Why The Shazam Sequel Never Stood A Chance
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- čas přidán 19. 09. 2023
- The first Shazam movie starring Zachary Levi took movie audiences by surprise. At the time many fans were unhappy with the direction of Zack Snyders DC Universe, but the first Shazam was a breath of fresh air. The sequel, Shazam Fury of the Gods was a different story. Panned by critics, and ultimately a box office failure, Shazam Fury of the Gods came and went with most not even noticing. But how exactly did a sequel to a sleeper hit superhero movie end up this bad? How did Shazam Fury of the Gods fail so spectacularly?
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i loved the first shazam because it felt like an actual personal journey of billy instead of a typical superhero movie. the sequel felt so soulless and uninspired it was really disappointing watching it in the cinema
For me it was the villains. Also…the script…wasn’t great. There’s too many things that were…idk it’s not a simple thing explaining why it wasn’t good
Exactly why I didn’t watch It in cinema. DC movies play us every time. We’ll have to let James Gunn get a few movies out
Shazam 2 really wasn’t that good. This movie missed the mark compared to the original and on Billy himself. Had so much promise after the ending of the 1st
Like the video said, the film should’ve had Mr. mind and dr Sivana be the main enemies. They pulled the same thing with The Flash.
@@Scotty2Hotty4 not sure he's going to improve things much tbh, Marvel/DC movies that aren't Batman/Spiderman are dead
I don't know about Shazam, but Black Adam is a clear example of why you shouldn't let movie stars make decisions in certain film genres.
If I'm Dwayne Johnson I wouldn't have wanted to be in this shit either
If the Shazam sequel had been about the titular character and Black Adam, it would have done better I feel.
Yeah. In such an interconnected a franchise as superhero universes, you can't choose a guy who doesn't want to be associated with the arch-nemesis of his own character.
That's for sure. Especially since The Rock doesn't want to lose a fight and be the villain anymore.
@@williamoates3831Yet Dwayne Johnson chooses to be in Black Adam and made it flop.
-Asher and Zachary not being the same person
-The family don’t have the charm that was in the first movie
-In the first movie Mary is about to go off to college yet in the sequel she didn’t go which was odd, I always wondered why they didn’t make the movie set during spring break so she could be back home and help Billy unite the family like how the movie shows in the beginning.
Even in the first one they weren't the same
DCEU WARNER BROTHERS FLOPPY
@@mrfunatparties6763first what?
@@mrfunatparties6763yeah but in the first one he was still young and it made sense for him to overact a bit as an adult. In the sequel the dude was clearly older. And Shazam stayed the same.
Mary was reading a college textbook but wasn't in college. I have so many questions!
The adult Shazam behaved like Billy in the first film. In the second, he behaved like an idiot.
Exactly. They tried to make it a kid's version of Deadpool, and it just ended up being stupid and overly goofy.
"When everybody's super.... no one is"
Shazam and Black Adam should've been in a film together.
The rock destroyed that
@@bradleyf1342
He just had to go ballistic for what happened to Henry Cavill when if he'd just kept his mouth shut, they could've still done him vs Shazam
@@bradleyf1342
He was given far to much power and creative control.
I've always told myself that this second Shazam movie would've worked with Black Adam as its main antagonist. Fury of the Gods as the title suggested as much to me.
@@anubusx
Hope he doesn't go to Marvel or join Prime Video Image Comics series and then messes something else up.
The first movie already stood up on its own, so a sequel was wholly unnecessary. Plus, it only seemed to exist for Product Placement, and a Wonder Woman cameo.
Well, there was the post credits scene in the original with Dr. Sivan meeting Mister Mind in prison. So there was an indication of there being a sequel, but from the post credits scene, it gives the idea of a much more DIFFERENT sequel than the one we got.
