BLACK ADAM : THE MOVIE THAT LIVED AND DIED BY THE ROCK 

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"I feel like Black Adam deserves his own movie" - Translation: "I deserve my own movie".

He’s the real hero!!!!! I hate how his ego ruined it, but this movie did show people how his ego ruins things.

The thing that I remember most from this movie is wanting a Dr Fate movie. He was so well done in the movie

Yeah, I love cavil’s Superman but I concur that cameo should have belonged to Shazam

I guess this means Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam is the closest we'll get to a proper Shazam sequel.

Black Adam should be a prime example for Hollywood to stop giving Rock so much creative freedom. His ego is through the roof.

this is what happens when you give the actors too much power, actors should have a say in the story's they star in, but not to this extent!, i hate how much they ruined this movie because the rock wanted to be the star of the show, even tho the rock looked the part, but he simply wanted way too damn much, i hope the same doesn't happen to james gunn. what makes things worse is that the wrong is a pretty good actor .

The Rock’s portrayal as Black Adam was pretty much just The Scorpion King with superpowers

I do think it probably made more sense for him to appear in Shazam before getting a spinoff but I also think he was at least halfway decent in the role

I can tell you exactly how the conversation went: Bean counters: Super hero movies are big! You could make a lot of money, even with an unknown character! Dwayne: Great! Can I be Superman? Bean counters: No. Dwayne: Ok, who is powerful enough to beat Superman? Bean counters: *checks with the nerds* There's this guy named Black Adam. Dwayne: Fine! That's me. Bean counters: He's a villain. Dwayne: Make him a hero. Bean counters: Ok. His main rival is Shazam. Dwayne: Who the hell is Shazam? Bean counters: *checks with the nerds* A very prominent hero in the DC universe. At one time he was more popular than Superman. Dwayne: Not anymore. Now it's me. Bean counters: ... Ok, Mr. Rock! You're coming to my kid's birthday party this weekend, right? Dwayne: Depends. Will your wife be there? Bean counters: Of course! Dwayne: Well, then, absolutely! Bean counters: .............................................

I've got to say, having Black Adam behave like Drax was... an odd choice.

It's a shame about Sabbac. He's the true victim of this movie. In the comics, Ishmael Gregor was a Russian gangster who had been killing people since he was a teenager. Basically just evil born, but the difference is he found himself checked at every turn by either the authorities or his own mob superiors, which is why he turned to the occult and ultimately usurped the mantle of Sabbac from his predecessor, Timothy Karnes, who was actually at one point Freddy Freeman's (Captain Marvel Jr) foster brother who himself became CMJ's arch nemesis after he grew to resent the fact that when they were separated, Freddy just got a way better life than him, Karnes being subjected ro the abuse of his guardians, iirc. This IP has so much great lore that just got cast aside by forcing this movie into existence. Damn shame.

The separation of Black Adam and Shazam really hurt things from the business. Combining characters is built in promo for the connecting films. The way Marvel teased each upcoming film, just created momentum. Even a small tease of Back Adam in the first Shazam, would have seeded excitement in fans that would have carried over to Black Adam.

The two biggest mistake The Rock made were: 1. Missed opportunity to make more money from the actual franchise Black Adam based off from. 2. Not setting up Black Adam properly because he followed the Venom route. Case in point: a jocks didn't listen to the nerds on this one and failed on his own mistake.

deadpool has everyone like we need to make a anti hero

Best thing I can say about this film is Cyclone's outfit is truly peak superhero costume design. You can hardly tell from any promotional images but on cam, in the movie itself, she looks fucking fire fr.

One thing I wished Black Adam delved into was his relationship with Hawkman and Dr. Fate. In the comics, Adam was the advisor and ally to Khufu (the original Hawkman) alongside Nabu (Original Dr. Fate) before his turn to villainy. It would've been a great opportunity for Worldbuilding and a cool chance to see Adam seeing the return of his former allies. It would also tie into why Hawkman is so antagonistic, as he possesses the memories of his past lives, and would explain why he doesn't trust Adam. Likewise, Dr. Fate who saw the best parts of Adam, believes he redeem himself. But in the film, we see the characters, and they're reduced to flying punching bags to make the Rock look cool.

Aldis Hodge was great in this movie and he reminded me of Tchalla. I wish they actually recasted Tchalla and use Aldis to continue Chadwick’s work

The fact that people who didnt read comics will confuse why black adam is shazam main villain but shazam or adam never appeared in each other film, its a bad starting point because it would make sense for adam to build up his character as villain for shazam like venom against spiderman so black adam can change from villain to anti hero like venom does

The Rock was not the right guy to shepherd the DCEU. Based on his interview with Kevin Hart, he only really cares about the marketability of his movies and not the storytelling. When you want to create a cinematic universe but you care more about marketability than storytelling, you’re doomed to fail.

It's funny that in a movie about Adam, I walked away thinking the best things in it were Hawkman and Dr. Fate. DJ talked up a big game, but Adam was a spectator who simply reacted to events around him, and for all about being an "antihero", he never once killed or hurt any good guys. He was reduced to another bland Rock action hero.

