Yea, this bombed. Probably won't make 100 mill domestically
HBO DC's Shazam! Fury of the Gods
- Thread starter MoeW
- Start date
Only ppl here liked the first one a lot
neo2090
OG
Less Lightning
PRAISE: I have been trying to remember if Captain Marvel/Shazam still had the mind of a pre teen/teenager in the animated shows and comics like he does in these recent films which I find kind of annoying. I'm glad some portions of this movie focused on the character growing up because that's exactly what I wanted him to do.
Ok I was amused by some of the jokes in the film and the dramatic moments were effective. I thought Rachel Zegler was a great and charming addition to the cast. I thought the villains Kalypso and Hespera portrayed by Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu,were ok it was their display of various powers that impressed me.Theres some great SFX work, some of which reminded me of the old Ray Harryhausen
movies.
PROBLEMS: The first movie had this great and unexpected balance of darkness and humor and I felt this movie was lacking that. It's as if the writers and Director said let's play up the silliness and childishness. I say why ignore most of what made the first film very good? Some of the movie is eye rolling silly making characters look foolish and then some. Zachary Levi turns in a copy and paste performance. There is a way to play this character ,a little over confident and arrogant. Talking down to a villain sarcastically. In this Billy Batson is more mature than Shazam. There is a scene that would have been far more effective with especially what it's linked to but unfortunately someone at the WB decided to spoil it in the TV ads. One of the biggest ad fails ever.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 5½
PRAISE: I have been trying to remember if Captain Marvel/Shazam still had the mind of a pre teen/teenager in the animated shows and comics like he does in these recent films which I find kind of annoying. I'm glad some portions of this movie focused on the character growing up because that's exactly what I wanted him to do.
Ok I was amused by some of the jokes in the film and the dramatic moments were effective. I thought Rachel Zegler was a great and charming addition to the cast. I thought the villains Kalypso and Hespera portrayed by Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu,were ok it was their display of various powers that impressed me.Theres some great SFX work, some of which reminded me of the old Ray Harryhausen
movies.
PROBLEMS: The first movie had this great and unexpected balance of darkness and humor and I felt this movie was lacking that. It's as if the writers and Director said let's play up the silliness and childishness. I say why ignore most of what made the first film very good? Some of the movie is eye rolling silly making characters look foolish and then some. Zachary Levi turns in a copy and paste performance. There is a way to play this character ,a little over confident and arrogant. Talking down to a villain sarcastically. In this Billy Batson is more mature than Shazam. There is a scene that would have been far more effective with especially what it's linked to but unfortunately someone at the WB decided to spoil it in the TV ads. One of the biggest ad fails ever.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 5½
Feige let Gunn go to DC to be an agent
Just need protesters to ruin the flash to make the cypher complete
He really changed the hierarchy, but not for the better
I don’t think this will even catch A man called Otto by Tom hanks
Iceberg_Taylor
Kill em With A Smile!!
Lol at WB blaming The Rock for Shazam being utter trash. Bottom line is Gunn comin in and telling everyone about the reboot too early killed this movie before it even had a chance. Aquaman 2 is doomed too
Having black Adam and shazam and the characters have no connection at all was horrible decision making
Iceberg_Taylor
Kill em With A Smile!!
This is true but also nobody really gives a fuck about seeing a Shazam or Black Adam movie especially when DC was already in shambles from the start. It’s just hilarious to see WB tryin to do damage control and put it all on one person as if they haven’t been shitting the bed from day 1