[Music] what is going on to my DC fans and welcome back to my Channel movie files today we
are discussing the long awaited solo outing of The Flash that's right the movie that was announced 27
years ago has finally come to fruition it does exist and I have seen it and we're talking about
it in today's for the free review but first I want to talk to you all in the comment section let me
know if this is a film you were looking forward to seeing and of course once you've seen it let's
talk about the things you liked love or maybe things that didn't work for you all in the Flash
and if you like me have seen all the dceu films where would you put the flash on your personal
rankings let's talk about it in the comments below so yes this movie has been in production hell so
many different writers so many different directors will talk about the Ezra Miller of it all but it
has finally come out and here we are discussing it and I want to start off with talking about
the man that has brought the flash to life and then any much Yeti who I'm a big fan of Mama the
it franchise he has brought the flash to life in the best way possible and when I talk about his
visual style and his Flair on full display in this film and like those other movies I just mentioned
he knows how to play with tone he knows how to balance the humor the action of spectacular but
more importantly like all his previous films and especially when it comes to the flash he knows how
to take his characters on emotional Journeys and the films have so much heart this movie is very
emotional which we'll discuss a little bit later but again Annie muschetti Paces this film so well
it flows well it never felt forced or manufactured so again Andy muschetti such a great director if
the rumor is to be true that he might be directing the next Batman film with James Gunn DCU I'm here
for it Andy muschetti did a great job but let's pivot over and talk about the performances and
let's just talk about Ezra Miller now first and foremost I will acknowledge and I am very aware of
the things they have done and the things they have been accused for as well as found guilty for and
I don't agree with any of it however I position as a fan first in a Critic after is not to allow
Ezra Miller's personal life to affect my opinion on seeing and reviewing this film and also knowing
that this isn't a one-person show there's hundreds if not thousands of people that have spent
their years working on this project and I don't believe they should be punished for one person's
wrongdoing so with that being said if you don't want to see this film I completely understand
it but I want to talk about Ezra Miller and going to the performance of The Barry one and the Barry
2 was pretty damn good breaking it all down here this is a Barry Allen slash flash story through
and through the film explores so many things with Barry for example who you are versus what you
could have been there are so many great moments between Barry Allen in the Batman in this film
highlighting how their scars tell a story and set them on this path to be a hero as well as other
things being tackled such as the impact a good person can have on others and especially when you
look at the second Barry in this film who I won't get too deep into the spoilers of it all but there
are if you see the trailer two berries one that's older one that's younger second Berry there's a
really solid Coming of Age story within that narrative so again not ignoring the Ezra Miller
at all but just acknowledging the performance and keeping it kind of separating the art from
the artist conversation they were fantastic in this movie and again going back into the Barry
Allen of it all having the two different versions of the berry seeing themselves differently we have
Barry one who looks back at their younger self and gets a chance to see and learn from their mistakes
while the younger version sees the future of themselves and seeing the maturity that that
Berry has learned to become and again it's a Barry story at the core it's simple but it's a personal
story of a person on their Journey trying to save what they lost so again for those like myself
that was nervous like listen if y'all don't know Batman's my favorite superhero and I was super
stoked and we'll talk about the bad men in this movie but at the end of the day it is through and
through a Barry Allen flash story which I was happy for because I'm a big fan of flash grew
up watching this character and I thought they did a good job of bringing the flash to life so
moving over to some other performances that stood out to me I want to talk a little bit about Nora
who is the mother of The Flash who was played beautifully by Manuel veldu and they only have
a few scenes but does such a great job of making you feel her presence she is so loving and such
a kind person and you can understand why Barry is doing what he's trying to do which is bringing his
mother back because she's just such a wonderful person and going back to the Nora and Barry's
relationship you really see the scenes between them they're some of the best emotional moments
of the film and it truly is that relationship between Barry and his mother is the backbone in
the heart of the story so I really enjoyed Nora's role but also Sasha kale as super girl as Cara was
so great in this film I thought that she brought so much intensity to the role she kicked a lot of
ass I wanted more from the character like so much so that I hope that James Gunn might allow her to
be his Supergirl she was great again I just wanted a little bit more from the character but all the
stuff she did she was fantastic and of course I gotta talk about my man Ben Affleck who as he said
on previous interviews he has a small role I will admit that but it is a fantastic role I don't know
if it beats the warehouse scene but it's as far as combat that we see Batman doing in this movie
it's pretty Spectacular from Ben Affleck and I and I love that he was included in this movie
but now it is time to talk about the nvp who if was ever in question who's the best Batman well
now the debate's over because Michael Keaton as both Bruce Wayne and Batman is goaded y'all I'm
telling you if you're a fan of Michael Key like myself I love seeing this version of the character
he's a retired version of the character and the Bruce moments are great as well as they're so
sincere but the moments of seeing Batman kicking ass with the modern technology in the fluid acts
and sequences oh my goodness we're absolutely incredible so again if you're a fan like of me
like Michael Keaton and you have been wanting to see this character again come to life you will be
very happy my theater loves seeing all the scenes the reaction were there the buzz was there in the
air it was so exciting to see Michael Keaton back in the road so fantastic job Michael Keaton but
get into some final points where we wrap up the positives and jump into the negatives I
will mention I thought the action and the visuals were amazing in this film seeing the flash powers
on full display and how creative they use the powers of the flash was incredible and speaking
of the visual effects the speed force is no joke y'all it is so visually stunning I love what Zack
Snyder did with his version of the Justice League but seeing more expanded version of the speed
