Shazam is another one of those movies that's just plain fun.
Much like Detecive Pikachu, it doesn't really ask much of its audience, and to me that's okay. It's a fun superhero flick that shows, realistically, what some kid would do if he suddenly got these amazing powers. It's a really funny film, too, with a good message and a lot of heart. The villain and his weird demon army were like, actually really lame, but that's easy to overlook when everything else in the film is pretty good.
9/10
Shazam! is played in 3 acts, each with varying level of success.
The first act introduces the film's antagonist, Dr. Sivana. One of the key ingredients of all great action films is getting the audience to empathize with the antagonist. IMO, the first act is just too rushed and goofy.
The second act is the polar opposite. It's almost as if it was written and directed by a different team. It has a strong Stranger Things meets The Greatest American Hero vibe. Great casting, executed with lots of hearts and laughs. The dynamics within the foster family is just utterly charming.
The final act is a mixed bag. Weak antagonist combined with low budget-style execution fail to excite. IMO, the film should've taken The Matrix route, which peeled one mystery layer at a time until the final reveal, perfectly synced to the final climatic moment.
All in all, I loved the foster family, which made the final act all the more frustrating to watch. The film could've been one of the greatest superhero movies for younger audience. Instead, it succumbs to lack of focus and sloppy directing and writing.
Good fun, super hero family movie. Light hearted. Worth a watch. Enjoy.
Great fun, but a little happy slappy for me. DC is better when it's dark lol. Good film though, but a shame they couldn't even cast Henry Cavill at the end for those 2 seconds lol.
Best super hero movie of all time
From the trailer you expect a silly kid and funny movie. When you see it, its not.
Its only a kids movie, the jokes are all in the trailer.
Really nice movie. I suppose that this is the first Shazam movie and for that purpose it served very well also.
The movie is cute and the two boys in the lead roles have a good future ahead, quite the acting! Also, THAT ending was everything! :)
hardly as breathtaking as i was made to believe, an exaggerated good step for DC
Not as good as Man of Steel, BvS, Justice League, Wonderwoman or Aquaman but fun to watch. For me it was a little bit to childish and marvel-like. I will miss the darker tone from earlier movies, but that will be the way they will go in the future. Marvel does it. People want childish movies. Their success proves them right.
sinceramente perfeito e quem não gosta come vômito no café da manhã enquanto assiste algum filme da MCEU
Probably a great movie if you are ten years old. A lot of corny jokes and cliche situations. IOW it's really all been done before so if you're ten you haven't seen this type of movie it may do it for you. Also a situation where gravity was defied which had nothing to do with super powers (the bus scene was just silly). It has its moments for sure but everything is just over the top. Clearly for the younger crowd.
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Shazam is a nicely put together DC product where you can feel the box and see it through the plastic wrap.
While the story is manufactured (basically Big meets Kick Ass -- there's even a visual reference to Big in one scene -- so Shazam is half as original as both of them), and the jokes are more scarce than I'd hoped, overall there's nothing wrong with Shazam. It's nice to see a film where a foster child is the hero, but in the sea of all the Super Hero films we find ourselves in, is 'Good' good enough?
Shazam is a pleasant place holder while we wait for Endgame, but will be quickly forgotten once the latter lands.
Shout by MounirBlockedParent2019-07-01T01:27:24Z
this movie was fun but it felt at times like too much! didn't know if it was a superhero movie or just another teen movie! and i didn't like where they introduce his brothers it felt it wasn't the right time to do it and the whole movie was shazam! shazam! shazam! kept waiting for him to live it to his potential and it took 2 hours to do that. this is DC first right attempt so i think they'll get better with time. overall 7/10.