If you haven’t
read the comic or read up about this flick, there are two things to look
forward to:
- Batman actually sheds a tear at the end.
- Thomas Wayne (Bruce Wayne/Batman’s father) is a
badass.
After a long
wait to see a Flash animated movie (by that, I mean I wanted to see a Flash
animated movie), DC finally delivered with Justice League: The Flashpoint
Paradox, a movie about Barry Allen’s desire to save his mum from being killed
when he was young.
This 2013 animated movie is an adaptation of the 2011 DC comic book Flashpoint by
Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert. This is also DC’s 17th direct-to-DVD animation,
and DC decided to go all out with this one because it’s as dark as they come,
with Reverse Flash/Professor Zoom (Eobard Thawne) causing as much trouble as he
could.
Here, in this
flick, the animation is above average, but the voice casting is something I
truly enjoyed. The violence level was tuned up a bit, making it more violent
than Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Part 1 & 2). At the
beginning of the movie, I felt the violence was a little overstretched, but
later on, I felt otherwise.
The whole Flashpoint comic
and this animation are enlightening for those who love the Flash and want to
know more about him and how his powers function. We get educated on what
happens when he runs faster than the time barrier, which explains how he and
Reverse Flash can travel through time.
Sometimes, one
of the difficulties review writers face is writing a review without pulling out
spoilers to ruin it for the reader, so I’ll try my best.
After defeating Reverse Flash and his gang, Barry Allen goes for a run and
wakes up to see that there’s an altered timeline where he is no longer The
Flash.
This alteration
created a ripple, where we see Thomas Wayne as Batman instead of his son, Bruce
Wayne. This isn’t all—the whole Earth is coming to an end as a war between
Aquaman’s Atlantis and Wonder Woman’s Amazons is about to lead to the
destruction of all life on Earth.
The Flash must now team up with other heroes in this new timeline to restore it
back to the way it was before.
The directing in
this animation was done by Jay Oliva, who was also behind the chair for the
2012 (Part 1) and 2013 (Part 2) animated adaptations of Batman: The Dark
Knight Returns, both of which had the same dark feel as this animation.
My conclusion
is: I enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. Although it’s not the best DC
animation out there, it’s one for the shelf, so make sure you get the DVD.
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