I do respect him alot for the fact that he donated 10 mil to an aid fund that the striking actors and writers could dip into, but yeah, his ego does ruin movies.

So damn unfortunate. He should have just let Black Adam be introduced through Shazam and THEN his own movie. And for what reason the Rock just HAD to be a hero instead of what Black Adam originally was I don't know. But again it was probably the ego. We would have loved him even more as an antihero

Warner Bros execs: “Hey let’s hand over the reins of our dying cinematic universe to a narcissistic, 50 year old, ex wrestler. Yes, he will make us billions in the decades to come. Brilliant!”

Again, I'll say it... "Black Adam" didn't kill the DCEU. Final nail in the coffin? Perhaps... although "The Flash" could argue that point... but the DCEU was already fucked, as much as I hate to say that. JUSTICE FOR HENRY, BEN, AND RAY!

Rock is in love with his own legend, he overestimated his own value with this movie.

The mental gymnastics you went through to find something positive to say about the Rock's acting 😂😂😂😂😂

How are you going to elevate Black Adam to Superman's level when Shazam hasn't been at Superman's level since the 1940s

Dr Fate deserved his own movie.

Has anyone else noticed that when it is up to the Rock to carry a movie it doesn't do well?

They also had 10 years to write and perfect the film, but it feels like they wrote it at the last minute in an afternoon. Yes, Rock had a big role in the movies failure because of his ego, but WB played an even bigger role by having such terrible management and planning.

I love Black Adam, his mighty fist landed the killing blow to DC and now it's finally dead & gone along with the filth that Synder brought to the table.

I keep seeing articles on how the rock blames the leadership, woke crowd and pretty much anything other than his own selfiness.

Rock shouldve campaigned to play Darkseid to have a universe around him

"Standard super hero movie" is exactly how I'd put it. There were some good moments throughout, but the overall story was nothing special and there were a few plot points that really stood out as especially idiotic.

When you realise you've never watched a movie BECAUSE Dwayne Johnson was in it.... If I want "The Rock", I'll watch classic WWE

As much as I agree that the rock kneecapped the series I think there were issues beyond him. For crying out loud captain marvel LITERALLY created the first league of villains with the monster society of evil and the still had to make up the daughters of atlas for antagonists.

" It's Like A Jigsaw Puzzle All The Pieces Fit , But It's Painted All The Same Color . "--- Captain James T. Kirk.

The movie in and of itself is fine. I liked Dwayne Johnson in the role and the action was pretty cool. However, the Rock's egotistical hype building for this movie was absurd. It didn't restructure or change the trajectory of anything. It brought back Superman, but Superman was an existing character in this universe. It's also weird that the Rock tried to base the next phase of DC around himself and the pathetic, desperate, stupid executives at WB let him, because they had no other ideas. I'm kind of glad that they rebooted things, because this would've been utter nonsense.

He needed to be in SHAZAM

Honestly completely agree! This movie wasn't amazing but it was easily on the same level as most marvel movies. Also as a die hard Dr fate fan, I'm genuinely thankful to have gotten artwork and a f cool scenes with him in live action. Even if t wasn't the greatest movie at least we got to see a good de fate and hawk an in live action. And the rock IS black Adam. Thus movie is way better in retrospect after seeing the atrocity that is the flash.

He changed his backstory so much and I can’t stop thinking how weak they made Dr. Fate and bro Hawkman dies and comes back, that’s his thing

I did like Adriana pointing that JS and JL were nowhere when her people needed them, so there was that

One line really annoyed me - the one where they talk about how Intergang members should be arrested so "the authorities" can deal with them. But Intergang is a conquering invader - they ARE the authorities. There is no way for "the authorities" to do anything - this isn't catching bank robbers, it's a revolution. But naw, "Take them to the authorities."

The whole universe was directionless. Black Adam was just another movie in a long line of convoluted aimless world building.

I'm glad you gave props to Aldis Hodge doing the best with a sparse part in a meh script. He's been one of my favorite actors since I got attached to his portrayal of Alex Hardison in the _Leverage_ series.

I think you nailed it when you described the movie as a sketch as opposed to an intricate painting. I honestly liked a lot of the elements, esp. the dynamic between Dr. Fate and Hawkman and I truly felt saddened that there wouldn't be any more of Dr. Fate - he was by far my favorite character. There was a lot of potential here, as you said, and I wish we would've gotten to see it fulfilled. But even so, I still enjoyed the good parts of the movie and sometimes think about what it could've been.

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Black Addams dalliance with anti-heroism isn't all that recent, it started in 52 that came out in 2006, 17 years ago now, but I didn't find the film bad, just pedestrian, middle of the road and even a bit boring at times, and you're spot on, having a solo Black Adam vehicle with no Shazam is Like making a Venom film with no Spider-Man......oh wait.

I still loved the character of Black Adam and how they portrayed him in the film. The other heroes, not so much. Sarah Shahi always good too

When you want to be cheered like a “Superman” you had to makeup your own Kryptonite …that’s a ego.

