WB is on my shitlist. Their copyright settings are turned up to ultra max and I had to re-upload three times to avoid a claim. Screw that company

I like how they doubled the sexual predators. Two Barry's equals double the grooming and assaults. 10/10

3:13 Animated movie of Flashpoint provided a pretty easy to understand explanation, Barry running through time created the Temporal equivalent of a Sonic Boom, shifting events just a little to where they had drastic changes. It's simple, makes sense and covers all bases.

I keep seeing "fair use, fair use" but I didn't see one roller coaster or merry-go-round. Not cool, man.

But it's the best superhero movie ever made according to James Gunn. Then gets a briefcase full of cash for saying it?

so the pivotal plot point is that if Barry's mom is alone at home - she is murdered (by Zoom).. but if dad is home with her - she's not (so Zoom is afraid of his dad??) strong Chewbecca defense - that does NOT make sense... and yes the Director has confirmed that she was killed by Professor Zoom the reverse Flash. Also - why does Kara speak english? at best she should speak Russian if not Kryptonian..

For me there was one laugh and it is more the idea than the execution, that Barry Allen changed the film careers of actors in the 1980s so Eric Stoltz was Marty McFly in Back to the Future, Michael J Fox was Ren McCormack in Footloose and Kevin Bacon was Maverick in Top Gun.

When they introduced the calorie counter I was hoping they’d do my favorite Flash bit where he is so fast that he spontaneously has food between cuts. Ex. Flash says something, cut to Batman talking, cut to Flash who now has a big gulp. 😂

This feels like DC wanting to repeat the success of Spiderman No Way Home, a movie that was far better than what I was expecting. What I feared for that movie, I got in The Flash instead! 😅

"This Movie Has No Purpose" Just like Ezra Miller?

BatKeaton’s explanation of time travel was just a worse rehash of the 10th Doctor’s “Wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff” explanation from “Blink”

Didn't watch it but gotta make the joke everyone made "I forgot that movie in a flash lmao"

This movie would have needed to happen in Bruce got Barry's dad a decent lawyer. Bruce purchased a bank to help Clark's mom from losing her home. But, he could have spent a fraction of that cost to just get a decent defense lawyer for Barry's dad.

I wanted to see Zod say “This planet needs an enema!”

I have no intention of seeing this movie, but since I found your channel (and subscribed) I LOVE your commentary. You are so entertaining that I have told my family to watch you. They already do!!! :) Enjoy your day and your tea !!!

The only thing I really enjoyed was Michael Keaton, love him as Batman... and the scenes with Flash's mom... little tear there.

Please keep doing these videos. The timing, layout, and personality are all on point.

No I didn’t feel Ezra was a good actor. Not compared to Grant Gustin and John Wesley Shipp who both played Barry Allen better.

Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Cyborg never had anything to do with stopping Zod. It was Superman alone. Barry just went to researching the other meta-humans when he realized Superman wasn't coming.

I think it would have made more sense for original Barry to go crazy trying to fix things. He was so attached to trying to help his mom, help his dad, save batman and supergirl .... he was the one with the hangup to begin with and the one that needed to learn the lesson. I think original Barry should have died after learning his lesson, and the new timeline carried by this alternate Barry should have continued. You could easily start a whole new timeline/verse from that sort of ending.

My friends saw The Flash. I saw Elemental and Ruby Gillman, two animated movies that are underperforming and have been criticized for being too formulaic. And from what I've heard, I still feel I made the better choice.

When they showing the young Barry making his suit swear to go the reveal was gonna be man ray from sponge bob for a second! Lol

worst scene in the entire movie is the several minute long part where OriginalBarry is searching for the heroes and the slob raises his leg to show the tattoo of Eric Stoltz on his calf. Should never even be filmed let alone actually make it into the movie. Just awful. And here is a GREAT idea: rather than have NewBarry act like a stoner teen to differentiate the 2 Barrys how about have a completely different actor play the character? We have Keaton as Batman in this universe followed by Clooney later...why not Grant Gustin?

I see it moving forward so fast, that it goes backwards

It's not often I've a video, but this one definitely earned it. For such a small channel, I think you're punching well above your weight class in terms of quality. Keep this up and you'll go far! Great video!