Wait what😂 sequel was unnecessary??? There was a whole post credit scene and more exploration for these characters
@@bradleyhernandez1170 post credits don’t mean you have to make a new movie
Shazam concept is really a strong one, a child that can become a superhero and an adult, which kid never thought or dream about it. They really underutilize the idea, instead they choose a generic super hero story
I watched the movie on HBO Max and was annoyingly frustrated. I was disappointed that we didn't see Billy more. It should have been a story about the family dealing withe powers and their place in the world without them. In the first movie Billy was trying to find his Mom. I would have liked to seen a story where Billy builds connection with his Adopted Mother. Thus when Billy calls her Mom it is earned and heartfelt. Same with the Dad, having a Latino Gay super-hero coming out to his father would have been great story to see too. Instead it was thrown away casually. The movie didn't need Black Adam, it needed to focus on the family and their relationships.
You don't talk about family in gay Hollywood
It wasn't thrown away. What you're saying is you wanted some stereotype.
The mom has been there for him continually since the first movie.
Nah
The number one biggest problem with this movie was the skittles commercial crammed into it. More specifically, what it represents to the business interest of the movie to cram a skittles commercial into it. I hated that so much. the second biggest problem with this movie is that the whole thing about Shazam is it’s a little kid fantasy of a boy turning into an adult superhero. They did a good job of getting that across in the first movie, but we’re in the second movie and already doing plot lines about the kids, growing up and moving on. The dynamic wasn’t the same. Shazam would be way better suited to a TV show where we can spend more time with the kids.😊
One of the problems with Hollywood is the inability to stop at one great film.
I just watched this with my kids last week and the thing that bugged me the. Pay was how Zachary Levi didn’t even attempt to mirror the speaking style of Asher Angel. They were two completely different people and not two versions of the same character.
Yeah. Billy seems more mature and shazam feel a lot childish
Yeah. I think you're right. I enjoyed Levi's performance in the 1st one. I think he's carried over the same performance to this film as well, which doesn't really work when Angel's Billy seems to have grown up some between films and is more mature. The Shazam character should of as well but hasn't.
Yeah! That's my biggie issue like how come adult Billy is more childish and joyous than teenager Billy in every way possible. Like idk if it's because the director or the actors don't pay attention to each other's performance but something needs to be fixed.
@@braylin5003 I'm leaning towards blaming the director here. Aside from the two actors who likely wouldn't have seen much of the other's performances due to green screening and never being in the same scenes together, there's also the writers to take into consideration.
It’s unfortunate that James Gunn announced the new DCU slate just a month and half before this movie released. That plus The Rock not returning as Black Adam almost certainly hurt it at the box office
I believe the rock payed a bunch of critics to bomb the film
what's slate?
The Rock was a terrible Black Adam. He doesn't have any of the intensity that Black Adam is supposed to have.
@@Defx10 he acted like a internet bot
I think he didn't had much of a choice, i think James had to reveal a slate for the shareholders, so they can see what their money would go towards.
Zachary Levi's performance was the weakest point of the movie. And what's even more embarrassing is that Asher Angel did a way better job with so less screen time.
I had a bad feeling about this movie when I saw it had the same writer from the FAST AND FURIOUS movies
No wonder why Billy made that quote about family
@@HeisenbergTheOGa bot huh 11.5k subs
Mr Mind was at end of Monster Society of Evil, a ground breaking comic story that featured every SHAZAM villian. So holding Mr Mind for a later reveal after more SHAZAM movie villians are established is a good call.
Except that no more SHAZAM movie villians will be established.
I enjoyed the Shazam movies, but the daughters of Atlas seemed like an odd choice. Additionally, they focused more on Freddy and not on Billy. Shazam (Billy) is the main hero and the family are supporting characters. I wish they had continued the story with Mr. Mind and Dr. Sivana with them exploring the various realms. I think that would’ve made for an even better movie. The heads at WB are lost, incompetent in many aspects, and don’t believe in quality movies. As many of us know right now, that kind of repetitive behavior has continued since the merger with Discovery. It is a disaster over there. I will continue enjoy the Shazam movies and hold out hope the small end credit of the second movie sees the character live on in the new universe.
