Pet Sematary is the second film adaptation of the Stephen King novel (a previous one written by King himself was made in 1989) and stars Jason Clarke as a Boston doctor who moves to the country with his family to wind things down a bit but when their pet Cat Church is run over by a Truck he struggles to tell his young daughter the news until a nearby neighbour (John Lithgow) tells him of a possible way to make everything alright again.
Pet Sematary is not a good movie and along with Mary, Queen of Scots is the other worst movie I’ve seen so far this year but why Is that well let me count the ways:
Firstly, the movie is not very scary and like a lot of horror movies these days it relies way too much on loud noises, quick cuts and jump scares to frighten its audience and for me I just don’t respond to that kind of horror movie I like more the slow burn and tense style of horror which the same studio Paramount made just last year in A Quiet Place but I suppose that’s the difference between a good horror team and a bad one which this movie has.
Secondly the characters feel deathly dull and flat and some of the performances don’t help, Jason Clarke just came across as a poor man’s Mark Ruffalo and all I kept thinking was “Mark would’ve nailed this role” and I have liked him in other movies but here he just felt flat and boring, John Lithgow one of my favorite actors for a long time ever since watching 3rd Rock from the Sun on TV as a kid is really disappointing here mainly because I just couldn’t buy him in this old man role where he looked kind of creepy and I just went “No I don’t want to see him in this kind of role.”
And lastly the look of the film is terrible, a lot of it takes place at night and its very dark to look at but it has none of the same effectiveness that Jordan Peele did with his night photography in Us recently instead it just looks murky and black and at times I just found it ugly to look at on a big cinema screen.
And this story has so much that I should like in terms of being a story about Death and Grief and when to Let Go of those we love now that their gone and having proper MA bloody violence and an Evil Cat and yet I was so bored by it all and its along with Mary Queen of Scots the worst movie I’ve seen so far this year, 1 out of 5.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Film Review - Hellboy (2019)
Hellboy is a reboot of the graphic novel character that had 2 previous movies directed by Guillermo Del Toro and Ron Perlman as Hellboy, this time Neil Marshall from the Descent and Game of Thrones takes the directors chair and David Harbour is Hellboy this time, the story concerns an evil witch (Milla Jovovich) who is buried in Ancient England but not before vowing revenge and later being dug up in modern day London and so Hellboy has to go and stop her and also find out his true destiny.
This new Hellboy is rated R18+ here in Australia for a reason as this movie is very bloody, gory and violent and I personally loved every single moment of it, every flow of blood, dismembered body parts and disembowling of opponents I just ate it up and even licked my lips a couple of times as it was so refreshing to see this amount of violence and blood in a major movie and it is something I have missed in a movie like this where all too often the violence is heavily toned down.
Unfortunately the movies storytelling is not as satisfying as it is in terms of its tone all over the place, on the one hand you have this R rated violence, a story concerning mythical England and then almost out of nowhere these rock video style action sequences pop into the film as if they were inserted into the editing room during post production plus there are a lot of one liners on show here as well and the two styles didn’t really mix that well for me and there has been stories about fights during the making of the film and I’m not surprised as the mismash of tones is really on show here.
As for the performances, Mr Harbour and Ian McShane do what they can in their roles but a lot of the time it seems like they don’t really have any meaningful character arcs or consistent direction to guide their character and performances while Ms Jovovich is okay as the Witch but also not that memorable either.
And so that was Hellboy and I enjoyed its violence but I wish it didn’t feel so tonally inconsistent, 2 out of 5.
This new Hellboy is rated R18+ here in Australia for a reason as this movie is very bloody, gory and violent and I personally loved every single moment of it, every flow of blood, dismembered body parts and disembowling of opponents I just ate it up and even licked my lips a couple of times as it was so refreshing to see this amount of violence and blood in a major movie and it is something I have missed in a movie like this where all too often the violence is heavily toned down.
Unfortunately the movies storytelling is not as satisfying as it is in terms of its tone all over the place, on the one hand you have this R rated violence, a story concerning mythical England and then almost out of nowhere these rock video style action sequences pop into the film as if they were inserted into the editing room during post production plus there are a lot of one liners on show here as well and the two styles didn’t really mix that well for me and there has been stories about fights during the making of the film and I’m not surprised as the mismash of tones is really on show here.
