between this and spider-verse i'm beginning to think the only way to save the comic book movie genre is to give it back to the people it belongs to: kids

wants so badly to be deadpool lite, ends up looking more like the book of henry of superhero movies. i said what i said

DC movies...are good now?

How could he catch a bus by the windshield?! Worst movie ever!! The average bus weighs between 25,000 and 40,000 pounds (11 to 18 metric tons). Not only would his hands go straight through any windshield (or any metal parts of the bus for that matter) but stopping that much mass in such an abrupt manner would turn the bus into an accordion and the passengers would be mush. And why did we hear a loud bang when he caught it if he caught the glass? Wouldn't there just be a glass cracking sound? Why was there a shockwave in the snow on the ground if the bus never actually reached the ground?
I know he couldn't fly at that point but why didn't he just superspeed up to the bridge and grab the bus from behind to gently pull it back up? Garbage.

Between this and Aquaman, I’m digging this Bizarro Universe we suddenly live in where DC movies are super fun.

Full review at ScreenCrush.

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people who don’t like this movie just really hate fun and that’s all i have to say

jack dylan grazer in all the movies please

i haven't seen this yet, but i had a dream that zachary levi broke into my house, punched me and stole all my money, and that was a 5 star dream

not really sure how turning into jimmy fallon circa 2005 MTV movie awards on command is a superpower.

Wholesome. 
Like an early 2000’s movie released during Thanksgiving.

My favorite DCEU movie so far.

I love Shazam as a character and his family is awesome and he's very likable. The villain is actually good which I can't say about that many dceu movies. And I like thay Shazam has an actual character arc and I cared for his character. And this is overall a fun movie. The cgi in some scenes was really bad though I don't know what it is about these DCEU movies having really bad cgi hopefully the new movies have better cgi. I also just hated the bully characters I don't know I just hate cliched bullies in movies. And also this movie was pretty funny despite some jokes not landing. And overall this is a pretty good superhero movie with a lot of heart.

Tacking away from the self-importance of Zack Snyder's approach to the recent slate of DC movies, Shazam! just seems happy to be invited. Everything about it, down to its very concept, seems designed to deconstruct the context and contents of superhero stories. With a 14-year-old boy who magically transforms into an all-powerful (and intentionally generic?) being as a protagonist, it makes literal (and pokes gentle fun at) the sort of goofy wish-fulfillment that draws kids to these stories in the first place. I love that aspect of Shazam!. Watching Billy Batson trying to be a superhero and realizing just how bizarre it can be is fantastic. Unfortunately, as things move along, the movie veers away from those tongue-in-cheek moments and becomes a pretty standard affair. Our hero flies around, punches a few nondescript ghouls, and saves the day. Okay.

this was so charming

Definitely exceeded expectations.

I can't believe they got Sans Undertale to play the villain in this movie

9/10

Earned the exclamation point.

This is a top tier superhero movie cmon!!!

This Movie just one word.FUN. The perfect casting of Zachary Levi to the cool story all contributes to the great film. The Villain is cool and the action is great. This Movie is at the same level as BOP or WW to me

i actually enjoyed this movie . fun watch

man i did not know DC could make a fun superhero comedy movie like this. nice job 👍

shazam is a refreshing blast of pure comic exaggeration and charm.

I expected this to be a lot better than it was. Zachary Levi steels the show but his Shazam! doesn’t feel like a grown up version of this Billy Batson as it feels like a completely different character when he transforms when he shouldn’t. The final act’s twist was awesome, however, and goes down as one of the best final battles in a DCEU film.