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Finally got around to seeing The Fantastic Four :First Steps. It was pretty darn good. Discovered that I can fancy even a pile of rocks if he has bushy eyebrows and beard.

Finally got around to seeing The Flash. I went in with very low expectations. I’m fully aware of it’s troubled production history and there are some very iffy CGI moments but I was pleasantly surprised. It’s another one of many films recently where you see a bit of Glasgow distorted by computer wizardry and have to do a double take.

I have been trying to watch more light hearted material to match the season. I finally got around to watching Superman. Yes it’s a well made film. Well acted, witty, but it had a mean streak something that in these vile times made me frustrated rather than in awe. They do something with Jor-El that could actually play into the Western obsession with migrants that I found very distasteful. I can see the message they were trying to send but I think it might have backfired. It’s worth a watch if you haven’t seen it. Maybe I am overreacting.

I finally watched The Batman. Once again you can see the occasional bit of Glasgow if you know where to look. I enjoyed it. It’s like Se7en with all the pretentious nonsense taken out. Obviously a big dollop of Zodiac. The riddles were pretty bad though.

I finally got around to seeing Blue Beetle. It’s a little bit cheesy in places but I think it’s one of those films that might get revised opinions should Trump and his minions finally fall. A scene of masked armed men surrounding a US family of Mexican origin and attempting to drag them away could have been so much more powerful if the film didn’t give itself as much licence to be silly. The 8Os style synth theme was the highlight for me. Susan Sarandon is deliciously villainous.

I finally got around to seeing Shazam! It’s very silly but well intentioned. If it was an 80s film it would have been huge. Touches of Big, Howard the Duck, Golden Child a bit of Neverending Story. It set at Christmas as well. It was goofy and inoffensive.

I finally got around to seeing Shazam: Fury of the Gods. More harmless silly nonsense. Probably the most in your face product placement in a major family movie. Chops to Helen Mirren for chewing the scenery with relish. Not as much charm as the first one.

Finally got around to watching Black Adam and not Black Madam which is probably a very different film. It’s a kind of sidequel to the Shazam films. It lacks the screwball charm of those moves. It’s the usual silliness that can only be resolved by computer people slapping eachother. Pierce Brosnan looks cool as Dr Fate.

What did you think of Keaton in the Flash. Or Sasha Calle Supergirl. Or Reeve and Slater cgi cameo. Its a film I liked enough to buy the poster and action figures to. I hardly ever do that. I also own the 4K. I have a somewhat negative opinion of the cgi.

By no means is it perfect, I think Flashpoint Paradox animated is a better film. But I also think the animated Dark Knight Returns was better than Batman V Superman. Peter Weller as Batman voice just works for some reason.

I really love Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy as Joker and Batman. I thought the Killing Joke was poorly adapted. Because of that Batman and Batgirl romance they stuck in there. I did laugh at the joke at the end the Joker tells Batman. And Batman laughs. Mark Hamill singing I go looney gets stuck in your head.

Keaton was mostly great (I didn’t like him quoting the Burton film for no reason). Maybe I’m biased because I look like his wild Bruce Wayne at the moment. I thought Supergirl was very good I would have liked to have seen a stand alone with her interpretation. The multiverse effects were apparently a stylistic choice. Obviously it back fire if true. They could have leaned more into diorama effect to make it look obviously a style decision if that was true. Instead it looks like a PS2 game cut scene which is an insult to everyone. The Bat Girl romance in Killing Joke didn’t work. If anything it felt creepy. Teacher/mentor relationships should never be sexual. The power dynamic is way off.

I finally saw Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Like the first one it’s very colourful. Visually interesting. Big handsome beardy man hits computer generated things with plastic trident. Like The Flash it’s troubled production history is infamous. The end result is actually okay. It’s on par with the last Thor movie where a handsome beardy man hit computer generated stuff with a big plastic axe. It the sort of distraction my brain can cope with as the world order melts before my eyes.