As for the performances, Mr Harbour and Ian McShane do what they can in their roles but a lot of the time it seems like they don’t really have any meaningful character arcs or consistent direction to guide their character and performances while Ms Jovovich is okay as the Witch but also not that memorable either.
And so that was Hellboy and I enjoyed its violence but I wish it didn’t feel so tonally inconsistent, 2 out of 5.
Film Review - Missing Link (2019)
Missing Link is the newest animated film by Laika Studios who made Kubo and the Two Strings, ParaNorman, Coraline and the Boxtrolls, this story takes place in turn of the Century England where an Adventurer Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman) is keen to discover the existence of Bigfoot but when he finds the creature he is wanting to go to Shangri-La to find others like him so he is less lonely but there are other Adventurers who are not so keen to see Sir Lionel succeed.
Missing Link is a lot of fun and Laika once again do a beautiful job animating this movie, the stop motion work feels seamless and the look of the characters and the environments they walk around in look great on the big screen and I really hope people give it a chance in the cinema as it looks great and very colourful.
And also the film has a very nice adventure story that I really got behind and surprised me in a way that I did not expect as sometimes in animated movies there are certain beats those films hit especially around the two thirds mark and happily I didn’t get that to a certain extent and it was very relieving as even great animated movies can suffer from this but here its handled very well and it didn’t bother me too much.
And lastly the film has some fun vocal performances, its always a pleasure to hear Hugh Jackman have fun in a movie and he is very charming as Sir Lionel, Zoe Saldana and Zack Galifinakis are also pretty good but I particularly liked Stephen Fry as the rival Adventurer where he channels his best British snootiness and I thought it was him but when it was confirmed in the end credits I wasn’t surprised and its probably my favorite performance in the movie.
And so that was Missing Link and it’s a lot of fun that hopefully doesn’t go ignored in cinemas, 3 and a half out of 5.
Missing Link is a lot of fun and Laika once again do a beautiful job animating this movie, the stop motion work feels seamless and the look of the characters and the environments they walk around in look great on the big screen and I really hope people give it a chance in the cinema as it looks great and very colourful.
And also the film has a very nice adventure story that I really got behind and surprised me in a way that I did not expect as sometimes in animated movies there are certain beats those films hit especially around the two thirds mark and happily I didn’t get that to a certain extent and it was very relieving as even great animated movies can suffer from this but here its handled very well and it didn’t bother me too much.
And lastly the film has some fun vocal performances, its always a pleasure to hear Hugh Jackman have fun in a movie and he is very charming as Sir Lionel, Zoe Saldana and Zack Galifinakis are also pretty good but I particularly liked Stephen Fry as the rival Adventurer where he channels his best British snootiness and I thought it was him but when it was confirmed in the end credits I wasn’t surprised and its probably my favorite performance in the movie.
And so that was Missing Link and it’s a lot of fun that hopefully doesn’t go ignored in cinemas, 3 and a half out of 5.
Film Review - Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame is the follow up to last year’s Infinity War and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are not in a good place after failing to defeat Thanos (Josh Brolin) and preventing the dusting of half the universe, some might say that what’s done is done and they should try to move on but not them.
Not Them.
To say this movie had a lot to live up to is not lying for me as I really loved Infinity War last year, seeing it 4 times in its opening week, it had great storytelling that made full use of its 2.5 hour runtime, the character moments were well handled, the action was good and Thanos was an excellent villain perfectly portrayed by Mr Brolin but how does this get topped especially when there are so many questions we have in our minds?
Well you top Infinity War by making a worthy follow up that’s how as this movie the more I have thought about it is a mighty impressive one just as a movie on its own surpassing the Marvel Studios brand which a lot of the films I have mainly felt were good in that lane but this one transcends it I feel to just be a great film.
Firstly the storytelling here is very sound much like Infinity War was and there are multiple ways this could have gone very horribly wrong but screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have done their jobs well but crafting a great script that balances action, heart, character, story and comedy in a very nice way where no one element feels out of sync or overpowers the other and the comedy at times in these movies has been guilty of that but here it is used well.
And also both Infinity War and this movie prove beyond any doubt in my mind that having a strong villain in these kinds of genre movies matters 115% and Thanos has been just that in both films, Mr Brolin was great in Infinity War but he is as good if not better in this one and Marvel Studios has constantly dropped the ball over a long time but with these 2 films they have more than rectified for that with this character who deserves to go down as one of the best villains in movies.
