It doesn’t look bad, but it just looks like a generic “not totally bad guy is bad until the 3rd act where they realise their humanity and turn into a good guy to fight the true bad guy of the movie” movie.
I hope I’m wrong, but if not this plot structure in superhero movies has been so drawn out I’ve just no interest in it anymore.
I hope at the very least the Rock breaks his stupid I can’t be a bad guy and I can’t lose thing so Black Adam leans more into anti-hero territory. He’s not supposed to be a saviour.
I’m gonna watch this simply because my monkey brain hasn’t seen a good cgi clusterfuck fight this year and this movie looks like it will at least deliver that
I mean, *much better* trailer than the first, but I just can’t buy the Rock in this role. But – I will completely take back what I think if he doesn’t turn fully good by the end. If he ends up bad OR anti-hero that’s good, just don’t make him a superhero. I’m saying this as someone who hasn’t read the comics, by the way, so it’s just my own desire here.
Also, I’ve heard a different origin from the comics, and I hope *so much* that a twist will be >!he actually killed his son for the powers, and that was the so-called sacrifice!<.
A part of me has huge hope that this trailer is misdirection, and we see a BLACK ADAM movie that contains:
– His trailer narration is unreliable, and he gains his powers like he does in the comics
– He turns on the JSA and rules Khandaq in the end
– Superman or Shazam being aware of this new (to use The Rocks phrasing) ‘power heirarchy in the DC universe’ changing status quo and acknowledging that fact moving forward with other films
– Actions that remain irredeemable, even if he does a lot of redeeming things. That’s Black Adam.
– A future where Black Adam loses to Shazam.
Time will tell. I know it’s The Rock’s passion project, but that doesn’t mean WB or The Rock has the balls to make a movie that remains true to the core of the character. For someone that understands the wrestling business and the need to put others “over” as part of the job, that mentality is something that I think The Rock is missing in his streak through Hollywood.
In the end, Black Adam should be created to ultimately lose.
I just don’t understand why they didn’t make Black Adam the villain in ‘Shazam! 2’ (aka “Sha2am!”) and then make a Justice Society movie that highlights these lesser-known but cool characters. Instead they made a movie where the main character is the villain of another character with his own movies, and the team that comes together to fight him is secondary. Just seems weird and doomed to fail.
CGI looks AWFUL at times. Certainly feels like there is a growing trend in the industry (maybe because all of the shops are burnt the hell out and overstrained) in CGI looking worse even on bigger budgets.
Warner bros need a another hit
The Rock dialogue/voice over couldn’t be worse, but everything else here is strong and by far the best promotion I’ve seen for this movie.
I get mediocre vibe from this movie
The Rock delivers a groundbreaking performance as… The Rock.
Otherwise, looks OK. Expectations are low, just want BA to have a cohesive story and be enjoyable! That’s it.
It doesn’t look bad, but it just looks like a generic “not totally bad guy is bad until the 3rd act where they realise their humanity and turn into a good guy to fight the true bad guy of the movie” movie.
I hope I’m wrong, but if not this plot structure in superhero movies has been so drawn out I’ve just no interest in it anymore.
Looks flashy, but generic.
“I’m a bad guy with a tragic backstory, but by the end of the movie, I’ll be the good guy. Probably save a few kids in the process.”
It’ll look good, make some money and get a couple of sequels, each progressively flashy but make progressively less money.
Looks fine? I’m not sure of The Rock’s acting of course but the rest of the cast looks great.
Fine, it looks pretty good. I’ll buy a goddamn ticket
Looks bigger than I thought.
It looks as “fine” as it did when the first trailer was announced.
Black Adam TOTALLY isn’t gonna come around to the good guys and team up to fight another big bad by the end
Looks like a good time at the movie theaters but feel like they’ve shown all the good scenes in the trailer also some of the vfx looks wonky
My reminder that I [did the math](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/x8dc49/analyzing_the_rocks_roles_to_see_if_he_truly_does/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). The Rock plays himself in 54.2 % of all movies and since he doesn’t have a daughter in this, odds are, we’re safe.
