-Asher and Zachary not being the same person -The family don’t have the charm that was in the first movie -In the first movie Mary is about to go off to college yet in the sequel she didn’t go which was odd, I always wondered why they didn’t make the movie set during spring break so she could be back home and help Billy unite the family like how the movie shows in the beginning.

i loved the first shazam because it felt like an actual personal journey of billy instead of a typical superhero movie. the sequel felt so soulless and uninspired it was really disappointing watching it in the cinema

The adult Shazam behaved like Billy in the first film. In the second, he behaved like an idiot.

I don't know about Shazam, but Black Adam is a clear example of why you shouldn't let movie stars make decisions in certain film genres.

The number one biggest problem with this movie was the skittles commercial crammed into it. More specifically, what it represents to the business interest of the movie to cram a skittles commercial into it. I hated that so much. the second biggest problem with this movie is that the whole thing about Shazam is it’s a little kid fantasy of a boy turning into an adult superhero. They did a good job of getting that across in the first movie, but we’re in the second movie and already doing plot lines about the kids, growing up and moving on. The dynamic wasn’t the same. Shazam would be way better suited to a TV show where we can spend more time with the kids.😊

"When everybody's super.... no one is"

Shazam and Black Adam should've been in a film together.

The first movie already stood up on its own, so a sequel was wholly unnecessary. Plus, it only seemed to exist for Product Placement, and a Wonder Woman cameo.

I watched the movie on HBO Max and was annoyingly frustrated. I was disappointed that we didn't see Billy more. It should have been a story about the family dealing withe powers and their place in the world without them. In the first movie Billy was trying to find his Mom. I would have liked to seen a story where Billy builds connection with his Adopted Mother. Thus when Billy calls her Mom it is earned and heartfelt. Same with the Dad, having a Latino Gay super-hero coming out to his father would have been great story to see too. Instead it was thrown away casually. The movie didn't need Black Adam, it needed to focus on the family and their relationships.

Shazam concept is really a strong one, a child that can become a superhero and an adult, which kid never thought or dream about it. They really underutilize the idea, instead they choose a generic super hero story

One of the problems with Hollywood is the inability to stop at one great film.

I enjoyed the Shazam movies, but the daughters of Atlas seemed like an odd choice. Additionally, they focused more on Freddy and not on Billy. Shazam (Billy) is the main hero and the family are supporting characters. I wish they had continued the story with Mr. Mind and Dr. Sivana with them exploring the various realms. I think that would’ve made for an even better movie. The heads at WB are lost, incompetent in many aspects, and don’t believe in quality movies. As many of us know right now, that kind of repetitive behavior has continued since the merger with Discovery. It is a disaster over there. I will continue enjoy the Shazam movies and hold out hope the small end credit of the second movie sees the character live on in the new universe.

It’s unfortunate that James Gunn announced the new DCU slate just a month and half before this movie released. That plus The Rock not returning as Black Adam almost certainly hurt it at the box office

I just watched this with my kids last week and the thing that bugged me the. Pay was how Zachary Levi didn’t even attempt to mirror the speaking style of Asher Angel. They were two completely different people and not two versions of the same character.

Zachary Levi's performance was the weakest point of the movie. And what's even more embarrassing is that Asher Angel did a way better job with so less screen time.

Mr Mind was at end of Monster Society of Evil, a ground breaking comic story that featured every SHAZAM villian. So holding Mr Mind for a later reveal after more SHAZAM movie villians are established is a good call. Except that no more SHAZAM movie villians will be established.

I loved the first Shazam film. It was so down to earth while being funny and pretty touching for a superhero movie. I wasn't interested in the sequel from it's trailer which advertisted it as just more serious and edgy. But when I finallly sat down in the cinema with my friend I can't say I had a bad time. It wasn't great but it was pretty enjoyable and funny (especially compared to the last superhero movie I watched being Quantumania). I enjoyed it decently enough. The story is a mess but i was somehow able to look past it, treat it like a more or less saturday morning cartoon and had fun. It's definitely lower on mine 2023 superhero or even just movies ranking but it isn't half-bad (at least imo)

It’s hard to not overlook the damage that Black Adam did to Shazam. The weird thing is that they both had great potential and got pretty close but missing the mark only by a little. It’s discouraging and disappointing to see how WB messes these things up.

