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So I just saw an early screening of #Shazam! I went into it thinking it was gonna be a cringey mess, all quips and no substance. And I mean, it's not that. It's fine. Serviceable, even. I just can't help but feel I've seen this a gazillion times before.
I think what it's done is take the original concept and modernize it, make it a little more palatable for 21st-century audiences. Which... is exactly what's made every other DC movie fail? And exactly what Marvel never does, which is why their movies all have charm and heart?
Like, take Billy Batson. From what I understand, he was the golden child of the Justice League, a paragon even more noble than Superman. Why? Because he was pure of heart, a child with a child's idea of morality. He was simple, but a good simple.
