Why can't I?

Betsy 2022-03-20 09:01:17

The older I get, the less I like the values ​​of superhero movies. The hard-working and hard-working villains are always inferior to others. The protagonist who is inexplicably blessed by luck becomes the king of the world without any effort. Humans are really contradictory animals. Since we were young, we were told that we have to work hard to gain results. Therefore, most people are diligent and diligent all their lives. They want to get better and better. Those who work hard want to be promoted and study hard. People want to excel regardless of their background. Human beings continue to instill in their next generation the principle that love and hard work can win self-deception

The opening of this movie is actually quite creative. At the beginning, I always thought that the lonely boy in glasses would become a hero who rises up and gets rid of the heartbreak situation that everyone despised. However, his fate is like a cruel reality. From 1974 Even the front desk of his father's company doesn't take him seriously. Because of an opportunity in his childhood, he spent almost all of his life researching how to become stronger Energy collection, sorting and researching the wizard temple I saw in my childhood. Looking at his physique, he changed his cowardly appearance and became more focused. The only evaluation that a person who can spend his life pursuing a goal is "without a pure heart"

Compared with the doctor, the male protagonist who is abducted by all means has been favored by fate from the beginning. He was abandoned by his teenage mother. The reason why the wizard elders chose him as the heir is that there is no more time. No temptation test No Approaching the ball of desire, the male protagonist gains superpowers at the speed of light. As a person who has no purpose in life except to find his mother, does he have a "pure heart"? It's a scam. The only condition for choosing an heir is if a wizard elder likes it.

Usually when the audience is watching a movie, they will substitute themselves into the protagonist as an ordinary person without a special talent background. Most of the time, the superhero in the movie can let us easily get over the addiction of being outstanding and return to the lazy and idle self in life.

It's just that it's fair to other people who are really hardworking, motivated, and struggling, but still get nowhere The difference between energy and desire to surpass talent. In the movie, this behavior or psychology is called "jealousy", one of the seven deadly sins. One is a doctor who spends his life doing one thing, and the other blames everything on his life experience when he can't find his mother. Underage gangsters, the former exhausts their energy and can't get superpowers, and the latter happens to be a god in an instant. If you are a doctor, are you "jealous" or "jealous"?

When the hardest-working child can't get the reward of a good student, when the most hard-working employee can't become a candidate for promotion, when the most persistent dream chaser can't fulfill the wish of a lifetime If you are the one who gives everything, do you also want to know Why did you become the "villain" in everyone's eyes because of your hard work? Why is life like this in movies?

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Shazam! quotes

  • Freddy Freeman: Are you more powerful than a locomotive?

    Shazam: What's a locomotive?

  • Billy Batson: Hi. Um... I was supposed to get off at 30th.

    The Wizard: Billy Batson.

    Billy Batson: How'd you know my name?

    The Wizard: I am the last of the Council of Wizards. Keeper of the Rock of Eternity.

    Billy Batson: Oh... You're... that guy. Hey, listen, I don't have any money.

    The Wizard: Do not patronize me, boy!

    [the Wizard strikes the ground with his staff]

    The Wizard: You are standing in the source of all magic. The Rock of Eternity. Seven thrones of seven wizards. But long ago, we chose a champion. And we chose recklessly. He used his power for revenge, releasing the Seven Deadly Sins into your world. Millions of lives were lost. Entire civilizations erased from existence.

    [the Wizard walks around Billy]

    The Wizard: That is why I vowed never to pass on my magic until I find one truly good person. Strong in spirit, pure in heart.

    Billy Batson: Look, man, maybe this is magic, and, I don't know, but the people you're looking for, good, pure people, I'm not one of them. I-I don't know if anyone is, really.

    The Wizard: You, Billy Batson, are all I have. All the world has.

    [the Wizard strikes the ground with his staff in front of Billy]

    The Wizard: Lay your hands on my staff.

    Billy Batson: Gross.

    The Wizard: And say my name so my powers may flow through you. I open my heart to you, Billy Batson. And in so doing, choose you as champion.

    Billy Batson: Thanks.

    [the Wizard strikes the ground again]

    Billy Batson: Real sweet of you, mister, but I really gotta get going.

    The Wizard: My brothers and sisters were slain by the Sins. Their thrones lie empty! My magic must be passed on. Now...

    [the Wizard strikes the ground again]

    The Wizard: Speak my name!

    Billy Batson: I-I don't know your name, sir. We just met.

    The Wizard: My name is... Shazam.

    Billy Batson: [chuckles] Wait, for real?

    The Wizard: Say it!

    Billy Batson: Okay! Jeez.

    [Billy places his left hand on the staff while the Wizard holds it with both hands]

    Billy Batson: So just say it? Like... Shazam?

    [Billy is struck by lightning]

    The Wizard: Yes! Carry my name, and with it, you carry all my powers. The wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury.

    [Billy gets up, now as Shazam]

    Shazam: What happened to me? Why am... W-w-what did you do to me? What did you do to my voice?

    The Wizard: You have been transformed to your full potential, Billy Batson. With your heart, unlock your greatest power.

    [the Wizard hands Shazam his staff]

    The Wizard: The thrones of our brothers and sisters await.

    [the Wizard crumbles into dust, startling Shazam as he drops the staff and grabs his backpack]

    Shazam: Get me out of here!