But its not just Mr Brolin who steps up, everyone involved in this movie is bringing their A game, in the 11 years of these films none of the main cast have quit, been fired nor phoned it in and they certainly don’t do that here, Chris Evans and Karen Gillan are two people who don’t get the due they’re deserved for the work they do in their roles and they are fantastic, Downey does arguably his best work in this movie as Tony Stark, Paul Rudd is great fun as Scott Lang while Jeremy Renner gets a meaty storyline to sink his teeth into.
And lastly the action sequences have to be seen to be believed, there is some great stuff here that if you have followed this franchise for all these 11 years you will not forget easily.
If there are some problems well their really only minor quibbles and that is the 3 hour runtime which movies can struggle to maintain a good pace with (Return of the King is a good example and that films pretty good) it does get a little wobbly in spots but aside from that the time goes by very easily and you barely feel the long length.
And like that great Star Trek movie the Undiscovered Country did for Captain Kirk and crew, Avengers: Endgame is a great send off to the original 6 Avengers and I could not have been happier or more impressed with this movie, 4.5 out of 5.
Not Them.
To say this movie had a lot to live up to is not lying for me as I really loved Infinity War last year, seeing it 4 times in its opening week, it had great storytelling that made full use of its 2.5 hour runtime, the character moments were well handled, the action was good and Thanos was an excellent villain perfectly portrayed by Mr Brolin but how does this get topped especially when there are so many questions we have in our minds?
Well you top Infinity War by making a worthy follow up that’s how as this movie the more I have thought about it is a mighty impressive one just as a movie on its own surpassing the Marvel Studios brand which a lot of the films I have mainly felt were good in that lane but this one transcends it I feel to just be a great film.
Firstly the storytelling here is very sound much like Infinity War was and there are multiple ways this could have gone very horribly wrong but screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have done their jobs well but crafting a great script that balances action, heart, character, story and comedy in a very nice way where no one element feels out of sync or overpowers the other and the comedy at times in these movies has been guilty of that but here it is used well.
And also both Infinity War and this movie prove beyond any doubt in my mind that having a strong villain in these kinds of genre movies matters 115% and Thanos has been just that in both films, Mr Brolin was great in Infinity War but he is as good if not better in this one and Marvel Studios has constantly dropped the ball over a long time but with these 2 films they have more than rectified for that with this character who deserves to go down as one of the best villains in movies.
But its not just Mr Brolin who steps up, everyone involved in this movie is bringing their A game, in the 11 years of these films none of the main cast have quit, been fired nor phoned it in and they certainly don’t do that here, Chris Evans and Karen Gillan are two people who don’t get the due they’re deserved for the work they do in their roles and they are fantastic, Downey does arguably his best work in this movie as Tony Stark, Paul Rudd is great fun as Scott Lang while Jeremy Renner gets a meaty storyline to sink his teeth into.
And lastly the action sequences have to be seen to be believed, there is some great stuff here that if you have followed this franchise for all these 11 years you will not forget easily.
If there are some problems well their really only minor quibbles and that is the 3 hour runtime which movies can struggle to maintain a good pace with (Return of the King is a good example and that films pretty good) it does get a little wobbly in spots but aside from that the time goes by very easily and you barely feel the long length.
And like that great Star Trek movie the Undiscovered Country did for Captain Kirk and crew, Avengers: Endgame is a great send off to the original 6 Avengers and I could not have been happier or more impressed with this movie, 4.5 out of 5.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Film Review - If Beale Street Could Talk (2019)
If Beale Street Could Talk is the new film by Barry Jenkins who made Moonlight back in 2016 and concerns Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonnie (Stephan James) two young people who are settling down together until Fonnie ends up in prison accused of rape in the meantime Tish is pregnant with his child and the desperate race is on to prove his innocence.
Beale Street shows tremendous growth for Mr Jenkins as a filmmaker since Moonlight and while he also shows the same soulful intimacy with the camera he showed in that film he proves himself very adept at telling more of a conventional story as opposed to a vignette one that Moonlight was and I really liked that about this movie especially its love story which is very tender to watch and Ms Layne and Mr James have terrific chemistry together.
I also really liked the performance by Regina King who deserved her Academy Award win playing a desperate mother trying to everything in her power to keep her growing family together and prove her son in law’s innocence.