Greg I love you and your look upon all things. I agreed with a lot of what u said but u said nothing about Micheal Keaton. Loved him as batman again. Wish there was more of that. Otherwise, review was really good. I actually think it may look like nothing was changed, but when he saved his dad from prison that may be what created James Guns universe going forward. You can even say that Ezra Miller is stuck in George Clooney Batman universe if you never want to cast him again. Keep on keeping on Greg!!!

I feel like I couldn't watch it, mostly because of Ezra Miller being a monster in real life lol

I like how you said it ended in the same spot it started yet you explained that it was completely different 😂

I was getting bored watching the movie as well. There was only 7 people in the theater that night. I did like the Batman scenes, but hated the rest. Supergirl was hot, and I cried through the scene with Barry and his mother at the end. My mom passed away couple of years ago, and I wish I could turn back time 😢.

"Double espresso for Brexley" 😂 as a big Flash comcis fan, I was pretty bummed out by this movie. The near disregard for Flash characters and villains in his debut feature film was unforgivable to me.

The entire DCEU was doomed the moment they signed on Snyder to make Man of Steel. It was always going to fail.

I would’ve loved a proper send off to the DCEU in a Flashpoint story or just a plain Flash solo movie or at least something that didn’t relay on a 70 year old Batman and a time displaced Supergirl. Nothing here could’ve salvaged it. Just start over. Hey wait a minute.

Remember Ezra Millers the flash isn't running back in time to save his mom He's running back in time to make sure all the females he touched were 18

Seeing Keaton as Batman again wac my purpose. Loved it

So I might pick this up cheap when the DVD or Blu-Ray ends up in my local charity shop in few months, I am not paying full price to see it in the theatre or home media.

Not so much inspired by James Gunn. He's a poor man's Joss Whedon. DC should scrap their plans and sell all the rights to someone who could do it better.

6:34 Funny how when you said that Miguel O'Hara's theme song played in my head immediately Just shows how good that movie was

At the end, he learns that moving 1 tomato can to save his mum messes up the future so ... he moves all the cans to the top shelf to save his dad. That part I don't get.

Batman, Superman, WonderWoman, Aquaman every one in this movies was epic and George Clooney omg😮

Guy in a supersuit starts a cinematic universe. Where have i seen that before?

The CGI characters reminded me of the PS2/PSP cutscenes in the God of War games. They switched to in engine footage for the PS3 and PS4 games. Consoles that are 15ish old had more realistic looking humans.

The flash point paradox is such a better movie, it makes this one seem like a disney live action remake. It leaves barry going back to save his mom as the twist, while throughout the whole movie flash and the audience think its antiflashs doing. It also shows the real consequences of time travel where a ripple effect made superman land in a government facility to be experimented on instead of a farm, had Bruce Wayne be the one who got shot in crime ally making his dad the batman and his mom the joker, and had the entire plot revolve around the flash needing to regain his powers to stop a war started by wonder woman and aquaman. Its so cool to watch, especially since it follows the non canon dc comics it refrences very faithfully and just inserts flash to live the reality of the non canon dcu.

As soon as i saw that they let Predator Flash near children i checked out. I couldn't forget Millers crimes 🤷🏾‍♂️

I haven't seen this movie yet because i wait for it to be on demand for free since i already knew how much of a mess it would gonna be. And Keaton looks like, "WTF am i even doing here. I just hope that DC drops Ezra!

Barry just learned the lesson from watching the Wonder Woman 1984 movie: let it go...

Can someone go back in time and prevent the movie from being made? It can happen --- right?

This is so disappointing. The Flash is my favorite DC hero and I have been waiting for a Flash movie for a long time. Now between the drama surrounding the actor, the poor cgi, and the irrelevant plot... sigh. The only solace here is that this universe is over and maybe the Gunniverse will bring me a better Flash down the road. Great video though Greg - love your stuff. Always check out your reviews!

