Shazam: Fury of the Gods — 2.5/5
I think it's better than the first one! Here is why: the movie's biggest problem is still Zachary Levi. Specifically, how he and his kid alter-ego are not actually anything alike. Captain Marvel is an 8-year old kid who wants friends and verbalizes it excessively, and Billy Batson is a moody too-cool-for-school teenager who wants friends but keeps it to himself (like any self-respecting teenager should). Everytime it switches between them, there's a huge shift in tone. What the movie gets right this time is essentially sidelining Billy to focus on Freddie—who, in another world, is a much better Billy Batson! But actually I'm thankful he's not because this means that Freddie can interact with Captain Marvel in ways that Billy never could. It feels like a kid interacting with that kid with superpowers. And so it's fun! And there's a stable tone throughout this thing. And I pretty much forget all the bits and pieces outside of that. Not sure if the other superhero family members actually did much? Except to serve a story about family that was mostly about two members of the family? Anyway, more fun was had. Huzzah.
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