But alas for all of this good work and I personally think Beale Street is a better movie than Moonlight mainly because of its more conventional 3 act storytelling I feel that this movie doesn’t grab you in that same way that Moonlight did and in that film you really felt like you were following this character in Chiron through these different stages of his life and the film is structured in that vignette way and it worked very well in centring the overall film on him whereas here while I liked the more conventional love story it did feel that way at times and towards the end it starts to get very predictable in how it will all play out.
And so that was If Beale Street Could Talk and it’s a good movie that is very well made and performed but I also feel that it lacks that certain spice that made Moonlight so memorable, 3 out of 5.
Beale Street shows tremendous growth for Mr Jenkins as a filmmaker since Moonlight and while he also shows the same soulful intimacy with the camera he showed in that film he proves himself very adept at telling more of a conventional story as opposed to a vignette one that Moonlight was and I really liked that about this movie especially its love story which is very tender to watch and Ms Layne and Mr James have terrific chemistry together.
I also really liked the performance by Regina King who deserved her Academy Award win playing a desperate mother trying to everything in her power to keep her growing family together and prove her son in law’s innocence.
But alas for all of this good work and I personally think Beale Street is a better movie than Moonlight mainly because of its more conventional 3 act storytelling I feel that this movie doesn’t grab you in that same way that Moonlight did and in that film you really felt like you were following this character in Chiron through these different stages of his life and the film is structured in that vignette way and it worked very well in centring the overall film on him whereas here while I liked the more conventional love story it did feel that way at times and towards the end it starts to get very predictable in how it will all play out.
And so that was If Beale Street Could Talk and it’s a good movie that is very well made and performed but I also feel that it lacks that certain spice that made Moonlight so memorable, 3 out of 5.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Film Review - Unicorn Store (2019)
Unicorn Store is a new Netflix movie that is directed by and stars Brie Larson as Kit, a young girl who wanted to be an artist but is now working as a temp in an office building until she gets a letter in the mail from a mysterious store owner (Samuel L Jackson) who claims he can help her get a unicorn provided she performs a few tasks first.
Unicorn Store is well made and performed and Ms Larson more than equips herself in both roles, as a performer she finds both the joy of Kit as well as the pain that she lives with and as a director she finds a good rhythm to the pacing and editing and doesn’t let the overall storytelling overstay its welcome plus there are times where I felt she made good use of the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Plus there are some other good performances as well, Mr Jackson is fine even though for the most part I felt like I was watching Samuel L Jackson walk around with streaks of foil in his hair while Bradley Whitford and Joan Cusack are quite good as Kit’s parents and I most certainly enjoyed seeing Ms Cusack in a movie again, it feels like its been an eternity since she was last on screen.
But this movie’s script has some big tonal issues and those issues really hold this film back in a major way as on the one hand it wants to be this serious look at a young girl who might have some mental health issues and is trying to find her place in the world in terms of doing what she loves while also trying to find something that can help her to earn the money so she can support herself and have a comfortable enough life but at the same time it goes on these flights of fancy with unicorns and sparkles and endless amounts of glitter.
And both of these elements on their own if they were given the space to breathe is fine but when mushed together like colours on a artist board I could see the clash of tones at times but then again maybe in the hands of a more seasoned director who has found their feet in the chair might have been able to figure this out to make it one film and make it work but I give Ms Larson props for trying this right off the bat at least even if she doesn’t quite get there in the long run.
And so that was Unicorn Store and it’s a fine enough film to watch with good work from Ms Larson both in front of and behind the camera but the script struggles with some tonal issues, 2 and a half out of 5.
Unicorn Store is well made and performed and Ms Larson more than equips herself in both roles, as a performer she finds both the joy of Kit as well as the pain that she lives with and as a director she finds a good rhythm to the pacing and editing and doesn’t let the overall storytelling overstay its welcome plus there are times where I felt she made good use of the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Plus there are some other good performances as well, Mr Jackson is fine even though for the most part I felt like I was watching Samuel L Jackson walk around with streaks of foil in his hair while Bradley Whitford and Joan Cusack are quite good as Kit’s parents and I most certainly enjoyed seeing Ms Cusack in a movie again, it feels like its been an eternity since she was last on screen.
But this movie’s script has some big tonal issues and those issues really hold this film back in a major way as on the one hand it wants to be this serious look at a young girl who might have some mental health issues and is trying to find her place in the world in terms of doing what she loves while also trying to find something that can help her to earn the money so she can support herself and have a comfortable enough life but at the same time it goes on these flights of fancy with unicorns and sparkles and endless amounts of glitter.
