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User Reviews for: Shazam! Fury of the Gods

SkinnyFilmBuff
/10  2 years ago
Not bad, but definitely a step-down from the original. The humor is still more hit than miss, though the ratio is down from the first. The story is serviceable. I was actually pretty happy with things until the last act when the CGI budget spiked and my interest cratered. It makes the classic sequel mistake of assuming bigger equals better. Unfortunately, much of the increased scope ends up feeling half baked and/or obligatory. For example, the movie really lost me with the [spoiler]random mythological creatures getting birthed from the tree[/spoiler]. It feels like the movie just needed a lower level threat for non-super powered characters to face off against so that they have something to do. It's completely superfluous and I would have preferred to just not see those characters for a while. Black Adam did something very similar in its finale, with zombies/skeletons randomly popping out of the ground. Not sure which is worse. In this case, the issue culminates in the [spoiler]unicorn sequence[/spoiler], which got a big fat eye roll from me. I'd also criticize the pacing of the finale, as certain sequences seemed to drag way longer than necessary ([spoiler]e.g. waiting for the lightning staff to blow up[/spoiler]). All in all, way better than Ant-Man Quantummania.
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