I’ll say it right away-
this is a great film. Funny, exciting, occasionally poignant and always visually
arresting it is more or less what you want from a trip to the movies. However,
there is of course a lot of baggage surrounding The Flash and superhero
movies in general. If it flops it will be the fourth live action superhero film
in a row to underperform after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol3, Shazam –
Fury of the Gods and Quantumania. What may at first have seemed like
unlucky coincidence is beginning to look like long term decline. The Flash
has the extra hurdle in that after a catalogue of incidents and allegations, the
film’s star is sort of cancelled but sort of not, an unsatisfactory half-life
for all concerned. Still, I suppose superhero films thrive on excess of all
kinds and the best thing is to watch a film with an open mind and try not to be
distracted by the noise around it.