I hope at the very least the Rock breaks his stupid I can’t be a bad guy and I can’t lose thing so Black Adam leans more into anti-hero territory. He’s not supposed to be a saviour.
Leave that to Shazam.
I guess we can add ‘(X)Jet coming out of the ground infront of a big posh house’ to the already long list of moments this film seems to have copied.
Is this the script version of temp music?
Where is Superman?
There is no way he would stand by and let Black Adam go on a rampage so there better be a convincing reason.
I’m gonna watch this simply because my monkey brain hasn’t seen a good cgi clusterfuck fight this year and this movie looks like it will at least deliver that
I mean, *much better* trailer than the first, but I just can’t buy the Rock in this role. But – I will completely take back what I think if he doesn’t turn fully good by the end. If he ends up bad OR anti-hero that’s good, just don’t make him a superhero. I’m saying this as someone who hasn’t read the comics, by the way, so it’s just my own desire here.
Also, I’ve heard a different origin from the comics, and I hope *so much* that a twist will be >!he actually killed his son for the powers, and that was the so-called sacrifice!<.
I’m only here for Dr. Fate.
But I’m definitely here for it.
>in slumber for 5000 years
>wakes up with an american accent
Who thought this was a good idea?
A part of me has huge hope that this trailer is misdirection, and we see a BLACK ADAM movie that contains:
– His trailer narration is unreliable, and he gains his powers like he does in the comics
– He turns on the JSA and rules Khandaq in the end
– Superman or Shazam being aware of this new (to use The Rocks phrasing) ‘power heirarchy in the DC universe’ changing status quo and acknowledging that fact moving forward with other films
– Actions that remain irredeemable, even if he does a lot of redeeming things. That’s Black Adam.
– A future where Black Adam loses to Shazam.
Time will tell. I know it’s The Rock’s passion project, but that doesn’t mean WB or The Rock has the balls to make a movie that remains true to the core of the character. For someone that understands the wrestling business and the need to put others “over” as part of the job, that mentality is something that I think The Rock is missing in his streak through Hollywood.
In the end, Black Adam should be created to ultimately lose.
I’ll be watching for Pierce Brosnan.
I just don’t understand why they didn’t make Black Adam the villain in ‘Shazam! 2’ (aka “Sha2am!”) and then make a Justice Society movie that highlights these lesser-known but cool characters. Instead they made a movie where the main character is the villain of another character with his own movies, and the team that comes together to fight him is secondary. Just seems weird and doomed to fail.
This is almost shockingly generic, and rock talking in this tough guy monotone voice, just not doing it for me
This looks exhausting
It has like a ps3 era FPS brown colour grading which I’m not really really feeling TBH
You guys think he’s going to be the savior of the world or its destroyer? 🧐🧐🧐🧐
I was distracted by how blatantly x-men that jet flying out of the mansion was
It’s not good, it’s not bad, it’s just… indifferent. Like I will defintely about forget this movie after watching it
I cannot wait to see Atom Smasher punt Black Adam across the landscape.
There’s an irony in 90% of comments being about how unoriginal this movie looks.
Not that it’s wrong, it’s just funny seeing the same generic comment a hundred times.
Where’s Honky Pete?
I can predict the story
Act 1.- Black Adam origins, jump to present day where he’s awaken
Act 2.- JSA arrives and fight Adam
Act 3.- Intergang summons Sabbac, Black Adam team up with JSA to fight him
Post Credits.- Superman cameo, Kevin Hart somehow appears
Almost 200 likes in 2 hours 💪
This movie’s gonna destroy Morbius
The last thing comic book movies needed was the Rock.
It still looks better than Love and Thunder to me
Can’t wait to be underwhelmed by that 3rd act CGI monster man.
ITT: The Rock is The Rock.
The rock better fucking hang dong. That’s all I’m saying’.
Looks incredibly boring and forgettable. Which is even worse then being a really bad movie imo
CGI looks AWFUL at times. Certainly feels like there is a growing trend in the industry (maybe because all of the shops are burnt the hell out and overstrained) in CGI looking worse even on bigger budgets.
This looks like dawn of the seven from the boys
Looks generic atleast Rock is not in a jungle here.