Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Reviews

Justice league the flashpoint paradox fue la primera pelicula de flash, si fue directo a video y no a cines pero igual cuenta, fue una pelicula alabada por los fans y tomada como de las mejores peliculas de dc animad, es cierto? pues....

empezare por lo bueno
el desarollo de barry dandose cuenta de que tiene que dejar todo como estaba para que el mundo siga es muy bueno, thomas wayne como batman esta bien aun que se pasaron un poco con la boca larga y los musculos, cyborg es un agregado como compañía y aqui se siente bien verlo siendo uno de los pocos superheroes que hay
la accion esta bien con buenas coreografias y dinamismo
y sobretodo el final es de lo mas hermoso de dc en la animacion, como no olvidar el momento donde bruce lee la carta de su padre ademas de ser una muy buena forma de introducirnos a este universo, aun que lo que vino despues no fue muy bueno pero igual
flash reverso como villano esta ok, no esta muy bien establecido como en el comic pero al menos no tiene una muerte patetica como en el comic
y por ultimo las muertes y el gore estan bien (tiene mas gore que las series de marvel)

bueno eso es todo lo bueno que puedo decir, lo demas es malo, aun que una parte de los errores de la obra son en parte por el comic pero otros son por las cosas que intento hacer la pelicula para diferenciarse del comic
la animacion es malisima al igual que the flash tienen un apartado visual muy malo, la animacion tiene muy poca fluidez, las caras se deforman, los cuerpos se deforman, algunas cosas que se mueven no tienen una paleta que encaje con el entorno y esto no pasa solo en algunos momentos, pasa en toda la pelicula, el cgi que aveces intenta tener es muy malo y los diseños no ayudan nada, haciendo que todos tengan el estilo de Rob Liefeld
en cuanto a la trama, pues no es muy buena teniendo muchos huecos de guion y cambios que no encajan, como que flash coloree y use el traje de su peor enemigo o que por alguna muy muy extraña razon black mantha ayuda a aquaman pesee a que nunca te explican por que, pero la mas deficiente es la de el capitan atomo usado como una bomba nuclear para parar la guerra, y como esto solo aparece tres veces por poco tiempo, no se termina de desarollar y haciendo que se sienta como que solo lo metieron para que barry tenga que reiniciar el universo a fuerzas, superman es una conveniencia argumental con patas, solo esta para matar soldados y venir a salvar a cyborg, aun que al menos hace dos cosas, en el comic solo mata a un soldado, evita que enchantress mate a los demas pero luego es derrotado y ya
y a diferencia del comic, nunca te explican bien por que barry no puede resetear el universo

los personajes, pues lo que no sean batman, flash, reverse flashcyborg o hal jordan son mediocres, superman como dije esta nomas como convenciencia con patas, la resistencia estan ahi nomas ya que la mayoría de miembros no hacen nada aparte de morir, aquaman y wonder woman son una mierda de villanos, uno por que nunca te dejan en claro si quieren invadir la tierra o derrotar a las amazonas y la otra lo mismo solo que esta intenta justificar su asesinato hacia mera con ''como advertencia'', joder que mierda de justificación y su disque redencion hacia aquaman es muy apresurada e inutil, basicamente su guerra s siente como ''quien conquiste la tierra primero gana Bv''

Oh my god, a Justice League that doesn’t place its focus on Superman or Batman (or both), but on another member of the league’s expansive roster? We haven’t seen that since way back in 2008 when The New Frontier placed a stronger emphasis on players like the Flash, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter over the big trinity. Of course, it would be near impossible to tell The Flashpoint Paradox without, you know, the Flash, but still! Let’s celebrate DC doing something slightly different!

 

I must admit that by this point, I feel fatigued by the omnipresence of dystopian hellscapes as alternate realities for superheroes. Watching the Amazons and Atlanteans fight each other grows wearisome after a certain point. Same goes for the gruesome violence and never-ending parade of distracting cameos. (Hey Grifter, whatcha doin’ here?) I mean, do I really need to glimpse the hole that Batman blows through Reverse Flash’s head? It’s sub-Tarantino at best, complete with his nihilistic violence without deeper meaning or context. There’s a point at which something just becomes merely excessive for the hell of it, and The Flashpoint Paradox hits that point and just continues running right on through it.

 

Despite some moments of truly glorious animation, The Flashpoint Paradox does suffer from inconsistency. All of the female characters look like cheap anime knockoffs with soft, blurry features and gigantic eyes while the male heroes are bulky, hulking brutes with ornate designs. You know when the animation is at its most consistent? In scene after scene of stabbings, shootings, neck snapping, and blood artfully flying across the screen.

 

And once more the abbreviated running time leaves little real time for developing the cavalcade of heroes and villains that pop across the screen. Cyborg gets no development, while the war between Aquaman and Wonder Woman feels rushed in beefing up to it, Superman is a mere afterthought, but this twisted Batman is fascinating, and the Flash is a solid translation. If nothing else, this just works as a temporary satiation for the deep hungry I feel in seeing more of these expand beyond Batman, Superman, and the Justice League. Would a solo Aquamna, Flash, Batgirl, another Wonder Woman, a Batwoman, Birds of Prey, Gotham City Sirens, or the Demon Knights not be awesome to watch? C’mon, expand beyond the safe, comfortable waters and into the wilder territory.

