@@GigglingStoners First off, sick avatar, second off, great name. Lastly, they are catering to what they "think" we want rather than what we do..happens.
They are trying so hard to not offend anyone (except white male) that all that they could do at the end is a so bland than even a glass of water feels "spicy" compared to it.
As someone who suffered through 4 years at a film school in California, I'm not surprised at all. I've met dozens of budding film makers, writers, cinematographers, editors, and actors who have all been fully indoctrinated by The Message. They are quite literally all spoiled children who just want to tell their progressive story with their progressive Californian world view. If you try to tell them that their experience isn't anywhere close to being the same as the vast majority of people in the world they get offended, angry, and whiny. I've seen enough to know that there is no saving Hollywood. The American entertainment industry is on a one way track to destruction as it implodes on itself because only pampered Californians are shaping its future.
@@XParasiteOctoling oh they would’ve made it look like the utopia it isn’t. Would probably be all people in business suits. Or just show the little part where Evil Genius is.
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.
What the frick happened to Mister Mind, though? I don't see why they couldn't just use the villain they teased in the last movie instead of Generic Fantasy Villainess.
He chose Billy for doing one good thing, despite the mountain of bad things he’s done. He stole his foster brother’s bullet that shot Superman, the day before he defended him from bullies. And somehow Billy is worthy. Complete BS
@The Attempt Yea, but that isn't the point. The point is to deliver a good product, that doesn't try to manipulate, dumb down people and propagate toxic messages. The point is to create an experience through a story, and people pay money to see what experience is created, but they get shitted on, and even brainwashed from time to time. Another point is the fact that the people running these companies are so fucking dumb, that they dont even realise how much money they could make if they would actually deliver good movies.
At this point I haven't even seen more than 5 movies in the past 4 years.. Usually me and my dad goes to one evey 1-2 months, since he get's them for free every month during monday. Benefits of a senior citizen in my city. And the only time we decided to watch after all this is ofcourse John Wick 4 (and the last time are both the matrix 4 and the last spiderman movie... Which is what months/a year ago.) And these past years, I just prefer to watch anime, anime movies or read manga than watch any hollywood generic movie, butchered game/books to show series, or even read any comics. And right now that the memes saying eastern entertainment media is dominating the west... It's literally becoming a reality at this point.
It’s fine they wanted to do a sequel. But, Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu…? Everything is way too self indulgent when that is the type of decision making going on in the development of the product.
I think the fact this is a dead end for DC is why they didn't do anything risky. Everyone involved knew that they were basically being fired after this was done, and rather than using it as an opportunity to try something new, they just got through it as quickly as possible so they could move on with their lives/careers.
Fired from the series is one thing. Bombed so hard they would not get a job is another. So play safe is a correct decision. That said, they can still play it safe while delivering a good story. Billy going to be 18 is a nice story. I think the final 1/3 should be where young billy and shazam billy personality and characteristic merge is a nice idea. Also, removing other family power earlier ( since in the end it was billy vs evil anyway ) should be done sooner. maybe removing one by one as they try to corner or put the evil side into a situation where they can at least have a chance - with in the end its either billy give it to freddy or freddy give it to billy. i think it would have been a better story.
i feel really bad for the director, David, who made the film. He’s one of the few directors with autism that’s managed to break through to Hollywood and all he’s done over the years is battles with the studio and production hell. He’s a genuinely solid guy and one of the few authentic and true artists still going strong, despite Shazam’s demise. His first film was this tiny no-budget horror short that suddenly blew up and went viral in the early 2010s. A lot of people forget how much effort and care that go into these films, regardless of the final outcome and it’s just sad to see this film, particularly, get slated so brutally
the plot is not the diretors´ job, right? I mean if you are given a thurd you can only sparkle so much glitter on to it, to make it look fine to the eye, not much you can do to the taste
I enjoyed the first one. But I was really hoping they would do something in the sequel that only Billy could solve. There is a JL animated episode where the world gets split into two worlds where adults are on one and kids on the other. Billy can teleport between them by changing. It's great and makes sense that only he can save the day. Wish more people would actually take the powers these heroes have into consideration when it comes to winning in the end.
I think part of the problem with Shazam 2 is that the Shazam-ily still has powers. I may be in the minority here, but it would've been cool if the rest of the family had to sacrifice their powers to give them back to Billy, for him to have enough power for the final fight. It would've been a nice opportunity to literally show Billy that he is now 'alone' as Shazam, and can't be afraid to grow up because he has to in order to become a super hero. IMHO keeping the Shazamily intact at the end of this movie was a mistake, regardless if New 52 comics have that.
They keep teasing him for the next film. And if we go by the end-credit scenes, Shazam is supposed to be part of Gunn's DCU. He was meant to survive the reboot. Gunn's partner, Peter Safran is a producer on Shazam. That is why Shazam was meant to survive Flashpoint. Gunn never said that Shazam was off the table. All he said was that Cavill wasn't Superman.
Zachary acted like a kid whereas Billy acted like a teenager. It feels a change of personality. Like Zachary stayed the same and Billy changed (as he actually grew up)
WB is freaking broke. They have no money left to market the movies they're putting out right now. They just stopped a bunch of movies halfway through production, and only the stuff that was just a few months away from release got through the cutoff. They couldn't afford to waste money advertising a movie they knew wasn't going to be profitable, so they chose to barely advertise it at all. They probably figure that with advertisements they'd only make $300M worldwide on a $125M budget they'd barely break even, but if they make $200M worldwide on that same budget with no advertising, they'll come out ahead.
The girl (I saw the movie a month ago and I already forgot her name) getting hit with the energy blast after she teleported really stuck out to me. They consistently dodge the beam and hide behind cover to avoid it but as soon as the girl TELEPORTS AWAY, and puts about 5 BUILDINGS worth of walls in between it and her, it turns into a heat seeking missile that can go through anything. I liked Shazam 2, it was a “brain-melt” movie. You can put it on, barely pay attention, enjoy the pretty colors and jokes, and still understand the whole movie nearly perfectly.
@Shaun Bolten Yes. But unfortunately for the companies, "watchable", "not terrible" and "semi-enjoyable" aren't gonna cut it if they want to keep the superhero genre alive.
The problem was is that she actually just phased straight backwards faster than the bolt and when she got to a safe distance she just stood there literally couldve just moved
@@jilliebean6312 Yeah, but then it went through multiple buildings, and earlier, people had been able to duck behind walls to dodge it, but now it can go through things.
Instead of old Greek mythological grannies. 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.
Lol John wick is boring generic and unrealistic action flick with zero personality. And that's just Keanu. How he continues to milk this same old boring character and the trope is beyond me. At least Levi has personality
@@dcmastermindfirst9418 And that's the point that the OP is making. Comic books are unrealistic. the "John Wick" movies are essentially the old men's action novels brought to live action. They aren't supposed to be high art. The story is simplistic, many of the characters are cardboard cut-outs, and the action is completely over the top-not in a James Bond way, but more of an A-team way with a body count. There's a reason that the John Wick sequels are labeled as Chapters. It's a live action comic book/graphic novel, and does not pretend to be anything else.
Fun fact about this movie and the previous one, very little of it was filmed in Philly. Most of it was filmed in Ontario in Hamilton and Toronto; I've passed by the convenience store where the robbery scene in the first movie took place quite a few times. So...maybe that's why Philadelphia is so suspiciously clean-looking? lol
The late great Alfred Hitchcock once said, there are three things needed to make a great movie; the script, the script, and the script. Seems like the studio was more interested in showing off their cgi than writing a coherent story. Also, good job on the Rambo prequel comic drinker; this Jack Daniel's is for you.
I suspect corporate America is so irredeemably dumb because they hire people from prestigious colleges in the US, the same colleges that say men can be women and white is bad. I guess that’s where the phrase “you have to be educated to be that stupid” comes from. DC and Marvel are now at the point that if you asked them to boil water in pot, they would come back nine months later and $50 million over budget with a trash bag of frozen anti-freeze 🤦🏽♂️
I sometimes wonder if movie makers are in a secret competition with each other, who's only contest is to prove who's video card can render the most polygons.
Shazam 02 is more like a power rangers cartoon. Except the action is way better in a power rangers episode and when the script runs out, they actually end the episode. How the hell do you make dragons boring? The only good things are Zachary Levi can act, and the costumes are nice old school endearing compared to "new updates and CGI rendering for modern day."
Far, FAR too many movies use special effects as a crutch. They figure that the audience will just be dazzled by the pretty lights and turn their brains off. That's certainly not how you make a classic movie, but it seems like few people are even trying to do such things any more.
Well, as per usual, I had a damn better time watching The Drinker’s video review than I would watching the movie. And a bonus treat about his Rambo-verse comic book. I’m both a fan of Rambo and also Will Jordan’s writing, so this seems like a win-win. Thanks Drinker. That’s all I’ve got. So I’ll go away now.
