 🤦♂️ like wth but after the intro it got better and loved Keaton and supergirl but it just failed on many levels and sadly I was hoping for a lot more from my childhood hero. 5/10 for me and that’s saying a lot. Wish they would of let Zack finish his vision cause I know we would of been given what fans like myself who grew up reading the comics and dreaming of what a Flash movie should be expected. Did enjoy the mom and flash interaction. Hit me hard but that ending and the extra credit seen. Seriously wth 🤦♂️ just my opinion but come on WB just stop already. Your just making it worse and worse.
He's in it for a good chunk of the movie. But he probably didn't need to be because having his batman in there doesn't really add too much other than fan service.
The movie was pretty good for me! All the moments between Barry and his mom were the thing that made the movie great for me, and the action was meaningful all the way through, even during the end fight. Yes, it was in an open desert, but that didn't matter. Everything worked there. This version of Kara brought a lot too, and I liked her development.
Yup, it was far from perfect but atleast Barry had an actual character arch. Like, Bruce in BvS does not have a character arch. He just wants to kill Superman and then changes his mind on the fly. Barry goes from a manchild to a man, takes responsibility for his actions and takes charge in pushing the time back into place.
The crazy thing is ( The Flash movie ) showed us you could take Michael Keaton today and make a whole Batman movie with him and people would go see it.
It’s probably because Joshua Williamson’s Flash run was where I started reading comics but I loved the places he took Barry during it. The stand out arcs for me were Lightning Strikes Twice, Running Scared, Perfect Storm, Flash War, The Flash Age, and Finish Line
Williamson’s Flash run was pretty good but Forces Quest and the year of The Villain arc were both genuinely terrible. Not to mention how tied into Heroes In Crisis it was and how that character assassinated Wally’s Character pretty hard
The general impression I've gotten from The Flash is that it's a fun time with a lot of good material in-between all the iffy moments, but MAN do you wish someone other than Ezra Miller was starring in it.
I give it a 4 out of 5. Highly entertaining.The comedy was a bit out there but I didn't think it took away from the story that much. I got to say the last "Batman" that appeared had me rolling in my seat. LOL!
Because Barry just had to fuck with the timeline again, I had a feeling something was up, so seeing that Batman was worth the pay off and also pretty hilarious.
While I loved Michael Keaton in this movie, I really liked how Flashpoint’s Batman was Thomas Wayne, and how he was super brutal and didn’t mind killing criminals. It really set the tone for the new reality, and really hit us in the face with just how different this new reality was.
@@javaughndouglas3641 Dude, it's definitely way darker than BvS Batman, he didn't bother pulling back punches and stuff, but didn't outright go for the kill, Thomas Wayne throws HQ off a building, his main weapon is a pistol, most of Gotham's villains are dead and funnily enough, he has a casino.
@@excalibursonic32 you’re probably referencing BvS’s Batman I assume…. BvS’s Batman’s approach was that he didn’t really care if there was collateral damage…like him having machine guns on his car. That was more for other vehicles, but if he happens to kill people while taking out a car, then so be it. Thomas Wayne in Flashpoint was willing to torture and straight up throw people off the roof. Not the same thing. Flashpoint’s Batman was far more brutal.
@@javaughndouglas3641 the thing is, Flashpoint is a completely different universe. It didn’t work in the DCEU in BvS because it was completely against what our Batman fought for. The reason why it WOULD work in this scenario is precisely because we know it’s a different universe with different people and different rules. The brutality is the point, to really drive home that this is a different universe and this isn’t our Batman.
So, you dont care about what Ezra did to people? You want to support someone and a company who will keep an pyshco person that hurts others on a movie? Got it....this world is F'd smh i hate this world...
@@DomesticAnimodude did you see the deleted scene where young berry tries on Bruce's Samarai armor. It's a really good movie and when Zod stabee Supergirl it was kinda hot
I liked how they played with the idea of the multiverse with a callback to a casting decision in popular movie that deals with the same concept. Movie was definitely a good time!
100% THIS! if the studio came foward with proof that this total piece of SH## won't receive any money for the film, then i would pay money to see it.... but instead, i'll wait for a friend to pirate it. lmfao.
