superhero movie bullshit
i could live-riff Black Adam since i am waiting for A Thing and i have nothing better to do and no energy to engage in much else, but there's not a lot to say. most of it's boilerplate Soopahero Stuff and aside from the distinctly Michael Bay-esque portrayal of a Middle Eastern country and its people, it's not offensively bad. Hawkman's armor is badass. The Rock is 100% invested in his role, which is not something i can say for all soopa-actors.
HOWEVER i am a half-hour in and so far i have seen the second-stupidest thing anyone has ever done in a soopahero movie (the first being the *other* reason everybody hates Peter Quill). imagine spending an entire hours-long flight learning about how some moldy Babylonian jabroni has lightning god/speedster powers, and when you get there, then the very first thing you tell him is "KNEEL OR DIE." in the middle of a city full of innocent people.
i just...fuckin'...WHAT
superhero movie bullshit (2)
mwahhhaahaaa, 2021, well known for being the last time you could needle-drop a Kanye song in a movie
superhero movie bullshit (3)
honestly, i kind of enjoyed Black Adam. parts were undercooked, and i wish they had done more with the points they brought up about imperialism and self-determination which went nowhere. i have a feeling the "zombie attack" in the third act was a draft rewrite so that we didn't get to see an unarmed proletariat uprising against an evil PMC--which, admittedly, probably wouldn't have gone so good, but it's strange that those guys just vanished halfway through. and doesn't Intergang have ties to Darkseid? i dunno. comic books and DC continuity in particular are weird.
this wouldn't have been the worst place to kick off a second (third?) phase of the DCCU and start moving out of the shadow of the Snyderverse but i guess James Gunn et al. have different plans.
