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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-06-12 (Thursday)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:22:35 -0000 (UTC)
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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>On 6/13/25 8:09 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
 
>>Shazam! (4K disc) 2019 movie set in the DCEU.  Asher Angel stars as 
>>Billy Batson, a young orphan who, after being shown to be a liar and a 
>>thief, is gifted by a wizard (Djimon Hounsou) magical powers that 
>>transform him into the superhero Shazam (Zachary Levi).  In spite of 
>>being the same person, the two actors seemingly make no effort to even 
>>try to play the same character.  

>Yep.

>>Anyway, when he's not goofing around 
>>making YouTube videos and otherwise exploiting his powers, Shazam must 
>>stop Dr. Sivana (Mark Strong AKA Sinestro) from unleashing the Seven 
>>Deadly Sins upon the world. This one is generally pretty good.

>I still have never bothered with the sequel - between them firing 
>Michelle Borth between movies, and the sequel getting lousy reviews, I 
>could never muster up the interest.

The second movie destroys the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the opening
set piece. I really objected to that. Then it gets worse.