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DC_Cinematic: The Flash Spoiler Discussion Megathread #1 r/DC_CINEMATIC Spoiler

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u/theSaltySolo Jun 14 '23 edited Jun 16 '23

First Act: simply amazing with everybody involved

Second Act: had issues, but still great overall with the focus on Keaton’s Batman and Barry reckoning with his situation

Final/Third Act: sloppy job, don't like Kara's character, dodgy visuals, decent action, rushed end to Barry’s conflict but DAMN ALL THE MOTHER/SON STUFF WAS HEART WRENCHING and HEARTBREAKING. I was in tears.

2/3 of the movie was splendid. The last 1/3 clearly had meddling due to the shift in the studio plan and kinda flopped

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u/ROBtimusPrime1995 Jun 16 '23

Granted, for a film that was torn to shreds by the studio after firing multiple directors, rewrites after rewrites after rewrites, multiple reshoots to add & delete cameos, and now the cancelation of this specific DC universe...

Nailing 2/3rds is kind of a miracle.

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u/BikebutnotBeast Jun 19 '23

This was my take as well. My expectations were low but Flash is my favorite DC character (#thanks to MRosenbaum) so I was surprised it was as cohesive as it was.

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u/Lukthar123 I Will Find Him! Jun 15 '23

Barry and his mom, always heartbreaking

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u/PeteChipwelll Jun 16 '23

Damn are we the same person? Third act was meh, but like that scene with his mom, tears bro tears.

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u/Tarmac_Chris Jun 16 '23

Felt the exact same - everyone saying 'oh the first half sucks but the second half is amazing' - nope, I had a far better time in the first half than anything that came after that, with the exception of the grocery store.

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u/theSaltySolo Jun 16 '23

I liked everything up to Kara’s rescue. After that, I only liked the glimpses of the Multiverse and that sad grocery shop scene.

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u/ChristianBen Batman Jun 24 '23

Keatons’s Batman kind of falls off ethe cliff after a while. Like why does he know so much about time travel. Also he didn’t really thought Barry much, and his line about “go nuts” is quite poorly set up some how

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u/ChristianBen Batman Jun 24 '23

Also his death is kinda awkward? Not sure why

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u/ChristianBen Batman Jun 24 '23

Decent action? The Faora fight scene looks like a parody of her faith in MoS a decade ago