DC Movie Review: *** The Flash (2023)

 Lots of action but the time line, multiverse thing is very confusing.  The Flash (Ezra Miller) goes back in time to save his mother.  He does so by changing something insignificant.  However he gets pushed out of his own timeline, and meets himself at a younger age.  And based on the changes he made, his mother is living, but the world is changed.  The superheroes are different.  We get Batman (Michael Keaton instead of George Clooney).  We do not have a Superman, but they rescue Supergirl (Sasha Calle).  They stand against someone from Krypton, General Zod (Michael Shannon),  come to conquer the world.  It isn't until The Flash realizes that things are hopeless.  He needs to go back and change what he changed to put things right. 

There were a cameos by Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and Batman (George Clooney).  

This movie has its action, and it is so good to see Michael Keaton back in the Batman role.  However the plot is confusing with the different times or universes or whatever.  

DC Movie Review: Wonder Woman 1984

 This is a very enjoyable music, but sometimes it is a bit too much.  Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) works in the Smithsonian, where coworker Barbara (Kristin Wiig) has received delivery of a special stone.  She wishes to be like Wonder Woman and begins to get her powers.  However Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) has been stufying rocks, and steals it when he sees it.  It grants wishes.  Wonder woman had wished that her love would come back, and Lord wishes to actually be the stone.  Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) does come back, her boyfriend from forty years before.  Lord needs more and more people to ask him for wishes, as this increases his power.  He finally goes big time, but Wonder Woman knows something has to change or the whole world will be destroyed. 

Lots of neat action.  A great fight between Barbara and Wonder Woman.  But nothing works as long as people as asking for wishes.  Lord has to remember his son and who he is or the world is lost.  

Movie Review: ****Justice League (2017)

Something is coming and with Superman dead, who is going to keep things in order.  Batman (Ben Affleck) is desperate to build a team.  He puts together a pretty good team with Aquaman (Jason Momoa), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher).  It is still not enough as they face Steppenwolf and his minions who feed on fear.  Steppenwolf is seeking three boxes with incredible power.  Batman and his team use the box they possess to bring Superman back to life.  His body did not decompose even though he was dead.  Something about his cells.
This movie is fun.  There is plenty of action and struggle, and teamwork.  Each gets to be a hero and save others.

	Ben Affleck	...	Batman / Bruce Wayne
	Henry Cavill	...	Superman / Clark Kent
	Amy Adams	...	Lois Lane
	Gal Gadot	...	Wonder Woman / Diana Prince
	Ezra Miller	...	The Flash / Barry Allen
	Jason Momoa	...	Aquaman / Arthur Curry
	Ray Fisher	...	Cyborg / Victor Stone

Movie Review: ****^Wonder Woman (2017)

This is one of the best movies I have seen in some time.  It is a DC Comic inspired movie.  Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) is after the god of War.  She had no knowledge of the war until an American Pilot(Chris Pine) crashed near their island, and he rescues him.  Their island is one of women who spend their time practicing to make war, while being sheltered from the rest of the world.  The pilot, Steve, is actually a spy, with important information and has to get back to London.  His information is about the development of a deadly toxin.  Wonder Woman has a sword which she feels is a god killer.  This is in the middle of WWI, and war is all around her.  There is one man, Sir Patrick (David Thewlis) suing for peace, while plans are made by the Germans to make a new strain of chemical poison, which will kill thousands.  In this way instead of being pressured for peace, they will be able to win the war.
The spy presents his information, and is ordered to not pursue his lead because of the impending armistice.  He develops his own team to gala at German high command, where he hopes to stop the delivery of the weapon.  The team includes Charlie (Ewen Bremner) a sharp shooting Scot whose PTSD has gotten in the way of his shooting, Chief (Eugene Brave Rock) and Sameer (Said Taghmaoui).  This is a pretty formidable teem.  Wonder Woman mistakes a German general over development of the weapon as the god of war.  She figures that killing him, will stop the conflict.  She is wrong.  However the British minister suing for peace Sir Patrick, reveals himself as the god of war.   He whispers things to people, like the formula for the deadly gas, to people, but he says people act on their own.   A tremendous battle takes place between the two gods, turns our  Wonder Woman is the daughter of Zeus.  Although the sword failed, Wonder Woman is in fact the god killer.  While the two gods battle, Steve and his team are set to the destroy the gas weapon.  They blow up the stocks, except for that loading on a dirigible and set to hit London.  Steve takes over the plane, and flies high enough so the  gas will not harm anyone.  He then detonates explosives, and perishes with the gas.
Wonder Woman seeing his sacrifice, although sad because she loves Steve, now has new strength to battle the god of war.
Gadot makes this film go.  She is a strong female character with looks as well.  The final pose is classic.  (This movie is after the Batman Vs Superman, but Wonder Woman is recalling her story after receiving a picture from Bruce Wayne.

Movie Review: ***^Batman vs Superman (2016)

This movie is a bit confusing.  It seems like they are trying to spend most of the movie explaining why Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill)  have it for each other.  In the end it is blackmail by the part of Lex Luthor (Jessie Eisenberg) that gets them to fight.  It was Luthor manipulating things all along.  Lois Lane (Amy Adams) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) also play significant parts.  Senator Finch (Holly Hunter), along with a committee gets blown up by Luthor.  Luthor is a really bad man through this entire movie.  He summons a terrible monster using technology from Krypton.  He also develops a weapon to kill Superman.  Big fight at the end, first between Batman and Superman, and then against the monster.