Blue Beetle
(2023)
Overview
Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.
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Manuel São Bento
⭐ 7/10August 16, 2023
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Blue Beetle follows the usual superhero origin formulas, being extremely predictable, and lacking narrative creativity, but all these issues are well-compensated by a proudly Latino cast that offers exceptionally genuine performances - Xolo Maridueña is quite impressive - and by the magnificently rich Mexican culture that encompasses the film. E…
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scherbakovx
August 21, 2023
⁃ Some months before release: 'Nah, it looks too mediocre, I don't even know who this Blue Beetle is. Okay, at least he has a sword from Final Fantasy!'
⁃ Some days before release: "Wow, what is it? Good rating? Now I'm hooked!"
⁃ Some minutes after leaving the cinema: "Ooohhhh........"
In a few words, I didn't like it. Blue Beetle looks like a superhero origin combined with Iron Man, Venom, and Spider-Man, adding just a bit of the family dy…
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 6/10August 30, 2023
Maybe this should just have been called the "Blue Bottle" after the annoying blowfly that buzzes around annoyingly to no apparent purpose? Susan Sarandon (why?) is the megalomanic corporate mogul "Kord" who is out to create a super-soldier ("OMAC") using an extra-terrestrial scarab that can synergise an human being with an almost indestructible endo-skeleton. Fortunately for all of us, her cleaning lady likes to use the luxury bathroom at her hom… read the rest.
Yvonnelim99
⭐ 7/10September 20, 2023
Blue beetle is very awesome!! WoW!👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Admiral Toad
⭐ 6/10September 24, 2023
The Good: Light-hearted and family centric. Love story does not involve a centuries old god. Overall a very positive message.
The Bad: Very stereotypical superhero story-line. Big CGI villain and some pretty uninteresting fight scenes.
GenerationofSwine
⭐ 10/10October 13, 2023
I mean, it's not bad. It has the message, but it isn't screamed at you at the top of it's lungs like most movies are these days. In fact, it's so subtle that it's not even much of a distraction.
Not that it doesn't have it's distractions. It has the same "because the plot needs it" occurrences that make you roll your eyes that seem to plague just about every movie these days... but even that is sort of muted.
The themes are fun and dec…
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r96sk
⭐ 7/10November 20, 2023
<em>'Blue Beetle'</em> won me over in the end.
I wasn't personally convinced by it for large periods, not that I was finding it anything boring, irritating or anything close to that but I just wasn't really feeling the vibe. However, across the second half of the film I could feel myself gradually becoming more invested in the events onscreen.
Much of the cast match each other in terms of standard, they all try and subsequently produce soli…
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justhappytobehere
⭐ 3/10January 22, 2024
Ooof another disposable entry into the hellish cgi nightmare that is cinema these days. I cant even recall if this was DC or Marvel, I think DC? Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here, including trying to make this relatively gross looking hero silhouette seem cool. Kinda reminds me of that spiderman character in venture bros who spews silk from an orifice in his lower back, but this one is less funny. Just odd.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$104,000,000
Revenue
$130,788,072