This movie hurts me some because the first one is one of DCs best within the past several years. It was fun, vibrant, had personality, had some good characters and arcs, villain wasn't too bad, and it had a pretty solid (albeit stereotypical) family theme that was pulled off. But after WW84 came out and after the announcement of this sequel was coming, I knew it wasn't gonna go down pretty smoothly. And yeah, I was right sadly-
It hurts that WB isn't even going full woke with the political agenda in (ahem... most) of its movies (Looking at you WW:84...) because they have the advantage of not driving away half the audience right off the bat. The incompetency of their marketing is just so frustrating. I want desperately for these apolitical movies to be successful, but they keep making them so bland that it only gives a certain other studio the excuse to blame stuff that isn't the root cause of their own failures. It takes away a lot of the power of voting with our wallets when there's nothing really good to put our money towards instead. Marvel can just say, "It's superhero fatigue," and continue churning out more woke trash indefinitely without learning their lesson.
The thing that stood out to me in this movie was that fact that Shazam is meant to have the windom of Solomon and they went to great efforts multiple times to point out that he wasn't very smart. I really miss the days of good movies where I wanted to see them more than once and then looked forward to their release on DVD/Bluray.
You seem to be failing to understand that Shazam's writing changed a lot in the modern day. In classic comics from the 1950's Shazam used his intellect to build robots or learn languages. In modern day writing the last 20 years, all the "Wisdom of Solomon" does is allow him to know things he normally wouldn't like "How hard can I punch this human without killing him." Is something he just knows magically. "This robots weak spot is it's back" It's him just knowing things that are semi useful. In the same comic when he defeats that robot by punching it in it's weak spot the "Wisdom of solomon" tells him to throw the robot into the ocean which actually ends up being a bad thing. His magic Wisdom isn't that useful when you still have the brain of a 10 year old.
I can understand getting carried away when Marvel and DC ruin their own characters and world. What I cannot stand is how they ruin other myths like Norse and Greek mythology. Thor 04, Black Adam, WW84, this movie! How the hell do you make dragons and demigods so boring is beyond me! Its not just cinema. The state of modern story telling is a sorry affair.
@@nicefly1556 And that was another eye roll moment -- yet another variation of "follow your heart" blah blah blah. At least here it fit in with the rest of the paint by numbers aspects of the movie (plot, gags, obligatory gay affirmation...) It's always worse when you find it in an ostensibly serious film like The Fablemans.
I really liked the first movie for basically telling a classic, straightforward, oldschool kids adventure movie within a colorful and magical comic superheropowered world. I also really liked the script for making this not into a boring and foreseeable nostalgia fest catering only to the fanservice needs of old farts my age or elder but keeping it real by turning it into an updated version relevant to today's kids in the present and teaching them some family values that might help them become better parents in their future. It would sadden me if the second installment threw all of that over board. I really appreciated the chemistry between Freddy and Billy in the first movie, and the way the older actor playing Billy mirrored the way that the younger actor played him. A follow-up movie really should take this further by showing some sort of development, both regarding the chemistry between Billy and Freddy as well as in the character growth of Billy as a hero - while preserving the semblance between young Billy and his adult-bodied, super-powered alter ego. Also, we need yet again antagonists with a relatable back story and motivation to their actions, in both concrete situational behavior and general mission morale. These were the strengths of the first movie, and that is what the second one should build upon and expand into a slightly more mature direction.
Every genre goes through it, the western, musical, jungle,... and disaster. The action/adventures of superheroes need a break from saving the world of villains.
There are other types of movies you can watch, you know. The reason that the superhero movie genre has been lingering around so long is that enough people will pay to go see that kind of crap (same with Star Wars)
@@gregbors8364 exactly. People keep crying about how bad these super hero movies are. Yet they keep seeing them and making content about it. I’ve literally stopped watching all MCU/dc movies.
To be honest that is true for _a lot_ of movies and shows that came out over the last years. I only know they exist because I watch the Drinker or Disparu and then I am grateful, because they watch this crap so we don't have to and because their reviews are way more entertaining than the movie or show itself. Disparu's review of the second Gotham Knights episode (and again, I had no idea this was even a thing) is hilarious. Well, looks like all this crap is still good for something...
Same,i just checked my local cinema schedule cuz im going to watch john wick this weekend and saw that shazam was showing and was like wtf "they made another one of this shit!"
Wow. Very well draws. Love the colors and the panel composition. Remembers a little the art of 80s comics (maybe because rambo movies were from the 80s). Really great job, congrats
I am glad "super-hero fatigue" has finally set in. People have been predicting it for years, but the super-hero movies just kept making money. Now, it seems to have arrived at last. While I love a good super-hero movie, I want to see other types of movies get big theatrical releases too. I want to see adventure movies, action movies, historical epics, detective movies, slap-stick comedies, and westerns. Maybe now that the Hollywood studios' favorite golden goose seems to be laying duds, we'll finally have a more varied selection of movies released in theaters.
I think that some films just aren't as good. For example Deadpool n wolverine gets me excited, something I would want to see and cant wait for. Shazam fighting helen mirren isn't really on my excitement list.
Where is the "Bright Burn" sequels? Where is the R rated X Men movie we all want? Super hero fatigue is real for sure, but there ARE movies that could be made that would work and sell. But that means risking offending "some people" and Hollywood doesn't have those kinds of balls.
It’s not even genre fatigue. It’s just poor writing. The MCU hasn’t produced a good story since Winter Soldier, but people tuned in for the melodrama and brand loyalty.
The first one was a nice, sweet story of family and was a good break from the standard superhero fluff. My only previous involvement with the character was in the awful 1970s Captain Marvel TV show, so I didn't have a lot of expectations. But like you said, that doesn't mean I wanted a sequel. This one looks good enough, but I doubt I'll see it unless it shows up free somewhere.
Captain Marvel is maybe DC's best superhero. Power-wise, he could overcome Superman. The power he weilds is so great that it was decided that only someone pure could be entrusted with it. So Billy Batson, a boy, became the champion. The power is split equally among Billy and anyone who is worthy to hold the wizard's staff and say the wizard's name.
@@papalaz4444244 I've same "fake" story point of reference.(Guess you've 0 knowledge of the litew8 Shazam! mixed in w/cartoons from mid-'70s Saturday morning/afternoon network offerings.) Almost like you're a🤖or a troll
This reminds me of Wayne's World where Garth is decked out head to toe in Reebok stuff saying "It's like you only do stuff if you get paid. And that's just really sad". I love that skit.
"blue-haired Twitter land whale"... comparable to the timeless imagery of Beowolf... crafting language to encapsulate so much in a small space, effortlessly ! Thank you Critical Drinker! Thank you.
except that Beowulf was an iconic staple of English historic literature - a hero of heroes if you will, that inspired modern-day protagonists like Aragorn to name but one. Blue-haired land whales will fade into history or more possibly be likened to Grendel from the same said fable.
The quick backlash from the actors was almost scripted because it didnt open to a huge box-office. Instead of being ready to attack customers you could always try a charm offensive and try to promote the movie instead of attacking your potential audience!
The sequel we wanted was in a cinematic universe that included Henry Cavill and would have included a character that rhymes with Flack Daddum. You know, the one discussed in literally THE LAST scene of the previous movie.
Shazam 02 is a overproduced power rangers episode. John Wick 04 is on another level. You don't need to watch Two or Three, where they got a bit ahead of themselves. You can watch John Wick and skip straight to part 04.
@@shanumutyampeta alright, might watch it later. imo the first was the best one and it was downhill from there. on the 3rd one the enemies where going out of their way to put their heads in the gun's muzzle to a comical degree.
That's the thing. The Director of Shazam and The Sequel. Is a GOOD Director. David F. Sandberg is a dude who has made some really decent movies. Maybe not groundbreaking, but definitely well executed and competently made. Shazam 1, Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation are all really good movies in my opinion. So it's really sad to see this movie fall into the Superhero Fatigue syndrome so many movies fall into, where everything feels the same.
Haven't seen 2 yet but I liked the first one. However there was an issue with the Billy/Shazam character in that there was no continuity between them. Billy was a teen usually reserved, introspective, and sad in search of his mom, but as Shazam he was cheerful, upbeat, and childish. I am not a specialist on the character itself but the way I have seen him depicted in animated movies is that his personality doesn't change when he is Billy or Shazam. That is a mostly a nitpick in hindsight, but looking at the images used here it looks like in the sequel the same happens where Angel as a teen seems to be playing a more mature character, and Levi as an adult seems to be playing a more childish character.
The perceived personality change isn't that implausible. His body changes and he gets godlike powers. People are bound to have different behavior when they assume such an alter ego.
I always interpreted the differences between Billy and Captain Marvel in the movie as Billy letting his inner child out when he's a superhero; that he finally ENJOYS being a kid as Captain Marvel, as it's an escape from his real life.
It's not a nitpick. First Shazam! was good, but this one thing really took a lot of enjoyment for me. I couldn't understand it - a sulky, sad, almost depressed teenager changes into a superhero and all of sudden acts like an upbeat, extroverted teenager. I get that superpowers would give anyone confidence, but show the progression. There was none. It was like 2 different characters - a boy say's "Shazam!" and another character teleports in his place.
I agree with the replies. Like Peter Parker in the classic comic books, when he became Spider-Man he was able to revel in his powers and put his teen troubles aside for a time, becoming a cocky jokester. Admittedly, assuming it was similar for Billy, they didn't write it as well for Shazam.
