Originally Posted by
James Cameron
It wasn't a Flash movie, there was no love for Flash or his mythology. The weakest version of Flashpoint and the dead mom storyline ever put to screen. Time travel nonsense, no rogues, two seconds of Iris West, 2 Batmen and a Supergirl, a sloppily tacked together ending, Flash season 3 tier villain. There is taking liberties with adapting a character and there is straight up butchering and assassinating a character. This movie is bleak, hallucinogenic garbage, full of misery and actors who don't want to be there, jabbering plot exposition that barely makes sense, references and easter eggs to pop culture, movies, and DC mythology, it can barely be called a movie. So many elements are forced and manipulative, and the way they tried to turn all of the mess into some kind of sentimental heartfelt message at the end was just ridiculous and offensive. Ezra Miller can't act, so we get CGI tears, and that's symbolic of the entire film.
Barry Allen, a character rich with potential, whose pre-crisis solo title ranks among the BEST of all his contemporaries, a series with real maturity and character development, and absolutely epic stories. A character who literally becomes an icon, a mythological figure, an inspiration to those who followed in his footsteps. A real embodiment of heroism and the best thing for me is that he was a hero NOT borne from tragedy. This was done away when Rebirth and later Flashpoint came out, but even after there were still people coming along writing some great Barry stories. I liked a lot of the Flash TV show. Gustin carried that thing on his damn back. He wasn't the goofy wisecracking version of Flash. He spoke in a deep and authoratative tone just like how I always read Barry back in the day, and he could tap in to a range of a emotions, and when the show got a little goofier, he maintained a balance between being lighthearted and serious. The writing got plain bad but the show was still worth watching for Gustin and his portrayal of Barry.
John Wesley Shipp, also great.
We can always expect liberties to be taken, but why not learn from what works? Why not see what fans actually want? It boggles my mind that people can accept this as a Flash movie and not a complete parody. Batman and Supergirl being in it shows that they do not trust the Flash to carry his own film, and that doesn't make sense, there is BOATLOADS of material, and that's just pre-Crisis (which is the BEST Barry you will ever find) . Why even make this movie if it's just going to be a complete frankenstien's monster of 1000 different things, only a handful being stuff from the Flash comics? At that point, who is the movie for?
I don't know how fans can get studios to lose their cynicism toward comic books but whether it's Marvel, DC, or something else, it is largely a problem across the board, and this film is arguably the most egregious example.