Maybe I’m just getting older. Maybe I just do not like the whole multi-verse concept. Maybe I’m just missing it all together.
I attended the opening night showing of the new DC movie The Flash. When the film concluded the crowd cheered. I figured these were just comic book enthusiasts because I felt the movie had severely inferior CGI (the baby scene is subpar and I’m being kind), incredibly scattered, and was basically an overall hot mess. The next day, a friend I respect called me and said how much he was blown away by the movie.
Because I value his opinion, I asked what I was missing? Be warned, MAJOR SPOILERS ahead!!!
My friend loved the nostalgia of the movie. There were appearances by Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, multiple Supermans (George Reeves, Christopher Reeve and oh yes, Nicholas Cage), Supergirl played by Helen Slater, and several Batmans (Adam West, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, and yes, even George Clooney)! It brought him back to the time when he read DC comics as a child.
2 Leadership Lessons the new DC movie The Flash
It is from his words and the audience reaction that I gleaned the following 2 Leadership Lessons the new DC movie The Flash:
The Law of Connection
John Maxwell’s Law of Connection from his book The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership says, “Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.”
That is what this movie did. The movie’s producers and director used nostalgia to touch your heart before asking you to enjoy its content. Sentimentality superseded substance. It appears to have worked. The Law of Connection was at play.
Your Past Does Not Have To Define You
When the Flash, played by Ezra Miller, realizes he can go back in time and save his mother from being murdered, he unveils his plan to the Affleck-version of Bruce Wayne. Wayne then attempts to impart some wisdom to his young protege.
He counsels him, “These scars make us who we are. There are things that don’t need to be fixed. Don’t let you past define you.” To which the Flash responds, “Your past made you a hero.” Wayne concludes, “It also made me alone.”
The one thing all leaders have in common is that we all have a past. We all have successes, failures, things we are proud of, and regrets.
For those leaders who are weighed down by failure and regret, I have a message for you. I agree with Bruce Wayne, your past does not have to define you. I am going to slightly edit Carl Bard who said, “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start my friend, anyone can start from now and make a brand new end.”
I have discovered the best way to deal with your past is through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus will give you a great future with him today and for all of eternity in Heaven. But he also gives you a new past as His death on the cross wiped away all your sins before God if you accept Him as your Lord and Savior.
Conclusion
I did not enjoy The Flash but obviously others did. I just could not get by the babies. Watch the movie and make up your own mind.
But I will say this, unless you are a person given to nostalgia, I would recommend you just wait for The Flash to come out on TNT. Until then, stay at home and watch the fantastic Extraction 2 on NetFlix instead.
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