I only remember Blue Beetle from Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The only thing I remember about the character as it was portrayed in the show was that it was blue. I hope that helps if anyone was having trouble understanding the character.

So they took from the disney cover art school then?

This looks so dumb. B grade schlock. Anyone want to bet on the budget of this train wreck? $120M.

So, without knowing anything about the source material, I have no interesting in seeing this film and the trailer didn’t do anything to change my mind.

But that’s me … if you’ve seen it, what was it that drew you in?

Y'ALL. It seems like nobody here has read a blue beetle comic or seen the movie, and you're already shitting on it? Come on. This is the beginning of the new DCU, and any blue beetle fan can see from the trailer they're going to be doing some interesting stuff in this movie. Be nice.

That poster is so busy 😂 Jesus....

I plan on seeing this tomorrow! Blue beetle has some great writing in its comics.

I was excited about this movie and ready to be let down, but it met my expectations and in some ways exceeded them. Yea, it falls into a lot of super hero tropes and some scenes were awkwardly set up (dad dying, the family didn’t run and was like 20 feet away, Jenny walking up to them from stage left saying ‘I can help’, among others, all felt a bit a bit unnatural), but the humor was excellent (the old man on the escalator swiping on tinder, George Lopez was hilarious, Nana), the story moved along quite well, and it was visually quite good, no moments where I was annoyed at noticing CGI).

All in all, I hope to see more blue beetle in the DCU.

Went in knowing very little about it.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. A wonderfully cast family-centered origin story with the right amount of humor and action. George Lopes stole every scene he was in.

As a Latino, you can feel the influence of having a director and key cast members being Hispanic throughout. I don't know that it's ever been done as well or genuinely, for a film in this genre.

So I'm an old school Blue Beetle fan from back in the 70s. I was getting the Modern Comics reprints of the Charleton stuff from the 60s:

https://box01.comicbookplus.com/viewer/29/29befccc2cde787632eaee5aa35ca696/0.jpg

Up through the 80s when he was knocked off for Nite Owl in the Watchmen, his own book at DC, getting shot in the head by Maxwell Lord (Wonder Woman 84 Maxwell Lord).

I even remember the Xaime Reyes reboot...

So let me just say, +1 - No notes. Everything about this movie is wonderful. Yeah, there was little too much of this:

https://youtu.be/n42PunZ3Xno#t=1m30s

But... once the bugs are worked out... yeah, it's all good. There's a lot to like here. You might think Rudy is the new breakout character... no, surprise! It's Nana.

A full on Bug sequence set to Kickstart My Heart? Yeah, I'm down for that. 80's Kord Tech built on a Nintendo Power Glove? Sure, why not?

Early mid credits sequence teasing a sequel, end credits sequence featuring a TV show gag used earlier in the movie.

Very pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this. Had very low expectations considering that it's probably going to be irrelevant to the new DCU, but it's refreshing seeing a normal superhero film with very little references to a tie-in universe

Plus, the family aspect was done well!

So, Ant Man?

Overall, I thought it was a cute enough movie.

The CGI and costume looked rough to my eyes, but I gave it more slack afterwards when I found out this was originally slated to be an HBOmax release. The superhero aspects also felt a little played out and dragged a little, but nothing that was an active detriment to the movie

Where the movie really shines, though, is the family. They are the heart of the movie and have phenomenal chemistry. I'm glad they're carrying over to the James Gunn universe, as it would have been a waste of elephantine proportion to lose this cast. As a quick aside, I wish we got a little more of the dad and a little less of a George Lopez, but their overall dynamic was still great.

My biggest issue with the movie, though: not enough Harvey Guillén! He's great in What We Do in the Shadows and when I saw him on screen, I was anticipating him to steal the show in Blue Beetle. Unfortunately, he did not get nearly as much attention as I'd hoped; but I pray he'll somehow return for the next one (though I doubt it).