Note: This review contains spoilers. You have been warned.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox is a 2013 animated direct-to-video superhero film based on the DC Comics crossover event Flashpoint by Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert. It's produced by DC Entertainment & Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Premiere. It's directed by Jay Oliva and written by Jim Krieg.
The story is Barry Allen/The Flash has traveled back in time and saved someone. However in doing so the world around him isn't the same. Aquaman & his Atlanteans are at war with Wonder Woman & her Amazons. This war will eventually lead to worldwide devastation the only way to stop this is for The Flash to restore the timeline.
- Uncategorized
Now this doesn't really affect the movie but it's just something I wanted to bring up. One thing that confuses me is the rating. Yeah sometimes the MPAA really doesn't know how to rate films this is one of them. This movie is PG-13 but when you watch it you'll be thinking how isn't this rated R? This is one of DC's most violent movies. Reverse-Flash gets shot in the head and the hole is so big you can see Thomas Wayne/Batman, Wonder Woman holds Mera's decapitated head, Aquaman gets his arm sliced off by Superman's heat vision and one of the kids that make up Captain Thunder(Flashpoint's version of Shazam) that being Billy gets stabbed by Wonder Woman. How is any of those things I just listed PG-13?
- Negatives
I got nothing bad to say moving on.
- Mix
One thing that I'm kind of on the fence about is the art style. Some characters just don't look right. Here is one example
Holy shit Superman why is your head so small! Yeah some characters just don't look great now some do look good such as Wonder Woman, Aquaman(although people have pointed out how he looks like Brock Lesnar which I find funny) and The Flash they look good. It's just some characters really should have been redesigned before the film was released.
- Positives
The number one thing I absolutely love about this movie and the story it was based on is they made The Flash the main hero. DC does have a habit of either making Superman or Batman the ones who saved the day. So seeing a character who I find to be pretty underrated to be the hero is awesome.
Another thing I like about this movie is the tone. I admit it when a movie does a dark & gritty tone right I like it and this movie did it right. You really get the feeling that this world is hell you got Aquaman & Wonder Woman going to war with each other, Thomas Wayne is Batman because instead of him & Martha being killed in Crime Alley it was Bruce & seeing Superman being all skinny when your so used to him looking buff is a very scary image. So I definitely like the tone to this movie.
Now everybody does a very good job voicing their characters but the person you deserves the most credit is C. Thomas Howell as Reverse-Flash. Compared to all the other actors you played the character I thought he had the best voice. I also liked how he delivered that speech of how Barry broke the "time barrier".
I also loved the action in this movie. One my favorite scenes are the Atlanteans attacking Deathstroke's ship & the final battle with the Amazons, the Atlanteans, and the heroes. Those were great.
Another thing this movie did a good job was while it does make some slight chances they still stayed true to the source material. Which makes sense because Flashpoint is one of DC's most famous & best reviewed event comics.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox has a great tone, I loved how Flash was the main hero, C. Thomas Howell's performance was spectacular, the action is good as well and while some changes were made the movie for the most part stays true to the source material. My only real problem with the movie is some character designs are not as good as others.
My final rating for this movie is Good
Come back on Thursday because my next post will be another installment of Lost Films which will also have an announcement regarding the segment.
Come back on Thursday because my next post will be another installment of Lost Films which will also have an announcement regarding the segment.
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