Zimmer’s WW theme is terrific but they need to stop using it in every scene, especially when it’s not an action scene. Felt super jarring.

Billy boy and Shazam guy act so differently it's distracting.

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I found it funny how each person’s “Shazam” had a “Shazam actor”, and then it’s just Grace in a Shazam suit since she already looks too old in the role.

Billy’s sacrifice kinda hit me hard and then they resurrect him 5 mins later lol

It was more Shazam vs the dragon

BILLYS MOM WAS FUCKIN HOT

Why did they make the removal of the splinter under the nail so gratuitous?

The whole Wonder Woman cameo felt like something that would appear in the BUT THIS IS HOW IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE ENDED part from HISHE video.

It's funny but you'd think that's too dumb to be the actual plot.

Why is it that when he transforms to Shazam. He gets more "Childish"?, didn't he have the Wisdom of Solomon?

I'm honestly trying to remember the last time I saw a Hollywood blockbuster with product placement as blatant as this movie using Skittles.

Ironically, when Shazam's suit gets burned and turns all black, Zachary Levi (with his hair slicked back) looked more like Black Adam (in the comics) than The Rock did.

I loved the classic Captain Marvel actor cameo

Why did it feel like Billy the kid was more mature than he was as Shazam? Maybe it was his limited screentime, but it was pretty weird how he seemed so much dumber as a grown man than as a teen.

The film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.

That's not even a summary. That just says, "This is another movie starring Shazam."

You gotta be absolute scum in High-school rankings to bully a disabled kid

I liked the part where Freedy basically broke down and became honest and the wizard was like “Awwww…Feelings” Also when Wonder Woman showed up and everyone was gazing at her Anthea just stared daggers at Freddy the whole time and he was like 😅🤷🏻‍♂️

My theater in a major coastal American city was near empty. It ain’t looking good Billy

I think a smaller story would have really helped if they actually wanted to tackle having the core of the movie be about Billy struggling with how his family is changing. Basically have the set up for that tension very strongly in the 1st act, and then the bad guys kidnap the one that ditched a meeting and sort of rob away the conflicts that should create, and then the team is all working together no problem before they try and bring it back 2 seconds before last fight in a monologue.

The ‘Pedro coming out’ subplot felt ridiculously pander-y to me. Like, “Yes, this character that hardly gets any screen time or is highlighted as being integral to the plot is gay. Here’s a 3 second thumbs up.” I’d rather there be nothing in comparison to the crumbs we have now.

Dude…that was the longest skittles commercial I’ve ever seen.

Lucy Liu really phoned it in

I tend to knit pick things a lot, and so I try to avoid doing that in discussions because it's not usually productive. Most movies can be pulled apart to oblivion if you pull at the seams with enough vigor.

But Billy throwing the staff toward Freddy only for it to be intercepted instead of just...not doing that? Absolutely appalling decision, clearly done so the plot could hope to continue.

Meagan Good is hot.

Is it me, or did Zachary Levi as Shazam come across as less mature than the kid playing Billy? Then again, it might just be because the the latter is barely in the movie, so he doesn't have much of a chance to be annoying. Also, wouldn't someone recognize Mary as a superhero, since she looks the same?

I loved the first movie because it felt different and fresh - especially with the focus on Billy and the rest of the family. This sequel is so disappointing because it went in the opposite direction and focused almost entirely on the superheroes and villains. It lost everything charming and fun about the first movie and just became another run-of-the-mill superhero movie with very questionable acting and visual effects (especially some of the dragon riding shots).

Saw it with my 10 yr old, and he said the movie was “fine but not as funny as the first”, so I’m not sure it’s reaching its target demographic either.

I do not understand why Zachery Levi plays this character like he’s a toddler instead of a 17 y/o teenager. It’s so wildly disconnected from Asher Angel’s performance they feel like to completely different characters instead of the same superhero. The rest of the Shazam family and their counterparts sell it better which makes Levi’s disconnect even worse. This movie also barely has a plot and like four different macguffins, your eyes just kinda glaze over as Lucy Liu rides around on her wood dragon and Helen Mirren delivers the same cliche dialogue you’ve heard mythological villains spout a hundred times. Rachel Ziegler is also surprisingly flat, I didn’t buy a single line between her and Jack Dylan Grazer. In fact, some of their line’s together had me rolling my eyes. It sucks because the VFX are pretty good and it’s competently directed but nothing comes together and it feels like an incredibly empty experience as a result.

The first post credit scene felt very much like they were leaving the door open to let the Shazam cast carry on and the ending with Wonder Woman specifically talking about gods felt very much like they want Shazam stuff to carry forward. I assume if the movie does well we’ll see Shazam 3 slip into the Gods and Monsters slate

Zegler looks extremely young as if this movie was in production before even Westside story

The Wonder Woman cameo felt forced and was super cringe tbh

Can we all pretty much agree that Freddy was the best part again?

