Shazam: Revisiting The Promising Start To A Franchise That Didn't Last
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- čas přidán 1. 11. 2023
- A superhero character that starts as a little boy and can simply become a superhero with just a word? That sounds like the dream of nearly every kid growing up that read comic books. So it's not a surprise that this lesser-known character ended up being one of DC's biggest successes on the silver screen. From hiring a horror director with no action experience to hiring a comedy lead not exactly known for his physique, this had almost everything working against it. Yet it managed to be the most highly praised in all of superhero film, so today on DC Revisited, let's go into the Rock of Eternity and say his name, as we get into everything Shazam!
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It really is unfortunate. A fun model-snap of 'Big' and 'Home Alone' that uses the audience fantasy of those films to explain the appeal behind the concept of Captain Marvel; namely, the 'what if?' of a kid magically becoming an adult or living like one. There are some dropped sub-threads about the conflict between Billy and Freddy, but the macro arc of Billy being grounded by family ties works out decently well. Fun film, overall, and as a filmmaker I think it's a nice teaching tool in some respects.
Filmaker, eh? What kinds of porn do you shoot, bro?
Asking for a friend.
never needed to be a franchise period.
@@purefoldnz3070 I mean Captain Marvel technically already is a franchise. ^^
@@toycamera6112 technically speaking no.
Shazam came out the night my eight year old son passed away. That Sunday night our families encouraged us to go and get our minds off of our grief. So we went out for dinner and a movie. We saw Shazam and had a blast! My wife, my daughter and my sister in law all loved it! For two hours we were able to forget our grief and for that I am eternally grateful to Shazam!
We're so sorry for your loss Mike
@@JoBloOriginals thank you!
I really enjoyed Shazam. It was simple, funny, and action packed. Plus, we get to see Annabelle again in the DCEU.
To me, Shazam! is one of the best superhero movies we've ever had. I think it's better than any single movie in the MCU and DCEU, and stands shoulder to shoulder with the original Superman film as an absolute representation of what it means to be a real HERO. I loved every second of Shazam!, but the moment that sent it into the stratosphere for me was when Billy confronted his mother and said "I have to get back to my real family", then Shazamed his way off the roof to go save them. I still cry every time. Not to mention, sharing his powers with his new family. Truly heroic and heartwarming stuff.
I wish my father had lived to see this movie. When he was a boy in the '40s, Captain Marvel was his favorite superhero, over Supes, Bats, and all the others of the era -- and when DC picked up the rights in the early '70s, Dad started buying first the reprints of the '40s stories, and then the new stories for me (which I got after he'd read them first!). In return, once I was considerably older, I started buying him the anthology volumes and the action figures.
RIP, Dad. It's been 14 years and you're still deeply missed.
David F. Sandberg came a long way since his LIGHTS OUT short
I love when horror directors make superhero movies
Plus, the fact that a filmmaker with autism was able to make a movie like this is truly inspiring
You might think that Zachary Levi doesn't work as the older version of Billy but I think it works on a thematic level: Billy is a kid forced to grow up as he runs away from numerous foster families, looking for his mother; Shazam is the persona that allows him to act like a kid because for the first time in his life he has power and agency.
I was really surprised how great and re-watchable this flick was! It took me over a year after its release to finally watch, but I love it.
It's too bad the sequel fell short. There was definitely potential, but I think they waited too long, still didn't have a good story, and the drama of DC killed it before it even got to theaters.
The original movie had a big heart, wore it on it's sleeve, and didn't care if it was wish fulfillment mixed with superhero tropes. It was a movie that made you feel good. And those are rare nowadays.
Shazam may be the last simple superhero movie. It was great and it is always a fun watch that brings the message home
I enjoyed Shazam it had everything comedy action and drama that scene when Billy's mom wants nothing to do with him is heartbreaking
If they make another movie
They should bring Rob Letterman to direct
He did a great job with "Goosebumps" and "Detective Pikachu"
I was a major fan of Captain Marvel's liveaction show every Saturday (and reprints and new series) as a kid and his cartoon series as a teen. Shame it took so long (almost a century?) to make it back into theaters, but glad he was a hit. Not something I'd go out of my way to see, but I like it being out there and seeing another generation or two running around shouting 'Shazam' again.
Criminally underrated.. along with shazam 2!!
One of my fav DC movies!
WB really messed up by not making Black Adam the villain for the second film. They even set up Black Adam as the next villain in the first film.