Loved the movie and found it almost perfect. In fact I love the Guardians of the Galaxy movies for their comedy but this one was even funnier. My adult kids, i'm 60, had to catch me as I was falling out of my chair during the hospital "baby shower" scene. I've seen all the hero movies including many foreign ones going back to Christopher Reeves Supes movies and this is now at the top of my list along with End Game and ahead of The Dark Knight by a very thin margin.
Bens batman is honestly perfect idk how I felt about the suit but man I wish we could get more of him and it’s weird too this DCEU has been around for 19 years yet we really don’t have very much of it
It's great to see horror directors doing well in the superhero genre. Maybe DC should try hire horror directors more often to direct a DC movie. Mike Flanagan seems to be like an interesting choice
I think the flash tv show really helped this movie since everyone who’s seen the show doesn’t really need the origin story we had already spent 9 years watching a barry allen be the flash and grow as the flash. So a good chunk of the audience already has the origin therefore this movie can just jump straight into it.
@@MisterE1976 true tbh just watching season 1 and 2 is enough to know most of the important stuff about the flash anyways. The show really peaked then and after that declined.
I watched it also early and it was amazing 35 years later and Michael Keaton is still the best Batman can't believe jeremy didn't mentioned the flash's moves in the final battle i though those moves were awesome just like in the comics, you feel like the last words that Batman tells barry are for him and also the fans
My favorite flash story ever written was the return of Barry Allen, because you finally got to see the torch get passed and the best character development I’ve seen from a secondary character who was promoted to the main character. If you’ve never read it you are missing out on a great story
And it’s beyond me too. But yet Jonathan Majors and Tenoch Huerta and Henry Cavill getting cancelled the way they have is definitely beyond me as well.
@@adrianblake-williams5294 Henry Cavill getting cancelled ?! :))) are you living in La-La Land ? Regarding the other 3 actors, just wait until the smoke clears and you are well informed...that means possibly a few years...until then just enjoy the movies man...and find something better to do in your life, than complain about actors on the internet...because of some rumors/articles...
I watched it last night at a screening and really enjoyed it. The CGI decisions were a little weird at some points but as a whole it was a pretty solid movie. Sasha’s Calle absolutely killed it as Supergirl. If they don’t bring the character into the new films they need to cast her in another role. Ezra Miller has always found himself in decent films but I was never really into his acting. He surprised me this time around. Bouncing the two Barry’s off each was done incredibly well. And Keaton…god it was nice seeing him again. He had a lot more scenes than expected and I’ll leave it at that.
Hella impressed bc everyone made it seem to be much worse than it really was, one of the best DCEU movies and in terms of recent superhero movies in general def one of the better ones
I saw this movie 3 weeks ago, and then again last night. 1st screening was “unfinished”. The showing last night was full and I was sad to see a lot of the shotty CGI was still present. I also thought about that “I’m Batman” scene. However, on a second watching it’s the younger Barry that is shocked. This is his first time seeing a full on super hero in his reality. OG Barry just smiles.
Spot on Jeremy. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this film & how engaging the Barry Allen dynamic was! I had very low expectations - ( preparing to hate watch ) - instead I walked away smiling at the whole experience! I felt they did a terrific job wrapping up this DC timeline.
This was probably one of the best DC movies. It was so funny. It's a shame many people are not watching it. DC really need help with their internal production crew
@@PeachesandCream225 Not just too MANY jokes, but really low QUALITY jokes. I made it about 15min in, got through the kvetching with Alfred and the "sure there are babies but CANDY MACHINE" and then turned it off with extreme prejudice at the Golden Lasso scene, and came back here to confirm my memory that Jeremy had actually said this one was a good time. So far it feels like it was written by a 12yo.
Just saw The Flash. My wife and I thought it was fun. Go out and see it people. Form your own opinion of the movie afterwards, rather than be influenced by Rotten Tomatoes, critics with their own agendas, or RU-vid scoopers. Stay safe all. Peace.
