{"id":1215,"date":"2019-04-06T09:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T09:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2019-04-30T21:49:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:49:41","slug":"shazam-dcs-newest-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hicollector.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/06\/shazam-dcs-newest-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Shazam – DC’s newest hit!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DC has another hit on its hands with the release of the movie \u201cShazam.\u201d Based on the comic DC superhero, the movie was produced by New Line Cinema and is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.\u00a0 It is the seventh movie released in the DC Extended Universe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following on the trend of\nWonder Woman and Aquaman, Shazam is a fun-filled family movie.  Unlike the dark stories presented in prior DC\nfilms, this story highlights the origin of this beloved DC character.  And thanks to skills of Asher Angel (Bill\nBatson) and Zachary Levi (Adult superhero Shazam), Director David Sandberg properly\ncaptures the essence of the DC hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I would recommend this movie to anyone (not just Shazam fans) as my family and I found it quite enjoyable. In this writer’s opinion, these are the kind of movies that DC should be producing to promote their extended universe…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATTN: SPOILER ALERT \u2013 This article contains information about the movie.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story begins with a young\nThaddeus Sivana on a car trip with this father and older brother. Young Sivana\nis transported to the Rock of Eternity to face the Wizard Shazam, last of the\nCouncil of Seven Wizards.  Found to be\nunworthy to receive the power of the Old Wizard, young Thaddeus is returned to his\nfather and brother and is blamed for the car accident that follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The movie then does a time\njump forward several years to our present-day. \nFoster kid Billy Batson searches for his birth mother after tricking two\npolice squad officers.  He is later\ncaptured and placed in a group home run by Victor and Rosa Vasquez.  The Vasquez have five other foster kids\nbeside Billy: Mary Bromfield, Pedro Pe\u00f1a, Eugene Choi, Darla Dudley and Freddy\nFreeman.  Freddy becomes Batson\u2019s roommate\nand later his super-hero mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, an adult Thaddeus\nSivana obsessed with returning to the Rock of Eternity finally discovers a way back.  He steals the Eye of Sin unleashing the seven\ndeadly sins and defeats the Old Wizard Shazam. \nAs a reward for releasing the seven deadly sins, Sivana becomes a vessel\nfor the demons.  He uses this new found\npower to get revenge upon his father and brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later at school, Billy Batson\nsaves his foster brother Freddy from a bunch of bullies.  While escaping he is transported to the Rock\nof Eternity.  It is there that the dying Old\nWizard Shazam names Billy Batson his new Champion transferring his powers to\nthe youth.  Transformed into an adult,\nyoung Billy returns home and enlists the aid of his roommate Freddy.  Freddy guides Batson in the use of his powers\n(several of which are quite comedic), filming it and posting it on social\nmedia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is that Billy\u2019s\nalter-ego is a star with the citizens of Philadephia wherein they embrace him\nas their city\u2019s hero.  This newfound fame\naffects Billy negatively as he begins to skip school and neglect his siblings\nembracing money and fame.  It is when\nBatson saves a falling bus (which was caused by his misuse of his lightning\nbolts) that Sivana confronts Billy.  A\nbattle ensues and Batson realizes that he is NO match for Thaddeus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sivana pursues Billy,\nkidnapping his siblings and demanding Batson give up his powers to him.  Billy agrees and both Thaddeus and Batson\ntravel to the Rock of Eternity.  It is\nthere that Billy realizes that Sivana draws his powers from the Seven Deadly\nSins and when they leave him, Thaddeus is powerless.  Thanks to his foster siblings intervention,\nBilly and his family escape only to be pursued by Sivana.  They escape to the Winter Carnival where\nThaddeus unleashes the seven deadly sins. \nIn the end Billy is once again captured alongside his foster brothers\nand sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again Sivana demands\nBilly transfer his power to him holding the staff of the Old Wizard\nShazam.  When Thaddeus recalls the seven\ndeadly sins into him, Batson uses the opportunity to snatch the staff and stun Sivana.  Remembering the advice of the Old Wizard\nShazam, Billy shares his power with his foster siblings transforming them all\ninto adult superheroes before destroying the Old Wizard\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This picture is an excerpt from the comic book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Billy and his foster brothers\nand sisters battle Sivana and the seven deadly sins.  They defeat them by Batson taking back the Eye\nof Sin from Thaddeus which recaptures all the seven deadly sins.  Billy and his family are hailed as heroes at\nthe Winter Carnival, and Billy realizes that his foster family is his true\nfamily.  Traveling back to the Rock of\nEternity, the heroes return the Eye of Sin which reimprisons the seven deadly\nsins.  The group decides that they can\nuse the vacant location as their base of operations aka \u201clair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This scene never occurred in the movie – it is a production of fan art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The end of the movie was\nBilly (as an adult super-hero) and his family having lunch with Freddy at school.  Batson had also invited Superman to join\nthem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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