Same can be said of marvel and Disney unfortunately.
I have to blame the Rock
Screwed everything up serving his ego
It’s hard to not overlook the damage that Black Adam did to Shazam. The weird thing is that they both had great potential and got pretty close but missing the mark only by a little.
It’s discouraging and disappointing to see how WB messes these things up.
Once again, Dwayne Johnson's ego gets in the way of pleasing fans.
It had moments but wasn’t great.
I did like Mr. mind’s bride appearances
“You said you come!!!, I’ve been here for 2 years!!!”
“Hey look, I’M A CATERPILLAR!! I CRAWL EVERYWHERE!!! IT TAKES TIME!!!”
I liked the movie in general, but literally felt like Warner Bros didn't even give it a chance. Sounds like I've said that before. But the story genuinely felt like a HBO Max special compared to a feature film and especially the first one!
Crazy because the bts showed a crew that had a great amount of care.
Also, a massive miss was the Rock pressing Black Adam to not have anything to do with Shazam. That is SO wild. He really ruined all that part of DCEU
@@ak_hoops he was a super d*ck to the people behind Shazam as well and wanted them swept under the rug to make way for his vision honestly his vision kind of deserved to fail
I loved the first Shazam film. It was so down to earth while being funny and pretty touching for a superhero movie. I wasn't interested in the sequel from it's trailer which advertisted it as just more serious and edgy. But when I finallly sat down in the cinema with my friend I can't say I had a bad time. It wasn't great but it was pretty enjoyable and funny (especially compared to the last superhero movie I watched being Quantumania). I enjoyed it decently enough. The story is a mess but i was somehow able to look past it, treat it like a more or less saturday morning cartoon and had fun. It's definitely lower on mine 2023 superhero or even just movies ranking but it isn't half-bad (at least imo)
You are right. It was an enjoyable movie despite the bad reviews. Round the same time I also went to see Antman and the Wasp, which also got bad reviews. But here the bad reviews were justified. This movie was a lot worse than the Shazam sequel.
It's better than any other DC movie and every marvel movie after end game except guardians and miles morales, plus the cgi is good
This is a nitpick but the actors playing Shazam and Billy don’t feel like the same character.
Shazam 2 was fine. First was obviously better but they did what they could with what they were given. Not being able to use Black Adam def hurt them. The Rock thought he’d be the one to lead the DCEU into the “new era” and…nah 😅
Of course Dwayne Johnson wasn't gonna show up in the movie where he would lose. It is literally in his contracts, that He cannot lose.
Shazam 2 had its issues but it was twice as good as Black Adam but only made half the box office.
I blame the bad marketing and the snyder cult.
I think the movie would have worked without a villain. It should have just focused on the family dynamic and them dealing with their powers.
lmao WHAT??? sweetie it's a superhero movie... there's always a villain... the whole point it taking down villains...
I couldn’t get passed the first 20 minutes, and I NEVER quit movies. It felt like Sky High, and zach Levy was overdoing it
This movie doesn't have heart like first movie did, they focused too much on made up 3 villain which is not from comic and salty they abandon mr mind as villain while he did cameo in post Credit scenes. Its like thanos making cameo but in sequel they swap him with kang the conqueror.....
@@boboboy8189 makes sense
A lot of DC films have been hurt by the fact WB announced rebooting DCU.
Billy's internal conflict is his fear of being kicked out of his home when he turns 18. But that's barely touched on and doesn't line up with his external conflict, the Daughers of Atlas.
Wtf
@@universpro7741 Do you not remember the small scene with his foster parents near the end of the movie? Are you unfamiliar with the term "aged out?"
@hawkhero5730 there's no need to fill the whole movie with scenes like that. One was enough
@@universpro7741 I'm not suggesting the movie have more scenes like that. I'm saying that the scene earlier where Shazam is trying to get the super-powered version of his family to have a serious meeting is actually about this hidden conflict, but it stays unspoken until it's explained. It's like if Darth Vader says he's Luke's father in the same scene that we meet Darth Vader. And I'm saying the movie should be about Shazam and Billy, and that the Daughers are there so we can see what he's going though.
