I have been wanting to see a huge blockbuster FLASH film since I was a little boy. I went on the journey with Barry Allen through the eyes of Carmine Infantino. I witnessed his death in Crisis. I saw the rise of Wally West in his own series. The Flash was a comic I loved the most.
Why the Flash? Because he was a normal guy got chosen with that lightning strike to make the world a better place. He wasn't a millionaire, amazon, alien or god. He was just a guy racing to catch up. He wasn't perfect either. Wally West the character was deeply flawed.
Flash forward past the 1990s TV series and the Grant Gustin series to the Snyderverse and the insanity that was Zack Snyder being unleashed onto the DCU.
This version of the FLASH kind of reminds me of what Ben Affleck's Daredevil tried to do with that character. It jumped right into the hero's biggest story without warning. Since the Gustin series had been going strong for 9 years, the film relied on that public knowledge to go big or go home.
Put aside Ezra Miller's controversial public life, he does a great job here playing his version of Barry stuck in two different times in their life. The effects on The Flash, the suit and humor were all great. The now controversial "ChronoBowl" was an interesting choice but also seemed doom for failure. (To be honest, The Arrowverse did a better job of explaining the multiverse and including legacies) In this cut of the film, Sasha Calle and Michael Keaton are completely wasted. Ezra Miller's performance is the best part of the film. This is by far THE FLASH film I dreamed of but they did their best with the insanely crowded and oversaturated superhero world we are now in.
Why the Flash? Because he was a normal guy got chosen with that lightning strike to make the world a better place. He wasn't a millionaire, amazon, alien or god. He was just a guy racing to catch up. He wasn't perfect either. Wally West the character was deeply flawed.
Flash forward past the 1990s TV series and the Grant Gustin series to the Snyderverse and the insanity that was Zack Snyder being unleashed onto the DCU.
This version of the FLASH kind of reminds me of what Ben Affleck's Daredevil tried to do with that character. It jumped right into the hero's biggest story without warning. Since the Gustin series had been going strong for 9 years, the film relied on that public knowledge to go big or go home.
Put aside Ezra Miller's controversial public life, he does a great job here playing his version of Barry stuck in two different times in their life. The effects on The Flash, the suit and humor were all great. The now controversial "ChronoBowl" was an interesting choice but also seemed doom for failure. (To be honest, The Arrowverse did a better job of explaining the multiverse and including legacies) In this cut of the film, Sasha Calle and Michael Keaton are completely wasted. Ezra Miller's performance is the best part of the film. This is by far THE FLASH film I dreamed of but they did their best with the insanely crowded and oversaturated superhero world we are now in.