@@kalash_nikov I think the movie *did* show that progression. Billy is introduced in the movie pulling a prank on police officers and appearing to enjoy causing that mischief, even if he had a serious reason for doing what he did. From the get-go, the movie clearly tells the audience that Billy is mischievious and isn't afraid to get into trouble. On top of that, Billy was freaked out when he first became Captain Marvel, and freaked out like a normal kid would. He started to enjoy his powers when he started acting like a superhero and during that whole "training montage" while discovering what his powers are.
I enjoyed this one because of many factors, but I think my favorite thing about the movie is that Djimon Hounsou gets a proper role, even if he's also mostly just used for laughs. Don't know what it is about that guy but no matter what role he's in, I like it (with his performance in Blood Diamond being the best one in my opinion).
@@liamphibia I've heard a lot of people do, so it's kinda disappointing he doesn't get more major roles. I mean, he can act the serious stuff, that is no question, but his comedic timing isn't bad, either, based on what I saw in Shazam 2 (him calling Freddy by the wrong name was an excellent recurring thing in the movie and Hounsou delivered those lines very well while keeping his face dead serious).
@@khard5717 of course, that's why i said i enjoyed the movie, not that it's good. It's yet another movie that you have fun with but then forget all about it a few days later, but then that's most movies if you go to the theatres regularly (which i do).
One question that popped into my head when seeing this movie is this: If the kids turn into adults when they turn into superheroes, then why is Mary the same? Is it because shes's legally an adult? If so, when Billy becomes an adult in a few months, will he still turn into Zachery Levi?
The writers explained that in the comics her character is uniquely the same in both forms, so they used her being an "adult" in this as the basis for that. But like you said does it set the precedent for Billy and other characters now.
What's even weirder about that is that DC had an actress for the Shazam version of Mary in the first film: Michelle Borth. Was she not available to come back, or did they think Grace Currey could sell both roles? Also, the difference between how Levi acted and how Angel acted is quite stark. Levi is still acting as if he's a 13-year-old kid while Angel's performance is a lot more mature and pretty good for someone his age. They don't feel like they're playing the same person anymore, and it kinda takes you out of the film. It makes me think that Shazam should've been a one-off movie. The teenage actors growing into more competent adults naturally diminishes the draw of the character. Shazam is all about giving young kids these great powers and seeing the wacky hijinks they get into. The first film excelled at showing the elation of Billy, Freddie, Darla, and Eugene after they transformed. But making them more competent and more familiar with their powers as they get older results in them becoming too close to Superman in terms of personality since they start to lose that kiddish innocence.
The way you describe this reminds me of a character from Band of Brothers. 1Sgt Lipton describes him like this; "Lt. Dyke wasn't a bad leader because he made bad decisions, he was a bad leader because he made no decision."
A critical viewer and a comic artist? Man, you've got it all. I've been trying to write my own comic for about a year now, but I think you've inspired me to continue. Keep up the good work, sir. RESPECT.
Do a little bit every day and build the habit. Even if you miss some days, continue doing just a little, don't stop out of frustration about yourself. The historian and podcaster Daniele Bolelli talked about this constantly as he struggled to finish his first fiction novel. Now he's almost done.
I loved the part where titular character said "i won't be back" and flew into the sunset to star into somethig less bland and banal. It was so breathtaking, so stunning, so brave that was.
Grace Currey and Meagan Good got it God damn...oh excuse me. I'm glad David Sandberg can go back to horror or whatever else doesn't stress him out. To go from youtube shorts to directing a 100+ million dollar movie is quite amazing. Kind of like what happened to Issa Rae and all the things she's doing on HBO from her youtube web series.
Are you telling me, a movie nobody was looking forward too, with a trailer that basically revealed the whole plot, directed by a guy who openly admitted that the final product is that good, somehow bombed at the box office? Wow, what a big surprise, Warner Bros!
Reminds me of that swedish graphic novel (erroneously called "manga") by national socialist Henrik Jonasson called "Neo-Germania". Apparently lots of people around the world wanted to support that sort of thing and got to #1 in Amazon's fantasy chart.
Your missing the point. Those mainstream creators are gonna be pissed when they realize they are working with a Neo Nazi UA-camr. I mean. I’m sure they know he’s a UA-camr. Which just illustrates how pathetic the world is now. But I don’t think chuck Dixon even knows what a Groyper is. They don’t know that CD is a disgusting Groyper. What a shady, gross, conman and right wing grifter. Thanks Drinker, for pointing out once again how fucking dumb redneck Americans really are.
I recently read that he isn't getting paid very fairly, I thought that his best work was in Blood Diamond. He's been in tons of stuff and here's hoping he can get the correct form of payment for sometimes carrying a project on his back
We did get Sonic 2, which was more than enjoyable. Though I will agree, it is tiring working to find a rare jewel in the shit stacks coming out of Hollywood 8T
I came across your videos a few weeks ago. Binged watched quite a few. I just have to say, I rarely have ever seen any of the movies or shows you talk about, but your take on stories, characters, and all of that is just completely interesting and enthralling. (And okay, the accent can't hurt.) Just totally impressed, sir. I'd say you deserve the audience you have got and then some. Truly a pleasure to listen to your reviews. I always come away with the feeling I've had a true master class in storytelling.
I don't even like Superman, but Man of Steel is pretty much the only version of him I like, mostly thanks to Henry Cavill and that Zimmer score. Okay, Zod is pretty funny villain over acted.
The strangest thing is that while Ant-Man 3 is a miserable time to watch with the writing, somehow I ended up enjoying this one despite how generic it is. It at least had some (I repeat SOME) heart in it, while Quantumania had me questioning if they're the same characters, especially Cassie.
Being able to create something in the Rambo series must be a dream come true so cheers to you man! Thoroughly enjoyed dark harvest and your content in general. Your insights have really helped me think about how I’m writing the world and story of my video game so grateful to you for that
Totally agree with this review -- it was a fun, forgettable 2 hours in the movies with the kids, who loved it. Nothing wrong with that. I miss actual GOOD movies, but movies like this are much better than average these days.
Yeah all his friends getting powers... kind of killed it more than anything else. You have 6 basically superman level beings, fighting crime in one city. Never mind till the demigods from another world showed up they were basically fighting street crime.
@@Lord_necromancer I mean the number isn't an instant fail. Many series had multiple characters, stuff like Teen Titans, Avengers or even the Power Rangers. But there is a difference in having a team that needs each other and all have unique skills and abilities. And this where they were basically all the same.
I've seen it, and as dumb as the Skittles thing could have been, I felt it worked. I kind of liked the set up and pay off despite it's forced feel. I felt the biggest problems going against this movie wasn't its "beige-ness", but a changing external world. Things like it being the end of cinematic universe, the delayed release due to COVID and it's consequences, and the current projected feelings about Levi the actor.
Congrats on making a comic book! That's something I think about doing all the time but the amount of work I feel is involved causes me to procrastinate because I am not a chronic procrastinator. It takes a lot of work to make a comic book plus you have everything else that you're doing which must keep you busy. Kudos to your success.
@@markmathisen3908 I don't know what's more depressing, that Hollywood keeps churning them out or that people go to watch them. It's the same film everytime, just swap out the villian/superpower/world ending maggufin and repeat.
Dude, I’ve been over it since around the time that second Spider-Man movie came out with the first guy. By the time Marvel really started getting going I just gave up. They completely cannibalized other genres. They ruined Hollywood I think.
Critical Thinker major props for your own comic! Not the biggest Rambo fan, just haven’t seen the films though fully aware of how awesome they are. I love the style being used
I saw this a couple of days ago, and had the entire 90-seat auditorium to myself. The lack of interest is a shame, because I really enjoyed it. Is it a great movie? No. Is it fun? Hell yes! Did I enjoy it more than the new Ant Man movie a few weeks ago? Most definitely!
I wasn't expecting much the moment I hear about Black Adam having his own movie. This usually mean instead of having a good movie with the hero vs a compelling villain we get 2 mid or bad movie where the MCs fight bland villains(if they were good villains the studio would have given them their own movie for milking purposes. Hey, they already did it this time, there is no reason to believe they wouldn't do it again)
That logic is sound. I personally think you could have a formulaic trilogy where each entry has the hero overcoming villains that mirror aspects of said hero. Like Batman besting his rivals in body, mind, willpower, etc. Making them count instead of sticking to a status quo.
@@brendaspence1824 this comment is interesting. You are telling me I should let my friend enjoy what he likes instead of being a prick, but here you are disagreeing with the enjoyment of my perspective therefore making you a prick as well. We just became best friends in a paradoxical way. 🥳
I don't think it was amazing or anything, but it was fun. There were parts that genuinely tickled me. I CAN'T BELIEVE Drinker didn't like the skittles part. That little girl is awesome, and I was waiting for her to say "Taste the rainbow". She's like that one character in a kids cartoon that is unrelentingly upbeat, like Bubbles from PowerPuffGirls. I adore that it was so impulsive and "ridiculously child-like optimistic" and it worked. It was probably unintentional how good that was, bc it MAY HAVE actually just been a shameless plug, but I interpreted it the way I did. And the magic pen scene where they were reading the accidentally dictated letter from the kids LMAO, and the Asian god woman said, "What is this... Purple Gatorade?! Is it a god weapon??" That had me rolling. I like Shazam. To me it's goofy, functional, nothin special, but given a choice between it and something else on TV, sure I'd watch Shazam 2 again.
