We had tickets for last night, but after a long day we got a credit/refund and will wait to see it another day.
I know nothing about Blue Beetle, but recognized the lead actor from Cobra Kai, and the trailer looked fun. I've since read up a bit on the origin. Looks cool. So, we'll see it at some point.
For me, I am getting tired of these films that are meant to spotlight a culture and rally ethnic groups. I enjoyed both Black Panther and Shang-Chi. And I am sure I will enjoy Blue Beetle. But at some point you get the feeling a film is being made just to check that box in these days and times, and I think it's a tad insulting to those ethnic groups.
You look at a director like Christopher Nolan, and how he cast John David Washington -- he cast him not because he was Black, but because he was the right guy for the part, ethnic group be damned. And that's how it should be. Circling back to Blue Beetle, I've been to a lot of movies this summer, and Blue Beetle was constantly marketed as this triumph for Latinx people in the pre-film bumpers and ads, etc. Is that really needed? If the film is great, it is great. If it's not, it's not. I get the business and social reasons to try and do what the studio is doing, the hardcore latinx push. But if the movie flops, guess what will be blamed? Not the writing. Not the director. Not the actor. The ethnic group will be blamed. It won't be said publicly of course. But there will be a undercurrent narrative that people are not interested in a latino actor playing a superhero character. And that sets the culture back significantly.
Instead, they should just market Blue Beetle as a great superhero story and fun summer blockbuster with an up and coming actor. Shelve the "box checking" and just celebrate a performance. Because the more you try to spotlight a culture, the more that culture will get degraded if the film is a bust. And that isn't fair.
Anyway, looking forward to seeing it at some point, but man, the promotion for it really annoyed me.