Current Events > Wow Black Adam was a MESS. like pile of stinky poo mess

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I can see why DC would want to Nuke their existing CU.

Effects were ok,...plot was so brain dead I felt shame having watched it...

Like the opening premise was more compelling than the rest of the movie. Why not have ancient black Adam fight for that country vs. That king dude?

Instead endless preaching about how it is okay for black Adam to go on rampages cause no one saves us blah blah. Literal terrorism was the message..... Wtf.

And the JSA were clowns and waste of money to cast them.

Holy
Moly

Better had this steaming pile not seen the light of day.

Still better than Antman 3

Irony posted...

Still better than Antman 3

Oh no

Quantumania?

Haven't seen that yet....

Unkle Black Adams

Irony posted...

Still better than Antman 3

I agree. Some funny moments here and there but that shit was shazam tier

James Bonds character was awesome though

Irony posted...

Still better than Antman 3

Honestly they're about equally bad. The JSA is the only really good part of Black Adam, but if the whole movie were about them it'd be fantastic.

Utterly comical every time Birdguy would try to act tough around Adam when the power differential between the two is like the sun to an amoeba.

RuneterranSnap posted...

Honestly they're about equally bad. The JSA is the only really good part of Black Adam, but if the whole movie were about them it'd be fantastic.

JSA were bad.

1. Fuck you Black Adam let us kill you or kneel.
2. Ok now we have no idea what we doing but Black Adam not punching us.
3. Ok let's imprison Black Adam even though wr know the future.
4. Ok wake up from your super duper cell cause you are only hope!
5. Oh meh gerd dr.fate die! Who fucking cares cause he stupid af lol why pit Black Adam in prison? Am I suppose to care?
6.dumb kid and his mom yeah.....ughhh

And atom smasher literally braindead

One thing I found extremely stupid (there were others obviously) was the guy kidnapping the kid with the air bike part. You are telling me a guy that can move so fast that things almost stand still couldnt catch that guy in a second? And if those bikes are so fast no human could pilot them nor would the kid or pilot likely survive the g force of moving that fast instantly.

I know plot device, but still just stupid imo.

Irony posted...

Still better than Antman 3

Nah

Fuck the Rock

she constantly put her kid in dangerous situations then yells at them its their fault. Wtf lady?

The entire hero squad is awful. none were likable and the comic relief is a ugly ripoff cgi deadpoolantman.

Def not bad, just mediocre af. Like everything that happened we've seen a thousand times already. It would've been more interesting if they made it R18. Go all out the boys on bad guys. Instead they played it safe and this was the result. I've tried watching it twice and I still haven't finished it

VIIVincent posted...

she constantly put her kid in dangerous situations then yells at them its their fault. Wtf lady?

How dare you! She is free from all criticism due to intergang!!
/s

Solo_Wing posted...

I've tried watching it twice and I still haven't finished it

A movie you can't even finish is not bad just mediocre?

Wut

Black Adam had funny moments, but yeah it was a mess of a movie. They could've used this movie to build him as sympathetic villain. A lot of people liked Killmonger from Black Panther, and sympathized with his motivations. Build Adam as vicious protector, a survivor of enslavement, who believes piece is only attainable through domination. Adam honestly could've been a major player like Thanos was to the MCU. But the Rock just had to be a hero.

Link_of_time posted...

A lot of people liked Killmonger from Black Panther, and sympathized with his motivations

Cause they had actual writers....

Oh yea and pretty sure the dumb hand thing they were trying to copy the wakanda thing....

So dumb...

Ugh

Link_of_time posted...

Black Adam had funny moments, but yeah it was a mess of a movie. They could've used this movie to build him as sympathetic villain. A lot of people liked Killmonger from Black Panther, and sympathized with his motivations. Build Adam as vicious protector, a survivor of enslavement, who believes piece is only attainable through domination. Adam honestly could've been a major player like Thanos was to the MCU. But the Rock just had to be a hero.

You would've been better off comparing him to Namor given how similar they are in both power level and intent. "Leave my people alone or I fuck you up".

Give Adam to a competent actor and he might be good.

I thought Black Adam was OK, but there's really no point in even watching it. The post credit scene was awesome in the moment, but now that they're wiping all that away, it doesn't matter in the slightest.

I liked it for what it was, a popcorn flick with the Rock as a supe beating the shit out of everything.

CableZL posted...

I thought Black Adam was OK, but there's really no point in even watching it. The post credit scene was awesome in the moment, but now that they're wiping all that away, it doesn't matter in the slightest.

A movies value is completely independent from other movies unless it's explicitly part of a series. This is such a dumb complaint when there are tons and tons of great superhero stories with no sequel.

RuneterranSnap posted...

A movies value is completely independent from other movies unless it's explicitly part of a series. This is such a dumb complaint when there are tons and tons of great superhero stories with no sequel.

I thought it was explicitly part of a series (the DCEU) since they were going to tie it in with Superman, and it was already tied in with the Shazam series. Also, I wasn't saying the post credit scene was the only thing. I thought the movie itself was OK, and the post credit scene was awesome, but there's no point in watching the movie itself, imo. Black Adam got shelved and so did that version of Superman. I didn't think the movie itself was "good." I thought it was just OK, so no point in watching an OK movie when none if it is going to matter in the future of the DCEU.

Like... I thought Ant-Man 3 was OK, but there's a larger point in watching it since it ties into the rest of the MCU. Same for Black Widow (bad), and a number of Marvel entries in phase 4 that were just OK at best.

RuneterranSnap posted...

You would've been better off comparing him to Namor given how similar they are in both power level and intent. "Leave my people alone or I fuck you up".

Give Adam to a competent actor and he might be good.

I think the Rock did fine for the movie character, but 10yrs too late. The first half of the movie of the movie gave peeks at a morally grey whose past justified him. As for Namor, he seemed more interested in destroying everyone who wasn't his people. My intention with Adam was more of "True peace is only attained through my rule".

Its was very ok but your topic sounds more attention grabbing.

It's just so damn generic as a movie. Not to mention, it honestly felt like the movie was on fast forward the entire time. This movie would've been better if it was all about the Justice Society or about Black Adam's origin story, because I was far more invested in that than whatever story they were telling now. Not to mention the villain is somehow more forgettable than a below average MCU throwaway villain. They really should've made a Shazam vs Black Adam movie instead, but of course The Rock wants Black Adam to be a superhero and not an anti-hero.

I've once seen it described as being similar to one of those mid-tier superhero movies from the early-to-mid-2000s and that's probably the perfect way to describe it.

Prestoff posted...

Not to mention the villain is somehow more forgettable than a below average MCU throwaway villain.

I'm literally sitting here on my couch trying to remember who the villain even was and I can't do it....

lilORANG posted...

I'm literally sitting here on my couch trying to remember who the villain even was and I can't do it....

The champion of demon of hell.

Named Sabbac, which is actually an acronym for the demons Satan, Aym, Belial, Beelzebub, Asmodeus, and Crateis.

I had to look up the name because I had forgotten it.

It wasn't that bad.

TerraSeeker posted...

It wasn't that bad.

No, but it also wasnt that good either. And some parts just made no sense in context.

TerraSeeker posted...

It wasn't that bad.

I sae it for free.

Imo was bad enough had I paid I would wanted a refund.