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Shazam! Is awesome :D
6 years ago
Wassup guys, it's fuzzbutt Daniel again!!
So some friends of mine and I went to the cinema yesterday to see Shazam in cinemas. Upon entering the theatre, we realised the sheer number of kids surrounding us, and realised--this is THEIR generation's Spider-Man 2002, or Superman: The Movie, or Batman 1989. Honestly, when we were done watching, I had this overwhelming feeling like this film is going to be put in the same league as those films, a movie people will remember from their childhood as such a unique, wonderful experience. The characters, pacing, bright vibrant colours, wonderful charismatic actors, so much about this film was so wonderful in so many ways!
One of the things I love about this is, the fights and visuals are so small-scale. This is an intimate story about one kid finding and bonding with his new, true family. He finds his place in the world, and it's not what he expected when he set off on his quest at the beginning of the film. Frankly, it's beautifully executed. The actors playing Billy Batson and Shazam are so good and natural in their roles, I forget that they're even separate actors for a huge portion of the run time--that's how well the plot gels this stuff.
Probably the weakest aspect of the film is that the deadly sins themselves are, sadly, pretty boring both as bad guys, and in their designs. They're all generic demon-shaped grey blobs, and only Gluttony has anything distinctive about the figure. Towards the end, there's a huge build-up to seeing Envy... and he's just kinda generic and looks the same as the rest. Dr Savannah himself is pretty intimidating as bad guys go, though of course doesn't even remotely resemble his comic book self (I don't mind too much, just thought I'd mention it). He does serve the purpose of showing the path Billy might have taken has life pushed him in certain directions, and if he had made the wrong choices.
This movie's screen writer was Geoff Johns, one of my favourite comic book writers (most of the time, he does have some... really unfortunate stories under his belt). His finger prints are all over this story, in a good way. He clearly had a lot of passion writing this, helping to bring to life these characters and this story in a way few others could. The premise is basically the movie "Big" with a superhero, and that could easily have fallen flat on its face, but with the writing, casting and directing so clearly on point as it was all the way through, it works in such a magnificent way. Even the most cold-hearted would find it difficult not to get swept up in the film's enthusiasm, fun and above all, heart.
I've not had this much joy in a DC movie in a very long time. It's so good to see it make people, especially kids, smile the way good superhero films really should do.
One of the things I love about this is, the fights and visuals are so small-scale. This is an intimate story about one kid finding and bonding with his new, true family. He finds his place in the world, and it's not what he expected when he set off on his quest at the beginning of the film. Frankly, it's beautifully executed. The actors playing Billy Batson and Shazam are so good and natural in their roles, I forget that they're even separate actors for a huge portion of the run time--that's how well the plot gels this stuff.
Probably the weakest aspect of the film is that the deadly sins themselves are, sadly, pretty boring both as bad guys, and in their designs. They're all generic demon-shaped grey blobs, and only Gluttony has anything distinctive about the figure. Towards the end, there's a huge build-up to seeing Envy... and he's just kinda generic and looks the same as the rest. Dr Savannah himself is pretty intimidating as bad guys go, though of course doesn't even remotely resemble his comic book self (I don't mind too much, just thought I'd mention it). He does serve the purpose of showing the path Billy might have taken has life pushed him in certain directions, and if he had made the wrong choices.
This movie's screen writer was Geoff Johns, one of my favourite comic book writers (most of the time, he does have some... really unfortunate stories under his belt). His finger prints are all over this story, in a good way. He clearly had a lot of passion writing this, helping to bring to life these characters and this story in a way few others could. The premise is basically the movie "Big" with a superhero, and that could easily have fallen flat on its face, but with the writing, casting and directing so clearly on point as it was all the way through, it works in such a magnificent way. Even the most cold-hearted would find it difficult not to get swept up in the film's enthusiasm, fun and above all, heart.
I've not had this much joy in a DC movie in a very long time. It's so good to see it make people, especially kids, smile the way good superhero films really should do.
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well I havent seen it ya I might just go see it after reading this well said and glad you liked it
