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Published on April 18, 2019 12:58:29 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQSnWRJ7XIA

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The movie Us is a thriller that has a family fighting to stay alive from their doppelganger killers dressed in all with gold scissors

Good

*Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson (née Thomas) & Red. Lupita is hands down one of the best actresses in the film. Lupita could become the next Meryl Streep. Lupita is playing both characters at the same time while maintaining her composure with both characters. If this film didn't have Lupita, Us would have been DOA.

* The black family is natural and realistic. Horror movies and thriller movies do an awful job at portraying black families.

Furthermore, the black family in Us was smart and they adaptive to survive doubleganger invasion. The child actors were amazing and I see a lot of potential in them.

*Jordan knows how to make interesting characters. Besides the black family, the Tyler family I did like as well.

Tim from cult classic Tim & Eric show. Tim is a lazy husband/father, but you don't hate the guy. Elisabeth Moss was good as well. Her character is noisy neighbor mother and wife but you don't hate her as well.

*Music by Michael Abels is awesome, and the way Abels used the 90s hit song, "I got 5 on it" spot on choice.

Therefore the music doesn't miss a beat and it matches the tone of what our characters are going through. The last fight between Red and Adelaide perfect.

Bad

*The plot is simple at first, but when you start thinking about it. The plot becomes complex to a downright confusing mess. The big twist wasn't all that special in my book.

*The backstory of monsters of the film is broken logic. So the government clones almost everybody in America.

*The ending itself left on the very ambiguous thread of unanswered questions.


*The twist was pretty weak because of the film itself kind of spoiled it with a sprinkle of foreshadowing. The film didn't have to show viewers that scene.

Score: Low Badass Son/Dynamic Duo = Low Full Price

Summary, I did enjoy this film very much. Us is an all-time favorite thriller. Lupita is an amazing actress that delivers is the powerful emotions of a mother and the doppelganger. The black family was a smart and adaptive group. The supporting cast did a good job. The music is epic.

However, the story and the twist is really weak and didn't help the film either. The film backstory with the monsters has broken logic. Us isn't all that scary. Lastly, there was a couple of plot holes the film doesn't fully explain

To conclude, you'll overlook those flaws very easily thanks to awesome character development, epic music, and finally, black people survive a horror/thriller film.

Shazam: Billy Baston 14-year-old kid is the chosen one to becomes the hero Shazam to stop the 7 deadly sins.

Good

* Zachary Levi as Shazam is enjoyable, and I did like his character because he brought that energy of Shazam while playing as a man-child in a good way from Tom Hanks Big. The kid actor for Billy, Asher Angel is decent.

*Billy foster family did like. Jack Dylan Grazer as Frederick "Freddy" Freeman has great chemistry with Zachary Levi as Shazam. Faithe Herman as Darla Dudley I liked as well.

* The action is really good, you can see what was going on, and the dark fight scenes were really cool too. Along with the special effects.

Bad

* Shazam shouldn't have been a 2-hour + movie at best. We get a filler arc like Mark Strong character. I gave no fucks.

*The writing is awful. It ranges from cringe-worthy to plain out stupid dialogue and or stupid the characters.

*The second act in the film becomes a horror show out of nowhere.

* Easter eggs of other DC characters got very annoying fast. I never liked the DC Cinematic Universe because it was always depressing to watch.

Score: Very High Sigh Okay = High Matinee

Summary: I did enjoy Shazam once the second starts up with Billy getting the power, Freddy has good chemistry with Shazam Zachary Levi. The action is super clean.

However, the film is a mess with stupid dialogue, Mark Strong character is boring to care about. It's not Strong fault. The overuse of Gore for the monsters killing humans wasn't necessary for my book.

Lastly, Shazam is the Superman movie, I always wanted. I hope the next film cuts out stupid school drama. Tighten up a dialogue and plot. Furthermore, I hope the next film focuses heavily on the family as a team.

Ratings:
Bullshit City

Boring as Hell

Sigh Okay

Badass Son

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