Shazam!

Compared to others in DC’s roster, I’m not very familiar with Shazam. He seemed like more of a secondary character you’d see in a team up movie, like Vision in the MCU. I was surprised that DC greenlit this project because I felt he didn’t have enough marketing appeal to pull off a solo movie. The trailers didn’t really help sell him either. That said, I was 100% wrong. This is one of the best solo superhero films ever. The story does feel quite similar to others in the superhero formula: we get introduced to hero, hero gets powers, we’re introduced to villain, hero battles villain, the end. But saying that does such a disservice to the underlying story. Billy Batson is a very complex character and his backstory as a foster kid who was abandoned by his mom, going from home to home is unique amongst other DC heroes. His mistrust of the family he’s being brought into feels tangible and his development into embracing his new family was quite powerful. A key theme of this movie is family. Billy realising that he doesn’t have to go through life alone is heartwarming and the ending where (spoiler alert) his new foster siblings become the Shazam family to stop the villain shows his development as a character. Another thing about this film is the performances, particularly Zachary Levi, Asher Angel and Jack Dylan Grazer. The way that Levi feels more like a kid as Shazam than Angel is as Billy Batson is an interesting reversal of roles. Jack Dylan Grazer makes for an excellent Freddy Freeman and his dynamic with bothe Levi and Angel is fantastic. The foster family is great as well, the child actors feel like real kids. Despite the fantasy setting, these are probably the most tangible DCEU characters in the whole franchise. Overall, an excellent movie that is electrifying in every sense 😂. I can’t wait to see what the sequel will do and how Shazam will grow as a character.

This movie is on par with justice league, in other words if so bad you’ll find drawing circles more interesting. Avoid!!!

As a foster kid, growing up I hated to seeing the media portray us as troublesome and likely to have a bad outcome. So many films and tv shows use it as this tragic backstory excuse for some pathetic killer and it has bugged me so much how much of a bad rep we get. Especially when it is rarely the fault of the child that they are in foster care! So to see this film not only showing the foster kids, but also the whole family, in a great light and coming together was amazing! I thought the film was funny and really played off the expectations of what a foster family would be. As soon as the film was over, I wanted to go buy another ticket to watch it again! Zachary Levi did a great job.

Who wants to rent a £9.99 movie?! It’s bad when I watched in the cinema. Marvel could do way better with the plot and the actors If u don’t like this maybe go check out some marvel movies?

Not the best from DC/WB. I know they can do better.

I would review this properly if I could download it. Stuck in pending for a week now. Apple wont issue a refund and their tech support is laughable - basically amounts to 'have you tried switching it off/on again; reinstalling everything?' Still, the trailer looked ok. Going to go and binge watch 'Chuck' on Prime instead.

Not bad ,not fab

I really didn’t want to watch this movie and held off. I was very, very surprised to find it is a very well put together movie in its own right. It is fun, entertaining without being crude or juvenile. Very funny! Thanks DC! Let’s hope this form continues.

This film deserves credit, it’s casting is brilliant and it introduces us to a character not seen on screen in a long time. This film captures the essence of the characters (a 14 year old boy transformed into a man) and it’s fun to watch. This is not a Marvel film and you will notice that all the low reviews compare it to Marvel, even though this came first (the original Captain Marvel)

Undoubtedly the worst film I’ve seen in quite some time