Also, Shazam acted way too immature in the second film. Billy is supposed to be almost college age but Shazam acts like a 10 year old.
Blame The Rock. He didn't want his character to fight Shazam. He wanted to fight Superman
Nothing about The Shazam Tv Show, which was a Hit back in the mid 70's
It was a fun movie. A breath of fresh air from Marvel movies that were becoming more lecture and identity than action.
When they wanted Henry Cavill to make a cameo, he was unavailable
And when he was available for Black Adam, they promissed him more projects, only so they could pull the plug on the DCEU and start all over
Are you Zombie Snyder? I knew that from your style of comment when it comes to DC videos
@@mohdamerulaidilbinrazisahm7317
What? What style?
@@RayMcElroy50 the style that always bashing Marvel for no reason. You also copied each other sentence using both of these accounts
@@mohdamerulaidilbinrazisahm7317 so what if I bash Marvel for no reason?
Is not like a restricted thing
For me, Shazam was part of a 1-2-3 hat trick with Wonder Woman and Aquaman. It looked like the DCEU was really finding its rhythm and was going to be serious competition to the MCU, leaving comic book movie fans spoilt for choice. Then the pandemic happened and both franchises have lost their sparkle. They have become assembly line entertainment and are now just Superhero: The Movie kind of movies, indistinguishable from one another.
David F. Sandberg is amazing
But I knew he should've left DC after this movie
I wish they'd bring back MarvelMan. Alan Moore's reboot was amazing!
I absolutely loved it
Similar to why I love Blue 🔵 Beetle
So much heart 💞❤️
Shazam 2 good also
But original one of the best in last decade
My opinion
Shazam was simple, but new
Blue Beetle was trying too hard to be like Shazam, so it brought nothing new
I loved this movie. The only thing I didn't like was Shazam was to child like and Billy was to adult.
There was a U.K comedy movie in the 1990's. About 2 men hiding out in a Catholic girl school. Dress as nuns, with a million dollars of the gang's money. It was great, but I don't recall the name of it, was on HBO a lot.
Nuns on the run?
@@markgreen5153 Thanks great movie!
Love this film
Is it really too late to bring this back for a more entries? So what for the sophomore slump, do the Mr Mind story and full steam ahead I say...
Not every superhero film needs to be a franchise. The first film did everything there was to do with the character.
It was ok
I liked Shazam, but didn’t love it like everyone else
First was cool. Sequel was meeeeeh
I enjoyed the first Shazam movie. The sequel, not so much.
I dont remember any crocodile men...weird
😊I have only seen the 70s tv show shazam not the movies
It’s a Christmas movie and deal with it
What about the TV Series which was teamed up with the almighty "Isis", the female version of Shazam...
I Never Knew They Made a Film...sounds stupid as a movie...lol. like Hulk...
Marvel Man had nothing to do with Captain Marvel.
An ok film, not bad, not good
Pretty accurate
Oh god no 🎥
Hard to understand and accept the way they f*uckd up so badly with the sequel 🤦🏻♂️
Something about the actors face, especially on the cover with the bubble gum made me irrationally go into the first one with a negative view of it. It was okay. I kept seeing trailers for the second one and it looked super lame with stale Game of Thrones jokes. I'll probably never check out the second one based on that trailer
Levi sabotaged the sequel by mocking Snyder cut fans and by butt licking James Gunn
Too bad the sequel just UTTERLY CRAPPED THE BED!
Are you guys giving away something or was this message i got a scam? Are they trying this with you too now?
It's a lot of bots out there, doing the same to other channels. No one is giving out anything in comments. Make sure to double-check their name - they never use the exact same name as that of the channel.
I was quite sure that was the case. I have heard of this happening on other channels so I thought I should let you guys know.@@Elora445
Sinbad version >>>>
The comment I was looking for
Sequel was shit because of only 1 thing. The shazam family. They shouldn't introduce them in the 1st movie.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 “biggest success” bruh. everything post 2018 was a financial flop. And Shazam barely made $. And if you add marketing it didn’t make jack. DC should’ve stuck with what was making $, but they let Walter Hamada take the reigns and he gave us 7 dceu flops in a row.
I think The Rock should have played Shazam because hes been in a lot of serious movie roles. I think he would have made it believable and funny at the same time.
It started out decently, with an awesome main theme to boot, and then it went “woke” with the sequel.
Nowadays I appreciate the first film even more, as I admit to not having liked it as much when I first watched it in theaters.