Blue Beetle Review

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You get more out of life when
you go out to a movie. No

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on with patrol. Hello everybody,
and welcome back to the box office.

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I'm Jeff Johnson for a Film by
podcast, here to provide you with a

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quick spoiler free review of Blue Beetle. It's gotta say on you guys.

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Suppos how I was supposed to happen. You're hindman. You always land on

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your feet. I'm in so much
trouble. The universe has sent you a

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gift. You have to figure out
what you're gonna do with them. Why

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didn't do that? I have no
idea target the family. Come to Papa

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Na Na no way. See Watte
only Peters August eighteenth. Okay, so

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I have doubts heading into this movie. Yes? Was I wrong to have

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those doubts? Absolutely? In an
age where superhero movies are steeped in realism

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and have a dark and brooding aesthetic, Blue Beetles director Angel Manuel Soto,

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he delivers something that feels more at
home and like the late eighties early nineties

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superhero movies. You know, a
lot of fun, a lot of fantasy,

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very family oriented, and I think
that's something that's kind of that's been

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maybe missing from a lot of superhero
movies. Zalo Barry Duanea was handpicked by

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Soto to play the role of Jimi
Reyes, who is the Blue Beetle,

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based off his performance in the Netflix
series Cobra Kai. He is perfectly cast

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in the role of reluctant hero who
is dealing with the situation of a super

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suit choosing him to be its host. The movie's definitely channeling some greatest American

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hero vibes, and again, that's
kind of what makes it fun. Seeking

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of fun, George Lopez is here
to deliver some awesome comedic timing as the

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crazy uncle who has a head full
of government conspiracy theories and also is incredibly

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tech savvy, and this makes him
the one family character that you actually want

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to see a lot more of because
his character is serving a purpose while not

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going too overboard with some of the
goofiness that is in this movie. I

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mean, there were one or two
scenes where I couldn't help but roll my

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eyes, but to be fair,
they dealt specifically with one character, and

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since we're spoiler free, I won't
get into what bothered me about the Nana

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character. But if you saw the
trailer you probably know where I'm heading with

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this. And here's the thing.
Some people will go to this movie.

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They will love that kind of slapstick, over the top goofiness with a character

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like that, and some people are
just not gonna like. I'm one of

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the ones that doesn't really like it, but it's not enough to make me

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question whether or not I like what
I'm watching. Speaking of questions, I'm

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still asking myself what is Susan Sarandon
doing in this movie? And that's not

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to say that she isn't a great
actress, and it's not to say that

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this role is beneath her. It
just makes you wonder why someone of her

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stature, when choosing to do a
superhero project, would elect to do something

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like Blue Beetle, given the fact
that it was intended to be an original

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for HBO Max. I think it
was the right decision to go theatrical with

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this one, because the cinematography is
on point and the action looks incredible.

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I know, after some cringe worthy
cgi in the flash, a lot of

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people might be a little worried,
but have no worries because the Blue Beetles

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suit looks fantastic, it moves tastic, and it offers the same level of

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realism that we saw in Iron Man. Speaking of Iron Man, if you

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watch the trailer or you're watching this
film and you're kind of asking yourself,

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have I seen this story before,
well, yeah, it's probably gonna remind

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you a little bit of Iron Man, given the fact that it's a guy

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in a tech suit going up against
a bad guy in a tech suit.

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But fans of superhero movies, fans
of comic books already know throughout their history

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Marvel and DC have stolen from each
other left and right, and it's no

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different here. You're still going to
enjoy this one. I mentioned that this

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film would probably feel a little more
at home in the late eighties, and

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that thought is definitely influenced by the
film score by Bobby Crilic. If you

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appreciate the score that Vangelist did for
Blade Runner, or you're into the scynth

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wave sounds of current artists like DREAMI, this is the soundtrack that you're gonna

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want to pick up again. This
movie does take place in modern times,

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but you're gonna feel a little nostalgic
when you're listening to the music. As

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for the direction from angel Manuel Soto. I say this is a solid effort

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with franchise potential. We do know
that initially this was part of the DC

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Extended Universe, and then Saffron and
Gunn stated that it's disconnected and has a

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place in the DC universe moving forward. So only time will tell, Only

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the box office will tell. With
a three million dollar grows from Thursday night

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previews, Blue Beetle will battle Barbie
for the top spot at the box office.

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Who's gonna win two or let it
tell? But if there's one winner,

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it's Warner Brothers, because that's the
studio behind both. Whether or not

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you should see it, stream it
or skip it, I say see it,

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see it on the big screen,
take the kids, go with your

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friends, and have a good time. The movie's message about the importance of

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family might come across as a little
cheesy now and then, but it's still

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got a lot of heart and it's
still a lot of fun until next time.

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I'll buy the tickets if you buy
the popcorn.