[jwyss234]

The Flash

I enjoyed it overall but it's not without problems. The second and third acts are the best thanks to Michael Keaton as Batman and Sasha Calle as Supergirl. The two them along with Ezra Miller's original Barry make for a good team. Ezra did a good job of making Flashpoint Barry feel unique but I found this version of the character annoying.

I have two problems with the film. First, the CGI in several places does not look good. It's very much in PS3/Xbox 360 video game territory. I think they bit off more than they could chew, particularly with creating the speed force. Second, the first act of the movie is overstuffed. The whole point of the movie is Barry accidentally creating a Flashpoint universe and trying to get home. The scenes with Barry's job and Iris could have been cut while the opening action sequence could have been shortened.

Overall, it's a mid-tier DCEU movie. It's good enough for me to watch it again but it clearly wasn't firing on all cylinders.

[Weapon X]

Triangle (2009)

Damn, what a movie. Might be one of my favorites now. Best to go in blind.

[jwyss234]

The Marvels

On the scale of Horrible-Bad-Ok-Good-Great, I would say that the movie is between Ok and Good. Leaning more towards Good. To get the negative out of the way first, there were a handful of moments where it felt like there were pieces of the movie missing. Most of them were quick shots that would have provided a bit of visual continuity between moments. However, there were a couple of times where it felt like I had missed a conversation. And the villain is completely forgettable.

Fury was more comedic. Whether or not you like that will probably be personal taste. I liked it but I can understand if someone else doesn't.

On the positive side, Kamala is the heart and star of this film. There were several fun moments in this film with Kamala and her family, the culture of Aladna, the flerkin, and the action that resulted from the 3 heroes switching places. Carol didn't feel over powered like in previous movies. And the mid credits scene was great. Fan service but great.

[Weapon X]

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

The Marvels

On the scale of Horrible-Bad-Ok-Good-Great, I would say that the movie is between Ok and Good. Leaning more towards Good. To get the negative out of the way first, there were a handful of moments where it felt like there were pieces of the movie missing. Most of them were quick shots that would have provided a bit of visual continuity between moments. However, there were a couple of times where it felt like I had missed a conversation. And the villain is completely forgettable.

Fury was more comedic. Whether or not you like that will probably be personal taste. I liked it but I can understand if someone else doesn't.

On the positive side, Kamala is the heart and star of this film. There were several fun moments in this film with Kamala and her family, the culture of Aladna, the flerkin, and the action that resulted from the 3 heroes switching places. Carol didn't feel over powered like in previous movies. And the mid credits scene was great. Fan service but great.

Have to say I mostly agree.

The movie was messy for me but I otherwise mostly feel like you did.

[Dr Kain]

Just watched Transformers Rise of the Beasts. Of the four Bayformers films I have watched, this was easily the best of them, though that ain't really saying much. It still had a ton of issues like too much focus on human characters that I don't give a crap about and not enough focus on, well, the Maximals. It's called Rise of the Beasts, but the Beast Wars characters were barely even in the film. They did Airrazor dirty as she didn't even transform into robot mode once. Rhinox and Cheeter never said a single word while Primal barely did anything.

Furthemore, the villains were terrible. We've got three evil robots called Terrorcons, who are there just because they're there. They have no arc, no development, nothing. They're there because the Autobots and Maximals can't fight air. And then they have an entire army of generic drones that do nothing but be CGI porn. Why the hell could we not get any actual Predacons from the show? It's like the people behind this movie didn't even bother to watch Beast Wars, they just took some cool toys and made a movie about them.

Yes, you could say that's par for the course for these movies, but people were acting like this was a new coming for the franchise when it was pretty much just more of the same. They also pretend kill Bumblebee, but obviously he isn't going to die since he has to be around to meet Sam in 2007. Oh, and Optimus Prime was an unlikable, racist asshole the entire film. Such a downgrade from what he used to represent.

Overall, while it may be the best live action Transformers film to date, it's comparable to say Iron Man 2 in the MCU.