I had a bad feeling about this movie when I saw it had the same writer from the FAST AND FURIOUS movies No wonder why Billy made that quote about family

I liked the movie in general, but literally felt like Warner Bros didn't even give it a chance. Sounds like I've said that before. But the story genuinely felt like a HBO Max special compared to a feature film and especially the first one! Crazy because the bts showed a crew that had a great amount of care.

I have to blame the Rock Screwed everything up serving his ego

This is a nitpick but the actors playing Shazam and Billy don’t feel like the same character.

Shazam 2 was fine. First was obviously better but they did what they could with what they were given. Not being able to use Black Adam def hurt them. The Rock thought he’d be the one to lead the DCEU into the “new era” and…nah 😅

Shazam 2 had its issues but it was twice as good as Black Adam but only made half the box office.

I loved Shazam 1 shame about the sequel.

Once again, Dwayne Johnson's ego gets in the way of pleasing fans.

I didn't like the Shazam family. Kinda just wanted a movie with Billy/Shazam. And they definitely shouldve had black Adam as a bad guy. And no...not the rock black Adam.

It had moments but wasn’t great. I did like Mr. mind’s bride appearances “You said you come!!!, I’ve been here for 2 years!!!” “Hey look, I’M A CATERPILLAR!! I CRAWL EVERYWHERE!!! IT TAKES TIME!!!”

I think the movie would have worked without a villain. It should have just focused on the family dynamic and them dealing with their powers.

I blame the bad marketing and the snyder cult.

All I wanted from this entire thing was a Ben Affleck Batman movie. I was more than happy with The Suicide Squad Now they are rebooting the whole thing in super hero fatigue to abandon most of this world I learned to love.

Of course Dwayne Johnson wasn't gonna show up in the movie where he would lose. It is literally in his contracts, that He cannot lose.

I knew David F. Sandberg should've left DC after the first movie But regardless, I think he did a great job as a director

A lot of DC films have been hurt by the fact WB announced rebooting DCU.

WB should have probably held back on announcing the change in leadership behind their DC films until Shazam 2, Flash and Blue Beetle came out. I imagine that many people passed on these films from a franchise that was effectively dead. With everyone knowing that this much maligned continuity was ending and a new, hopefully better, continuity was taking its place, there was little point in seeing them.

I was wondering whether Dr Silvana and Mr Mind would become a running gag at the end of the movie and in future films where they keep planning stuff but never get round to doing it. Look, I didn't mind Shazam Fury of the Gods but I preferred the first one because it had more heart to it.

I watched this movie for Mary. And her stuff alone is a 10/10. She's my fav character in the SHAZAMILY in the comics and Grace Currey playing her in both films was just a nice addition.

Shazam 2 should've been Shazam vs Black Adam

Billy's internal conflict is his fear of being kicked out of his home when he turns 18. But that's barely touched on and doesn't line up with his external conflict, the Daughers of Atlas.

Why didn't they use Mr Mind for the sequel's villain?

They should have gone with Mister Mind as the Villain in the Second Shazam Movie. Or at least bought in Black Adam.

I couldn’t get passed the first 20 minutes, and I NEVER quit movies. It felt like Sky High, and zach Levy was overdoing it

I think the real mistake was making the whole family superheroes. Would've made more sense if it was a one time thing, and Shazam was the only one that kept his powers at the end.

I literally didn't know this film existed until I watched this video.

Imagine if DC had recast Dave Batista as Black Adam 😬 all of this could have been avoided

Shazam was one of my favorites heroes as a kid and it took until my 20s to get a movie. But even the first one didn’t feel right. DC has no idea what they’re doing.

I found it funny that Mary’s SHAZAM-form is just her in a skirt lol. Like, nobody noticed that Mary and Mary Marvel looked strikingly similar? At least Clark Kent wore glasses and slouched a lot to protect his secret identity lmao.

The first Shazam is one of the best DC movies.

This film came out a week after Scream VI and a week before JW4. It was in between 2 franchise movies, and it made the mistake of being released during that time.

Damn Boy!!! That was a cold intro to the video 🔥🔥🔥

Shazam went from being a teenager to a 7 year old.

