I'm a superhero fanboy and have basically seen all the superhero movies over the past 30ish years. Black Adam was so painfully dull, derivative, and soulless I was checking my watch throughout the film and uncomfortably laughing at all the concepts they've blatantly stolen from prior Marvel or DC films.
I was literally counting the stolen beats while watching: Xavier institute knock off with X-men ship flying out the courtyard? Freddy rip-off (Billy Batson's bff from Shazam) marveling at the main characters' powerset? Giving a one-liner description of peoples' powers a la first Suicide Squad? Stealing the Dark Knight line "really poor choice of words" when dropping someone from the sky? Wakandan Vibranian knock-off? I can keep going but this film has got it all!
Viola Davis is clearly phoning it in and honestly...good for her. Get a green screen and make that money from your living room! The rest of the cast? Dwayne Johnson is about as interesting as a handtowel. Justice Society members are forgettable aside from Dr. Fate who's powerset is really the only interesting part of the film.
The plot? Nonsensical, centered around tell-don't-show storytelling, and full of holes. None of the conflict ever needed to even happen. Hawkman giving lectures to Black Adam about integrity when he works for Amanda Waller? Uh what?! The writers clearly gave little to no care for continuity or cohesiveness.
This film was a big budget waste of time. I can't tell if it was soulless or had multiple studio interventions due to DC/WB being in shambles. Now that they have new leadership, please get it together.
I would highly recommend skipping this. I wish I just saved my time and money and saw the 10 sec post-credits scene with Henry Cavill as Superman saying hi on YouTube.
I was literally counting the stolen beats while watching: Xavier institute knock off with X-men ship flying out the courtyard? Freddy rip-off (Billy Batson's bff from Shazam) marveling at the main characters' powerset? Giving a one-liner description of peoples' powers a la first Suicide Squad? Stealing the Dark Knight line "really poor choice of words" when dropping someone from the sky? Wakandan Vibranian knock-off? I can keep going but this film has got it all!
Viola Davis is clearly phoning it in and honestly...good for her. Get a green screen and make that money from your living room! The rest of the cast? Dwayne Johnson is about as interesting as a handtowel. Justice Society members are forgettable aside from Dr. Fate who's powerset is really the only interesting part of the film.
The plot? Nonsensical, centered around tell-don't-show storytelling, and full of holes. None of the conflict ever needed to even happen. Hawkman giving lectures to Black Adam about integrity when he works for Amanda Waller? Uh what?! The writers clearly gave little to no care for continuity or cohesiveness.
This film was a big budget waste of time. I can't tell if it was soulless or had multiple studio interventions due to DC/WB being in shambles. Now that they have new leadership, please get it together.
I would highly recommend skipping this. I wish I just saved my time and money and saw the 10 sec post-credits scene with Henry Cavill as Superman saying hi on YouTube.