Note: This is the most recent of the DC Comics animated direct to video movies.
Michael's Movie Grade: B+
An excellent superhero film.
What really makes this movie work is that despite how many characters there are, the focus is always on The Flash. This allows the movie to have an emotional connection that many films with this many characters are missing. Yet focusing specifically on The Flash gives this movie a lot of emotional weight. Even someone who is not familiar with DC superheroes, will find themselves feeling deeply for The Flash by the end of the film. Towards the later part of this movie, there are some very emotional scenes and some of them punch you right in the gut. Some of these scenes are more emotional than what you get in many theatrically released superhero movies. Following The Flash gives this film a nonlinear type of storytelling. With our main hero, we find ourselves jumping from one time period to another. At first time jumping can feel random but as the story unfolds, we begin to understand the importance of every time period we are allowed to see, as each gains a much deeper meaning. This method of storytelling also helps put as deeper in our main hero's shoes as we along with him try to figure out what is happening and why and if there is any importance to the time periods we are visiting. It also helps give this a unique feel among the many DC animated movies.
As much as this movie takes risks and can be emotional, it also has all the fun we could want from a superhero flick. The action scenes are wonderful, especially the ones where we watch the Justice League fight Amazo and Lex Luthor. There is also some very good humor throughout.
The design work is wonderful here as it often looks like a comic book come to life. However, the animation can be surprisingly stiff compared to previous DC movies.
AS much as I really liked this movie, I do admit it had some pacing issues and some awkward dialogue (especially during the scenes with the Crime Syndicate). Despite this being the first of three parts of this story, certain things can feel rushed. One can also argue that as fun as it is, too much times is spent on The Justice League going up against Amazo and Lex Luthor. These scenes are a lot of fun but the can distract from other parts of the story.
This film was directed by Jeff Wamester who previously directed the direct to video animated DC movies, Justice Society: World War II (2021), Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022), Legion of Superheroes (2023) and Justice League: Warworld as well as many episodes of the animated Guardians of the Galaxy TV series. The movie was written by James Kreig who wrote the direct to video animated DC comics movies, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013), Batman and Harley Quinn (2017), Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018), Reign of the Supermen (2019) and Justice League vs the Fatal Five (2019) as well as some of the direct to video Scooby-Doo! and Tom and Jerry movies.
Despite some flaws, this is an excellent superhero movie with a lot for superhero fans to enjoy.
Michael's Movie Grade: B+
An excellent superhero film.
What really makes this movie work is that despite how many characters there are, the focus is always on The Flash. This allows the movie to have an emotional connection that many films with this many characters are missing. Yet focusing specifically on The Flash gives this movie a lot of emotional weight. Even someone who is not familiar with DC superheroes, will find themselves feeling deeply for The Flash by the end of the film. Towards the later part of this movie, there are some very emotional scenes and some of them punch you right in the gut. Some of these scenes are more emotional than what you get in many theatrically released superhero movies. Following The Flash gives this film a nonlinear type of storytelling. With our main hero, we find ourselves jumping from one time period to another. At first time jumping can feel random but as the story unfolds, we begin to understand the importance of every time period we are allowed to see, as each gains a much deeper meaning. This method of storytelling also helps put as deeper in our main hero's shoes as we along with him try to figure out what is happening and why and if there is any importance to the time periods we are visiting. It also helps give this a unique feel among the many DC animated movies.
As much as this movie takes risks and can be emotional, it also has all the fun we could want from a superhero flick. The action scenes are wonderful, especially the ones where we watch the Justice League fight Amazo and Lex Luthor. There is also some very good humor throughout.
The design work is wonderful here as it often looks like a comic book come to life. However, the animation can be surprisingly stiff compared to previous DC movies.
AS much as I really liked this movie, I do admit it had some pacing issues and some awkward dialogue (especially during the scenes with the Crime Syndicate). Despite this being the first of three parts of this story, certain things can feel rushed. One can also argue that as fun as it is, too much times is spent on The Justice League going up against Amazo and Lex Luthor. These scenes are a lot of fun but the can distract from other parts of the story.
This film was directed by Jeff Wamester who previously directed the direct to video animated DC movies, Justice Society: World War II (2021), Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022), Legion of Superheroes (2023) and Justice League: Warworld as well as many episodes of the animated Guardians of the Galaxy TV series. The movie was written by James Kreig who wrote the direct to video animated DC comics movies, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013), Batman and Harley Quinn (2017), Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018), Reign of the Supermen (2019) and Justice League vs the Fatal Five (2019) as well as some of the direct to video Scooby-Doo! and Tom and Jerry movies.
Despite some flaws, this is an excellent superhero movie with a lot for superhero fans to enjoy.
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