I hope your comic book is a top seller all year. It's about time people get a chance to reas and enjoy good writing with awesome graphics. *Good Luck Drinker.* I also hope your movie is a huge success too.
Here’s the big problem with Shazam since Justice League Unlimited ended. It seems no one remembers what the S in Shazam stands for. THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON. Sure Billy is a kid, but when he has the power that innocence tempers the wisdom, it doesn’t obliterate it. Shazam’s wisdom might say “cut a baby in half,” but the entire point of Billy Batson is to use that wisdom to find a less brutal solution. The movie Shazam has NONE of that wisdom. Once again, a good character is assassinated.
@Greg Bors well I don't care that you don't care that I don't care that.........what the hell were we talking about? Lol Like Cutthroat Island to Matthew Modine, ever bad actor has one good movie. As for why I don't like her, I never found her compelling or charismatic in any role she's been in, including Kill Bill. She's just bland. And I've seen p*rn stars give a better performance.
They announce 30 movies before this happened. Most won’t happen but it’s wild that they announce the most obscure dc movies and not focus on their main IPs
It never stops to amaze me how truly bad these billion dollar companies struggle to release a somewhat good movie, it's like trying to win the lottery
They're allergic to giving the fans what they want
@@GigglingStoners First off, sick avatar, second off, great name. Lastly, they are catering to what they "think" we want rather than what we do..happens.
They are trying so hard to not offend anyone (except white male) that all that they could do at the end is a so bland than even a glass of water feels "spicy" compared to it.
As someone who suffered through 4 years at a film school in California, I'm not surprised at all. I've met dozens of budding film makers, writers, cinematographers, editors, and actors who have all been fully indoctrinated by The Message. They are quite literally all spoiled children who just want to tell their progressive story with their progressive Californian world view. If you try to tell them that their experience isn't anywhere close to being the same as the vast majority of people in the world they get offended, angry, and whiny. I've seen enough to know that there is no saving Hollywood. The American entertainment industry is on a one way track to destruction as it implodes on itself because only pampered Californians are shaping its future.
looks like 2018-19 was the only time superhero movies were good since then all garbage except spider-man
The amount of CGI needed to make Philly not look like a Hell hole is amazing
*Toronto
It was half the budget.🤣
At least they didn’t show Kensington
@@XParasiteOctoling oh they would’ve made it look like the utopia it isn’t. Would probably be all people in business suits. Or just show the little part where Evil Genius is.
Don't need any CGI to use Philly as a set for a zombie apocalypse movie. Just get to Kensington and start filming.
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.
That's basically what happened yeah
Everybody wants a Superman VS Black Adam but never get that first it has to be Shazam VS Black Adam
This is exactly what happened. There's an article on The Wrap detailing how The Rock tried to hijack the DCEU.
What the frick happened to Mister Mind, though? I don't see why they couldn't just use the villain they teased in the last movie instead of Generic Fantasy Villainess.
Rather over bloated ego of Rock who insist of going toe to toe with Superman
Correction: Billy didn't steal the Wizard's powers in Shazam 1. The Wizard gave them to Billy because he was worthy
YES. This exactly. When Drinker said he stole the powers..i was like wtf? No he didnt...Drinker should know better
Remember when Shazam was the Wizard's name?
Didn't he only got him there because he had no other choice?
@@heartlessnobody1143 No he had a choice. He searched for years and finally found the one person who was worthy
He chose Billy for doing one good thing, despite the mountain of bad things he’s done. He stole his foster brother’s bullet that shot Superman, the day before he defended him from bullies. And somehow Billy is worthy. Complete BS
It speaks volumes of how low the movie industry has sunk when "This is truly one of the movies of all time" is practically a complement at this point
@The Attempt Yea, but that isn't the point. The point is to deliver a good product, that doesn't try to manipulate, dumb down people and propagate toxic messages. The point is to create an experience through a story, and people pay money to see what experience is created, but they get shitted on, and even brainwashed from time to time. Another point is the fact that the people running these companies are so fucking dumb, that they dont even realise how much money they could make if they would actually deliver good movies.
"watching it didn't make me angry" is already rare enough it's considered a compliment when you compare it to phase 4 marvel
@@theattempt3739 There is, alas, a distinction between 'this movie made money' and 'this is a good movie.'
At this point I haven't even seen more than 5 movies in the past 4 years..
Usually me and my dad goes to one evey 1-2 months, since he get's them for free every month during monday. Benefits of a senior citizen in my city.
And the only time we decided to watch after all this is ofcourse John Wick 4 (and the last time are both the matrix 4 and the last spiderman movie... Which is what months/a year ago.)
And these past years, I just prefer to watch anime, anime movies or read manga than watch any hollywood generic movie, butchered game/books to show series, or even read any comics.
And right now that the memes saying eastern entertainment media is dominating the west... It's literally becoming a reality at this point.
@@ashurad_fox5991 "I prefer eastern entertainment because I'm from the east"
When people said, "Shazam wasn't bad," the studio heard, "The people loved it and want a sequel"
Lmaooooo
It’s fine they wanted to do a sequel. But, Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu…? Everything is way too self indulgent when that is the type of decision making going on in the development of the product.
Well I really liked Shazam one so I was kinda looking forward to this one. But I didn’t even notice it came out 😂
I liked it, and I wanted a sequel.
Eh, I liked it. It was more of a “kids discover something awesome and decide to have fun with it” than a typical superhero movie.
I think the fact this is a dead end for DC is why they didn't do anything risky. Everyone involved knew that they were basically being fired after this was done, and rather than using it as an opportunity to try something new, they just got through it as quickly as possible so they could move on with their lives/careers.
That likely true
No. Most of this was finished before they realized it was a dead end
This feels so dumb. If there’s nothing to lose why not make something batshit insane
Wrong, movie wrapped up production last year
Fired from the series is one thing. Bombed so hard they would not get a job is another. So play safe is a correct decision. That said, they can still play it safe while delivering a good story. Billy going to be 18 is a nice story. I think the final 1/3 should be where young billy and shazam billy personality and characteristic merge is a nice idea. Also, removing other family power earlier ( since in the end it was billy vs evil anyway ) should be done sooner. maybe removing one by one as they try to corner or put the evil side into a situation where they can at least have a chance - with in the end its either billy give it to freddy or freddy give it to billy.
i think it would have been a better story.
i feel really bad for the director, David, who made the film. He’s one of the few directors with autism that’s managed to break through to Hollywood and all he’s done over the years is battles with the studio and production hell. He’s a genuinely solid guy and one of the few authentic and true artists still going strong, despite Shazam’s demise. His first film was this tiny no-budget horror short that suddenly blew up and went viral in the early 2010s. A lot of people forget how much effort and care that go into these films, regardless of the final outcome and it’s just sad to see this film, particularly, get slated so brutally
The movie was well directed.. it was a fine movie n beats every marvel movie recently. I wouldn’t blame the director. I blame marvel n dc
The issue is DC and Marvel ask the writers to bow to them so they could make more sequels. This usually makes the entire movie bland.
the plot is not the diretors´ job, right? I mean if you are given a thurd you can only sparkle so much glitter on to it, to make it look fine to the eye, not much you can do to the taste
He’s a really cool guy.
I didn't like this movie all that much but I'm still looking forward to see what else he does especially in the horror genre
I enjoyed the first one. But I was really hoping they would do something in the sequel that only Billy could solve. There is a JL animated episode where the world gets split into two worlds where adults are on one and kids on the other. Billy can teleport between them by changing. It's great and makes sense that only he can save the day. Wish more people would actually take the powers these heroes have into consideration when it comes to winning in the end.
I think part of the problem with Shazam 2 is that the Shazam-ily still has powers. I may be in the minority here, but it would've been cool if the rest of the family had to sacrifice their powers to give them back to Billy, for him to have enough power for the final fight. It would've been a nice opportunity to literally show Billy that he is now 'alone' as Shazam, and can't be afraid to grow up because he has to in order to become a super hero. IMHO keeping the Shazamily intact at the end of this movie was a mistake, regardless if New 52 comics have that.
That was an amazing show.
That was a Young Justice episode
Sounds like a continuation of the shitty culture wars going on worldwide. Kids Adults. Shite.
What happens when a kid gets too old does he die or does he get teleported to the adult world?
Congratulations to The Drinker for finally finishing his comic!
Should we refer to that as: doing an Eric?
@@clogs4956 except erics isnt finished
@@jacobmatthews7524 2nd issue of Isom out soon!
I think they should’ve stuck with Mr. Mind as the main antagonist. Why would they tease him in the first one if they had no intention on using him
Exactly, I would've been more excited to see them fight a caterpillar!
I think they did intend to use him, but something probably happened behind the scenes, and they were forced into going with something different.
