The horror genre has no shortage of teenagers messing with foreign entities and objects they have no business possessing, let alone turning it into some twisted game as it so often becomes. Talk to Me becomes another entry into that list, looking into the often treaded despair of grief, and the perils of teenage peer pressure and life in a digital age.
The DC Extended Universe has had more than its fair share of issues since its inception almost a decade ago to the day, but no individual film features the number of behind the scenes issues that The Flash has had. Through numerous directors, a handful of writers, more than a couple of delays, and a star with a variety of crimes to their name, The Flash has finally arrived, and it’s precisely as bad as you’d think.
If you really sit down and think about the journey of Marvel’s most ragtag band of heroes, the path to get to Vol. 3 is a roller coaster. 9 years ago, a film about characters that few outside of the hardcore comic fandom knew about released to rave reviews and financial success that no one could’ve predicted. And just 3 years after that the sequel came to continue the weirdest superhero franchise (at the time).
But between then and now, the characters have featured in two massive Avengers films, the director was fired (and promptly re-hired), and the MCU’s entire trajectory has shifted drastically. And yet, the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise soldiers on, becoming one of the best comic book movie trilogies to date.