[Matrixbeast]

Just watched Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.
It was alright.

It was an interesting take on the alternate universe story, and if I recall, it leads directly to the New 52 DC reboot a few years back, which could lead to a series of DC Animated movies with a set of continuity, like a movie version of the DCAU, which would be cool. For the movie itself, it was just alright. This is very much a comic story, and the pacing showed. Batman being a vigilante who despises the world, turning on a dime to Barry's words with no reason to believe him, Cyborg being the Presidential boy scout who breaks into a secret governmental bunker without second thought, and etc etc. It was just jarring, to say the least. That aside, it was otherwise pretty good.

The character designs were kind of bland. It honestly felt there were 3 designs in the movie total: Male, child, female, and Flashpoint Superman. Every man is a barrel chested titan, every woman a busty model. Additionally, some of the CG moments in the movie felt a little off. It's not bad, but it felt like the CG work was done using CG technology from 2008, with stiff and awkward models and movement.

However, most jarring is the gore. You see blood and broken limbs in the DC animated movies all the time, but you can't just step things up into decapitation without warning a brother. It's not extreme levels of gore (You're not going to see Elfen Lied levels of it), but it does seem like they got away with a lot more than previous movies.

So, in all: Decent story, 2 character designs, buckets of blood.