With the way the DCEU cared about continuity I wouldn’t be surprised if the filmmakers legitimately forgot about him lol
I think he was teased to be the next villain in a post credit scene
They keep teasing him for the next film. And if we go by the end-credit scenes, Shazam is supposed to be part of Gunn's DCU. He was meant to survive the reboot. Gunn's partner, Peter Safran is a producer on Shazam. That is why Shazam was meant to survive Flashpoint. Gunn never said that Shazam was off the table. All he said was that Cavill wasn't Superman.
Zachary acted like a kid whereas Billy acted like a teenager. It feels a change of personality. Like Zachary stayed the same and Billy changed (as he actually grew up)
The fact that the Rock sabotaged Black Adam vs Shazam storyline and was confident enough to carry his own movie is concerning
Black Adam looks like it was played by Arnold in the terminator, short flat dialog poorly acted
Can you smeeeeeeeeeeeel ... what The Rock is cooking?
He has black in his character's name, so he thinks he can get away with anything 🤷
Blame it on the director and the writers of this crap. Blaming other people for someone's poor writing is hilarious..
Yeah, but the thing about refusing to allow a cameo… How would a cameo in a flop prevent another flop? Sounds fishier than Halle Bailey.
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.
Poor writing decisions all around, also probably character rights.
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I heard shazam was supposed to have a cameo in black adam but the rock didn't like that for some reason and got rid of it
I wasnt even aware there was a shazam sequel out.. shows you the confidence the studio had about getting the word out
It got marketed like last minute
WB is freaking broke. They have no money left to market the movies they're putting out right now. They just stopped a bunch of movies halfway through production, and only the stuff that was just a few months away from release got through the cutoff. They couldn't afford to waste money advertising a movie they knew wasn't going to be profitable, so they chose to barely advertise it at all. They probably figure that with advertisements they'd only make $300M worldwide on a $125M budget they'd barely break even, but if they make $200M worldwide on that same budget with no advertising, they'll come out ahead.
I knew they were going to ruin it. Shazam needed black adam as a villain and a serious tone.
yeah I couldn't give a fuck after they ditched Henry Cavill
Me neither. Their advertising campaign wasn't so good.
The girl (I saw the movie a month ago and I already forgot her name) getting hit with the energy blast after she teleported really stuck out to me. They consistently dodge the beam and hide behind cover to avoid it but as soon as the girl TELEPORTS AWAY, and puts about 5 BUILDINGS worth of walls in between it and her, it turns into a heat seeking missile that can go through anything. I liked Shazam 2, it was a “brain-melt” movie. You can put it on, barely pay attention, enjoy the pretty colors and jokes, and still understand the whole movie nearly perfectly.
@Shaun Bolten Yes. But unfortunately for the companies, "watchable", "not terrible" and "semi-enjoyable" aren't gonna cut it if they want to keep the superhero genre alive.
@@OR56 You say that like it was worth keeping alive in the first place
The girl's name is Anthea the goddess of Axis.
The problem was is that she actually just phased straight backwards faster than the bolt and when she got to a safe distance she just stood there literally couldve just moved
@@jilliebean6312 Yeah, but then it went through multiple buildings, and earlier, people had been able to duck behind walls to dodge it, but now it can go through things.
Instead of old Greek mythological grannies.
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.
Lol John wick is boring generic and unrealistic action flick with zero personality. And that's just Keanu.
How he continues to milk this same old boring character and the trope is beyond me.
At least Levi has personality
@@dcmastermindfirst9418 don't be an idiot name one action movie that has ever been too realistic.
Your sentence structure is confusing your point. It reads like you cut several sentences out of your comment.
@@dcmastermindfirst9418 And that's the point that the OP is making. Comic books are unrealistic. the "John Wick" movies are essentially the old men's action novels brought to live action. They aren't supposed to be high art. The story is simplistic, many of the characters are cardboard cut-outs, and the action is completely over the top-not in a James Bond way, but more of an A-team way with a body count. There's a reason that the John Wick sequels are labeled as Chapters. It's a live action comic book/graphic novel, and does not pretend to be anything else.
@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Levi's burner spotted.
Fun fact about this movie and the previous one, very little of it was filmed in Philly. Most of it was filmed in Ontario in Hamilton and Toronto; I've passed by the convenience store where the robbery scene in the first movie took place quite a few times. So...maybe that's why Philadelphia is so suspiciously clean-looking? lol
"The r*****y scene"? Please don't use the R word, Linus!
I'm honestly surprised Toronto looks that clean.
@@bromothymol Social democracies work mate.... the government's high taxes on the corporations actually work to clean up the streets...
@@Ozzie_Mandias idk about that bro, I'm Canadian and most big cities in Canada are trash heaps
@Ozzie Mandias Forgive me, but your username makes me a bit nervous about your opinions on sociopolitical matters.
The late great Alfred Hitchcock once said, there are three things needed to make a great movie; the script, the script, and the script. Seems like the studio was more interested in showing off their cgi than writing a coherent story. Also, good job on the Rambo prequel comic drinker; this Jack Daniel's is for you.
I suspect corporate America is so irredeemably dumb because they hire people from prestigious colleges in the US, the same colleges that say men can be women and white is bad. I guess that’s where the phrase “you have to be educated to be that stupid” comes from.
DC and Marvel are now at the point that if you asked them to boil water in pot, they would come back nine months later and $50 million over budget with a trash bag of frozen anti-freeze 🤦🏽♂️
I sometimes wonder if movie makers are in a secret competition with each other, who's only contest is to prove who's video card can render the most polygons.
just like the 3 most important things in real estate.
Shazam 02 is more like a power rangers cartoon. Except the action is way better in a power rangers episode and when the script runs out, they actually end the episode.
How the hell do you make dragons boring? The only good things are Zachary Levi can act, and the costumes are nice old school endearing compared to "new updates and CGI rendering for modern day."
Far, FAR too many movies use special effects as a crutch. They figure that the audience will just be dazzled by the pretty lights and turn their brains off. That's certainly not how you make a classic movie, but it seems like few people are even trying to do such things any more.
Well, as per usual, I had a damn better time watching The Drinker’s video review than I would watching the movie. And a bonus treat about his Rambo-verse comic book. I’m both a fan of Rambo and also Will Jordan’s writing, so this seems like a win-win. Thanks Drinker. That’s all I’ve got. So I’ll go away now.
I had more impatience for the release of this review than movie itself
Glad DCEU is suffering
@@suezcontours6653 I could say the same for the entire superhero genre. Fuck comic-book shit.
Troof
@@JohnGardnerAlhadis same lmao
This movie hurts me some because the first one is one of DCs best within the past several years. It was fun, vibrant, had personality, had some good characters and arcs, villain wasn't too bad, and it had a pretty solid (albeit stereotypical) family theme that was pulled off. But after WW84 came out and after the announcement of this sequel was coming, I knew it wasn't gonna go down pretty smoothly. And yeah, I was right sadly-
That’s a very lowball to hit though to be fair
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It hurts that WB isn't even going full woke with the political agenda in (ahem... most) of its movies (Looking at you WW:84...) because they have the advantage of not driving away half the audience right off the bat. The incompetency of their marketing is just so frustrating. I want desperately for these apolitical movies to be successful, but they keep making them so bland that it only gives a certain other studio the excuse to blame stuff that isn't the root cause of their own failures. It takes away a lot of the power of voting with our wallets when there's nothing really good to put our money towards instead. Marvel can just say, "It's superhero fatigue," and continue churning out more woke trash indefinitely without learning their lesson.
It was decent wouldn’t say amazing
The first one was massively over rated. The best turd is still just a turd.
The thing that stood out to me in this movie was that fact that Shazam is meant to have the windom of Solomon and they went to great efforts multiple times to point out that he wasn't very smart. I really miss the days of good movies where I wanted to see them more than once and then looked forward to their release on DVD/Bluray.
You seem to be failing to understand that Shazam's writing changed a lot in the modern day. In classic comics from the 1950's Shazam used his intellect to build robots or learn languages.
In modern day writing the last 20 years, all the "Wisdom of Solomon" does is allow him to know things he normally wouldn't like "How hard can I punch this human without killing him." Is something he just knows magically. "This robots weak spot is it's back" It's him just knowing things that are semi useful. In the same comic when he defeats that robot by punching it in it's weak spot the "Wisdom of solomon" tells him to throw the robot into the ocean which actually ends up being a bad thing. His magic Wisdom isn't that useful when you still have the brain of a 10 year old.
I can understand getting carried away when Marvel and DC ruin their own characters and world.
What I cannot stand is how they ruin other myths like Norse and Greek mythology. Thor 04, Black Adam, WW84, this movie! How the hell do you make dragons and demigods so boring is beyond me!
Its not just cinema. The state of modern story telling is a sorry affair.
You mean "solo man"😂
The Wizard literally told him at the end that he always know the right thing to do. Billy was just doubting himself
@@nicefly1556 And that was another eye roll moment -- yet another variation of "follow your heart" blah blah blah.
At least here it fit in with the rest of the paint by numbers aspects of the movie (plot, gags, obligatory gay affirmation...) It's always worse when you find it in an ostensibly serious film like The Fablemans.