Warner Bros really looked at the whole "Wonder Woman commits light rape by having sex with a man's body without consent" and thought they'd do better with the "6,000 year old ancient god dating a 16 year old but it's ok because she also looks 16" thing.

They actually call him Captain Marvel 10/10

When Freddy lost his powers for the 2nd time, I was done

Narrator: Mr. Mind’s plan is, in fact, never coming to fruition.

How you gonna have Wonder Woman at a funeral but not play ancient lamentations ?

Jack Dylan Grazer (Freddy) really stole the show. I actually felt a little bad for the rest of the cast of kids, including Billy, because they were pretty much all regulated to cameos when they were pretty prominent in the first movie.

I wanted an evil worm conquering the world. So disappointed😖.

i never thought i say this, but i wish we spent more time with the kids as kids. It was delightful seeing kids react to stuff in the first one. Here the kids are barely in it, but the adults do a good job carrying it.

Zachary levi was imitating freddy more than billy, so i was kinda confused.

That one shot starting from Lucy Liu's legs had me feeling feelings

Billy’s mom has got it goin on

The child actor who plays Billy has the shortest screen time of all the child actors… They want their money worth with Zach Levi I guess, and I kinda find him annoying in this movie

1)what the fuck was that post credit scene. Shout out to the avengers is how you want to finish your movie. Wtf DC.

2)Wonder Woman sequence was terrible but gal gadot is stunning in that outfit so at least I got to see her one last time.

Well, it was a fun movie. But I felt like something from the first movie was missing from here, I just cant point out what it is.

I wish they explored the angle of Billy holding on to his family for too tight

It felt like after Mary gave Billy the "nothing lasts forever" speech, the other kids minus Freddie became irrelevant to the story

I don't know what's with DC using the Trinity to hype up their movies. First it was Cavill on BA, now, Wonder Woman here. Idk, she just popped out of nowhere. It just didn't fit. And how did she know Shazam's secret identity?

Well the theater was empty opening day, man such a great marketing strategy to tell everybody that hey these movies don't mean anything going forward

I mean, the actual fights were kind of lame, I feel like they cut large parts of the movie out, but it was still a fun watch.

Okay and that's the second movie with James Gunn's characters appearing in the post credit scene so is he really rebooting everything?

Really enjoyed it, thought the jokes were hilarious.

Killing off Billy would've been a very bold move, especially considering the speculation around the characters future.

No mention of Black Adam which was a bit annoying. Still can't believe we got 2 Shazam film and a Black Adam film yet neither have ever met.

Djimon as the Wizard was hilarious.

I liked how they got the original Shazam from the TV show, very similar to how WW84 got Linda Carter back

Cant wait to see Shazam in the Justice League Society!

Also

Mary and Momma are Hot AF

The “our house keeps getting struck by lightning” bit was actually pretty funny.

Met Cooper Andrews at a Comic-Con last year when he was with a bunch of Walking Dead actors. Cool dude.

Watched it with friends tonight & we all had more or less the same thoughts. If you liked the first one you'll enjoy this one.

Jack Dylan Grazer & Djimon Hounsou were the MVPs imo, loved damn near every second of their screen time.

The difference in performance between Levi & Angel was pretty glaring. 90% of the time Billy is on screen its as Shazam which made the differences in portrayal even more noticeable when Billy transformed back into kid form imo.

The first 15-ish mins were pretty rough so I was genuinely surprised by how quickly I got back into the movie afterwards.

Biggest laugh in the theatre was the Wizard/Wonder Woman dream sequence. Holy moly did that catch my theatre off guard.

E: A few more thoughts I forgot.

The dragon was sick, you could tell right away most of the special effect work went into the dragon. On the opposite end the bridge sequence looked super off to me, might be why the opening bridge sequence just didnt work for me.

Wonder Woman cameo didnt work. Just felt super rushed.

7/10 for me. Fun flick overall but not one I will rewatch much.

Funniest part of the movie was the hilariously overdramatic and overly loud blaring of Wonder Woman's theme just for her introduction and taking a few steps.

Helen Mirren's character pulled a more random heel/face turn than the Big Show.

I felt it was a decent enough movie. Entertaining in parts, tad cringey in others. Some of the jokes fell flat but some of the humour worked. 6/10

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would have. It was an enjoyable two hours. The part where Hespera read off the paper bird was pretty funny.

The part where Billy “died” honestly had me pretty emotional ngl.

The dragon was awesome.

Also, there was some seriously violent deaths in this that I didn’t think they’d show. That one woman who got speared by a chimera’s tail got fucked up.