The Flash is a Beautiful Lie

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The ending scene with Barry and his mother in the grocery store as he’s setting things back to “normal” is what the movie needed to be about. Not massive, destroying the multiverse CGI extravaganzas. How decisions, big and small can have earth shattering and or deeply personal consequences. How, some of your best work and moments in life can be born from tragedy. Those smaller scenes to me were my favorite of the film.

We need a flash film that’s a smaller scale, no multiverse, no time travel. Just a simple film with a classic villain like Captain Cold.

The fact that the movie about leaving the past behind literally can't let the past go is the best metaironic punchline

The flash to me easily has enough potential to be as known as spider man, all he needs is a “Sam Raimi” of sorts. Someone who has a deep and personal connection with the lessons from the flash character to create an inspired movie.

I personally enjoyed the flash. But the glaring issue I have with the ending outside of the cameos, is that right after Barry makes that sacrifice and puts the tomatoes back, Barry doesn’t stop himself from making another change, he moves the cans to a higher shelf so his dad is proven not guilty by the camera footage. Would’ve been a great completion to his arc in the movie if he stopped himself in that moment and went back to the present without making any changes and made the ultimate personal sacrifice to save his universe from further change, in my opinion.

I gotta admit, I haven't seen the video yet. But here's something we all can agree upon (even if someone dislikes the film): it's obvious that Andy Muschietti loves the sh*t out of this character, and he has definitely put all his heart and passion into it.

It’s really a damn shame that it isn’t more successful. Despite it’s obvious flaws it’s a wonderful movie with heart.

Reasons to like it: -those scenes when we see the care for humanity in barry, when he took a small amount of time to tell that nurse to reach out for help, or when he used all of his ability just to turn that kids face away from seeing his father be brutally crushed. -seeing his origin story through trying to get his younger self to get his powers is a great way to retell the story that a good amount of people already know. - The camerawork is actually different and works quite well. - Nicholas Cage -the action sequences are dynamic and we’re actually thought out by what seemed to be an actual choreography team. -seeing young Barry slowly loose faith in saving Keaton and Supergirl, and with that, slowly become more villainous. -those amazing shots of the lightning going through the two Barry’s, and the lightning rekindling the main Barry’s powers. - Ezra’s performance in both characters For me it’s at the very bottom of my favorite superhero movies list because I really enjoyed a DC film for once. I really want a remastered version with finished Vfx and with a Reeve cameo that’s just from reused footage, they could also quickly add in some CW cameos. And apparently there was a cut rated R supergirl action sequence that I would like to see

You somehow seem to always say what I feel about these films in a way that I can never articulate. My fav pretentious hack tbh

I appreciate The Flash as being a fun popcorn flick, but watching it one week after Spiderverse did not do it favor. Both films really gave polar opposite lessons, one saying that you are define by your trauma, the other saying it's not the trauma, but how you make you forged your own path. I just found Miles's arc much more refreshing and inspiring.

My mom passed away over a year ago, I miss her and think about her everyday. I've seen the movie 3 times, and despite its flaws I really enjoyed it each time.

One of the things that annoyed me the most which is what I thought they were going to do was Barry was going to find the person that actually killed his mom(Which we all know is the Reverse Flash). But they didn’t even mention it one time or even consider exploring that route to clear his father’s name. Seemed like such a waste to not include him in this movie especially since they are rebooting everything.

There's a reason why not too many people came in to watch this besides Ezra Miller's actions. The fact that the studio was banking on cameos being enough to being in money. This movie had the biggest development hell and I think Andy was just working with the hand that was dealt. I'm sure James and Peter felt bad and trusted his ability. So they're giving him time and resources to make a great Brave and the Bold project. I trust James and Peter to lead the DCU. I'm sure Blue Beetle will be at the least good (like a 7/10 at the lowest). I'm not sure for Aquaman 2 though.

I don’t care what anyone says. This movies better than people make it out to be. It’s no masterpiece or anything of the sort and I’ve certainly seen better movies recently, but The Flash has heart. The final scene of Barry visiting his mom alone had me tearing up and absolutely embodies everything I love about the storyline of Flashpoint.

The main issue is that superhero films at the moment are very superficial. We need more films that are at its core an emotional and telling story that have a bonus of awesome action and visuals not the other way around. From what James Gunn has said I’ve got full faith we will be getting that in a few years time.

I'm not ashamed to admit that this brilliantly comprehensive analysis of 'The Flash' movie & whatever else we could have received IF we lived in The Most Perfect Timeline, has brought me to tears. You're right with every word. We ALMOST had the miracle Barry Allen movie we've waited sooo many years for. DC ALMOST fixed their horrific superhero movie problem. We ALMOST had 'Flashpoint: Paradox' featuring Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton PLUS Michael 'Zod' Shannon! But then... they fucked it all up AGAIN. They did not trust us enough to deliver something TRULY new, even though The Flash can run to any potential dimension in an infinite universe. They ran back to 1997 for the grand finale, and I might have smirked at that cameo, but I was deeply unsatisfied after the smile left my face. The DC Animated movies continue to be vastly superior to anything they make in real life, and 'The Flash' is a heartbreaking disappointment and we deserve so much better for and from these iconic childhood heroes on screen!! Stay genius, sir :) thanks for speaking your passionate wisdom. Those CGI babies in 'The Flash' looked absolutely HORRIBLE!!! LOL

I enjoyed this movie because of Andy Muschietti I love when horror directors make superhero movies I really hope he gets to direct "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", because he's amazing

Great video HiTop! And I can just say how much I appreciate that you talked a bit about the CW Flash. That show's reputation has been dragged through the mud (Mostly of its own making), but in those early seasons, that moment when Grant's Barry Allen travels back and has to say goodbye to Nora. There's a reason why Kevin Smith and millions of fans like him cried during that scene. And that's the thing about this Flash movie. Everything that it does well when it comes to the Flash's story, other films and shows have done better. A beautiful lie indeed.

I think the two best scenes are Bruce with Barry before Barry goes back in time. And then later in the movie when Barry says bye to his mother. Both very well acted scenes, the final scene for Ben affleck is the best scene in the movie and it shows everything well about Batman as a character. The Barry and his mom moment was amazing but falls flat because we barely spend time with his mom once Barry sees his past self. The best addition to the story was Sasha’s supergirl cause she just added so much character wise and would’ve been a great partner to work with Henry’s Superman. Michael Keaton was great in this, having his Bruce be good in hope and in retirement. However once the final battle starts they do wrong with his character besides his ending speech to Barry. The dark flash was a good addition but that scene between the three Barry’s should’ve been more significant and the ending should’ve been the one with Henry, gal, Sasha and Michael. With the setup being for crisis with Ben, would’ve been very interesting to see and I hope that when they release the movie on digital. It includes the 4 hour cut of the movie, along with the deleted endings, cause I Wanan see the original ending, the second ending with its crisis post credit scene and then they can include the new ending if they want to