June 12, 2023- Early screening

Holy crap. That was insane.

Okay, first off, I love this movie. There was a lot that was expected, and a lot that was unexpected. The cast did a fantastic job. The humor, the intense emotional scenes, the action, etc. was all done brilliantly. Also, it was a small cast, which helped I think.

The story was as expected essentially with a few twists here and there. And the time travel theory was different than most, so that brought new ideas to mind. Things pretty much follow what you’d think they would if your know the general plot of the Flashpoint event. But then things get even more out there. The out there stuff? Woah.

Of course the action was amazing for all the characters. The fights and the running were so well done. The fighting of each character was so specific and well shot. With so many speedsters in various comic movies and shows, it would be challenging to make things look different. And I think they did well with that. This probably would look pretty great in IMAX 3D.

The cameos? Spectacular. Some expected, others, not in a millions years did I think we’d see some of these. When the Arrowverse did their version of Crisis on Infinite Earths, I was extremely impressed with the level of and number of cameos they put in there. That still is one of my favorite realizations of a multiverse. But how they did things here was in such a creative way. I certainly hoped we’d see more, and I know that specifically, Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen was initially going to have a cameo, but that idea was dropped or cut. It’s unfortunate, but it happens.

This was just such a fun movie. The first half has hits a lot of humor, and the second half is quite intense and dramatic, but I think it worked well. Are there a couple small plot threads that have yet to be touched upon? Yes. And that excites me! There are a couple elements of Barry’s story that weren’t included in this, or at least, not yet, so, we’ll see what the future holds.

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Mid-credit scene: No, but the animated credits are technically part of the movie, you’ll see. It’s fun.

End-credit scene: Yes. Also a fun scene. Points to something else going on. I hope we get to that at some point.