force was just visually stunning and had so many different things like I'm a Sci-Fi head I love
science fiction and just the science fiction of it all the speed force was just something that just
left me on the edge of my seed but also bringing up without spoiling it the opening sequence is
fantastic it made me feel like I was watching a classic Justice League adventure and lastly this
movie if you are a DC fan and then particularly a DC EU fan it's a love letter to us it's a love
letter to what came before I'm talking about Zack Steiner's world and various other different sides
of the DC Universe it's a love letter to that so I really appreciate that element so those are my
main positives this film ain't perfect y'all let's talk about some of my criticism I want to start
off with the nitpicks first and particularly I personally didn't buy into the relationship with
Barry Allen and Iris West I never really thought the chemistry was there but also I don't think
that they've spent time together so it's not a huge thing like it says a nitpick but I just
wish that relationship was a little bit more flesh out of my personal opinion but now kind of getting
into some things I want to talk about as far as some criticisms I am a big scorehead I love a good
score it's just as important as cinematography acting directing the score really sets the tone
the mood and I love the DC scores like I think DC scores are way better than the Marvel scores and
this isn't a Marvel versus DC conversation but I love the score from John Williams from 1978
Superman the Han Zimmer man of sale Wonder Woman score Batman score like their scores are amazing
right the score in this film is solid but it didn't hit me as much like of course the you
know getting the elfman's classic Batman 89 and 91 Batman return score it hits and there are some
good moments of the score but I wish it was just more impactful again if you're a scorehead like
me you'll know what I'm referring to it's a solid score but it's not as great as I personally would
have had liked it to been but putting that aside let's talk about some real issues here number one
time travel and Multiverse I personally like how the film explains the Multiverse angle and the
mechanics of how it works within The Narrative of this film but I'm gonna be honest with you
all especially when we get to the third Act of the film it's a bit convoluted it's a bit
messy and it kind of breaks his own rules and I love science fiction like I meant but sometimes
when films try to not only tackle time travel but then implement the Multiverse it gets very
messy and again I'll talk about that more in like a spoiler discussion but when you see the film you
might understand what I'm referring to once you've seen I thought it was handled it could have been
handled a lot better if you asked me next point I want to mention the villain technically there are
villains in this film and particularly if you've seen the trailers it's a spoiler but General Zod
who I love Michael Shannon back as Zod from Men of Steel which I love that movie so much I
didn't feel like Zod was used properly and I also speaking to the Zack Snyder man instead of it all
the recreating of going back to that particular time of the world engine and the kryptonians
coming to Earth it didn't feel as impactful nor as visceral as the Zack Steiner version of it so
I didn't feel like the recreation was done that well and I also feel like Zod was just kind of
I don't say pointless but I just didn't feel like it almost felt like Michael Shannon was just kind
of there I didn't feel the same impact as I did from when he played the character back in 2013
and then last thing I want to kind of mention over my final last points the movie almost felt
like there was a missing chapter and what I mean by that is we're picking this movie up
understanding that this is the same Barry Allen from the Zack Steiner seeing him in b EVS seeing
him in Justice League but then it feels like there's a chapter missing and we're introduced
to him kind of reintroducing the character because when you see the Flash and Barry Allen this movie
there's been and I'll just say this now I'm not a personal fan of off-screen development there is a
lot of off-screen development for Barry Allen number one from a power standpoint like he's
doing thing in this in this film and understanding me so it's their solo outing so we're gonna see
more things from the character versus what we saw in the Justice League but I wish we would
have saw some of that development I wish we would have saw him learning how to phase and how to use
certain things within the speed force and also too there was this has been talked about in a
spoiler discussion there's a moment where he is introduced or reintroduced to time travel
that didn't feel like it was cohesively correct within the last time we saw Barry again we'll talk
about that later but again I feel like there was a missing chapter in The Berry story going into this
one which actually brings me into if you like me have read the flashpoint comic and have seen the
animated film film not comparing it to those two IPS because this takes Liberties in creating that
story and telling the story but there are moments in particularly a very big element of the story
that I thought was hugely missed in this movie I can't spoil it I won't spoil it but again if you
have read the comics and if you have seen animated film and even the TV show touched on as far as the
flash from CW there's a huge element that I wish was a big part of this movie and I'll just leave
it at that so those are my main Pros those are my main cons before we get into my overall thoughts
I want to thank you all for sticking on to this point of review I really appreciate you with
that being said overall The Flash is pretty spectacular it is extremely entertaining with
breathtaking action and visuals it's surprisingly very funny but more importantly it has a great
emotional story with a lot of heart to offer the performances across the board from our main
cast was great including my man Michael Keaton as Batman who steals the show now I know the word out
there is this is the greatest comic book movie of all time I'm not crowning at that whatsoever but I
definitely would say it's a must-see theatrical experience and I think you all will have a good
time like I did with that being said I'm gonna give the flash a 4 out of five keep in mind I'm
gonna see this film again as I'm recording this and I'm gonna also do a spoiler discussion so
keep an eye out for that I will share my rankings with you all in another video so keep an eye out
for all that content but again four out of five I am very curious to see number one what the film
does in a box office position and again bring it up Ezra Miller it will be very interesting
especially what some things have been said from the director and the producers about bringing
them back in the role I don't feel too good about that but hey we'll see how it all plays out but
again sticking to this film I really recommend you all give it a watch so that's what I have to say
about the flash is your alternate let me know what you thought about it in the comments below again
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