Shazam! movie news

[ZariusTwo]

Seeing it bright'n'early tomorrow.

[Vicky82]

I'm seeing it on Saturday.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Turo602

Just saw Shazam. It was pretty good. Shazam lends himself pretty well to humor and it was done really well without compromising the serious moments of the film, except for maybe one scene that was addressing a supervillain trope in the middle of a fight for comedic effect. I'm still not the biggest fan of Zachery Levi as Shazam but whatever, the film works. It wasn't amazing but it does have heart. I liked it a little more than Captain Marvel. There was a couple of surprises I didn't see coming at all, and there was a mid and post credits scene so stay for both.

Are the surprises good surprises?

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Just saw this movie- and it was AWESOME! Loved every minute of it, the movie was just so much fun. The Sivana scenes were really dark, the stuff with Freddy and Captain Marvel was hilarious, and I just love how the Marvel family interacted with each other in the foster home. This really was a feel good super-hero movie should be, and the hints towards Black Adam, the Crocodile men, and Mister Mind. Loved, loved, LOVED this movie- I don't care if it's based on the new 52 version, well worth the price of admission. If this, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman are the future of the DCEU, sign me up!

[Turo602]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Are the surprises good surprises?

It's hard to say considering I didn't follow the build up and rumors of this movie, so maybe they're not surprises. But I definitely wasn't expecting them. But one of those surprises, yes, definitely good and it happens at the end of the movie. The other surprise was just something I didn't expect to see in this movie and caught me off guard. I don't really follow Shazam in the comics either, so again, maybe not a surprise for most.

[Andrew NDB]

Spoiler:

Do we, in fact, see Cavill as Superman? Are the after credits stuff anything significant? Black Adam cameo?

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Spoiler:

Do we, in fact, see Cavill as Superman? Are the after credits stuff anything significant? Black Adam cameo?

Spoiler:

Black Adam was mentioned, he was in a flashback to ancient Egypt, but wasn't mentioned by name, just a former successor to Shazam who betrayed him; but Black Adam was responsible for releasing the seven deadly sins. Superman appears in a shot at the end, but the camera cuts off at the neck. So no, it's definitely not Cavill.

[Turo602]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Spoiler:

Do we, in fact, see Cavill as Superman? Are the after credits stuff anything significant? Black Adam cameo?

Spoiler:

Yeah, Superman appears but not Cavill. Just a shot of a body wearing the suit. But the scene worked, trust me. No Black Adam cameo. The mid-credits scene was a sequel set up with a f*cking talking caterpillar. The post credits scene is just an Aquaman joke.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Turo602

Spoiler:

The mid-credits scene was a sequel set up with a f*cking talking caterpillar.

Spoiler:

Mister Mind, the magic caterpillar from the planet Venus.

[drgon78]

Saw it yesterday and enjoyed it.

[ZariusTwo]

Just got back from SHAZAM

Spoiler:

Admittedly, I think Levi sucked at the comedy, and played the early stages a little too obnoxiously, the kid playing Billy seemed way more mature in between all of that even if he was acting a bit distant to the others. The foster father cracked me up with a lot of his scenes, to the point that I really felt it when even his tempers got raised at Billy's behaviour. I agree with the sentiments that for a lighter hearted DC movie, there's still a lot of dark touches to it and plenty of death. I actually teared up when the Marvel Kids transformed, as I grew up watching the Filmation cartoon so it hit me right there. I suppose the plush tiger was the movie's way of working around Tawny?

I think Freddy absolutely stole the movie for me, he had such a great role micro-managing Billy, giving him the lowdown on superhero 101, and had his moments of weakness too such as losing it with Billy over showboating and cracking under duress to Sivana, only to redeem himself once powered up.

Way better than the other Captain Marvel movie

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

My usual movie buddy asked if I wanted to go see Shazam this weekend. I opted to wait to go see Hellboy next week instead.

I'm sure I'll see this eventually, but I just can't get excited about it. I don't care about the characters (even though the trailers look fine), and it's not like WB/DC is building to Justice League 2 or whatever, so why bother?

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

and it's not like WB/DC is building to Justice League 2 or whatever, so why bother?

Who the hell cares about building to another lousy team movie? That's virtually all the competition's movies do at the expense of an actual plot

It's a good movie. Watch it.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Who the hell cares about building to another lousy team movie? That's virtually all the competition's movies do at the expense of an actual plot

It's a good movie. Watch it.

Zarius is right! This movie is amazing! If you like upbeat superhero movies, that are the opposite of Snyder dark and gritty, this movie is for you! Forget what movies link together into some super-duper-mega-crossover-event, the recent DC movies have been incredible!

Sheesh, I miss superhero movies that stand alone.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Panda_Kahn_fan

the recent DC movies have been incredible!

What other recent ones? You mean Aquaman and Justice League? Of the two of them, only one of them is decent... the other one... yikes!

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

What other recent ones? You mean Aquaman and Justice League? Of the two of them, only one of them is decent... the other one... yikes!

Aquaman and Wonder Woman.... I pretend Justice League doesn't exist!

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Panda_Kahn_fan

Aquaman and Wonder Woman.... I pretend Justice League doesn't exist!

A sound strategy.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Who the hell cares about building to another lousy team movie? That's virtually all the competition's movies do at the expense of an actual plot

It's a good movie. Watch it.

Do you know why building to other movies is important in this case? It makes it harder to skip movies for characters you don't care about. I don't care about Aquaman, but he was one of the only good parts of Justice League, so I went and saw it. I didn't used to care about Captain America, but he was good enough in Avengers that I got hooked.

If I don't care about Shazam, but I know he's going to be interacting with characters I DO care about (and no, three seconds of not even Henry Cavill don't count) in the future, I'll see it. As it is, it appears to be a one-off that is probably decent, but there's not enough "hook" for me to go watch it.

Denigrate Marvel all you want, but you can't deny that their business strategies are sound and working.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Denigrate Marvel all you want, but you can't deny that their business strategies are sound and working.

Which is why I want the DC counterpart to it. Like, if the MCU is iPhone, I want to see the DCEU rise to the occasion and become Android. Properly. Become true competition. It'll make for a more competitive atmosphere that might even yield better movies from both sides.

But they have to actually bother to try. This was exactly what they wanted to do... until they didn't, ejecting at the first sign of trouble.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Which is why I want the DC counterpart to it. Like, if the MCU is iPhone, I want to see the DCEU rise to the occasion and become Android. Properly. Become true competition. It'll make for a more competitive atmosphere that might even yield better movies from both sides.

But they have to actually bother to try. This was exactly what they wanted to do... until they didn't, ejecting at the first sign of trouble.

Agreed. I get Leo's position that "second to market is second place", but the market will eventually right itself and align with the better product.

And true competition lends itself to better products. Always.

[ZariusTwo]

$24.9 million so far

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