 What's going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overload here So this would be the spoiler free review the spoiler free as I can help it for Andy Muschietti's The Flash Which is releasing in theaters this week I believe directed by Andy Muschietti It's written by Christina Hudson stars Ezra Miller Sasha Cali Michael Shannon Ron Livingston Maribel Verdeux Kersi Clemens and Michael Keenan Ben Affleck and some other Surprises that of course I'm not gonna get into now the story revolves around Barry Allen aka The Flash who travels back in time to Prevent his mother's death which traps him in an alternate reality without meta-humans Burying list to help of his younger self and older Batman and the Kryptonian cast away super girl in order to save this world from the Restored general Zod and returned to his universe Now I rarely say this but The Flash I would say deserves the title of overhyped after the visual mess I just had to endure I don't say that with any sort of pleasure either because I wanted to love this movie And at the end of the day I'd say it does enough to just simply be adequate at best Andy Muschietti's direction is able to deliver a film that can maintain your attention Thanks to the amount of human heart that's present On your screen and throughout the story and that's of course what carries it. That's honestly what kept me invested However, The Flash Really squanders crucial aspects of its screenplay Zod for starters who Michael Shannon is just completely phoning it in at this point when it comes to reprising this character He seemed so uninterested that I just was like I wasn't Really concerned or caring of anything that had to do with Zod. It also didn't help that Zod is really an underthought He I think Michael Shannon actually even came out expressing that this film didn't feel right or something to that degree recently But Zod for the time he's on screen Again feels like a complete afterthought along with super girl who is completely under utilized and not on screen enough to invest In anything that's presented about that character Having no villain is perhaps the film's biggest crime for me Zod is such a waste of a return waste of a threat and so underutilized that any potential opportunity to be a threat Is virtually hard to be sold on because of how Insignificant the character is made to be in this current context in the presentation It's mostly Barry going on this very over-the-top journey to realize that you can't save everyone And the villain I guess are the consequences of his inability to move on from the past But this feels underwhelming for a superhero film Um, maybe the the other theme is is about the fact that we are our own worst enemy. Maybe Ezra Miller America's most hated does a wonderful job as Barry aka the flash And the character's development throughout the film's runtime managed to manage to resonate with me Thanks to Miller's acting chops now despite that. I just couldn't help but think While I was watching this wouldn't this be as effective to me if Miller wasn't here and I decided that the answer is no I've seen this kind of story over and over again, and I just wasn't that impressed, but it was still executed well enough I don't see myself revisiting at any point in time in the near future, but I still came out of it saying, okay I like this Michael Keaton's return is satisfying But the nostalgia wears off rather quickly the story has a lot to say about letting go of the past accepting your present And now that I say it out loud it is very ironic that this whole film is basically the example Of why you shouldn't f what you're canon events. And yes, that's a spider-verse reference Again, visually it's kind of all over the place one sequence involving babies was completely cringe to me And the third act while entertaining is filled with even more questionable visuals It's just a very iffy film that I mostly liked But I can't overlook the massive nose dives And the things that just did not sit right with me in terms of how it was executed and those problems within the screenplay The cameos are fun. The score is great. The dialogue is pretty Hit or miss along with the pacing as well Every performance I would say is either great decent or phoned in but that phoned in bit that's mostly reserved for michael shannon Miller is genuinely the heart and does that and does that well as berry in this movie He or they are rather carrying the material In a way that kind of kept it afloat for me Moments where the film should pull at your heartstrings fell flat for me specific deaths being the major moments I'm referring to the action sequences or another highlight But at this point I'm just fishing for positives because while I enjoyed it. I thought it was entertaining There's there's things along the way throughout the journey That are mostly evident within the screenplay that I think are going to be considered problematic for a lot of people I also do think that a lot of people will find a hard time finding ezra miller's character to be someone they can get behind if you can't separate miller's Recent allegations from what's happening on your screen. I can see people having an issue there with that But you guys let me know something about this down in the comment section below If you have an array, of course, make sure you go ahead and subscribe turn on post notification Check your numbers video in the description. I'll have links on social media accounts I'm on facebook twitter and instagram you can message me there, of course Let me know if there's any movies news reviews I would cover in the future I would give this a six and a half out of ten and with all that in mind guys. I will see you in the next video