And both of these elements on their own if they were given the space to breathe is fine but when mushed together like colours on a artist board I could see the clash of tones at times but then again maybe in the hands of a more seasoned director who has found their feet in the chair might have been able to figure this out to make it one film and make it work but I give Ms Larson props for trying this right off the bat at least even if she doesn’t quite get there in the long run.
And so that was Unicorn Store and it’s a fine enough film to watch with good work from Ms Larson both in front of and behind the camera but the script struggles with some tonal issues, 2 and a half out of 5.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Film Review - Us (2019)
Us is the new film written and directed by Jordan Peele who made Get Out in 2017 and this time Winston Duke and Lupita N’Yongo play a married couple who take their 2 children to Santa Cruz for a beach holiday but back in 1986 Lupita’s character had a traumatic event at that same beach and one night 4 people who look exactly like them invade their home and darkness ensues.
Us for the most part worked for me and the first big reason is Jordan Peele’s overall craftsmanship of the movie, he does a great job using the night sky with its low light lamps, black skies and moody cinematography to really create a sense of dread and mood throughout those scenes in the film and it worked so well that when the film went back into the daytime those scenes didn’t work anywhere near as well for me and sapped some of that same tension away from the movie.
And also Ms N’Yongo is crazy good here and she does so much with her facial expressions and her eyes and that weird voice she does when she’s playing her red suit self that at times sounds a bit like Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget that in both sides of her roles you really fear for her when she’s playing the terrified mother and eating up every scene when she’s playing the red suit captor, this lady has been due for a great role in a movie since her Oscar win for 12 Years a Slave and its great to see her get 2 in one movie hopefully more are to come.
But sadly this movie falls over big time in the third act as the mystery of the red suits starts to come more into focus and unfortunately a comparison to M Night Shyamalan came into mind as it has that type of feel to it and not in a good way now some of Shyamalan’s twist endings do work such as in his best films Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Split but here it didn’t quite work as well here for me.
And lastly for a Horror movie I wasn’t all that scared much sure there are a lot of misdirects in the edit and loud noises on the sound mix but they didn’t really get me scared all that much sure they make you jump but it feels like a sugar hit to keep the fear factor up when I personally prefer the slow burn style of Horror.
And so that was Us, a film that works for the most part and has a great performance by Ms N’Yongo but fell apart for me in the third act, 3 out of 5.
Us for the most part worked for me and the first big reason is Jordan Peele’s overall craftsmanship of the movie, he does a great job using the night sky with its low light lamps, black skies and moody cinematography to really create a sense of dread and mood throughout those scenes in the film and it worked so well that when the film went back into the daytime those scenes didn’t work anywhere near as well for me and sapped some of that same tension away from the movie.
And also Ms N’Yongo is crazy good here and she does so much with her facial expressions and her eyes and that weird voice she does when she’s playing her red suit self that at times sounds a bit like Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget that in both sides of her roles you really fear for her when she’s playing the terrified mother and eating up every scene when she’s playing the red suit captor, this lady has been due for a great role in a movie since her Oscar win for 12 Years a Slave and its great to see her get 2 in one movie hopefully more are to come.
But sadly this movie falls over big time in the third act as the mystery of the red suits starts to come more into focus and unfortunately a comparison to M Night Shyamalan came into mind as it has that type of feel to it and not in a good way now some of Shyamalan’s twist endings do work such as in his best films Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Split but here it didn’t quite work as well here for me.
And lastly for a Horror movie I wasn’t all that scared much sure there are a lot of misdirects in the edit and loud noises on the sound mix but they didn’t really get me scared all that much sure they make you jump but it feels like a sugar hit to keep the fear factor up when I personally prefer the slow burn style of Horror.
And so that was Us, a film that works for the most part and has a great performance by Ms N’Yongo but fell apart for me in the third act, 3 out of 5.
Film Review - Fighting with my Family (2019)
Fighting with my Family is written and directed by Stephen Merchant (the Swan caller in Hot Fuzz) and stars Florence Pugh as Paige, a young girl who comes from a wrestling family in England and along with her brother Zack get to try out in London with the WWE training program run by Vince Vaughn but things will get a lot harder from there.
Fighting with my Family was a very nice surprise of a movie and it was one I didn’t really expect much from mainly because I’m not really into wrestling but there are 2 main reasons I feel this movie was fun to watch.
