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#TheFlashMovie is an action-packed, heartfelt, and nostalgia-fueled cap to the pre-James Gunn DCU reboot. It’s also one of DC’s best movies.

It works as a standalone Flashpoint-like story as well as a serviceable bridge to what will come next for shared universe DC movie storytelling.
01:15 AM - Jun 07, 2023
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While certain aspects are predictable (and a lot was spoiled in the trailers), the movie still has plenty of surprises - even if it wasn’t already packed with alternate timeline cameos.
01:15 AM - Jun 07, 2023
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As someone who saw Batman 1989 12 times in the theater as a kid, Keaton’s return as the Caped Crusader is satisfying - even if I’m still not a fan of the direct callbacks (“Let’s get nuts”, for example).
01:17 AM - Jun 07, 2023
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Keaton fits back into the role effortlessly and very much feels like the same character instead of trying to riff on his own take.
01:17 AM - Jun 07, 2023
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Crucially, the film successfully draws subtle parallels between Keaton and Affleck’s versions that drive home principle Batman characteristics regardless of the timeline or person playing him.
01:18 AM - Jun 07, 2023
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Despite a lot of the A-plot points following a logical trajectory to an inevitable conclusion, it sticks the landing where it counts - ensuring that anything predictable or familiar still captures the right amount of emotion.
01:18 AM - Jun 07, 2023
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For a film about the Fastest Man Alive, The Flash takes its time where it counts. Broadly, moment to moment action is satisfying and the movie is overflowing with laugh-out-loud bits. It’s one of the most accessible DC movies (and in spite of multiversal shenanigans, is surprisingly self-contained.)
01:19 AM - Jun 07, 2023 (Edited)
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There are messy bits and things that don’t work but there’s a lot the filmmakers got right on this one. It’ll be interesting to see what impact the film has on the franchise reboot and what, if anything, it did will carry on.
01:20 AM - Jun 07, 2023
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