Shazam 2 should've been Shazam vs Black Adam
I loved Shazam 1 shame about the sequel.
They should have gone with Mister Mind as the Villain in the Second Shazam Movie.
Or at least bought in Black Adam.
I knew David F. Sandberg should've left DC after the first movie
But regardless, I think he did a great job as a director
No. He should return for a third one.
ah the ponysmasher
Sandberg couldn't leave DC because he is still exclusively contracted as filmmaker for WB
@@giodhuha6771he already said he will do horror movie for WB but not doing any DC movie after this. Obviously studios meddling is why he want return back to horror
I agree. Although the writing could be better, Shazam 2's direction, cinematography & CGI was amazing.
WB should have probably held back on announcing the change in leadership behind their DC films until Shazam 2, Flash and Blue Beetle came out. I imagine that many people passed on these films from a franchise that was effectively dead. With everyone knowing that this much maligned continuity was ending and a new, hopefully better, continuity was taking its place, there was little point in seeing them.
And Aquaman 2.
I found it funny that Mary’s SHAZAM-form is just her in a skirt lol. Like, nobody noticed that Mary and Mary Marvel looked strikingly similar? At least Clark Kent wore glasses and slouched a lot to protect his secret identity lmao.
The first Shazam is one of the best DC movies.
I was wondering whether Dr Silvana and Mr Mind would become a running gag at the end of the movie and in future films where they keep planning stuff but never get round to doing it. Look, I didn't mind Shazam Fury of the Gods but I preferred the first one because it had more heart to it.
Villain in this movie is made up villain, meanwhile mr mind is a real villain in comic.
I watched this movie for Mary. And her stuff alone is a 10/10. She's my fav character in the SHAZAMILY in the comics and Grace Currey playing her in both films was just a nice addition.
All I wanted from this entire thing was a Ben Affleck Batman movie.
I was more than happy with The Suicide Squad
Now they are rebooting the whole thing in super hero fatigue to abandon most of this world I learned to love.
Gunn is still keeping some of the actors from the DCEU which makes no sense if the dcu is a straight reboot.
@@anubusxBecause it isn't.
@@anubusx Wish they kept Henry Cavill too but the need for a ‘younger’ Superman is understandable. Hope they keep most of the suicide squad actors going forward.
@@anubusxit works for James Bond, though I suppose it would have been more confusing if like Judi Dench’s M had her own stand alone movies and you weren’t sure if they were part of the Brosnan or the Craig continuum
I didn't like the Shazam family. Kinda just wanted a movie with Billy/Shazam. And they definitely shouldve had black Adam as a bad guy. And no...not the rock black Adam.
I agree with you about the Shazam family but not about Black Adam. As inexperienced and goofy as Shazam was, Black Adam would've killed him in mere minutes lol
Why didn't they use Mr Mind for the sequel's villain?
That’s a very good question
For real his omission just makes this movie feels like filler, it's like if Spider-man 3 didn't even featured Harry
According to the director, given that the end of the 1st movie set up a team up with Sivana, he felt it was too early to bring him back as it would be a repeat of the last movie, so he opted to save the Sivana and Mr. Mind story for later, so he could explore a new set of villains for movie 2.
Imagine if DC had recast Dave Batista as Black Adam 😬 all of this could have been avoided
I literally didn't know this film existed until I watched this video.
I think the real mistake was making the whole family superheroes. Would've made more sense if it was a one time thing, and Shazam was the only one that kept his powers at the end.
Well the marvels always had more than one. 3-6 originally.
I think they made it work.
They could have had some of the others not interested in being superheroes and the little girl too young.
But I think it worked.
