Shazam! (1) (2019) -

I'm sure that I won't be the last to compare this film to 'Big' (1988), because it was just like that, but without the awkward romance.

It was hard to tell who this was made for though, because a lot of the elements were quite adult, whilst it also seemed like a very childish script and production.

I also couldn't see how it would possibly fit in with the other DC heroes, because the way the film was made was so farcical and so juxtaposed to the likes of 'Man Of Steel' (2013).

I couldn't see Shazam! Stood next to Henry Cavill as Superman with any expectation of being taken seriously in any future DC films.

It was hard to believe that the two actors in the title role had worked together to ensure that when Billy became Shazam! He still had the same mannerisms, because the Billy at the beginning of the film appeared to be a cool, independent streetwise kid, so I wasn't sure why he became an idiot when he turned in to Shazam! As the 14 year old Billy, Asher Angel did not suggest to me that he could ever grow up to be a pumped up Craig Revel Horwood, which was how I found the adult Shazam! To be and that was really off putting in a super hero and even the muscles were obviously fake. I know how hard Henry worked on his body to be Superman and perhaps Zachary Levi didn't want to put his body through that, which I can totally support, but the costume made him look really cheap and toy like, as if he was as disproportionate as a Barbie doll.

He was so very camp too. I didn't know if Shazam! Was known for being a gay character, but I would say that it was probably Zac's attempt to be young that made him seem so limp wristed and that showed a lack of thought, because although comic book and camp have often gone hand in hand, it hasn't been the way of most superhero films and just seemed to be the easy way of doing it in this instance.

Perhaps I am out of touch and the more modern man has a touch of camp about him, as depicted by Levi, but it didn't feel that it was right for the character.

It was a slow starting film too, taking a long time to set everything up.

I'm not sure that the comedy and the horror, in the form of the sins, worked together either, they seemed too disparate in what they were trying to achieve. They certainly didn't blend as well as the jokes and violence in 'Deadpool' (2016). It actually made Mark Strong's performance look stupid, because he wasn't a humorous character. He jarred with everything else that was going on.

Even the final fight was a bit tough to watch, because of all the silliness dotted in between it all.

And was that some sort of worm at the very, very end? What was that all about?

A very disappointing effort once again from the DC cinematic universe. I always say that I'll stick with Marvel, despite their latest attempts being somewhat poor too, but this sort of thing really did make me appreciate the 'Infinity Saga' even more.

I will definitely never pay to watch anything from this franchise in the cinema, because they just don't seem to get it.

390.08/1000.