Only thing I gotta disagree with was "the man can act" I don't think so, I think they just took a boy loves his mother and tugged at heart strings, I don't think Ezra Miller pulled it off, the scene just works for the feels... because it works for the feels

The cgi was bad because most of their budget went to dealing with Ezra Miller drama 😜

Honestly, I was sorry to see the end of the Snyderverse but I'm a fan of James Gunn and I am excited about the new Superman! James Gunn + old musical score = home run!

"He wont do it again" *Immediately changes the future by making his dad look up*

The movie was decent at best but knowing what the main actor did and the horrible visuals ruined everything

(Post video watch) I like the perspective you brought. I have not seen it though I may still though I certainly didn’t have high expectations (I liked Man of Steel, B VS S, and the Snyder cut). From your review, it seems they did a “decent” job at pulling some aspects from the actual Flashpoint comics and film (animated) and chef sprinkled in some styling from No Way Home, which seems like a plus. I think some of your cons could stem from the numerous issues that came from the film such as it was supposed to be made back in 2017, WB definitely not knowing how to utilize DC characters, and not allocating funds to a universe that is closing (NOT looking forward to Gunn’s integration, I like Synder’s vision and ideas for the darker universe of characters but not looking forward to how comedic Gunn handles comic book characters).

the CGI special effect of this movie is nightmare fuel, like dead babies crap....for a movie sit on shelf over $200 Mil, it look worse than Deadpool which cost less than half of that. The ending also rush and stupid, like ok so Barry got is Dad out Jail IN ANOTHER CLOONEY UNIVERSE, meaning his dad from his universe still in jail.

This movie was mangled from inception, they had no idea how to do it correctly, because of just plain incompetence, and then the actors..um..problems just made it DOA. It is no secret they did the bare minimum with the effects and released it only because NOT releasing it would cost more. Any money they get from it was a plus for WB. I really do not even get why Zod was the big bad, he is a superman villain. The Flash has very well known villains. They could not even give the Flash his own story in his own movie. It was all just odd. The cameos were way overdone and some were groan worthy. Especially Christopher Reeve. I just do not condone ethically using actor's likenesses of people who passed away who never gave consent to use them. If you want a good Flash story, season 1 on the TV show is basically the best we will get. (and probably an explanation for why the movie just did not do the reverse Flash or Zoom plot, because it was already done better recently on TV).

Hell yeah I hit the like button! Good review!

Ezra Miller was a foil for better actors. I hope to never hear from him again. Also. I hope Sasha Calle's career recovers.

I'm a fan of DC films, and I'll see most of them in theaters at least once. Only if it's good will I spend money on the DVD. I have no intention of seeing the Flash

Three things I hate about Christina Hodson's writing: 1) The politics; 2) pacing problems; 3) laziness

Marvel totally did the “unchangeable moment in time” thing first

You were way more positive on your pros than I am. I thought those points were fun, but not good. The action scenes had bad CGI as well, especially in Russia. I agree with your cons, but I also found original Barry to be annoying as well, in addition to young Barry.

Ezra could have some impact over this movie failure at box office But the biggest culprit was James Gunn and Warner announcing a Reboot to early, rendering all this movies dead from the getgo BlueBettle gonna flop, Aquaman 2 gonna flop, even James Gunn reboot gonna flop because of this out of sync annoucement.

"Brexley"!!!!! 🤣😆🤣😆

I mean of course video games have better CGI. It's a triple AAA game's whole thing. They have been better in games for a while :P

Take a massive conglomeration of movie makers. Hollywood. Their track record is at best subpar, but that's O.K. because you only really need to like one movie and then you can buy that movie and the movie stands on its own merits. You don't need anything else. That movie is good. And they've gotta come out with at least one good movie every couple of years, so really, you're set. Now have them create a series of intertwined movies that rely on each other, regardless of how disparate the characters in time, space and tone, but retain the fair to middling hit rate, each of which cost potentially dozens of dollars at a movie theater and at least an hour and a half, probably longer, of your time. So now you HAVE to watch every one, even knowing that almost all of them are going to be stinkers, because if you miss one then you're missing some parts of the story. These companies think this will "trap" you into seeing the movies, but what it actually does is create apathy. I'm not going to see ANY superhero movies anymore because I've already lost the plot. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 sucked, so of course I'm not going to see 3, because even if 3 is good, I'd then only own 1 & 3, breaking the timeline. The only superhero movie I would have any interest in seeing at this point would be Static Shock, and then only if it's directed by Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino or Christopher Nolan. I'm sure that if this movie did get made, the trailer would quickly disabuse me of the interest.

