Sean’s movie thoughts

Shazam holds up on repeat viewing. The scene with Billy and his mother still got to me even though I knew it was coming. I could have gone to the animated movie about the Missing Link but I heard it was not good. Avengers Endgame opens this week. I hope it is good. I might not see it opening weekend, I might want to avoid the crowds. Thor the Dark World was on cable yesterday. It might be a little better than I remembered. However I think it might be in the second tier of Marvel movies. It might be interesting to re-watch this again in the next month or so. (I find it hard to watch a movie on basic cable.) and  Making Hellboy was reportedly not pleasant. The producers and the director clashed according to an article on the Wrap. Star David Harbour walked off set a few times according to the same article. Having seen the film, I might have been able to guess those things.

This is a mostly spoiler free collection of thoughts. Mark Strong is a national treasure. It has to be said. He is not an American treasure but I guess the American film industry is borrowing him. He plays the villain, Dr.Sivana, in this movie. This is a different take on the classic villain who is a mad scientist in comics. Billy Batson (Asher Angel) is a foster kid who is given superpowers by the wizard Shazam. Billy wants to find his mother. Freddie Freeman (Jack Dylan Grazer) is his foster brother and together they try to figure what powers Billy has. These scenes are fun. Zachary Levi is perfect in his role of Shazam (although he is not called Shazam in the movie). He really does seem like a kid in an adult’s body.  I guess someone else could have taken the role but Levi is just really good in it. This is a lot of fun. There are some nods to other movies but a couple are pretty subtle. I might have missed one if I did not see an article about the film. I think this w...

Shazam looks really good and the reviews are good. I am going either today or tomorrow. I am looking forward to it. The New Mutants movie might actually come out. I heard the movie needed re-shoots but the re-shoots were not scheduled and even the actors involved were not sure if the re-shoots would happen. There will be a third Bad Moms movie. This will feature the bad grandmothers from A Bad Moms Christmas and the reported title is Bad Mom's Moms. (I don't like that title.)  I guess A Bad Moms Christmas was more successful than Daddy's Home 2. I might re-watch the original Pet Semetary before seeing the new one. I have heard good things about the remake, so maybe I catch up with the remake next week.

I like Batman as much as anyone. However it is nice that DC is making another animated Wonder Woman movie this year and released another animated Superman movie in January (making two in the last year). Batman will be in the new Justice League animated movie but it is nice to see Warner Brothers put out some non-Batman animated films. I think I am not going to a movie this week. I might double up some other week but I don’t feel like a dying teens in love story this week. I could go see Captain Marvel again but I don’t go to see a movie in theaters multiple times. I hope Shazam is good. I think it is the next movie I am looking forward to seeing.(Unless I forgot something.) Early reviews have been good.