Shazam

[MrYac]

Originally Posted by KaraFan

This seemed very kidish but I'll give it a chance.

Shouldn't Billy be pretty darn kidish though?

[Hellboy]

Originally Posted by MrYac

Shouldn't Billy be pretty darn kidish though?

Yeah, that’s my point. This looks pretty spot on as far as I can tell. I’ve never been a big Shazam/Captain Marvel fan myself. The character and concept are just a bit too cheesy for my tastes. That said it appears to be a pretty faithful adaptation. If it’s not your thing I get it, but I don’t understand why actual fans of the character would be disappointed in what’s being shown.

[EnShinNoi]

I like it because it doesn't feel at all Snyder-ish. Can't say the same about Aquaman.

[wktf]

Originally Posted by Hellboy

Yeah, that’s my point. This looks pretty spot on as far as I can tell. I’ve never been a big Shazam/Captain Marvel fan myself. The character and concept are just a bit too cheesy for my tastes. That said it appears to be a pretty faithful adaptation. If it’s not your thing I get it, but I don’t understand why actual fans of the character would be disappointed in what’s being shown.

Depends on which version of the character we’re talking about. This is closer to the recent New 52 Geoff Johns/Gary Frank work than what came before it.

[The Dark Knight]

Looks fine. Really heavy on the Geoff Johns new 52 origin side of the things, it seems. But no Black Adam right ? I'm ok with that, if they will make an R Rated Black Adam film, with Black Adam really getting brutal like that time how he killed the psycho pirate and stuff.

[mmk123]

Originally Posted by wktf

Depends on which version of th character we’re talking about. This is closer to the recent New 52 Geoff Johns/Gary Frank work than what came before it.

I thought the same. I actually like the Geoff Johns/Gary Frank version. I thought it was very faithful to the original yet put a nice modern spin on the character. I have not decided if I am going to be buying the upcoming series or not though (to me it would be hard to top Jerry Ordway's Power of Shazam graphic novel and series).

[statman]

This could be a fun movie. I've been a fan of Zach Levi since his days on Chuck, so I may give it a whirl.

[Hellboy]

Originally Posted by wktf

Depends on which version of th character we’re talking about. This is closer to the recent New 52 Geoff Johns/Gary Frank work than what came before it.

Outside of guest appearances in other DC books or Shazam being part of a team I’ve never read the character so any differences are mostly lost on me. I would think most comic book to film adaptations would be closer to the New 52 simply due to both being modern iterations. Is there really much of a difference between the classic and New 52? All the core elements seem to be the same best as I can tell but as I stated, I’m no authority on the character.

My point is it seems most here who don’t think this looks good simply aren’t into Shazam. It’s definitely a more light hearted/juvenile character. Especially if we’re telling his origin story. While it’s not really a film I’m personally excited about I’m not seeing anything wrong with the adaptation based on the trailer.

[Augen]

Looks fun to me, I'll check it out.

[SuperJ300]

Originally Posted by Hellboy

Yeah, that’s my point. This looks pretty spot on as far as I can tell. I’ve never been a big Shazam/Captain Marvel fan myself. The character and concept are just a bit too cheesy for my tastes. That said it appears to be a pretty faithful adaptation. If it’s not your thing I get it, but I don’t understand why actual fans of the character would be disappointed in what’s being shown.

Yep, this is what I expect from this film.

Not all movies should be dark as Batman. WB has been stuck on that for a bit. Give the rest their own style of movies.

I think this will be a suprise hit.