 

Of course this thing ends up a stinger that points towards the inevitable sequel, the first official entry in the New 52 adaptations, Justice League: War. Can’t say it didn’t make me smile, but I’m hoping future entries will drop the oppressive nature of the Superman and Batman, focus more on character, and maybe tone down the excessive violence a bit. I may be the only one asking for any of this, and I acknowledge that.

Notes:
*This is directed by Jay Oliva who also did the Batman Dark Night Returns two parter!
*This is the first film I have seen from James Krieg.
*The cast here is actually pretty awesome with even the inclusion of Michael B. Jordan.
*Of course there are the actors that are familiar to the animated films and shows here too.
*I would have liked Barry Allen to be played by Grant Gustin, but I do know he is fairly older here.

Pros:
*It's quite dark and intense.
*Grifter is put into the mix!
*All the characters are awesome.
*The fight scenes were excellent.
*The ending was pretty good.

Cons:
*The voice for a few people felt odd.
*The animation was kind of clunky.
*There were bits of flashpoint that should have been included

Verdict:
It's a pretty solid animated feature film. The characters are all pretty awesome. Many of whom played quite well. It's brutal and dark which tends to make things more interesting. This is definitely a good one to check out especially for DC fans.

I was lucky enough to see an early viewing of the latest DC animated DVD film line up and I have to say it was a lot of fun! Now the comic which this is based off is on my to read list so this will just be me comparing it not to the original source material but as a stand alone film. Of course as a 90's child I grew up watching the animated series of Batman Superman and of course The Justice League. So needless to say I'm somewhat familiar with the personalities of these characters. However, putting my childhood nostalgia aside does Flashpoint work?

Well friends my answer is yes; yes it does work and is a very exciting ride. There are a few problems that I noticed and would like to address but to me they were very minor. I've seen most of the DC animated films direct to DVD by Warner Brothers but I can say this is much darker if not the darkest film I've seen from there line-up. Well maybe dark isn't the right word my like the most profanity and blood/gore I've seen from the line-up. Now for me I liked this aspect for this particular film because it really gave me a feeling of how different this altered timeline truly is. Just how hopeless and bleak they make it really hits home. Also, I never thought I would hear Hal Jordan say a**hole in a film like this! Bonus, points for the creators working it in. Now do I necessarily want every DC animated movie to be graphic, dark, and at times hard to watch and mean spirited? No of course not each adaptation requires their own tone and flow to draw the viewer in and here I think it works to the films advantage.

But, how does the story and characters hold up? Well lets look we dive right into the back story of young Barry Allen. In fact the way they start this film you almost expect this to be a cheesy melodramatic ride however, the tone soon changes as Barry returns home to find his mother dead (on her BIRTHDAY no less!!!!!!)! Fast forward (Or Flash Forward) to adult Barry Allen aka The Flash. Now here is where some viewers might be rather confused The Flash goes off to fight several villains of his and beside from dropping a few names unless you are a comic book reader or watch the Justice League show you might not know who any of these guys are. Although later in the film The Flash does explain who Professor Zoom aka Reverse Flash is and where he comes from.

But, the plot really gets interesting when Barry Allen wakes up at his office desk and discovers something well.... different. His Mother is alive!!!!! But, this world he finds himself in has never heard of The Flash he doesn't even have his superpowers! It turns out that Barry Allen decided to run so fast that it broke the time barrier itself in order for him to go back in time and stop the faceless criminal from killing his mother (as a note I like it when they keep the killer of super hero's parents faceless because that plays to the whole idea that anyone could be a criminal as crime has no true face so major props to the film for keeping the killer's true identity a secret). As a direct result for changing and breaking the time barrier the time stream not only brought Barry Allen up to speed in this new timeline but also has left him with memories from both the original timeline and this current one; including all the years he would have spent with his mother and did in this altered timeline.

However, because he broke the time barrier it caused a ripple which altered major events and people across the world. For instance Aquaman and Wonder Woman waged war and took parts of Europe for their own empires and are locked in a bloody world war of Atlanteans and the Amazons which threaten to consume the rest of humanity in the crossfire! Cyborg now works for the government and is practically ten feet tall (Yeah! Go Cyborg). Also, major super heroes were never realized Superman never was found by the Kents and Hal Jordan was never at the crash site to obtain the ring to become The Green Lantern. And Batman......... well I'll let you find out about that one.

All in all this film has minimal problems in my books the most glaring one to me is side characters who I recognize and I know from the different mediums in the comics or show getting shoved aside too soon. For example I wish they showed more Slade/Deathstroke more in this film I mean him and Lex Luthor fighting side by side was a really cool and fun scene I wish it could have given me more. But, they give the major prominent players of The Justice League excellent screen time so like I said before it is only minimal too me.

Beside that as my biggest problem. This film has great voice acting, fun well paced action scenes, a great solid story (I'm just a sucker for altered timeline tales), and the animation is top notch some of the best I've seen out of the DC animated line up! It is colorful, flowing, and just a treat to look at. So despite minimal problems it certainly does not slow Flashpoint down in the slightest this is some grade A material people. And after what I just saw I've already put in a Pre-Order for this DVD on Amazon because I want to see more DC animated DVD films! Keep up the great work Warner Brothers and thank you reviewers for taking the time to read my review. This is the SwornShadow I may stick to the shadows but I bring films into the light!