Title Blue Beetle
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Runtime 02:07:00
Release Date (USA): August 18, 2023
Director: Angel Manuel Soto
Main Cast: Xolo MaridueñaAdriana BarrazaDamián AlcázarRaoul Max TrujilloSusan SarandonGeorge Lopez
Summary: After Jaime Reyes graduates from college and returns to his hometown Palmera City, he is chosen to become a symbiotic host to the Scarab, an ancient alien biotechnological relic that grants him a powerful exoskeleton armor, turning him into the superhero Blue Beetle.

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      I feel like I just watched the entire movie in three minutes. There was even a final fight where the hero is on the brink of losing and uncovers a new well of power through desperate determination. And I still feel like I wasted my time.

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        I’ve never seen a trailer go that far, even the “1 day earlier” seems superfluous for a trailer but by the end of it there is literally nothing left untold

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      1 year ago

      That does look tacky. The suit having a genetic monotone computer voice, calling out all that typical computer stuff is cliche as hell.

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      1 year ago

      It’s the 2nd best live action comic book movie this year after Guardians of the Galaxy 3, but granted that’s a low bar compared to Shazam 2 and Quantumania.

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      1 year ago

      A monumental flop that craters the entire “superhero” genre. As if there wasn’t enough fatigue as it is. Nail meet coffin.

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        I wish, but unless I am a PR victim, I read this thing is getting good early response from test-viewings.