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Post by Nora on Apr 6, 2019 20:55:55 GMT
Its very enjoyable sure, but not great. Mark strong is so overused in such roles too.
And Zach Levi looks and sounds like a buffed up version of Dax Shepard (whom I love) so he felt a bit “unoriginal” because of it to me.
Its good fun and well made, sure, but to me it was missing something. Didnt really make me feel things. Inactually liked and felt more for The Kig Who Would be a King.
Really liked the dynamics betweent the two main kids though and their horseplay. But overall it left me fairly unengaged.
6.5/10
What did you think?
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Post by charzhino on Apr 6, 2019 23:47:42 GMT
It really dragged last 30 minutes. Kids were good I guess and Zach Levi was great but was hoping for better.
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Post by Nora on Apr 7, 2019 0:16:52 GMT
It really dragged last 30 minutes. Kids were good I guess and Zach Levi was great but was hoping for better. yeah exactly. i really liked the first half our or so... then it starting kinda dragging. the urine thing was interesting, shows to be true... |
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Post by hi224 on Apr 7, 2019 9:26:54 GMT
im looking forward to seeing it soon.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Apr 7, 2019 12:53:26 GMT
I liked it more than you did. I thought it struck a very good balance between humour and your typical comic book movie action, with some touching elements thrown in for good measure.
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Post by Nora on Apr 7, 2019 14:31:25 GMT
I liked it more than you did. I thought it struck a very good balance between humour and your typical comic book movie action, with some touching elements thrown in for good measure. i kinda agree its just none of those touching elements really touched me. Unsure why. Maybe because it seemed so Implausible with the mother? |
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Post by bluerisk on Apr 7, 2019 15:42:41 GMT
Levi and the costume bugger me to much.
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Post by theravenking on Apr 8, 2019 21:00:16 GMT
I really liked the first half, but as the movie went on it became less exciting. It worked well as a comedy/drama, but the action scenes felt kind of generic.
Mark Strong is a fine actor but he struggled to bring anything new to the underwritten villain character. I would've liked to see more of Sivana and they could've made him more morally ambiguous.
Overall I thought it was a solid introduction to the character, but they could improve some things for the sequel.
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Post by Nora on Apr 9, 2019 2:13:44 GMT
I really liked the first half, but as the movie went on it became less exciting. It worked well as a comedy/drama, but the action scenes felt kind of generic. Mark Strong is a fine actor but he struggled to bring anything new to the underwritten villain character. I would've liked to see more of Sivana and they could've made him more morally ambiguous. Overall I thought it was a solid introduction to the character, but they could improve some things for the sequel. totally agree on strogs part. Such a generic villan, too bad for a top notch actor like Atrohg. Who did a great bad guy already (in Kick ass) and a bad one also (Green Lanthern) and the audiance remembers it!) |
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Post by RobotTheLiving on Apr 9, 2019 8:46:07 GMT
I really liked the first half, but as the movie went on it became less exciting. It worked well as a comedy/drama, but the action scenes felt kind of generic. Mark Strong is a fine actor but he struggled to bring anything new to the underwritten villain character. I would've liked to see more of Sivana and they could've made him more morally ambiguous. Overall I thought it was a solid introduction to the character, but they could improve some things for the sequel. totally agree on strogs part. Such a generic villan, too bad for a top notch actor like Atrohg. Who did a great bad guy already (in Kick ass) and a bad one also (Green Lanthern) and the audiance remembers it!) I agree that Mark Strong's character was underwritten but I still understood his motivation. The boardroom scene where he confronts his father was still effectively scary for me. The best parts of the film involved Billy and Freddy. I also really enjoyed the chemistry between the kids in the Vazquez foster family. Overall it was still entertaining and I look forward to more stories with the Shazam character. |
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Post by NewtJorden on Apr 9, 2019 14:55:26 GMT
I liked it a lot more than i expected to. As of now, its the best super hero movie of the year so far (even though its still very early).
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Post by Nora on Apr 10, 2019 0:46:11 GMT
I liked it a lot more than i expected to. As of now, its the best super hero movie of the year so far (even though its still very early). of the year? was gonna say maybe, but then I rememmbered how much I liked Glass. So no, not for me. For me its the second best (I quite disliked CptMarvel). But I presume new Xmen will easily top it in my eyes and of course the Endgame..
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Post by Vits on May 1, 2019 17:25:34 GMT
Despite its generic instrumental theme, its share of predictable jokes and its lack of truly memorable action sequences, SHAZAM! (about an adult super-hero that teenager BILLY BATSON can turn into) is an entertaining movie with a very charismatic performance by Zachari Levi. FREDDIE FREEMAN (BILLY's foster brother) is established as an expert in super-hero tropes... so why doesn't he seem to know the most basic rule? The identity has to be a secret, yet he constantly refers to the title character by his real name in public. Actually, don't people wonder who this kid talking one-on-one to the super-hero is? One of the sub-plots is that other kids at school don't believe FREDDIE when he claims to be friends with SHAZAM... even after they've been shown together in the news. The next couple of sentences also apply to the New 52 storyline that was published as a bonus in the JUSTICE LEAGUE comics: The fact that BILLY's foster siblings become super-heroes too shouldn't have happened in the 1st installment. That's too early to alter the status quo of the characters in such a way. In fact, BILLY's decision to share his powers is meant to be connected to his acceptance of them as his family. It doesn't feel earned because BILLY's friendship with FREDDIE is the only one that's developed. In fact, why not write the plot in a way that BILLY & FREDDIE and maybe another kid are the only ones who've been adopted by ROSA & VICTOR VASQUEZ and the rest are adopted in the next installment? The movie is a very faithful adaptation of said storyline and it has 2 improvements: 1) The number of antagonists is reduced. This makes the plot not feel over-crowded and it gives room for developing DR. THADDEUS SIVANA as a villain. 2) The time devoted to SHAZAM getting money, beer, junk food, etc. for him and FREDDIE on the night he tranforms for the 1st time doesn't take up more screen-time than what's needed. On the other hand, it's a shame that they removed the scene of BILLY telling the ancient wizard that 100% good people don't exist, prompting him to choose BILLY as the recipient of the super-powers since he has enough good in him. It added a layer of complexity that helps eliminate the basic "good vs evil" concept. There's also an original scene where MARY (BILLY's foster sister) says "I can't feel happy about getting into the college I wanted to, because I don't wanna move and abandon my family." What's the point? It's never addressed again. 7/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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