I love this, Suzanne cartoon and comics when I was a kid. When I saw the first movie in theaters, I left the theater satisfied with what I saw. When I heard there was gonna be a sequel I was excited, within the first 40 minutes of the sequel, I was bored. I love Zachary Levi, but, like you said, in the video, he acted like a child. I could go on about this, but you covered a lot of it in the video. 👍🏻

I saw Shazam 2 and there was something missing. You nailed it with your analysis.

I'm not a DC fan nor a Marvel fan but I am a movie lover and I do watch both from Marvel and DC, I was excited for Shazam: Fury Of The Gods and Black Adam as the trailers looked pretty good and I was excited for them right up until I watched them, which both of them felt empty in their narrative, like nothing substantial or special about their plots, they both had pretty bad CGI which looked very digital and artificial, the performances all felt flat and they had no direction really, the writing was really subpar, Watching this Nerdstalgic video and the Black Adam one they really should of stuck to the comics as they sounded more interesting, I don't read comics nor do I read in general but I do watch movies as they are my passion, it a shame we didn't get the Shazam and Black Adam movies from the comics the readers deserved or for newcomers like myself for these characters and their worlds to be introduced to a faithful interpretation for the big screen.

I saw the movie 2 times and overall, I enjoyed it , I do plan to buy it on blu ray since I have both black Adam and Shazam so gotta complete the trilogy

The second shazam was supposed to have black adam. Or atleast mr mind like they teased in the post credit

I shudder🥶 to think how close I got to watching a movie starring Rachel Zeegler. I think I used up all my luck

Rachel Zegler was one of the villains. LOL

I loved the first film and liked the second. As good as the Daughter's of Atlas were (and played by far better actors than Dwayne Johnson), Black Adam would have added a huge boost. Then Gunn made his announcement of a cinematic universe reboot and (accidentally) kicked the legs out from the remaining films left on DC's slate (all of which have bombed so far. We'll see what happens to Aquaman, but I'm not overly hopeful.). I do think Fury of the Gods deserved a better fate.

Gunn killed the movie for no reason. It was a fine movie but Gunn literally told us all not to care just a couple months earlier.

I liked the first one so much but wasn‘t interested in the second one because of the trailers and plot

As old as those witches were they had no clue what glass was at the beginning

Asher and Levi play the characters completely differently. Levi is clearly an adult olaying a child when its supposed to be a teenager in adult body.

Finally someone said it, seeing shazam and billy is like seeing two different unrelated characters

Spoiler: Because it isn't a good film *and* it rather than follow-up on and focus on the best parts of the first film, it instead ignored them and doubled-down on elements that detracted from the project. Content is king. The sequel shouldn't have been greenlit based on what they had.

I hope James Gunn helps DC to take over this decade Because I'm sick of the MCU And I hope that he takes it seriously too, because I'll be damned if it has the same comedic tone of the MCU

I haven’t seen it. I was actually looking forward to it at one point. I must say from the trailers though that I was surprised how much older Zachary Levi appears. I mean Billy Batson can edge, but captain marvel….excuse me, “Shazam” is timeless and immortal, so that was just really distracting. I don’t know if it impacted the film at all, but it would be interested to hear about it if it did.

The biggest problem with Shazam 2 was that even though I enjoyed it in theaters, I didn’t think much of it, even immediately after my screening. It just didn’t leave any impression on me, the way the first movie did.

It was terrible. Such a huge disconnect between Asher Angel, and Zachary Levi. Villains, who are not threatening and invented only for the sequel, and don’t get me started on the fact that their ages very wildly, not to mention their ethnicities. The movie was soulless, uninspired, not funny, and seemed like a giant ad for skittles in the third act. The Gal Gadot cameo was so incredibly shoehorned in you could actually feel it. The first movie was light, fun, had real heart. The sequel was a disaster with plenty of blame to go around.

Shazam 2 is paradigmatic of everything wrong with Hollywood’s treatment of comic books. This movie was a complete bastardization of its source material.

When a movie made less than your movie in domestic opening weekend but win in the long run (Blue Beetle). You know there's something terribly wrong.

Why did he become another person when transforming if he’s a 17 year old teen?

