Warner Bros. has spent years asserting (and quietly canceling) DC films of all totally different shades, which made it a little bit of a shock {that a} film based mostly on Blue Beetle really made it to launch. DC movies have been in an odd place for practically a decade now, and this film was now totally different, having initially been supposed for HBO Max earlier than getting boosted to a full-blown theatrical release.
Now debuting because the technically first film of the brand new DC Studios regime, Blue Beetle’s launch is additional difficult by WB’s rocky 2023 output for superhero films and being the primary Mexican superhero to headline a DC film (and presumably a live-action hero film, interval). With all that historical past behind it, the film has ended up being a shocking charmer: reviews and social media impressions have been digging Xolo Maridueña’s Jaime Reyes and the way scaled again it’s in comparison with different films of this kind. These highlights, together with the look of the swimsuit and the work that went into making Jaime and his household really feel like actual individuals, have been sufficient to miss a pair of underwhelming villains and feeling like a holdover from the early 2010s at greatest.
Blue Beetle doesn’t seem like lighting the world on hearth, box-office clever (not less than at time of writing, that would change over time). Because the final superhero film of the summer time, and one of many closing ones of the 12 months, we wish to know what you considered it in the event you noticed it. Was it ok to get you curious about Jaime’s potential future? Tell us within the feedback beneath.
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