news culture It’s DC’s biggest failure yet: neither the sequel nor the reviews were good, but the director prefers to poke fun at it
Shazam 2 has been out for a while and unfortunately it’s a complete flop for DC Comics. The reviews aren’t good, nor are the box office returns… but the director seems to be choosing self-mockery.
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Shazam! The Rage of the Gods – which we call more simply “Shazam 2” – isn’t exactly what we call a success. The first Shazam! had already received a muted but all in all decent reception: it grossed $367 million, a fair number but far from fantastic for this type of Hollywood production and, moreover, for a superhero film.
A sequel was ordered anyway, which landed on our screens on March 29th… crashing violently face down. The reviews from the press aren’t good (only 47% on Metacritic!) and the public didn’t react either.
If you want numbers know that Shazam 2 made “only” $133 million at the box office.
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without surprise Viewers disagreed with Shazam 2 across the various rating platforms. To recontextualize it, the film’s main theme is based on the ability of Billy, a young teenager with no story, to transform into Shazam, a superhero with divine powers, while retaining his childlike character (usually leading to some pretty funny situations) .
The problem is that the contract is not even honored According to a surfer who left a killer review on a website.
Billy and Shazam have different personalities. I really wish someone could tell the director. You can’t watch the movie!
Exactly: director David F. Sandberg encountered this message that directly affects him. Instead of responding with an equally harsh comment, the filmmaker shared the criticism on his social networks. As a gesture of approval and above all self-irony. From there, believing that he himself knows his film isn’t good (or that the outcome is due to decisions made upon him by DC and Warner) is just one step.