Personally, I didn't see Shazam 2 because of Shazam 1. It was a family film with a gruesome and horrifying scene of demons eating people. Plus one of the running gags in the film involves a strip club. The complete tonal inconsistency meant that I couldn't show the 2nd film to my family until I had previewed it myself.

Also Blue Beetle bombed so hard it is even recognized anymore as neither part of DCEU nor DCU.

The sequel was mid at best. That Skittle scene was just as terrible as the Martha scene in BvS.

WB keeps shooting themselves in the foot. They deserve to fail.

Two things that completely turned me off about the first and second movie was the actor that played Shazam. He looked like a taller Jerry Seinfeld than a hero with super human abilities. Regardless, if the first movie was significantly better than the first one. The writers and directors were FORCING Shazam to be a comedy relief. It didn't help that the animated movies of Shazam was the complete polar opposite than the actor that played him. And honestly, him and Billie Baxter looked NOTHING alike which felt like there were 2 different characters. And Secondly, to give his entire adopted family the same powers. That decision made him unremarkable because they could do exactly the same thing that made him SPECIAL.

I loved Black Adam but for me the best of the movie was the JSA. I hope the JSA is apart of James Gunn's 10 year plan.

For me, in a vacuum with no other negative circumstances affecting it, it was just not compelling or fun to watch at all. It really contributed to me starting to lose my love for the live action comic book content

It was really sad to see so many DC characters being butchered in the big screen. I truly hope that Gunn has the right approach to all of them. At least he knows his comics.

This movie feel like the power ranger .

Grace Caroline Currey who plays Mary deserves the world

It's also the fact that most people know that this movie had no endgame, considering the DCEU was being completely canceled. So what exactly is there to look forward to in the movie if we know the DCEU isn't continuing?

James Gunn is pretty much the sole reason i didn't see it, none of it matters now until the new regime starts pumping out content. there's nothing to build toward or set up which is what these expanded universe films are about now.

I honestly was surprised it was disliked so much because I enjoyed watching it. I enjoyed the first movie too actually

I didn't even know there was a 2nd movie until now LOL

“Let’s get down to business” 🎵🎵🎵

I hadn’t been so disappointed with a sequel since Rio 2

I was so excited for this movie. I went and saw it in theaters. It was the first time I had been to a movie theater since "Joker" in 2019. Did I like "Shazam 2"? Well, sure. I wanted to see the characters again. Was it a great movie? lol No. That Skittles ad-placement was so cringe it hurt.

I didn't like the villains who seemed to be evil for evil's sake. In their first appearance they make a room full of innocent people start attacking each other before turning them to stone and then to dust. It just seemed excessive and cruel.

Shazamily? I have never read that being used for the Shazam Family.

I only found out Shazam 2 had come out after it was already out because of one ad on youtube. I think it had a second big issue in that the original trailer looked way too expensive for the movie. The first Shazam looked like it was about someone on the groundfloor in the first days so it was small, contained and showed hints of the bigger world, like Spider-man (and Deadpool to a lesser extent). Jumping straight to the bigger world isn't going to kill Spider-man because he has been an A-List character for near enough 50 years now but Shazam doesn't have what it takes to go big like that.

The marketing was terrible and it didn’t offer anything new for superhero movies

could not focus on it cause drooling about graces graces

I spend my entire life navigating around man-children with too much power, I don't need a whole movie about it where it's supposed to be cute and funny. Maybe some people can enjoy it but for me it's too real for me to just enjoy a fun fantasy version. Apparently audiences agree that they'd be better off without it too.

I've liked Lucy Liu in plenty of other projects, but hearing her say, "We end this now," in the trailer immediately told me this was going to be a problem. Then I actually saw the movie, and it was even worse; she's the main villain! She just cannot portray menace, especially against Helen Mirren. Subverting expectations only goes far. There were a lot of other things wrong, but that's the one that stood for me because of how prominently was in that trailer.

The first Shazam is my most rewatched DCEU movie. Its great!

I didn't even notice Zegler was in this movie until she opened her mouth to promote Snow White and the Numerically Inclusive Creatures From The Forest Who Are Not Vertically Challenged. Shazam 2 is that forgettable.

Let’s not forget that Zach “ Levi” was talking crazy about his career and “woke-ness” before the release of the sequel…it’s why I skipped until it was streaming.

I had no idea this movie came out.