I really liked the first movie for basically telling a classic, straightforward, oldschool kids adventure movie within a colorful and magical comic superheropowered world. I also really liked the script for making this not into a boring and foreseeable nostalgia fest catering only to the fanservice needs of old farts my age or elder but keeping it real by turning it into an updated version relevant to today's kids in the present and teaching them some family values that might help them become better parents in their future. It would sadden me if the second installment threw all of that over board. I really appreciated the chemistry between Freddy and Billy in the first movie, and the way the older actor playing Billy mirrored the way that the younger actor played him. A follow-up movie really should take this further by showing some sort of development, both regarding the chemistry between Billy and Freddy as well as in the character growth of Billy as a hero - while preserving the semblance between young Billy and his adult-bodied, super-powered alter ego. Also, we need yet again antagonists with a relatable back story and motivation to their actions, in both concrete situational behavior and general mission morale. These were the strengths of the first movie, and that is what the second one should build upon and expand into a slightly more mature direction.
At least the message was about teamwork, trusting people to make their own choices and the value of self-sacrifice instead of the _other_ message
Right on
When you’ve sprayed people with hate for so long, you can’t be surprised when they come to expect it and stop giving you the benefit of the doubt.
A hero movie about heroes doing heroic things? Somebody pinch me!
Yeah there is that. I'm still not spending 16 bucks a tick on it though.
True…
"The superhero genre is heading into its twilight years now."
Dear God, I hope so.
Every genre goes through it, the western, musical, jungle,... and disaster. The action/adventures of superheroes need a break from saving the world of villains.
There are other types of movies you can watch, you know. The reason that the superhero movie genre has been lingering around so long is that enough people will pay to go see that kind of crap (same with Star Wars)
@@gregbors8364 exactly. People keep crying about how bad these super hero movies are. Yet they keep seeing them and making content about it. I’ve literally stopped watching all MCU/dc movies.
I'm kinda getting tired of the superheroes always winning can the villian win for once
@@Phaserdeath Same here.
I'll be honest, I had absolutely no idea another Shazam movie came out.
To be honest that is true for _a lot_ of movies and shows that came out over the last years. I only know they exist because I watch the Drinker or Disparu and then I am grateful, because they watch this crap so we don't have to and because their reviews are way more entertaining than the movie or show itself. Disparu's review of the second Gotham Knights episode (and again, I had no idea this was even a thing) is hilarious. Well, looks like all this crap is still good for something...
Same,i just checked my local cinema schedule cuz im going to watch john wick this weekend and saw that shazam was showing and was like wtf "they made another one of this shit!"
Wow. Very well draws. Love the colors and the panel composition. Remembers a little the art of 80s comics (maybe because rambo movies were from the 80s). Really great job, congrats
I am glad "super-hero fatigue" has finally set in. People have been predicting it for years, but the super-hero movies just kept making money. Now, it seems to have arrived at last. While I love a good super-hero movie, I want to see other types of movies get big theatrical releases too. I want to see adventure movies, action movies, historical epics, detective movies, slap-stick comedies, and westerns. Maybe now that the Hollywood studios' favorite golden goose seems to be laying duds, we'll finally have a more varied selection of movies released in theaters.
Nope. I think it's just the films getting crapper, rather than people getting tired of the genre.
I think that some films just aren't as good. For example Deadpool n wolverine gets me excited, something I would want to see and cant wait for. Shazam fighting helen mirren isn't really on my excitement list.
You are confusing superhero fatigue with “ultimately DC is flawed compared to Marvel and it has been that way since the mid-60s”
Where is the "Bright Burn" sequels?
Where is the R rated X Men movie we all want?
Super hero fatigue is real for sure, but there ARE movies that could be made that would work and sell.
But that means risking offending "some people" and Hollywood doesn't have those kinds of balls.
It’s not even genre fatigue. It’s just poor writing. The MCU hasn’t produced a good story since Winter Soldier, but people tuned in for the melodrama and brand loyalty.
The first one was a nice, sweet story of family and was a good break from the standard superhero fluff. My only previous involvement with the character was in the awful 1970s Captain Marvel TV show, so I didn't have a lot of expectations. But like you said, that doesn't mean I wanted a sequel. This one looks good enough, but I doubt I'll see it unless it shows up free somewhere.
Well now we all know all about you and your fake story
It was okay
Captain Marvel is maybe DC's best superhero. Power-wise, he could overcome Superman. The power he weilds is so great that it was decided that only someone pure could be entrusted with it. So Billy Batson, a boy, became the champion. The power is split equally among Billy and anyone who is worthy to hold the wizard's staff and say the wizard's name.
@@papalaz4444244 I've same "fake" story point of reference.(Guess you've 0 knowledge of the litew8 Shazam! mixed in w/cartoons from mid-'70s Saturday morning/afternoon network offerings.) Almost like you're a🤖or a troll
@@thingfish000 Captain Marvel is from Marvel...literally in the name.
Honestly, the simple approach made the most sense for a Shazam movie. He's never been as morally ambiguous or dramatic as the other heroes and DC
At least he was finally called Captain Marvel by Michael Gray, who played Billy Batson on the ‘70s Shazam tv show
Congrats on the comic; I already like the style of the artist, the colors, stylization, chromatic panels.
So props to that person.
I wonder if drinker would work with Garth Ennis.
@@sebastiancruz-ts1qqhas drinker covered preacher yet? I know he covered the boys but I can't recall if he did that series.
This reminds me of Wayne's World where Garth is decked out head to toe in Reebok stuff saying "It's like you only do stuff if you get paid. And that's just really sad". I love that skit.
It’s also the choice of a new generation
“Ah, Nuprin. Little, yellow, different.”
"blue-haired Twitter land whale"... comparable to the timeless imagery of Beowolf... crafting language to encapsulate so much in a small space, effortlessly ! Thank you Critical Drinker! Thank you.
I was literally smirking at that imagery as I saw your message lol
It ticks a lot of boxes 😉
except that Beowulf was an iconic staple of English historic literature - a hero of heroes if you will, that inspired modern-day protagonists like Aragorn to name but one. Blue-haired land whales will fade into history or more possibly be likened to Grendel from the same said fable.
@@Gizmo1st Who summoned the English major
@@Gizmo1st I second that - Grendel of the Blue-hair
Crazy how Josh Trank’s “Chronicle” still holds up and is still better than the shit we’re getting now.
The quick backlash from the actors was almost scripted because it didnt open to a huge box-office. Instead of being ready to attack customers
you could always try a charm offensive and try to promote the movie instead of attacking your potential audience!
What happened?
They are going to learn the hard way that shit talking the paying customers is having the opposite effect
I’m curious also. What happened?
Inoffensive movies made by easily offended actors. That's the world we live now.
I'm confused, all I've seen is the actors talking smack about the studio not the customers lol
The sequel we wanted was in a cinematic universe that included Henry Cavill and would have included a character that rhymes with Flack Daddum. You know, the one discussed in literally THE LAST scene of the previous movie.
Preferably not played by the rock lol
@@_spooky_sandwitch_you’re right, he ruined this movie
I love the state of cinema, we’re actually surprised when a movie’s good! Especially if its a super hero flick
Watch John Wick Chapter 4 this weekend, that is the definition of a great film.
Shazam 02 is a overproduced power rangers episode.
John Wick 04 is on another level. You don't need to watch Two or Three, where they got a bit ahead of themselves. You can watch John Wick and skip straight to part 04.
@@shanumutyampeta out of curiosity, what did you thought of Wick 3?
@@damp2269 Liked it, not as good as the first 2 or 4
@@shanumutyampeta alright, might watch it later. imo the first was the best one and it was downhill from there. on the 3rd one the enemies where going out of their way to put their heads in the gun's muzzle to a comical degree.
That's the thing. The Director of Shazam and The Sequel. Is a GOOD Director. David F. Sandberg is a dude who has made some really decent movies. Maybe not groundbreaking, but definitely well executed and competently made. Shazam 1, Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation are all really good movies in my opinion. So it's really sad to see this movie fall into the Superhero Fatigue syndrome so many movies fall into, where everything feels the same.
I love this. I love that all these companies are struggling and canceling trash projects. I hope the layoffs reach far and wide.
I hope they also reach high enough to actually make a difference. Looking at you, KK.
@@MarvinHartmann452 Alonso was only the start at Disney it’s gonna happen, just might not happen until Indy 5. L
The folks that get laid off are never the ones that deserve it.
Most ass comment ever
Yeah if the Federal Reserve need massive job losses to bring inflation down, start in Hollywood and let them get a belly full of no paycheck.
Haven't seen 2 yet but I liked the first one. However there was an issue with the Billy/Shazam character in that there was no continuity between them. Billy was a teen usually reserved, introspective, and sad in search of his mom, but as Shazam he was cheerful, upbeat, and childish. I am not a specialist on the character itself but the way I have seen him depicted in animated movies is that his personality doesn't change when he is Billy or Shazam.
That is a mostly a nitpick in hindsight, but looking at the images used here it looks like in the sequel the same happens where Angel as a teen seems to be playing a more mature character, and Levi as an adult seems to be playing a more childish character.
