Dwayne Johnson wrestled for eight years in WWE before deciding to switch to Hollywood. He landed his first big screen role in the 2001 movie, The Mummy Returns. It was a small yet crucial role in the movie, which later landed him the lead role in The Scorpion King, the next year.
The movie was a box office success as it gained three times that of what the filmmakers invested in making the movie. However, it also received severe backlash from the fans and it was reportedly because of its ‘poor’ CGI. Now, 21 years later, once again fans are lambasting the movie for its poor graphics and comparing it to the DCEU’s new Flash movie.
DCEU didn’t do justice to The Flash
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The Flash 2023 movie hit the theaters on June 16. It was one of the much-anticipated movies of 2023. But it looks like the movie failed to create an impact on its audience. Considering the fact that it’s 2023, and the movie belongs to DC Extended Universe, fans thought that its graphics were not up to the mark.
In fact, they compared it to The Scorpion King which was released 21 years ago, when there was still advancement going on in the field. It is safe to say that The Flash movie soon became a disappointment among the fans and led to people making fun of Johnson’s 2002 movie along with it.
Fans troll Dwayne Johnson’s movie to make a point
Fans are using Johnson’s movie to compare how bad the CGI in The Flash movie is. Here are some top comments from the fans.
Flash movie was good but what the fuck with the speed force scenes yo?! Haven’t seen CGI this bad since The Mummy Returns with the Rock as the Scorpion King
— 🌭 🚀 glitczh.eth 👺🏴☠️ (@gLiTcZh) June 17, 2023
One fan claimed that The Flash has worse CGI than The Scorpion King 2002 movie.
What must it be like to wake up as @TheRock this morning to a world where Scorpion King "faces off" with The Flash for worst CGI moments?
It was a Cage match.
And you win this fight by losing.
Anyway, congratulations Mr. The Rock. Your reign has ended, your watch is over. pic.twitter.com/ehbquZwWzX— Doctor Atlantis (@DoctorAtlantis) June 16, 2023
This fan is in utter disbelief after The Flash came out with extremely poor graphics. She pointed out that fans never thought DCEU would execute such a poor performance.
Never again did I think we would get "Scorpion King from The Mummy Returns" level visual effects in a massive tent pole blockbuster…….. Then THE FLASH comes along and delivers in spades.l pic.twitter.com/Hp1DdCDjxB
— Gwendolyn M.J. Stone 🏳️⚧️🎬 (@GwenLovesMovies) June 15, 2023
One user pointed out that the movie has a good story and characters, but bad CGI moments kill all the plus points of the movie and make it look bad overall.
The flash movie deadass has a good story and good characters but is ruined by the CGI like gawdam its god awful and you not gonna tell me that what the directors said is not an ass pull lie saying those affects are on purpose shot is scorpion king level I swear pic.twitter.com/QXvp5jXJYJ
— 𝕄𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕤 (@nanamynx) June 16, 2023
Fans seem pretty mad at DCEU.
That wasn’t even the only really goofy looking cgi, there was legit cgi that was on the level of Scorpion King in this film ☠️ when you see the movie you’ll know what I’m talking about https://t.co/KgNufriKn8 pic.twitter.com/9DldV2Ihur
— Bart (The Flash Era) (@Bart2389) June 16, 2023
The cgi in the flash is scorpion king bad , things went a bit polar express
— Jonathan Savino (@JonathanSavino1) June 15, 2023
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DCEU fans are not happy with The Flash at all.
Again, like I have said for weeks. The CGI in the Flash looks like the same crap that they used to make the Scorpion King in Mummy Returns back in 2001. Yes it’s that bad https://t.co/WwTNXdahY7 pic.twitter.com/u6ZRBNbTuh
— Michael Sheehy (@MichaelSheehyJr) June 16, 2023
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Well, from all the comments, it is pretty clear the DCEU didn’t get the response it was hoping to get from its fans. Have you watched The Flash yet? What is your take on comparing its CGI to that of The Scorpion King? Tell us in the comments below.
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