NS: Black Adam discussion

[cyberghostface]

 

For those who’ve seen it, what did you think?

I thought it was a decent film overall. The Rock gives a pretty fun performance as Black Adam. I suppose his detractors will say he’s just playing himself but I thought he did a good job playing Adam as someone who doesn’t put up with bullshit and won’t let people stand in his way.  He also has moments of deadpan humor that are actually pretty funny.

I imagine Christopher Priest is gnashing his teeth at this film as Black Adam is for all intents a PG-13 antihero here. He kills bad guys and he comes into conflict with the JSA over ‘killing is wrong’ but they just end up looking buffoonish like Colossus in the first Deadpool film. To the film’s credit it doesn’t shy away from Black Adam’s violence; there are a number of limbs torn off in his first scene alone. 

The movie also sets up some interesting plot developments for the DCEU. Viola Davis is back as Amanda Waller and there are some other appearances I won’t spoil. I’m definitely interested to see how Adam fits in with the larger universe moving forward. 

Comments

[lucean]

It was somewhat of a weird experience as I didn't think it was a good movie at all and probably wouldn't recommend to people, yet I had so much fun watching it. There were some really neat action sequences and parts of the middle third were some of the genuinely funniest things I've seen on screen this summer. Additionally I'd argue most of the main cast were really good and the Rock actually feel different than his normal characters here.

With all that stated, though, I have to be honest that this movie was horrible written. Like as much as there was to enjoy, there were so stupid sequences that I still crack up laughing just thinking about it. Like they establish in the start that Black Adam can be hurt by Eternium rockets, yet that did not matter in anything in the rest of the movie. Could go on and on on that front. Also I can't stress how much how I roll my eyes at the concept of how it takes that special hero to be able to kill someone.

At the end, that final surprise cameo was among my favorite moments of the film. Man I love that guy in that role.

[morallyambiguousscience]

This is pretty close to how I felt, I loved the movie, but so much was weirdly plotted or incoherent with it, especially with the evil magic crown mcguffin.

So it only works if you're killed by black adam's magic while wearing it? How and why was it designed to work that way

[capnduckman]

And the throne aspect really seemed to come out of nowhere.