The success of Marvel movies (MCU) has provided fans around the world with a lot of superhero characters to watch, and DC movies (DCEU) are also trying to catch up with Marvel's footsteps and try to expand their own superhero territory, Bringing more DC superheroes to the screen for audiences to enjoy.
From the good start of "Superman: Man of Steel" in 2013, to the box office word-of-mouth failure of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", "Suicide Squad" and "Justice League", the DCEU movie universe was once in a downturn, but with the With the success of "Wonder Woman" and "Aquaman", it seems to have found a way to continue.
Thunder Shazam! " is the seventh work of the DCEU Cinematic Universe, and the number "seven" is in "Shazam of Thunder!" , the word in English (Shazam!) has six letters and ! , each letter represents a power (S - wisdom of Solomon, H - strength of Hercules, A - endurance of Atlas, Z - strength of Zeus, A - courage of Achilles and M - ink Chully's speed),! Represents the mythical beast tiger, which adds up to exactly seven, and the power of the villain Dr. Shivana (arrogance, jealousy, greed, anger, laziness, gluttony, and lust) is also the number seven, which may be a coincidence, or it may be DC The deliberate arrangement of the film.
Thunder Shazam! was co-created by artist C.C. Baker and writer Bill Parker in 1939. It debuted in Whiz Comics and made its comic book debut under the label "Captain Marvel", yes, it was The name is exactly the same as that of Marvel's "Captain Marvel". Since the trademark was preemptively registered by Marvel, after the new 52 comics, "Captain Marvel" was officially renamed Shazam.
Even though the film is ostensibly aimed at children, the moral is deep: a mysterious test to see if their hearts are pure, who is the true heir, and what the word "home" really means.
The story takes place on a snowy day in 1974. Eight-year-old Shivana is at the side of his often swearing father and bullying brother. Suddenly, Shivana is selected by the wizard Shazam and comes to the eternal world through a magic ball. Rock, and was tested by the wizard Shazam.
Since, Shivana could not resist the whispers of the seven deadly sins (arrogance, jealousy, greed, anger, laziness, gluttony and lust) and touched the eye of sin, which shows that his heart is not pure enough, so he was sent back to the shaman Shazam In reality, after returning to reality, the young Shivana was very confused and accidentally caused a car accident, causing his father to become a paraplegic. At this point, Shivana began his blackening road.
After growing up, Dr. Shivana has been looking for the eternal rock, and finally returned to the eternal rock through the corresponding symbol. When the wizard Shazam rejected him again, he took out the evil eye and put his own The body is used as a carrier to release the seven deadly sins, and at the same time obtain the huge energy of the evil eye.
When Dr. Shivana was devoured by the Eye of Sin, he came to Shivana Industries, threw his brother out the window, who was a board member, and let the Seven Deadly Sins slaughter those board members, and killed his father with greed.
And then we flash back to the other side of Philly where we meet teenage Billy Batson who wanders from one foster home to another, Billy is not a bad boy, he is just a little bit miserable about his situation, When he was young, he was separated from his mother in the market, and he has been struggling to find his mother. He only believes in himself.
After getting into legal trouble, Billy was adopted by his adoptive parents, Victor and Rosa Vasquez, and he was placed in a comfortable home with a group of orphans from different cultures, harvesting a family of warmth.
When Billy learned that his mother abandoned him on purpose, Billy did not give up on himself, but expressed understanding, he ran to the roof and shouted to the sky: Shazam!
This movie seems to have too many subtexts, just like the name Billy, when the audience is watching the movie, will they often think of 24 Billy? In this golden age of superheroes, we have seen a lot of movie stories of superheroes, they have experienced certain events, and each superhero needs something else to support it in order to maintain its healthy growth.
Considering the film's smaller size and budget than past DC films, it's pretty good technically and plotly, and detailed enough to feel both fantastical and surreal.
Whenever Billy says that: Shazam!, he transforms into a super toned, muscular superhero, and the movie certainly showcases the lighter, more humorous side of DC Comics movies, offering tons of jokes, Joke, it's good as a superhero movie, but even better as a family warm-up movie.
Thunder Shazam! "The sequel has been announced, will we see Shazam and Black Adam (the independent film "Black Adam" has been approved, played by Dwayne Johnson) duel? Very much looking forward to it.
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