Review of Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) by Teatom — 08 Apr 2023
Not as good as the first movie, which fell like a breath of fresh air, in the genre.
Not as interesting as Black Adam, which had far more to say than anything marvel has ever done.
Fury of the Gods is stale, from the first minute, and feels exactly the same as a dozen or so Marvel movies. The story jumps from point to point, like a check-list, just as screen-time pays a minimum of establishing time to each of the characters in the over-stuffed cast.
From the vastly overqualified actors, cast as villains, to the humour-free jokes, to the constant, inane MacGuffin exposition trying to weave together this complete lack of a film, Shazam might as well be a Disney/Marvel movie.
That's probably considered high praise by the spread-sheet jockie's that forced this out the studio, whilst screaming "make me one of those".
For me, this is about as low as a DC movie can get. Redacted a winning formula from the previous movie, just to turn it into a lesson in me-too-ism.
This review of Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) was written by Teatom on 08 April 2023.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods has generally received mixed reviews.
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