I was hyped when I saw nicolas cage as superman. I thought the movie had some odd pacing, and some forced jokes, but I 100% agree with you: I was hoping Barry Allen would say "why would we get nuts?" But without addressing that, it felt forced and acted like the audience was stupid to not know where that reference was from. Plus, it was in all the trailers.
It make sense he is fighting kryptonian army with supergirl and speedster, he have not fight any superhuman before, nuts line made sense "I am batman" line nope
Love the message. Reverse flash trying to save everyone, not giving up, stubborn. But it just never enough. No matter how many times he went back he can’t save them and has to learn to let go. I would be like reverse flash.
Yeah same I would go insane too if I have that powers and want to make everything exactly the way I wanted. I thought it really fits the point of the movie, sometimes you just have to let go
After went through a lot of writers (according to WGA, 45 people worked on the film's script, 4 people received the final credit) and directors, I'm glad to hear that the movie is at least going to be a good time to watch. Can't wait!
that is false. The 45 people working on the script was another movie. Only one worked on The Flash. There is so much bullsh*t on internet about this movie and Ezra. It's crazy that the producer had to clarify those dumb rumors.
Yeah, one of them was actually a friend of mine. He isn't mad, it was only polish work on a version of the script that didn't move forward. He got his credit on Shazam and Black Adam
In my opinion, people are really spoiled. It’s only bad because they know it could be better nowadays, but 10-15 years ago, when it looked far more shitty, no one complained.
What's sad is people on RU-vid does better jobs with CGI's then those making these millions/billions of dollars films, for 100's of millions dollars less. LOL!
Been waiting for your review. Always curious to see yours and Chris Stuckman’s take on films. Like the only two fair and unbiased reviewers on RU-vid! Excellent video, great review, keep up the solid work!
Literally every review is biased & what’s “fair” is subjective, if some people can’t help but dislike Ezra’s presence & don’t include that in their review, it’s not an honest review
@therotten6152 You’re twisting what I’m saying, I’ve read nearly every review. Yes, a good amount of them mention “the Ezra factor” as part of their criticism, if that made them unable to identify or empathize with his character & it takes away from the film, that’s their opinion & that’s fair enough to acknowledge, Ezra’s just playing themselves & not everyone will like their character. Most negative reviews, whether they mention it or not, have completely valid criticisms of their own. Everyone is bias to a degree, they will have their own opinion, & they should express it honestly, that’s my point
@@Assassin.9958 True, fairness is subjective, I just assumed the definition of “biased” was more obvious. I’ll give an example of a biased review I’ve seen recently: there’s a reviewer who has his entire room filled with SpiderMan and Marvel Funko pops and posters, he knit picked The Flash (excluding Ezra’s personal drama) but somehow oversaw the apparent flaws of SpiderMan No Way Home and gave that film a 10 out of 10. Unfortunately there’s a lot of that on RU-vid. Jeremy Jahns and Stuckman seem to be two reviewers who have these non-biased takes on films, but of course that’s my opinion, you may feel differently. With that said, if you choose not to watch this film because you dislike Ezra, that makes all the sense in the world. What wouldn’t make sense is if you hated Ezra then went to watch this film.
I really enjoyed this movie! Lots of great action, an over the top sci-fi plot that was fun to see unfold, lots of genuinely funny moments and concepts, solid acting, and some very touching emotional stakes. I didn’t mind the CG, it sort of felt intentional, even if it looked weird. The cameos, although sort of fun to see, were hardly what I would call cameos and we’d rather ham fisted. I would have preferred to see sneakier cameos from, well, living actors, like the one at the end! I feel like seeing Grant Gustin and Lynda Carter would have been preferable. But regardless, I had a great time!
The movie was fckin atrocious you people just watch movies for action & explosions. The storyline was garbage,the character development was bad & absolutely no origin to who Barry is & his potential. Bad movie.
*Spoiler* Couldn't agree more. When I saw the CGI faces of the babies and then of the people during the time force, I immediately thought there has to be a reason and I think by the end with the alternate universes colliding I came to think it was because of that. Still a weird choice but I guess it'd take too much time and money especially after the big delay.