Watch them try to make an animated cartoon version remake of the Justice League. Call it Justice League: GO and see how that turns out.😂

W takes. Also subscribed. :D

Boy, sure glad we kicked out Snyder for this. Such an improvement.

I enjoyed it more than most of the DC movies of the last two decades and more than half of the Marvel movies. I've seen worse CG and worse time travel logic. I disagree about all your cons surrounding 90s bat-stalgia, which I enjoyed more than I had expected from the trailer. I also appreciate it as an end, not packed with setup for future movies. Fun and done.

This is the movie they bent over backwards protecting ezra over as if all his bad deeds wouldnt matter bc this movie would be so great? Thats hollywood for ya.

The ONLY good thing is Michael Keaton And Sasha Calle's Supergirl... She should have a stand alone film.

I sense that you are not going to be our little secret pretty soon. Good for the channel. Good for you. Kind of a melancholy time though.

Nick Cage actually filmed scenes in The Flash, but they de-aged him and it looked like shit. DC should've never tried to make a live action movie based on the Flashpoint storyline from the comics for the first Flash movie. The animated film Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox is a way better adaption of that storyline.

I hope when gunn intros a flash movie he has reverse flash as a villian then does a better version of this, i wouldnt mind him redoing flashpoint if its better than this.

Most of this could have been prevented if Bruce bailed Barry's dad out of jail, but he just decided to upgrade some cameras and take it to court, and even then he could have done that sooner.

13:44 It would have been funny if the criminal looks at Batman in the face while he's getting pulled up by Wonder woman with the lasso of truth and he just says the Batman " You know you have pretty eyes" just making the whole situation really awkward and like you got to laugh at the situation.

3:32 So I love the video I just want to put a tiny little note on something she murdered multiple soldiers without any hesitation and was not even mentioned probably in the rest of the movie, huh?

WB doesnt understand movies, they just get lucky with a director once in a while.

I’ve finished all of your videos and I’ve yet to hear you say a single thing that I disagree with or wouldn’t say myself. You even wear a black shirt like I do to … wait… are you me from another timeline where I’m successful?! Am I…. The dumb Barry?!

Movies used to use cgi as a last resort if practical effects couldn’t get the job done now unfortunately cgi is the go to and practical effects is now discouraged

Honestly, can't agree with you here mate. I really enjoyed this film - despite expecting to hate it. I've been a DC fan for over 40 years, and I know the animated version of the Flashpoint story is much better. But... Miller was solid in the dual role ( despite being awful in real life) and he really highlighted how annoying his younger self was, there was tons of nonsense but it was still fun. This film's purpose was to be entertaining... And it was. Sure there's no follow up, and it leans into Easter eggs and nostalgia, and if you think even a little bit, it doesn't make sense. Didn't care about the CGI, as I grew up in a time long before CGI was a thing. The fact that Flash could not save the world was great, and kind of brave. The ending was a bit weak, but I still had a ton of fun with the film. Cheers

The movie is about him going in time to safe his mother from Dying and to prove his father’s innocence.. why is everyone hating on this movie so bad

This was a movie without a soul. The writers failed to make either Barry believable - one was too taciturn, the other too random. Half of BatKeaton's lines were callbacks, regardless of what they meant. Just empty calorie nostalgia, fed to you by a film screaming 'DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?!?!?! THIS FILM MADE YOU REMEMBER A BETTER FILM, SO IT IS JUST AS GOOD, RIGHT? RIGHT?!!!!!??2123112?' The two pieces I liked were BatKeaton versus the CGI Kryptonian and the moments here and there where Modern Barry said something that showed his time with the Justice League actually meant something to him, like him saying Batman was his best friend. It made me wish I had seen those adventures, seen those films. But instead we received a film built off of the same shaky ground as No Way Home was, thinking multiverse adventures justify themselves. They don't - only good writing justifies itself. Shoving action figures into a sandbox and mashing them into each other for two hours is just visual noise, especially knowing none of it matters. The final scene even proved Gunn doesn't care. That was reshot on his watch, and it ends with a bad joke. Almost like it was saying 'You've already given us your money, no take backs!' The problem is that isn't what they want audiences to think, and they're learning that with the box office. If they are smart they'll relegate Blue Beetle to streaming and either do the same with Aquaman 2 or put out such an amazing marketing campaign that it convinces everyone it is the same fun adventure as the first one was. Because it's dead in the water, and everyone knows it - everyone but possibly WB.