The first is Mr Merchant’s script, it is great fun and more than once had me laughing properly out loud in my cinema seat, it also helps that his direction also inspires some great performances from his cast, Dwayne Johnson who also helped produce this movie is his usual charming and likeable self in a small role, Nick Frost continues to always be funny at least to me as Paige’s dad, Lena Headey was good as Paige’s mum while Mr Vaughn was also good as the WWE trainer.
But this is Florence’s movie and her performance is so likeable you really go on this journey with her and you want her to succeed at her goal, it’s the kind of performance that really drives the best of these sport movies whether its Sly in the Rocky series to use as an example or here that kind of performance is very important to these movies and it has one of those here.
And so that was Fighting with my Family, a fun sports wrestling movie that has a good script and performances and even non wrestling fans will have fun here, 3 out of 5.
Fighting with my Family was a very nice surprise of a movie and it was one I didn’t really expect much from mainly because I’m not really into wrestling but there are 2 main reasons I feel this movie was fun to watch.
The first is Mr Merchant’s script, it is great fun and more than once had me laughing properly out loud in my cinema seat, it also helps that his direction also inspires some great performances from his cast, Dwayne Johnson who also helped produce this movie is his usual charming and likeable self in a small role, Nick Frost continues to always be funny at least to me as Paige’s dad, Lena Headey was good as Paige’s mum while Mr Vaughn was also good as the WWE trainer.
But this is Florence’s movie and her performance is so likeable you really go on this journey with her and you want her to succeed at her goal, it’s the kind of performance that really drives the best of these sport movies whether its Sly in the Rocky series to use as an example or here that kind of performance is very important to these movies and it has one of those here.
And so that was Fighting with my Family, a fun sports wrestling movie that has a good script and performances and even non wrestling fans will have fun here, 3 out of 5.
Film Review - Shazam! (2019)
Shazam! Is the newest entry in the DC Comics movie franchise and concerns Billy Batson (Asher Angel) a child looking for his mother and has run from various foster homes and ends up in one in Philadelphia but one day he finds himself in a cave talking to an old wizard who gives him the power of Shazam! Which he can activate by saying that word but his new superhero persona will become tested when Dr Sivana (Mark Strong) seeks that power to rule the world.
Shazam! Was not a movie that did very much for me I’m afraid and that mainly comes down to the use of comedy in the film, a lot of the time it felt like the movie strived too hard to be comedic and humorous and funny and others might find the kind of humour the film has which is very much the teen coming of age/early attempts at superheroics might work for others but for me I just got tired of it after a while.
And also Mark Strong as Dr Sivana was okay as a villain but again after a while I didn’t really get behind his motivation and thinking about these 2 points I come to what will probably be my main issue with the film and that is its length.
The film runs for over 2 hours and like Thor Ragnarok in 2017 it overstays its welcome by a good 20-25 minutes or so and the kind of films Ragnarok and Shazam! Want to be influenced by such as Ghostbusters or Big or Top Gun and Lethal Weapon in the case of the recently released Captain Marvel they weren’t movies that ran over 2 hours at most they were 105-115 minutes and if Shazam! Had been at that length I probably would’ve liked it a lot more.
And so that was Shazam! And in all honesty I just don’t find myself getting back on the DC train unless they pull off a home run and neither this or Aquaman have been that for me and both the villain and the humour overstayed their welcome for me, 2 out of 5.
Shazam! Was not a movie that did very much for me I’m afraid and that mainly comes down to the use of comedy in the film, a lot of the time it felt like the movie strived too hard to be comedic and humorous and funny and others might find the kind of humour the film has which is very much the teen coming of age/early attempts at superheroics might work for others but for me I just got tired of it after a while.
And also Mark Strong as Dr Sivana was okay as a villain but again after a while I didn’t really get behind his motivation and thinking about these 2 points I come to what will probably be my main issue with the film and that is its length.
The film runs for over 2 hours and like Thor Ragnarok in 2017 it overstays its welcome by a good 20-25 minutes or so and the kind of films Ragnarok and Shazam! Want to be influenced by such as Ghostbusters or Big or Top Gun and Lethal Weapon in the case of the recently released Captain Marvel they weren’t movies that ran over 2 hours at most they were 105-115 minutes and if Shazam! Had been at that length I probably would’ve liked it a lot more.
And so that was Shazam! And in all honesty I just don’t find myself getting back on the DC train unless they pull off a home run and neither this or Aquaman have been that for me and both the villain and the humour overstayed their welcome for me, 2 out of 5.
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