Shazam! Fury Of The Gods - Movie Review

The last remnant of the bygone DCEU. Here's my review for SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS!

#shazam

[MitchellFace]

It’s insane that a Black Adam movie and a Shazam movie came out within a year of each other and they had nothing to do with each other.

[odirherrera]

To me I somehow think Black Adam was sort of planned to be the villain in a Shazam sequel but The Rock wanting his own franchise didn’t want to do it so they tried something different to see what works

[Bingo_the_Pug]

I don’t understand why Mr. Mind wasn’t involved at all when he was literally teased in the post credits of the first movie

[Jray]

I think what made the first movie so special was that it felt more like a personal story for Billy. It reminded me a lot of the first Spider-Man movie and Batman Begins. Self contained stories that focus only on the main protagonist. No sidekicks or expanding world. I don’t think they should’ve introduced the Shazam (aka Marvel) family so soon. I feel it takes away from Billy’s story. And yes, there was a disconnect in personality with Levi and Asher, but if anything, Sandberg should’ve had Levi tone his characterization down to match Asher’s portrayal.

[OctoStar]

You know a movie is legendary when the trailer basically tells you the whole plot.

[Alejandroigarabide]

I don't think this was planned from the start. I rewatched the original Shazam a couple of days ago, and its post-credits scene hints at a very different kind of sequel, with Dr. Zivana returning with the help of a powerful magic worm.

[tskmaster]

Don't blame the first one for the sequel; That one ended on Mr. Mind, the telepathic worm, having a chat with Dr. Sivana. That's far more in line with the Golden Age comic book.
I think it's more a matter they didn't want to go weird. Captain Marvel was WEIRD and they were afraid of trying to explain it to the Vice Presidents in charge of Production that week, so the sequel went generic instead.

[nicknajarian]

Honestly I think if James Gunn and co has to re-cast Shazam for the new universe in a couple years, why not cast Asher Angel as the adult version? He’s already looking pretty grown up so by the time they make another movie for a new universe it might be kinda nice to see him come full circle. Just a thought.

[DrLytch]

I think the reason why Shazam acts so different than Billy in the first and second movie is because Shazam is the best possible version of Billy so I imagine that makes him more positive and energetic, less down on himself about life.

[daniellawson]

Loved the scene of Hespera reading the letter😂

[timothy]

It's crazy how Keanu Reeves understands the character of john Wick. In basically a comic book world and nobody else seems to get it.

[Akursedtime]

It's unfortunate that the superhero genre has contorted itself in this manner. Even though Shazam was supposed to be a comedic, lighthearted superhero the first one did show his vulnerability and there were serious moments. It feels like DC and Marvel have forgotten to add the humanity to their heroes. To them just add wit and one liners with CGI scenes all the way through and it will take them far.

[wantedminion]

The only reason I want this movie to be successful is because I don’t want James Gunn to reboot SHAZAM. I really like this version of the characters

[TheDarkKenpachi]

I hope James Gunn uses Shazam in his DCU it really feels like a character that would work under Gunn. Especially since Gunn is spear heading the superman movie it feels like wizards and ancient gods would exist in a James Gunn DC world.

[ronniemontero]

this is actually a pretty decent movie. we watched this with my friends. there are 7 of us. and I asked them a personal rating from 1-10 including mine. the average I got from our group was 6.8/10. don't just rely on critics when watching a movie, go see it for yourself and judge it based on your own opinion and experience 😊

[BrandonWestfall]

I feel like we should have had a few Shazam movies before all of the family members got their powers.

[alwaysxnever]

1:11 Asher shouldn't be the one to act like Levy, it should have been the other way around. And the fact that they still don't get that dynamic correct makes me glad we may not get another film from this crew. That was my fundamental issue with the first film.

[stephen]

Gonna feel bad for this movie in the second weekend box office when John Wick 4 comes out.

[wincastark]

I love the first movie cause the relationship between Freeddy and Billy was amazing, I hope this movie has some of that heart...

[Alifkbr]

I actually didn't mind it being simple and generic, and daylight monster variations are hard to do in cgi so props for that, with everything being tied to 10 movies and the multiverse and all that extra bs I felt nostalgic seeing something with a linear plot and had a good time.