This is the latest film to suffer from what we call the “third-act curse”: the fatal storytelling flaw that kills almost every DC and Marvel movie.
default to lifeless CGI blowouts over meaningful character development, we’re already bored out of our minds anyway, so we don’t even notice the nosedive in quality., however, is bursting with promise, which makes its falling prey to the third-act curse all the more disappointing. Xolo Maridueña is wonderful in the lead role of Jaime/Blue Beetle, bursting with energy and excitement. What really makes the film feel unique in the superhero landscape is its focus on family.
But then the family splits up, which leads to most of the film spending time on corporate mumbo jumbo and CGI-fueled fights. Instead of being engaged by the generic action, I found myself wondering where these lovable characters had gone. Even more frustrating is that when Jaime’s family briefly appears again—Nana taking down a number of assailants with a giant machine gun and shouting “Down with the imperialists” is the film’s best moment—they vanish again without a trace.
Many DC movies have opted to go a darker route, so a brutal slugfest between enemies would make sense. Butleans so heavily into the comedic aspect until that last battle that it feels woefully out of place here.
, as he and co-exec Peter Safran work to reboot the DC Universe. Hopefully, we’ve seen the last of the dreaded third-act curse—but
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