@@DSan-kl2yc It works in the comics because they have more room to explore the other members of the family and what they're up to. Captain marvel/Shazam is more of a side/support character in the DC universe. Maybe you can make Mary Marvel work, but his stories would need to add on to the DC cinematic universe. He should be interacting with the greater universe or other younger heroes like the Teen Titans. I understand giving him an origin story, but further sequels really need to matter in terms of establishing his place in the DC universe. I think that you can an interesting story exploring his place in the world, and also having it be a Shazam centric movie.
The first movie were written by geoff John. Geoff John is great for children stuff such as he did shazam New 52 in DC comic and star girl also written by him Who he also wrote in comic. Problem is when wb pushing their ideology and not quality, thats why this movie flop with bad script.
@@boboboy8189 what ideology?
This film came out a week after Scream VI and a week before JW4. It was in between 2 franchise movies, and it made the mistake of being released during that time.
Shazam was one of my favorites heroes as a kid and it took until my 20s to get a movie. But even the first one didn’t feel right. DC has no idea what they’re doing.
I thought everyone liked the 1st one; what u didn't like?
Thank you. Shazam 1 was boring as hell, slow and way too goofy. I was pissed that I actually bought the DVD without watching it first lol
@@mew10521if you read comic you Will understand that Billy batson in comic is innocent heart not until 2011 when geoff John Who rewrote his character to be emo. Meanwhile shazam not supposed to contradict Billy, instead their character arc is contract with each other.
I saw Shazam 2 and there was something missing. You nailed it with your analysis.
Gunn killed the movie for no reason. It was a fine movie but Gunn literally told us all not to care just a couple months earlier.
The second shazam was supposed to have black adam. Or atleast mr mind like they teased in the post credit
Shazam 2 is paradigmatic of everything wrong with Hollywood’s treatment of comic books. This movie was a complete bastardization of its source material.
I shudder🥶 to think how close I got to watching a movie starring Rachel Zeegler. I think I used up all my luck
Shazam went from being a teenager to a 7 year old.
Damn Boy!!! That was a cold intro to the video 🔥🔥🔥
Personally, I didn't see Shazam 2 because of Shazam 1. It was a family film with a gruesome and horrifying scene of demons eating people. Plus one of the running gags in the film involves a strip club. The complete tonal inconsistency meant that I couldn't show the 2nd film to my family until I had previewed it myself.
Spoiler: Because it isn't a good film *and* it rather than follow-up on and focus on the best parts of the first film, it instead ignored them and doubled-down on elements that detracted from the project. Content is king. The sequel shouldn't have been greenlit based on what they had.
Finally someone said it, seeing shazam and billy is like seeing two different unrelated characters
People have been saying it since the first film
What do you mean "finally"?
I love this, Suzanne cartoon and comics when I was a kid. When I saw the first movie in theaters, I left the theater satisfied with what I saw.
When I heard there was gonna be a sequel I was excited, within the first 40 minutes of the sequel, I was bored.
I love Zachary Levi, but, like you said, in the video, he acted like a child.
I could go on about this, but you covered a lot of it in the video. 👍🏻
WB keeps shooting themselves in the foot. They deserve to fail.
I saw the movie 2 times and overall, I enjoyed it , I do plan to buy it on blu ray since I have both black Adam and Shazam so gotta complete the trilogy
There's no world where you could call that a trilogy
@@codypower4298 Well Sean Chandler from youtube calls it a trilogy
Asher and Levi play the characters completely differently. Levi is clearly an adult olaying a child when its supposed to be a teenager in adult body.
The first Shazam is my most rewatched DCEU movie. Its great!
I'm not a DC fan nor a Marvel fan but I am a movie lover and I do watch both from Marvel and DC, I was excited for Shazam: Fury Of The Gods and Black Adam as the trailers looked pretty good and I was excited for them right up until I watched them, which both of them felt empty in their narrative, like nothing substantial or special about their plots, they both had pretty bad CGI which looked very digital and artificial, the performances all felt flat and they had no direction really, the writing was really subpar, Watching this Nerdstalgic video and the Black Adam one they really should of stuck to the comics as they sounded more interesting, I don't read comics nor do I read in general but I do watch movies as they are my passion, it a shame we didn't get the Shazam and Black Adam movies from the comics the readers deserved or for newcomers like myself for these characters and their worlds to be introduced to a faithful interpretation for the big screen.
