The DCEU has had a very checkered history, to say the least.
After the so-so Batman versus Superman and the very confusing highly colorful
Suicide Squad we got glimpses of Hope with Wonder Woman then we lost hope with
Justice League then we got a little bit more hope with Aquaman.
Then there's Shazam!
This would be the first official outing for the dceu
stepping away from its darker themed contemporaries, unlike the previous DC
entries Shazam comes in more delightful instead of ominous brooding followed by
Hans Zimmer musical score.
Shazam is about a young boy named Billy Batson who is given
wonderful magical powers that make him look like an adult man with strength
speed wisdom to use as good in the world. Too bad Billy Batson is a very
immature 14-year-old kid who lives in a very funny and fictitious version of
Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Angel Asher who plays Billy Batson actually puts on
a very convincing performance especially since the role of the child is just as
important as the role of the hero. The main character is actually playing
played by
Zachary Levi
who most of you might remember as Chuck. Mark Strong who
most of you might remember from the kingsman series he's inside this DC film as
Doctor Sivana the villain possessed by the seven deadly sins. This is hands
down one of the best DCEU films to date. How is that possible you may ask it's
actually pretty simple! No, literally the story is very simple the bad guy
wants this thing the good guy has to stop him from this thing. There are cute
kids there's a heartfelt message about family and then the movie is over.
Now naturally I'm not going to sit here and actually spoil
the entire film that's not what I'm about to do. It's not why I'm here but what
I am going to say is for as simple as this film is they actually get all the
points right. Which has been rather difficult for most DC films even Aquaman
has four different stories going on and just the one film and it got to a point
where me personally I stopped caring. Now heads up, this film is also very
funny even corny funny but it's still very good. They did just enough to let
you know that there's going to be a sequel and some
post-credit scenes.
Of course, I'm not going to tell you what they are cuz you
need to watch it yourself but the few weeks maybe we'll sit down and talk about
that at the during one of our podcast which I definitely hope you are listening
to. I'm trying my best not to give away too much but I can say this the visuals
in this film are outstanding everyone's giving a great performance great work from
the child actor actors and actresses almost made me tear up at one point when
you see the film you'll know exactly where it is. If you're from Philadelphia you'll find it
very hilarious because their movie version of Philadelphia is very ridiculous
especially from a Philly guys point of view especially when you see their
version of SEPTA.
Now of course most DC films get a very high level of
scrutiny from the audience and David Sandberg the director was actually ready
and waiting for the internet to get angry but after seeing this film personally
I'd rather give him a handshake he's literally showed you how to do a proper
film now I just need everyone else to get in line. looking at you Flash
movie!!! But overall I give this film an A + film. It didn't make itself too
complicated because it didn't need to be too complicated everyone filled in
their exact role to perfection it was the first time in a long time I can
actually say I have absolutely no problems with this film it's almost fair to
say might be perfect. But of course, that's just my opinion naturally I'd love
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