10 Most Cringeworthy Moments In Recent Movies
1. The Final Scene - The Flash
Like Thor: Love and Thunder, The Flash is another comic book movie from which you could take your pick of cringeworthy moments. Some however - in particular the unwarranted posthumous cameos - went past this and into the territory of offensive. Sticking to pure cringe, Barry's confession at the whim of the Lasso of Truth (where he reveals he "knows sex exists" but hasn't experienced it) is bested by the final scene of the movie.
This was supposed to be the chapter of the DCEU that changed everything, answered all questions, and set the entire scene for the future of the DCU being headed up by James Gunn.
The ending of The Flash could have and should have been something truly exciting, and yet, the last shot did nothing but ensure the film ended with a whimper. Barry Allen being stuck in the Schumacher-verse with George Clooney's Bruce Wayne likely wasn't the ending anyone expected, and it left more questions than answers. Unfortunately, The Flash had one more trick up its sleeve to make its ending even more groan-inducing.
Throughout the movie, Barry had glued a tooth back into his mouth after having it fall out, and the big final shot and reaction to him seeing this new Bruce Wayne was nothing more than the tooth falling back out, with the kind of CGI that would have been considered bad the last time Clooney donned the Batsuit in 1997. This film should have ushered in a new era of the franchise, and this is how they chose to end it.