When a movie made less than your movie in domestic opening weekend but win in the long run (Blue Beetle). You know there's something terribly wrong.
The biggest problem with Shazam 2 was that even though I enjoyed it in theaters, I didn’t think much of it, even immediately after my screening. It just didn’t leave any impression on me, the way the first movie did.
None of James gunn movie make me remember either but hey, mcu fan love him so wb knew what they planning is
I loved the first film and liked the second. As good as the Daughter's of Atlas were (and played by far better actors than Dwayne Johnson), Black Adam would have added a huge boost. Then Gunn made his announcement of a cinematic universe reboot and (accidentally) kicked the legs out from the remaining films left on DC's slate (all of which have bombed so far. We'll see what happens to Aquaman, but I'm not overly hopeful.). I do think Fury of the Gods deserved a better fate.
Dwayne Johnson sabotaged the entire franchise in my opinion as he setup so many roadblocks that prevented it from being the best I could be.
Very lame of The Rock to behave like a possessive child.
Grace Caroline Currey who plays Mary deserves the world
I agree ❤ 😍
Rachel Zegler was one of the villains. LOL
This whole "lead actor does whatever they want with a franchise/movie/character" is why they fired Ed Norton from Hulk... screw The Rock, man...
As old as those witches were they had no clue what glass was at the beginning
It's also the fact that most people know that this movie had no endgame, considering the DCEU was being completely canceled. So what exactly is there to look forward to in the movie if we know the DCEU isn't continuing?
Also Blue Beetle bombed so hard it is even recognized anymore as neither part of DCEU nor DCU.
The first Shazam was atrocious - a serious intelligent teen suddenly becomes a bumbling idiot when becoming Shazam. Probably the wisdom of Solomon destroyed his brain.
😂😂😂😂
It was terrible. Such a huge disconnect between Asher Angel, and Zachary Levi. Villains, who are not threatening and invented only for the sequel, and don’t get me started on the fact that their ages very wildly, not to mention their ethnicities. The movie was soulless, uninspired, not funny, and seemed like a giant ad for skittles in the third act. The Gal Gadot cameo was so incredibly shoehorned in you could actually feel it.
The first movie was light, fun, had real heart. The sequel was a disaster with plenty of blame to go around.
It's weird to think that if you consider black Adam to be apart of the Shazam series, then Shazam was technically the only character to get a trilogy in the dceu.
I liked the first one so much but wasn‘t interested in the second one because of the trailers and plot
Nobody wanted to see a Jimmy Fallon clone shamelessly sell Skittles.
I spend my entire life navigating around man-children with too much power, I don't need a whole movie about it where it's supposed to be cute and funny. Maybe some people can enjoy it but for me it's too real for me to just enjoy a fun fantasy version. Apparently audiences agree that they'd be better off without it too.
For me, in a vacuum with no other negative circumstances affecting it, it was just not compelling or fun to watch at all. It really contributed to me starting to lose my love for the live action comic book content
I didn't even notice Zegler was in this movie until she opened her mouth to promote Snow White and the Numerically Inclusive Creatures From The Forest Who Are Not Vertically Challenged.
Shazam 2 is that forgettable.
Let’s not forget that Zach “ Levi” was talking crazy about his career and “woke-ness” before the release of the sequel…it’s why I skipped until it was streaming.
I haven’t seen it. I was actually looking forward to it at one point. I must say from the trailers though that I was surprised how much older Zachary Levi appears. I mean Billy Batson can edge, but captain marvel….excuse me, “Shazam” is timeless and immortal, so that was just really distracting. I don’t know if it impacted the film at all, but it would be interested to hear about it if it did.
