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Shazam for movies5/15/2023 ![]() Language/Crude Humor: No f-bombs, though a little girl says “mother-“ and is audibly cut off before she can drop her f-bomb. As tradition, Sandberg’s wife has a cameo and once again faces a horrible fate. Light gore as a character removes a splinter underneath their fingernail. Comic-book style large action fights where characters bash each other with no real consequence (except for the destruction of the surrounding environment). The antagonists frequently discuss destroying humans. A menacing dragon is a prominent creature in the film. Scary-looking fantasy creatures (ogres, minotaurs, harpies, etc) attack people, violently flinging them about. Humans turn into rage-like zombies, attack each other, then are turned into stone/crumbled into dust. Violence/Scary Images: For a comedy-driven superhero film, a lot of bystanders die in fairly horrible ways. Is there anything special about this particular comic book adaptation compared to the plethora of others? Enough time now has rolled around for a sequel to emerge- Shazam! Fury of the Gods-and the anticipation for it is noticeably mellow. Yet while Shazam! held some importance in the wider context of DC’s direction, as a film it didn’t particularly offer audiences anything really new, mostly because viewers are getting rather blasé about any sort of superhero content due to its current prevalence in cinema. While it contained a few references to other superheroes, it still felt like a standalone movie, demonstrating that DC was now willing to carve their own path as opposed to following Marvel’s model. It was comedy-centric and light-hearted, but it still delivered a warm message. Though it was Shazam! that really changed the overall tone of these films. A change of heart was noticed with Aquaman, with director James Wan introducing the element of fun back into DC film adaptations. Viewers found the DCEU to be too serious for its comic books roots, favouring the MCU instead, essentially killing off the competition between the two juggernauts before it had even begun. The MCU quickly discovered that a light-hearted joke-riddled tone worked well with their superhero content, whereas the DCEU attempted a darker, more gritty approach to their cinematic adaptations. There’s a certain reputation that comes with Marvel and DC films. ![]()
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