Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

When mythological monsters run amok in Philadelphia and among them are angry unicorns only placated by handfuls of Skittles, things in this DC-related superhero movie start to teeter at my "switch off" point, especially given up to that point I'd already tired of a superhero movie that wants to champion a true mythological hero while also making him an annoying teen only as strong as each of his six team members, not to mention all those uncomfortable scenes showing teenaged boys holding hands and being romanced with 6000-year-old women. 

★★★☆☆

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Shazam! (2018)

A wizard grants a kid a confusing mix of superpowers, and while the kid and the audience are still trying to figure out how all these powers work, this DC superhero movie, a cross between Spider-man and Deadpool, ends, finishing with an extended sequence like a Disney/Power Rangers-esque "effects spectacular" that celebrates family and panders to very young viewers but leaves the hero poorly defined and a bit irrelevant. 

★★☆☆☆

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