We have seen ‘Flash’ and this is what it is: it can go from being Warner’s biggest headache to a superheroic triumph

2014. The world was young and gullible. People threw buckets of water on themselves to combat ALS, the Happy of Pharrell Williams was bursting it and Kevin Spacey was coming out in the selfies Ellen DeGeneres at the Oscars. simpler times. At once, DC heralded a wave of films thanks to the success of man of steelthe debut of henry cavill as Superman, directed by zack snyder in 2013. Among the promises: a Flash movie, the fastest man on earth, would arrive in 2018 and would star ezra miller.

From that moment until today, controversies, delays and rumors have followed one another. Numerous directors associated with the project jumped ship due to creative differences: Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Responsable of Dungeons and Dragons either Game Night), Rick Famuyiwa (dope) either Phil Lord and Chris Miller (the lego movie) came to be shuffled, until Andy Muschietti (Item) managed to tame the beast and turn it into what the world will be able to see in a few weeks.

Well, how’s Ezra, first of all

Along with this salad of directors, many more problems: failure at the box office of other DC titles such as suicide squada script revised a thousand times, something called COVID, and, finally, the numerous (very many) cases of assaults, crimes and various crises that Ezra Miller generated without ceasing. So many that the actor himself came to issue a public apology, assuring that he had suffered mental health problems and was receiving treatment.

However, despite this headache, something must have gone right on the set, because Warner kept promising that this movie was going to be released. Even James Gunnnow in charge of arranging the future of the company, said that Flash it was “one of the best superhero movies ever made.”

When, after announcing his retirement as Superman, Henry Cavill’s cameo was cancelled, it became clear what was happening: the plot of Flash -based on the comic series flash pointcreated by Geoff Johns-, thanks to his use of time travel, would serve to reorganize the DC universe.

The Hare and the Bat

Now yes: it’s time to focus on the film. Although the version seen is not the final one -and rumors point to some touch-ups by Gunn in the final scenes- it is enough to ensure something: it is a wonder.

Works. She is funny. We are facing two and a half hours of cinema in which everything fits. Andy Muschietti’s work is equal to that of his countryman Diego Maradona: his hands are God’s, because only a miracle could have so carefully spun this sea of ​​references, egos and bat-shaped gadgets.

And yes, there is also forced nostalgia. And yes, there are missed opportunities. And yes, the film can be accelerated at times -there are superheroes that take three films to recover as Supergirl does- or even run over in its editing -its director assured that the first cut lasted four hours and that the process until reaching the final result It was painful.

But they are minutiae. Ezra Miller is delivered, he embroiders the interpretation of the two Barry Allens. Maribel Verdu It is Mexican, and it hurts, but perhaps in another universe it is, and that Mexico takes.

And it remains to talk about Keaton

He is the great honoree of the tape. In a multiverse called 2023, Keaton has been the great beneficiary of Flash. Without Christian bale -at least, that is known- willing to return to put on the cape, without Val Kilmer available with Adam West only in memory keaton he returns to the pointy ears with the illusion of a child. Her character works as a review, but also offers a whole new approach. And the universe of winks will delight the most demanding.

In short, a delight. Until Ben Affleck seems to have tried hard. The opening sequence is so spectacular that it should bury the rest of the movie, but it only acts as a springboard to something much better. michael shannon He still doesn’t understand anything at all, but it’s good to see him. Maybe Flash It’s been so long overdue because 2018 wasn’t the year we deserved it, but 2023 was the year we needed it.

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