The perceived personality change isn't that implausible. His body changes and he gets godlike powers. People are bound to have different behavior when they assume such an alter ego.
I always interpreted the differences between Billy and Captain Marvel in the movie as Billy letting his inner child out when he's a superhero; that he finally ENJOYS being a kid as Captain Marvel, as it's an escape from his real life.
It's not a nitpick. First Shazam! was good, but this one thing really took a lot of enjoyment for me. I couldn't understand it - a sulky, sad, almost depressed teenager changes into a superhero and all of sudden acts like an upbeat, extroverted teenager. I get that superpowers would give anyone confidence, but show the progression. There was none. It was like 2 different characters - a boy say's "Shazam!" and another character teleports in his place.
I agree with the replies. Like Peter Parker in the classic comic books, when he became Spider-Man he was able to revel in his powers and put his teen troubles aside for a time, becoming a cocky jokester. Admittedly, assuming it was similar for Billy, they didn't write it as well for Shazam.
@@kalash_nikov I think the movie *did* show that progression. Billy is introduced in the movie pulling a prank on police officers and appearing to enjoy causing that mischief, even if he had a serious reason for doing what he did. From the get-go, the movie clearly tells the audience that Billy is mischievious and isn't afraid to get into trouble.
On top of that, Billy was freaked out when he first became Captain Marvel, and freaked out like a normal kid would. He started to enjoy his powers when he started acting like a superhero and during that whole "training montage" while discovering what his powers are.
I enjoyed this one because of many factors, but I think my favorite thing about the movie is that Djimon Hounsou gets a proper role, even if he's also mostly just used for laughs. Don't know what it is about that guy but no matter what role he's in, I like it (with his performance in Blood Diamond being the best one in my opinion).
Yeah I kinda like him too.
@@liamphibia I've heard a lot of people do, so it's kinda disappointing he doesn't get more major roles. I mean, he can act the serious stuff, that is no question, but his comedic timing isn't bad, either, based on what I saw in Shazam 2 (him calling Freddy by the wrong name was an excellent recurring thing in the movie and Hounsou delivered those lines very well while keeping his face dead serious).
Just cuz u have a man crush on him doesn't mean the movie was good
He was hilarious in What If. Tchalla was starlord
@@khard5717 of course, that's why i said i enjoyed the movie, not that it's good. It's yet another movie that you have fun with but then forget all about it a few days later, but then that's most movies if you go to the theatres regularly (which i do).
I wanna make a pig that turns into a Super Hero by shouting his name and call him "Shaz-Ham!".
One question that popped into my head when seeing this movie is this: If the kids turn into adults when they turn into superheroes, then why is Mary the same? Is it because shes's legally an adult? If so, when Billy becomes an adult in a few months, will he still turn into Zachery Levi?
The damn good question. I wonder how they will handle that.
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The writers explained that in the comics her character is uniquely the same in both forms, so they used her being an "adult" in this as the basis for that. But like you said does it set the precedent for Billy and other characters now.
Freddie is supposed to be the same too, if we go by the original 1940s comic books.
What's even weirder about that is that DC had an actress for the Shazam version of Mary in the first film: Michelle Borth. Was she not available to come back, or did they think Grace Currey could sell both roles?
Also, the difference between how Levi acted and how Angel acted is quite stark. Levi is still acting as if he's a 13-year-old kid while Angel's performance is a lot more mature and pretty good for someone his age. They don't feel like they're playing the same person anymore, and it kinda takes you out of the film.
It makes me think that Shazam should've been a one-off movie. The teenage actors growing into more competent adults naturally diminishes the draw of the character. Shazam is all about giving young kids these great powers and seeing the wacky hijinks they get into. The first film excelled at showing the elation of Billy, Freddie, Darla, and Eugene after they transformed. But making them more competent and more familiar with their powers as they get older results in them becoming too close to Superman in terms of personality since they start to lose that kiddish innocence.
The Prometheus school of teleporting away from things.
The way you describe this reminds me of a character from Band of Brothers. 1Sgt Lipton describes him like this; "Lt. Dyke wasn't a bad leader because he made bad decisions, he was a bad leader because he made no decision."
Lol “when I passed thru Philadelphia last year looked like the aftermath of the battle of Stalingrad!!!”
A critical viewer and a comic artist? Man, you've got it all. I've been trying to write my own comic for about a year now, but I think you've inspired me to continue. Keep up the good work, sir. RESPECT.
Good luck!
Do a little bit every day and build the habit. Even if you miss some days, continue doing just a little, don't stop out of frustration about yourself. The historian and podcaster Daniele Bolelli talked about this constantly as he struggled to finish his first fiction novel. Now he's almost done.
He's a right winger so he hasn't got a brain
Good luck!
Hope it works out bro
I loved the part where titular character said "i won't be back" and flew into the sunset to star into somethig less bland and banal. It was so breathtaking, so stunning, so brave that was.
Lol Then it pans to Superman's boots
Grace Currey and Meagan Good got it God damn...oh excuse me.
I'm glad David Sandberg can go back to horror or whatever else doesn't stress him out. To go from youtube shorts to directing a 100+ million dollar movie is quite amazing. Kind of like what happened to Issa Rae and all the things she's doing on HBO from her youtube web series.
Every time I see Grace Curry, I think she looks like Famke Janssen's hotter daughter.
@@johnsanko4136 She does like just like her. Not hotter though. A 10 is a 10 lol
Jesus Christ. Meagan is 41?! Damn
@@johnsanko4136 Exactly man, Famke Janssen, Christina Perri, and Pewdipie's Marzia all fused together
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Did anyone else notice the throwback radio scene, reminiscent of the Warriors?
Of all the SC, I actually liked Shazam because it was so light-harted and the main charavter actually acted like a kid who just got a new toy
Are you telling me, a movie nobody was looking forward too, with a trailer that basically revealed the whole plot, directed by a guy who openly admitted that the final product is that good, somehow bombed at the box office? Wow, what a big surprise, Warner Bros!
A comic book done by The Drinker based in the Rambo universe is the coolest shit I've heard all week. Cheers man! I'm looking forward to it.
Reminds me of that swedish graphic novel (erroneously called "manga") by national socialist Henrik Jonasson called "Neo-Germania". Apparently lots of people around the world wanted to support that sort of thing and got to #1 in Amazon's fantasy chart.
Its better than that. Graham Nolan and Chuck Dixon are involved. And best of all, this project has Stallone's blessing.
Your missing the point. Those mainstream creators are gonna be pissed when they realize they are working with a Neo Nazi UA-camr. I mean. I’m sure they know he’s a UA-camr. Which just illustrates how pathetic the world is now. But I don’t think chuck Dixon even knows what a Groyper is. They don’t know that CD is a disgusting Groyper. What a shady, gross, conman and right wing grifter.
Thanks Drinker, for pointing out once again how fucking dumb redneck Americans really are.
If there was something to get out of a review for this mediocre piece of "content" is that.
I watched this movie like two weeks ago. I can barely remember anything that happened in it that wasn't in the commercials!!
Djimon Honsou is such a great actor. He should get bigger roles.
WHO??
@@scorch33haha, subtle but perfect
I recently read that he isn't getting paid very fairly, I thought that his best work was in Blood Diamond. He's been in tons of stuff and here's hoping he can get the correct form of payment for sometimes carrying a project on his back
I liked him as Drago Bludvist from How to Train Your Dragon 2. Listening to him howl his lungs out was a riot.
@@joshuaclarke1389 Yes in Blood diamond he was really good
The drinker never disappoints 🍻
No he doesn’t.
Unlike Hollywood.
Believe that!!!
"There's a tooth in here!" Is my favourite moment from the movie for some reason 😆
You know a movie is legendary when the trailer basically tells you the whole plot.
Which is every third movie these days.
stop stolen comments
Star wars ?
@@captain_context9991 Fr
hey man, this comments is stolen, stop steal comments!
The same can be said for most sequels nowadays.
Sequels only matter if a good story can be told.
most movies in general.
Yup! They are mostly insults
@@stsolomon618 Agreed.
We did get Sonic 2, which was more than enjoyable.
Though I will agree, it is tiring working to find a rare jewel in the shit stacks coming out of Hollywood 8T
I came across your videos a few weeks ago. Binged watched quite a few. I just have to say, I rarely have ever seen any of the movies or shows you talk about, but your take on stories, characters, and all of that is just completely interesting and enthralling. (And okay, the accent can't hurt.) Just totally impressed, sir. I'd say you deserve the audience you have got and then some. Truly a pleasure to listen to your reviews. I always come away with the feeling I've had a true master class in storytelling.
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I’ve come to like his reviews more than the movies/shows themselves.
@@papalaz4444244 Dude - that's what a noob I am, did not know I had one.
@@papalaz4444244 "UA-cam Power User spotted!"
I used to but these super heroes movies ain't worth my money
The fact Black Adam wasn't the antagonist in this movie was an instant failure for WB and DC.
These movies from DC make me appreciate 'man of steel' more and more
Right?
Ok. Label it as a Masterpiece now. 🤣🤣🤣
Nope, they are just all bad
I don't even like Superman, but Man of Steel is pretty much the only version of him I like, mostly thanks to Henry Cavill and that Zimmer score. Okay, Zod is pretty funny villain over acted.
