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Post by politicidal on Aug 18, 2019 0:21:29 GMT
Good but not great as far as DC movies go. It could have been trimmed by ten minutes or so.
I had mixed feelings on the villains. Mark Strong is an intimidating villain because he's Mark Strong and not because of his character;he's really so easily influenced by those demons? Still, the grotesque design of the Seven Deadly Sins were cool and they do lend to some effective PG13 body horror imagery. Asher Angel and Zachary Levi are good as Billy Batson/Shazam even if they seem totally different in personality. Grazer is a highlight as his conniving crippled friend.
The strength of the cast and its zippy bright approach makes it a fun watch. This probably ranks fourth amongst the DCEU releases for me.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Aug 18, 2019 4:12:21 GMT
8
That final battle went on waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long, though.
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Post by johnspartan on Aug 18, 2019 5:15:08 GMT
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Post by Vits on Aug 18, 2019 12:19:30 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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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Aug 18, 2019 20:45:18 GMT
7/10
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Post by James on Aug 23, 2019 2:00:58 GMT
8/10
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Post by movielover on Mar 11, 2020 1:47:11 GMT
7/10
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Post by sjg on Sept 22, 2020 9:16:22 GMT
7/10
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Post by Sarge on Jul 7, 2021 0:21:01 GMT
Dumber than imaginable, 2/10
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Post by theravenking on Jul 13, 2021 22:10:59 GMT
7/10
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Aug 27, 2021 9:19:35 GMT
8/10.
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