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Blue Beetle (2023)
From the unoriginal plot, to the kindergarten level dialogue, to the worst CGI I've seen since the early 2010's, this is one of the worst films I have ever seen.
By default, I have always held a large amount of bias when it comes to movie adaptations of DC characters versus marvel. From an early age, I became obsessed with batman and teen titans --by the time I could read, I was immersed in the comic book universe of D. C. Although I also loved Spiderman and wolverine growing up, D. C would always be ahead of marvel in my eyes, for the place it held in my heart.
In 2008, the Dark Knight became a cinematic masterpiece, somehow making it to the top 5 on the IMDB top 250 while raking in several Oscar nominations. While 2008 marked the peak of D. C., I immensely believe this movie marks the end in 2023. There is no coming back from a movie this horrendous.
I guess I will begin with the comedic aspect of this movie, since it constantly makes attempts to be funny even in its darker moments. George Lopez is often the source of this movies comic relief, as he is often used throughout the movie to rake in cheap laughs from the audience.
I'm not sure if there are any stand up comedy fans reading this review, but the jokes are very similar to Brendan Schaub's comedy special, The Gringo Papi. Lots of physical, awkward comedy that doesn't hit, along with cheap, corny jokes about the Latin American culture.
The acting was just awful. The main character, who I had not seen in any major motion picture prior despite being a big movie buff, was just okay. He did not steal the show nor did he prove to be a strong lead. His acting wasn't terrible and he did prove to have some chemistry with the movies main love interest, which felt real at times, but who wouldn't in his situation.
George Lopez was over the top per usual, but was easily the best actor in the film alongside Susan Sarandon, who did well as the movies antagonist.
The worst actress of the film was the young woman who played the sister of Jamie Reyes. How she managed to land a role of this caliber is a testament to the bad casting of D. C, something they can learn a thing or two from Marvel. Her acting was so over the top and elementary, it reminded you that you were watching a movie even during intense scenes that should have the audience immersed in the magic of film.
Overall, the acting was very bad. 3/10 at most. The acting was a huge downgrade from The Flash movie that came out just a month prior. While Ezra Miller has his controversies outside the big screen, him and Michael Keaton are academy level actors that stole the show. The acting in this movie, in contrast, was elementary, dull, and over the top.
The special effects were terrible. 1/10 to put a rating on it. I honestly wonder how they managed to pull off this poor of CGI with this large of a budget.
Originality was easily a 0/10. This is the worst superhero movie of all time in this category. Absolutely nothing about this movie is original besides the Latin aspect. This movie is literally a much worse version of iron man combined with venom. I'm sure I don't even have to go into detail to prove this point.
Plot was a 2/10. I have no idea how I stayed awake for this nonsense. The writers for the DCU need to go back to the drawing board and really figure out how they will not allow this to happen again. I hate to keep comparing this to The Flash movie, but that plot was at least somewhat interesting.
1/10 for the script. Dialogue was....well, some things are better left unsaid. Whoever wrote this script was likely 16. Otherwise, I have no clue how the people who wrote this script can drive cars and perform other day-to-day functions that regular adults perform.
Lastly, I will end this review on a more positive note. The movie did pass one category in my book, which is the romance between the lead actor and actress. They seemingly had good chemistry on screen that felt real to the audience. Throughout the movie, you find yourself rooting for the main character to get the girl. Even though their relationship was very corny, it was one of the few aspects of this movie that wasn't mediocre. After all, romances in films are often a bit corny.
The family also had chemistry, as it felt like a real family. The relationships between on screen-characters were good. As the audience, you can tell this is a cast that likely gets along well off-screen.
Moreover, The chemistry between characters gets a solid 5/10 in my book which is still a failing grade, but brings this movie to about a 2/10 instead of a 0 which is what I would have given it otherwise.
Throughout the review, I made mention of many other superhero movies and often drew comparisons to other superhero movie universes. One thing I would like to make clear, is that putting superhero movies aside, this is one of the worst MOVIES period, I have ever seen. MOVIES... Not just superhero movies.
Alien Armageddon (2011)
Worst movie of all time?
When I was at home with nothing to do on a Saturday, I decided to give this movie a try. I never watch a movie without watching the trailer, but I guess thats not enough. The creators of this movie did something very smart; They put all the action packed scenes in the trailer with some pumped up music, and made it look like it was "worth the money". So I paid, and within the first 10 minutes of the movie I knew I had made a huge mistake. So the movie has a bunch of actors in it you have probably never heard of, and I was "ok" with that knowing from past experience you cant judge a movie by its actors. So the first thing I noticed about the movie within the first 10 minutes that the actors were not completely bad but it just didn't seem like the actors were putting much effort into the movie and some of the actors just seemed like they didn't know what they were doing. I had a smirk on my face but proceeded to keep watching the movie. After about 20 minutes I noticed something that really got me upset; The special effects were terrible. I kind of laughed at the fact that I could probably make a movie with better effects than this one.
After about 20-30 minutes into the movie I noticed that the lighting was bad, the set was bad, and the actors were just terrible. It reminded me of some of the short films I sometimes make with my friends. I just shut off the television by that point and got on my computer to see some of the IMDb reviews. This is how I discovered IMDb, and from that day k on I checked the IMDb reviews before watching a movie since the reviews on this site are very accurate. As much as I am tempted to rate this movie a 1, im rating it a 2 for the following reasons: The producers were smart enough to trick the people into thinking this movie was worth it with the trailers and plot, and if it weren't for this movie, I wouldn't know what IMDb is. The fact of the matter is, don't waste your money on this movie, you will regret it.