Don't. let. people. poison. your appreciation of it. Its not perfect but I still think its a great. sequel. Nerds being nerds harshly judging something bc its fashionable to. Its better than a good 70 percent of MCU movies if not more.
@@hottakestuesdays7450 oh, don’t worry about that. I only hate things that are popular. I’m shallow like that. I’m sure some day i’ll be awake at 3AM and it’ll be “free with ads” on CZcams and I’ll check it out, and if I like it qt all, I’ll be quick to throw it on the rotation of movies I speak glowingly of and everyone else hates. I’m just not in a rush to check it out.
I honestly was surprised it was disliked so much because I enjoyed watching it. I enjoyed the first movie too actually
The plot is bad and the family shouldn't got shazam power not until Black adam appeared if you read comic
@@boboboy8189 I thought the plot was fine tbh but it was still an entertaining movie for me for sure. I just think Black Adam needed to be the Villian in this second movie rather than some idk C list Villians
I keep forgetting the film exists. So I never have gotten around to watch it.
I only now heard that Black Adam wasn't part of the film... And I will probably forget it by tomorrow.
I didn't like the villains who seemed to be evil for evil's sake. In their first appearance they make a room full of innocent people start attacking each other before turning them to stone and then to dust. It just seemed excessive and cruel.
The VILLAINS were cruel that is such a shocking thing for a movie
I recall seeing a commercial for Shazam 2 during a baseball game on FOX and being shocked they revealed Gal Gadot was even in the film. It was as bad as the time Paramount revealed John Connor was the bad guy in the marketing for Terminator Genesys.
I found the film to be massively disappointing, especially for that whole disconnect between Billy and Shazam. At least the dynamic worked in the first film, where a kid would be amazed by suddenly having superpowers. The sequel’s dynamic, however, allowed Billy to grow up while Shazam didn’t.
But yeah, that ending note pretty much sums up the film’s failings, and a similar remark could be made for both The Flash and Aquaman 2.
Two things that completely turned me off about the first and second movie was the actor that played Shazam. He looked like a taller Jerry Seinfeld than a hero with super human abilities. Regardless, if the first movie was significantly better than the first one. The writers and directors were FORCING Shazam to be a comedy relief. It didn't help that the animated movies of Shazam was the complete polar opposite than the actor that played him. And honestly, him and Billie Baxter looked NOTHING alike which felt like there were 2 different characters. And Secondly, to give his entire adopted family the same powers. That decision made him unremarkable because they could do exactly the same thing that made him SPECIAL.
It failed because they tried to make it a kid's version of Deadpool. I hate when they turn superheroes into goofballs for comedic relief.
“Let’s get down to business” 🎵🎵🎵
I've liked Lucy Liu in plenty of other projects, but hearing her say, "We end this now," in the trailer immediately told me this was going to be a problem. Then I actually saw the movie, and it was even worse; she's the main villain! She just cannot portray menace, especially against Helen Mirren. Subverting expectations only goes far.
There were a lot of other things wrong, but that's the one that stood for me because of how prominently was in that trailer.
The sequel was mid at best. That Skittle scene was just as terrible as the Martha scene in BvS.
I loved Black Adam but for me the best of the movie was the JSA. I hope the JSA is apart of James Gunn's 10 year plan.
The first one was masterpiece and the sequel was too goofy
The rock was forced to eat humble pie and came crawling back to vin diesel's f and f franchise.
could not focus on it cause drooling about graces graces
James Gunn is pretty much the sole reason i didn't see it, none of it matters now until the new regime starts pumping out content. there's nothing to build toward or set up which is what these expanded universe films are about now.
The sad irony is that the director of the movie confirmed that James Gunn told him that if Shazam 2 was succesfull they would've done a Shazam 3 in the DCU, as Shazam would easily fit into his plans, but it was too late to make the audience care again.
I hadn’t been so disappointed with a sequel since Rio 2