The Flash (I) (2023)
1/10
The DCEU's Death Rattle
21 February 2024
Unfunny, dull, illogical, the antithesis of captivating storytelling. There a lot of ways to describe this corporate product. Rest assured "decent" isn't one of them.

At the very least you can hardly make an argument for it being squandered potential, since every single piece of this incredibly lame jigsaw puzzle is broken at it's core.

The CGI is genuinely ghastly, and truly embarrassing at times. With the exception of maybe five shots, everything looks utterly artificial, and beyond fake. There are moments where you have to wonder whether, or not it's actually some kind of elaborate meta joke. "Am I supposed to laugh at the disgustingly obvious CGI tears? The music certainly doesn't seem to imply so."

The funniest parts are definitely every time the filmmakers try to convince the audience, that there are real emotions being displayed, while most of the cast has a permanently frozen look of boredom, with a hefty dose of apathy on their faces.

Unfortunately for anyone like myself, who really appreciates a good disasterpiece, after the 10 minute mark even any surface level ironic enjoyment comes to a screeching halt.

At that point most of what we're shown is the powerfully cringe inducing performance by our lead actor, which one might be able to withstand, if it wasn't for the literal doubling down of having two Flashes interacting with one another for most of this poorly conceived SNL skit. It's really as painful as it sounds.

This one is a perfect example of a vacuum cleaning movie. As long as most of your senses are preoccupied with noisy housework, you'll have a pleasant viewing experience.

Just don't gaze into this thing too long, otherwise this thing might gaze into you.
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