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Post by Grabthar's Hammer on Jan 24, 2019 16:06:03 GMT
It always interests me to see how some superheroes are treated with respect by studios while others, like Ant Man, Guardians of the Galaxy and Shazam are given movies with so much self depreciating humor that they are basically spoofs and parodies of the source material... I wonder, not knowing anything about the comic character myself , could a more serious Shazam movie have worked? Or was the comedy route the right choice? I think the movie looks fun as is, but I can’t help but wonder if the tone and aesthetic for Snyder’s Man of Steel would’ve been better suited for Shazam. The Greek god epic thing he was going for would’ve played much better with this material, IMO. |
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Jan 24, 2019 18:42:35 GMT
It's too bad they couldn't have hired Steven Spielberg for this. The material seems like it would be right up his alley. Imagine if he had made a Shazam movie in his prime in the 80s. It might still be remembered as a lot of people's favorite comic book movie. Or not. What the hell do I know.
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Post by _ on Jan 24, 2019 18:44:24 GMT
It's too bad they couldn't have hired Steven Spielberg for this. The material seems like it would be right up his alley. Imagine if he had made a Shazam movie in his prime in the 80s. It might still be remembered as a lot of people's favorite comic book movie. Or not. What the hell do I know. |
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Post by Grabthar's Hammer on Jan 24, 2019 18:54:26 GMT
It's too bad they couldn't have hired Steven Spielberg for this. The material seems like it would be right up his alley. Imagine if he had made a Shazam movie in his prime in the 80s. It might still be remembered as a lot of people's favorite comic book movie. Or not. What the hell do I know. Damn dude that’s way better than my idea. Spielberg would make a great Shazam! film.. whether it was in the 80s or coming out this year. |
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Jan 24, 2019 22:18:36 GMT
It's too bad they couldn't have hired Steven Spielberg for this. The material seems like it would be right up his alley. Imagine if he had made a Shazam movie in his prime in the 80s. It might still be remembered as a lot of people's favorite comic book movie. Or not. What the hell do I know. Damn dude that’s way better than my idea. Spielberg would make a great Shazam! film.. whether it was in the 80s or coming out this year. Thanks, man. I wonder if he would've taken the job. He seems like he's mostly done with "fun" movies nowadays. |
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 25, 2019 2:34:48 GMT
I believe they went comedy for two reasons:
A) as a response to the criticisms that DCEU is too dark and B) because the latest version of the character at DC skews comedy too. Not this much! But it does skew comedy.
Do I think it could have been done seriously? Yes! Of course:
The life of an orphan being bounced around between foster homes cant be an easy one. Now imagine that kid, who's been through all that crap, suddenly gets the powers of Superman!!! What would that kid really do? That would be my exploration of the character.
And I wouldn't forget that along with those powers comes "the WISDOM of Solomon". Which means that he wouldn't be acting a like a little brat drinking slurpees at 7-11 while he could be saving the world, or at least other orphans. He wouldn't go to a real estate agent and ask for "a lair". That's a funny scene, to be sure, but its not realistic. Its just there for the laughs.
I'd throw in humor, of course. But it wouldn't be an outright comedy, like this one is.
Still, I hope its good.
Having great wisdom doesn't mean you are a mature person. You can have great wisdom and still act like a brat. Um, no. Wisdom LITERALLY means that you are mature. You're confusing intelligence with wisdom.
WISDOM: The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise. The soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment. The natural ability to understand things that most other people cannot understand. Knowledge of what is proper or reasonable.
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Post by _ on Jan 25, 2019 8:16:23 GMT
Damn dude that’s way better than my idea. Spielberg would make a great Shazam! film.. whether it was in the 80s or coming out this year. Thanks, man. I wonder if he would've taken the job. He seems like he's mostly done with "fun" movies nowadays. SHAZAM 2: Shazam Captains the Amistad to pick up Schindler's Jews |
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Post by ThatGuy on Jan 25, 2019 8:54:19 GMT
Having great wisdom doesn't mean you are a mature person. You can have great wisdom and still act like a brat. Um, no. Wisdom LITERALLY means that you are mature. You're confusing intelligence with wisdom.
WISDOM: The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise. The soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment. The natural ability to understand things that most other people cannot understand. Knowledge of what is proper or reasonable.
Literally? None of those definitions says anything about being mature. Mature LITERALLY... means just being older.
MATURE: Having completed natural growth and development. Of or relating to a condition of full development. Based on slow careful consideration.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 25, 2019 21:42:18 GMT
If they did it like Alan Moore's Miracleman, which is a dark deconstruction of this type of character. I don't think anything in between would work.
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