I appreciate this review soooo much. Because it's a review of just the movie, and it's merits, nothing about controversy or the backlash. Jeremy just graded the movie itself. That's why I love this channel and why he's my favorite movie reviewer. Not because I always agree with his take but because his take is always honest and direct and actually about the movie. Keep doing you Jeremy, and I'll keep watching.
I think it’s clearly a movie that doesn’t take itself seriously which is pretty evident considering all the original Justice League being fired. There were some moments that did hit tho, like Barry getting mad at Alternate Barry. When you look at people that grow up without a parent or both, they are forced to grow up quickly and someone that’s never experienced those things is kinda careless. It’s reiterated throughout the movie when Alternate Barry calls back to Mom always being there.
The current Flash run by Jeremy Adams is a pretty great book and has garnered a ton of good will from fans of the Flash. It stars Wally West and his family. The First arc is basically a riff on Quantum Leap.
And it just ended this month, Si Spurrier is doing the new series. Jeremy Adams did a phenomenal job and he's taking over Green Lantern now and I am very excited for it
My wife and I went to see The Flash and we really enjoyed it.some the of the cgi is a little shotty but we don't understand all the hate there is for this movie. 1 of the better comic book movies in recent years
The New 52 opening run by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato is great just for the art alone, story's ok. Manapul's art is gorgeous. Gwen's universe in Across the Spider-Verse is very similar to Manapul's style with the pastel watercolors.
For flash comics you gotta check out the current run by Jeremy Adams it is in incredible, it focuses mostly on Wally but he is the better Flash anyway, also Flash Rebirth is pretty great if you looking for a Barry Allen read
@@spaceghostcqc2137 Joshua Williams wrote the current definitive Barry Allen story for 100 issues, it starts with flash rebirth #1 and it lasted for 4 years, great place to start
It's funny that ever since The Flash movie got announced back in the day, the Flash TV-show got announced, ran for 9 seasons, and concluded before the movie ever hit theaters. 🤷♂
This film was… surprisingly good. I still prefer Grant Gustin’s costume more -this one always looked really weird. But given the insane production history of this film, turning out fun at all was a minor miracle.
Spoilers* In the end, when Berry seems to have achieved a partial vin by altering past just a little but then George Clooney Bruce Wayne shows up, and everybody is like... 😶💩. So basically, there are 2 types of timetravel in this movie: - 1st - regular time reverse ( without time paradox duplicates) - 2nd - timeline, dimensional jump ( with time paradox duplicates) The movie didn't address it at all. Also, by that logic, there should be another flash in George Clooney-verse. And also, by still trying to alter past even after everything in the movie, he shows that he didn't grow or learn his lesson, and retroactively, he was just douchbag to parallel flash. *Spoilers
I got to see The Flash at an early screening last week, i was blown away. After being let down by Multiverse of Madness, and all of Ezra Miller’s issues, I was thoroughly impressed. The acting was Incredible, and the cameos were great.
Hah, must be the lack of a movie centering around a female main antagonist (or hero) who isn’t wearing a revealing outfit that is the biggest cause for your enjoyment.
Anyone else just *_REALLY_* happy to see Michael Keaton back as Batman?! Who knows, maybe there’s hope that the door is still open for us to see Henry Cavill as Superman and Ben Affleck as Batman again one day. It happened with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, after all…
@@kyotheman69 not sure I’d say he was bad. That would require a bad execution of good or neutral material. He might be trash, but so were all of his scripts. This nonsense was on purpose.
for Flash Comics the Current Jeremy Adams run, or the Williamson run, Si Spurrior is about start his run at the flash very soon. You could look at Geoff Johns Flash and also Mark Waid. Most of these runs are a mix of Barry Allen and or Wally West.
The scene where batman and flash had wonder womans lasso touching them and they revealed stuff was funny as hell let alone the final interaction with him and his mom made me wanna hug my mom.
The strangeness of some of the character CGI was noticeable, but it seemed as if the distortion was a deliberate choice. This is the best DC universe movie yet, very well paced, only one or two big holes in the story, but for a comic book movie, that's pretty good. I will watch it again, Ezra Miller was much better than he was in Justice League.