Don't push it!
The strangest thing is that while Ant-Man 3 is a miserable time to watch with the writing, somehow I ended up enjoying this one despite how generic it is. It at least had some (I repeat SOME) heart in it, while Quantumania had me questioning if they're the same characters, especially Cassie.
Yes, I agree with that. It was entertaining enough that I left the theatre ok with the ticket purchase.
Being able to create something in the Rambo series must be a dream come true so cheers to you man! Thoroughly enjoyed dark harvest and your content in general. Your insights have really helped me think about how I’m writing the world and story of my video game so grateful to you for that
Right? I want a video on his writing process for this !
Good luck on your project !
Lol how lame
@@Nahstee lol, can’t be worse than ur wannabe gangster pfp. u thought that shit went hard😂
cringe
Critical Drinker is a hot lad, wish he showed more of himself in his videos.
Totally agree with this review -- it was a fun, forgettable 2 hours in the movies with the kids, who loved it. Nothing wrong with that. I miss actual GOOD movies, but movies like this are much better than average these days.
this movie was better than antman 3 thor love n thunder it's on the same at Dr strange 2
@@khalilwilliams1818 oh please, this was better than MoM
I'm glad they let Grace Fulton play both her regular and Shazam form too.
Yeah all his friends getting powers... kind of killed it more than anything else. You have 6 basically superman level beings, fighting crime in one city. Never mind till the demigods from another world showed up they were basically fighting street crime.
Thought it was just me 😂😂😂 too many heroes it just looks cheesy
I agree. A unique character is interesting. A copy/paste character isn't. A copy/paste character SIX TIMES *really* isn't lol
@@Lord_necromancer I mean the number isn't an instant fail. Many series had multiple characters, stuff like Teen Titans, Avengers or even the Power Rangers. But there is a difference in having a team that needs each other and all have unique skills and abilities. And this where they were basically all the same.
What got me was the kids riding in on "Rainbow" Skittles fueled demonic unicorns like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Drinker always makes me laugh in these breakdowns. This time, the Pepsi joke killed me. Love ya, Drinker!
Like the Drinker would drink anything that didn't have alcohol in it.
I've seen it, and as dumb as the Skittles thing could have been, I felt it worked. I kind of liked the set up and pay off despite it's forced feel.
I felt the biggest problems going against this movie wasn't its "beige-ness", but a changing external world. Things like it being the end of cinematic universe, the delayed release due to COVID and it's consequences, and the current projected feelings about Levi the actor.
Congrats on making a comic book! That's something I think about doing all the time but the amount of work I feel is involved causes me to procrastinate because I am not a chronic procrastinator. It takes a lot of work to make a comic book plus you have everything else that you're doing which must keep you busy. Kudos to your success.
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Wow, a prequel for Rambo with the drinker on board!? Sounds good
I guess she teleported in an exact straight line this is why we love you drinker 😂😂😂😂
I believe that move is called "The Prometheus School of running away from things."
The super hero movies have run their course.
Ran their course years ago, NOW they're just running it into the ground.
@@markmathisen3908 I don't know what's more depressing, that Hollywood keeps churning them out or that people go to watch them. It's the same film everytime, just swap out the villian/superpower/world ending maggufin and repeat.
No.
Yup , the only ones that sell now are The Batman’s and Spider-Man’s. Nobody cares about the second string characters at all.
Dude, I’ve been over it since around the time that second Spider-Man movie came out with the first guy. By the time Marvel really started getting going I just gave up. They completely cannibalized other genres. They ruined Hollywood I think.
I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I think the AI did a very good job writing this movie.
A movie no one wanted, but a movie the studio deserved.
Critical Thinker major props for your own comic! Not the biggest Rambo fan, just haven’t seen the films though fully aware of how awesome they are. I love the style being used
Do you like the big distorted autism faces?
Is it the giant Aspergers chins and the eyes that don't match?
I saw this a couple of days ago, and had the entire 90-seat auditorium to myself. The lack of interest is a shame, because I really enjoyed it. Is it a great movie? No. Is it fun? Hell yes! Did I enjoy it more than the new Ant Man movie a few weeks ago? Most definitely!
people are tired of super hero movies
Its over for comic book films. It will take Disney and Warner Brothers another decade to realise this.
@@KeIpyG I'd say a lot of people are but I'm one of the ones who just wants good comicbook movies. Unfortunately, none have come out for a while.
The difference between watching paint dry, and watching a turd dry
@@KeIpyG Nah, they're tired of bad and mild core story telling.
Just watched the movie. I thought it was fine, fun, and inoffensive.
I wasn't expecting much the moment I hear about Black Adam having his own movie. This usually mean instead of having a good movie with the hero vs a compelling villain we get 2 mid or bad movie where the MCs fight bland villains(if they were good villains the studio would have given them their own movie for milking purposes. Hey, they already did it this time, there is no reason to believe they wouldn't do it again)
That logic is sound. I personally think you could have a formulaic trilogy where each entry has the hero overcoming villains that mirror aspects of said hero.
Like Batman besting his rivals in body, mind, willpower, etc.
Making them count instead of sticking to a status quo.
Every time I have someone who tries to make a point to why these movies are amazing, I gently refer them to your videos. You Nailed it mate.
Or you could let them like what they like and not be that one prick friend
@@brendaspence1824 this comment is interesting. You are telling me I should let my friend enjoy what he likes instead of being a prick, but here you are disagreeing with the enjoyment of my perspective therefore making you a prick as well. We just became best friends in a paradoxical way. 🥳
I don't think it was amazing or anything, but it was fun. There were parts that genuinely tickled me. I CAN'T BELIEVE Drinker didn't like the skittles part. That little girl is awesome, and I was waiting for her to say "Taste the rainbow". She's like that one character in a kids cartoon that is unrelentingly upbeat, like Bubbles from PowerPuffGirls. I adore that it was so impulsive and "ridiculously child-like optimistic" and it worked. It was probably unintentional how good that was, bc it MAY HAVE actually just been a shameless plug, but I interpreted it the way I did.
And the magic pen scene where they were reading the accidentally dictated letter from the kids LMAO, and the Asian god woman said, "What is this... Purple Gatorade?! Is it a god weapon??" That had me rolling.
I like Shazam. To me it's goofy, functional, nothin special, but given a choice between it and something else on TV, sure I'd watch Shazam 2 again.
if you ask me, this movie was IN FACT hurt by Black Adam having his own movie and leaving Shazam without a good villain
Who the fuck watched Rambo and thought “you know what this needs? A prequel comic” lmfao
I hope your comic book is a top seller all year. It's about time people get a chance to reas and enjoy good writing with awesome graphics. *Good Luck Drinker.* I also hope your movie is a huge success too.
I would rather see a sequel to Kung Fury greenlit.
The title Kung Fury of the Gods also sounds amazing.
Here’s the big problem with Shazam since Justice League Unlimited ended. It seems no one remembers what the S in Shazam stands for. THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON. Sure Billy is a kid, but when he has the power that innocence tempers the wisdom, it doesn’t obliterate it. Shazam’s wisdom might say “cut a baby in half,” but the entire point of Billy Batson is to use that wisdom to find a less brutal solution. The movie Shazam has NONE of that wisdom. Once again, a good character is assassinated.
"By far the worst offender is Lucy Lui."
To the suprise of no one.
Liu*
@@gregbors8364 don't care
@@ZamboniZone l don’t care that you don’t care 😅 (Why hate on Lucy anyway? Did you not enjoy “Kill Bill”?)
@Greg Bors well I don't care that you don't care that I don't care that.........what the hell were we talking about? Lol
Like Cutthroat Island to Matthew Modine, ever bad actor has one good movie. As for why I don't like her, I never found her compelling or charismatic in any role she's been in, including Kill Bill. She's just bland. And I've seen p*rn stars give a better performance.
@@ZamboniZone I seem to recall she was good in Lucky Number Slevin.
Billy didn't steal it, he was gifted the power.
Whenever I see a DCEU film now, all I can think of is AZ singing 'Ocean-Man.'
I heard that “The Drinker” is actually a closeted teetotaler; he just pretends to be inebriated…
That Pepsi bit was great, thanks for making my Thursday evening so much better! 🥳
I can not tell you how excited I am to get my hands on the comic and graphic novel.
You need a life. Really.
I can't believe WB decided to announce the new James Gunn's DCEU way before the already made movies were released... What do they expected
They announce 30 movies before this happened. Most won’t happen but it’s wild that they announce the most obscure dc movies and not focus on their main IPs
I always thought that the Shazam suit looked like one of those fake muscle suits kids wear.
Yep this was definitely one of the superhero movies of all time.
...at least one
Nope, that was the Morbius movie
It had a beginning, a middle, and and end. All the things that make up a good movie.
"...a beige conversation..."
oh my god, I love this phrase. I'm using it from now on to describe this.
Love this dude's reviews. Never steered me wrong yet.
He's had some bad takes he's not perfect
@@jfoster8624 Not many.
@@HarrynJessie depends on what you consider Many
I didn't saw it, but description sounds nice enough, compared to what usually happens in movie today...