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DCmovies may have for the most part struggled critically and commercially in 2023 , but that does n’t think of they do n’t deliver several memorable scenes well worth revisiting . There are many reasons whythe movies of the DCEUhave largely neglect to down of late , range from lawfully mussy projects to disinterest in a franchise set to boot in 2025 . The franchise ’s last year was n’t its strong , but it still contain some of its good individual moment .
Unsurprisingly , the best DCEU moments by and large were n’t the most action at law - heavy but , instead , the scenes that delivered the personal character moments . fresh heroes like Blue Beetle and decades - old one like Keaton ’s Batman both indicate there ’s still plenty of reason to be delirious about DC properties on the big screen . These 10 fit are the best from the DCEU ’s four 2023 release and are the ones to pulsate as the brand looks forwards to 2024 .
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10Shazam 2 Makes Product Placement Hilarious
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods
Shazam ! violence of the Godsmissed the opportunityto usance acclaimed role player Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu in a more meaningful way of life , but when they bring mythologic creatures into the populace , it does determine up one of the pic ’s funniest scenes . The vernal Darla ( in kid form , not superhero form ) tames a Unicorn with Skittles , tell to be one of the most terrifying beasts in existence . As she rides it through Philadelphia , killing monsters with ease , she lets out an unexpected " Taste the rainbow , mother f … “that ’s cut off at just the correct time . It may be product locating , but it was an by chance funny linein an otherwise bland climax .
9Arthur Curry Pays Homage To A Classic Superhero Movie Moment
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
At the remainder ofAquaman and the Lost Kingdom , the movie riffs on two different definitive MCU movies . Like T’Challa at the end ofBlack Panther , Jason Momoa ’s Arthur Curry holds a printing press conference to formally announce the existence of Atlantis to the world and make clear his intention to work with surface leader for the greater goodness . Then , in a funny nod toIron Man , Curry boisterously take , " I am Aquaman . " It ’s an inconsequential origin and little more than a natural language - in - buttock nod , but the scene works well to shut the movie with a joke .
8The Shazam Family Rescues Civilians On The Ben Franklin Bridge
Despite Superheroes existing to assist people , setting of them saving civilian can be amazingly rare on the big filmdom . As such , the vista of the Shazam mob serve rescue people in peril on the Ben Franklin Bridge mixes pure superheroics with the syndicate dynamic that localize Shazam asunder from other heroes . It ’s bright , straightforward , and harkens back to the golden historic period of superheroes in which they bring through the great unwashed from calamity just as often as they press supervillains .
7Jaime Reyes Learns The Ropes
Blue Beetle
Blue Beetlemay not be the most original superhero movie , but it tread familiar dry land well and delivers a merriment escapade anchored by a solid performance from Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes . The first sentence Jaime bonds with the suit is a mixture ofVenomandIron Manas the young man has to learn to apply a high - tech courting that ’s stick to to his soundbox against his will . The view , which show Jaime fly through Palmera City and causing significant accidental holding scathe , is colorful , fun , backed by substantial visual burden , and set the tone well for the rest of the movie .
6Barry And Barry Take On Zod’s Kryptonian Army
The Flash
Michael Shanon started the DCEU ’s baddie off on a high notewith his portraiture of the zealous General Zod , and while he is n’t quite as nuanced inThe Flashas he is inMan of Steel , he still brings gravitas to the movie ’s climactic battle in which Batman , Supergirl , and two versions of The Flash take on the invading Kryptonian army . Showing The Flash ’s baron at full force out can be difficult due to just how over - the - top warm they are , butpresent and past Barry get their fourth dimension to shine as they embrace the Speed Forceand make quick work of a dozen or so Kryptonian soldiers .
5The Reyes Family Rock Out In The Bug
Blue Beetleputs an accent on family , and that ’s work to the extreme point as the Reyes clan backs up Jaime in the flick ’s climactic substructure assault sequence . Armed with technical school from former Blue Beetle Ted Kord , the Reyeses fly The hemipteran ship and take out several of the nefarious Victoria ’s crawler . The scene find the thoroughgoing balance between camp cheese and legitimate legal action , and Mötley Crüe ’s " Kickstart My Heart " augments the sequence perfectly .
4Batman Proves He’s Still Got It
Thoughmany actors have played Batman in live activity , Michael Keaton remains one of the most iconic , and he ’s able to prove shortly after his introduction inThe Flashthat a few decades have n’t made his Bruce Wayne any less effectual at agitate crime . When both Barrys and Bruce go to rescue who they think is Superman , Batman register off his agile fighting expressive style and mastery of gadgets in a means that simply was n’t potential in 1989 or 1992 . Though he gets more competitiveness tantrum in the picture show ’s coming , his time in the Russian prison sense the most like Hellenic Batman .
3Victoria Kord Makes Things Personal
The risk presented to those nigh to superheroes is a staple plot element of the writing style , but that does n’t discontinue the scenery in whichBlue Beetle ’s villain Victoria Kord assaults the Reyes abode any less in effect . The scene seems fairly standard as a paramilitary group raid the habitation and Jaime fend them off with the Blue Beetle suit , butthings turn grievous as a bound Jaime is drive to unable to help look on as his father suffers and diesfrom a heart attack during the picture . It ’s a tragically grounded scene that offer a powerful worked up drive between Jaime ’s struggle with Victoria for the rest of the movie .
2Jaime Sees His Father In The Afterlife
As tragic as it is to see Jaime unable to help see his founder die during the assault on their nursing home , it ’s equally affecting when the immature hero and his dad get one final meeting in what look to be a variant of the hereafter . The vista take a chance undoing the death , but or else , it operate well and set down its emotional punch . The visuals are beautiful as well , as the Reyes home slowly transitions from an endless sea of candles into a colorful and dateless unnamed .
1Barry Allen Says Goodbye To His Mom
The Flashmay not have been a vital or commercial success , but it does haveDC ’s best movie moment of 2023 . After Barry does his good to make salve his mother from death work for the timeline , he finally decides that he has to undo his change . While doing so , he decides to verbalise to her , and he gives her a truly heartfelt hug and goodbye despite her not know that the military man is her Logos or that she ’ll soon be pour down in her home . Barry sacrifice his own mother for the greater goodness is his most heroic momentand hits emotional beat the rest of the movie largely skirts .