Just saw it - one of the best superhero films of all time easy. Could’ve been too 2 for me if CGI was better because yeah it was pretty bad in some scenes. Man if steel stays #1 for me
I did see it and it absolutely caught me off guard. I was totally expecting to hate it, but no, it's a really funny comedy, with tons of heart, two Ezras work really well and I would really recommend it. But yeah, the CGI is super weak, I'd appreciate way more Sasha Calle and personally I think Keaton was underused. It's just memberberries all throughout. It's also kind of obvious how the story is going to unravel (but it did surprise me a few times too). A solid 7/10 P.S. the after credits scene is funny, but just that. No teases or anything.
I've been doing all I can to avoid spoilers, so thanks for not including them in this review. I plan on seeing this when it comes out on Friday; I've been psyched for it ever since the first trailer came out.
Saw this after opening night. 2 comics you should all read are the first two volumes of Mark Waid's run as the author of the Flash in the 90s. Wally West just becomes the Flash after Barrey Allen's death in Crisis on Infiinte Earths. Great character work! He deals with all the classic Flash villains. A good time overall
The flash by Jeremy Adams is an amazing run. You got the time he teams up with an intergalactic wrestler, he partakes in a war with speedster aliens that lasts a minute but to them it's a whole week, a wacky fourth wall breaking issue where the reader has to interact with the comic to get flash through the story, and so many other cool things. Plus his name is Jeremy so you have to support another Jeremy, Jeremy.
When he said "I'm batman" it came after him denying his identity and not wanting to help. So him saying that was more for himself than anyone else. So it did feel like it fit in the moment even tho it was for nostalgic purposes.
I wanna see The Turtle in a flash movie that goes through a version of the comic series where the flash learns about the other “Forces” in DC (like the Stillness/still force, the negative speed force, and the gravity bending strength force). The concept of the forces reminds me a lot of how the infinity stones are representations of condensed aspects of reality, and it would be fun to see flash fight someone who could slow him down, or someone who could create earthquakes and micro black holes.
I hear that the First storyline in The Rebirth Flash called Lightning Strikes Twice, is pretty good as well as The Button, Wally West Returns as well as The Original Flash Rebirth
It was a kick ass movie that delivered what I wanted in a Flash movie…The Flash is a fun character…he’s not a brooding dark character like they make so many characters in the past 20-25 years…It’s supposed to feel like a roller coaster and that what it was
You can tell from the japanese trailers and a released action figure, "Other Barry" gets disfigured and becomes Dark Flash. The marketing team at Warner bros didn't do a good job keeping it secret.
The Flash was my favorite superhero growing up and I am so glad this movie is getting good reviews! While I'm excited for the Gunn DC Universe, I am sad that we won't get to see more of the Snyderverse and the DCEU that could have been had Warner Brothers just allowed the directors and creative teams to do their thing. It's a catch 22 for sure but I still feel good about James Gunn leading DC forward!
I had fun, I laughed, I loved how the 2 Barry's interacted, the emotional moments with his mom really got me. It's been a while since a super hero movie actually had me laughing. I agree that Micheal Keaton didn't need to be in it. But I loved him in the movie. All and all apart from some rubbish special effects, I really enjoyed this movie.
When Henry Cavill showed up I was livid. The fact that he blocked the kryptonite bullet and Supergirl carries him into the clouds. Gah thay scene was powerful. Too bad the sun had no effect on him. The other cool scene was when we got The Joker from Keatons world says "heres johnny!" I was laughing so hard. I cant believe Tom Cruise even shows up as Dr. Freeze. My god this thing had everything. 100/10
Better than I expected. I didn't love it, but the action was genuinely fun, the heartfelt moments really worked for me, and the plot was actually petty interesting. It's definitely a messy film, and i don't think it all works as well as it could (you can tell there were multiple cooks in the kitchen), but all in all, this was a geniinely fun movie. With that said, I'm kinda over the multiverse unless someone really has a good story to tell. Multiverse stories are fun when they're an occasional event, not every other freaking superhero story now. Thankfully this is one of the good ones because they kept the stakes grounded and personal.