The point of a movie is to entertain, it doesn’t necessarily have to go somewhere. This would have been entertaining with a different actor. Still not great but entertaining. While watching it on day of release my eyes caught the cgi I afterwards saw people complaining about, and I attributed it altered vision in the speed dimension, which I later read was the directors intent. It made a mush of things when it was full screen and that was their mistake. The other cgi was fine. Why even employ Ezra Miller? It was obvious to everyone that he was widely disliked, and neither charming or funny. He tanked this movie and the weak story didn’t help. Keaton and Supergirl were cool, but a half hour of good simply cannot salvage from all of the bad.

I think the idea was great, but sadly the execution overall was dismal. Ezra Miller was the worst part of this movie, wile Keaton was the best. My head canon, is he lied about being Bruce Wayne, he's actually Thomas Wayne - there was the scene where he touches the portrait, you see his fingers hover on Bruce and Martha in the photo - almost suggesting he is remembering the loss of his wife and son. As for Clooney at the end, my head canon there, its Alfred... I don't like the idea that Bruce Wayne goes through such harrowing changes and we just accept it as, well, different time, he looks different... no no no, to me, the only thing that makes it feel neat, is, okay, we see a timeline where Thomas Wayne becomes Batman, and at the end, a timeline where Alfred became Batman after losing Bruce, Martha and Thomas... I know, that last one is silly, but for me it justifies the actor changes...

IS Blue Beetle the official start of the 'Gunn-iverse', or are they just saying that so as not to affect sales of yet another pre-Gunn movie?

How were the Batfleck action scenes? The clips from the trailers look pretty exciting.

Apparently saving his mother makes Barry a complete douche.

Hey Greg Owen. Big fan of the channel, you seen to have the ability to read my thoughts. I was wondering if you’ve ever watched any of the animated DCU films? I’d like to hear you’re take. I’ve also recently been watching a lot of classic anime series and had to ask the question why aren’t Marvel & DC printing money by pumping out adult anime based on the comic books, much the same way anime was an almost direct translation of its original manga? Any thoughts?

Actually, the movie does do something. It potentially erases the entire DCCU

Yessss, first comment! (Pre watch)

So... If there was no Superman in that new timeline, why was Zod even there?

I still dont know why DC CGI looks so bad against Marvel even after sutch long time. Especially whan DC movies sometimes cost more than Marvel.

I've concluded multiverses are dumb and lazy. They generally eliminate the core feature of a plot, which is what is at stake for the characters. Nothing matters if you can undo it by shifting around some "spaghetti" (why would past Batman know so much about that, anyway - cart before the horse problem 😂)

I actually have no real interest in comic book superheroes movies post Avengers: Endgame due to burn out. Depending on what you count as the first comic book superheroe film (aside from the Batman and Superman movies) the genre is any where from 15 years old (via the Dark Knight and Ironman from 2008) to 25 years old (thanks to Blade) and movie genres have a 15 to 25 years life experience in Hollywood. Yes there are franchises with entries that predate and exist after their genre's time, but it's been all down hill since Endgames, and to pretend otherwise is only going to empty your bank account with nothing to show.

It does have purpose...it was entertaining

Barry's mom has to die - it's a canon event 😂

I feel bad for your sanity Greg

8:40 heck he'd probably bring his own super suit

okay, so I've watched none of the recent DCU but I take it that this is not the DC comics Barry Allen? Unless they are pulling a Marvel and completely overhauling the characters. Was there even a mention of Professor Zoom? Oh as an aside I finally sat down and watch the new D&D movie. I really enjoyed it.