Every time I see The Rock doing something silly I think "Look, I really liked the Scorpion King."

Dwayne was rumored to play Black Adam as far as back as 2002-03.

For fun, I've actually been trying to edit in Black Adam into the first Shazam movie.

It's just, in the comics when black Adam joined the jsa for a while, it was after he has been captain marvel arch nemisis for years. It would've made sense to introduce black Adam as a villain in the Shazam sequel and then introduce him being reformed by a jsa in a later movie, preferably after the jsa had already been established. Like, he's a villain for a reason, but the rock just wanted the attention of playing an anti-hero, not a cohesive story that actually fit the character

It was a good video Vee make the whole series

Yeah, honestly, the fact that they made this movie just two-stroke this one man’s ego and to fill his hopes and dreams of being a specific character rather than focusing on quality. Is why we got ass.

I’m sad that this was a one off, though it was weird to have an anti hero story without Shazam, it wasn’t a bad movie, loved dr fate, hawk man, atom. Just said to see it not continuing

"They made this movie for The Rock." ...They made it for the people?

It truly is pathetic to see how badly Warner Bros were just desperately trying to get something going with the DCEU. No one can deny the declining sales figures and quality of story, but when their backs were against the wall, the best WB and DC could think to do was entrust their future to a man with such a large ego as the Rock. Black Adam most certainly is the death of the DCEU for me. Fumble after fumble that lead to an average superhero movie, driven by someone reliably financially viable though heavily egocentric, overseen by a desperate company that just needed to make some kind of profit.

The Rocks ego sabotaged this movie ans ultimately, any hopea for saving the DCEU. Snyder tanked the DCEU but the Rock definitely put the final nail in the coffin. Thank God James Gunn is rebooting DC.

Warner Brothers is to😢o concerned with competing with the Marvel movies that they don't seem to realize that the it's not just about having product. It's about having a GOOD product. This wasn't a bad movie but, they were trying too hard to make connections to where they want to go in the future. But, you can't get where you want to go if you don't pay attention to where you are actually going.

Don't forget No hint of Adrianna becoming Isis. No mention or tie in to Hawkman, Dr Fate and Black Adam to having origins in Egypt. NONE!!!! Many missed opportunities.

Dc really kept shooting themselves in the foot time and time again.

I agree with your assessment about Black Adam and the Rock. Black Adam is a Shazam nemesis. At least show up as a cameo in a Shazam movie. However, I'm not sure if it will save the DCEU or would make the Shazam or Black Adam movies a success. I appreciate the Rock trying to revitalize the DCEU with Superman though.

We had a Black Adam movie a mere 4 months before a Shazam movie and they never even looked at each other. He's never been a good actor and I've never understood why so many people loved him so much.

Hey now, The Rock killed the DCEU once and for all. We should be thanking this man.

Despite how bad this all is I still blame Snyder for starting this whole universe on such shakey and uneven ground. Rock killed it but let’s not act like it was doing so hot beforehand. Maybe it was a blessing in disguise. The rock did us all a favor and pulled the plug when no one else would. Even if by accident.

The Rock was too lazy to grow hair to actually look like Adam

Anyone else think this movie was pretty good and entertaining? I saw so many reviews calling it trash, but I enjoyed it way more than a lot of marvel films

Can't lie I think that the Rock could probably pull off playing as Darkseid, and have the DCCU revolve around him, Darkseid is basically the Thanos of DC so it would make sense for the CU to revolve around him.

I’ve been a DC/Marvel fan since Batman The Animated series, Superman The Animated Series, Hulk The Animated Series, Silver Surfer The Animated Series & X-Men The Animated Series in the early 90’s & I honestly do NOT remember Black Adam at all, he must’ve been in an episode or more that I didn’t get to catch on TV back in the day. I was most likely outside playing, man….being outside in the years of 1994-2014 were wild.😅 Vee Infuso you ALWAYS come through with the goods🏆 Great Video

I'm not a long term reader of Black Adam, but it seems like in the stuff I did read they implied that he was the person granted the power but he went bad, a lot like Sinestro. I wonder if they have reworked his history a few times. The animated Superman vs. Black Adam seemed to say that as well. But Black Adam has seldom played hero, he's mostly a pretty nasty villain.

The Rock pulled a Hogan: Refused to put Zachary Levi over and then buried the DCU.

The rock did say he is the " franchise viagra". I guess the pill reached its expirey date.

is this a re-upload? I feel like I've seen this one a couple weeks ago.

In all honesty these should have been in Shazam 2. Shazam calls on the help of Wonder Woman hawkman and dr fate to take down black Adam who is being my controlled by a servant of sabbac

Crzy that directors dont think maybe the story from the original comic is pretty good

James Gunn ruined it when he said he wasn’t bringing back Henry as Superman, villain was dumb but a decent movie

The Bart Simpson kid really felt like a drag factor on this movie. He felt like a Poochie

The rock: so imma fight darksied and beat him by myself. Dc fans : no that’s insane you gonna need the justice league The rock : who that

If DC could just chill the fuq out & actually lay some groundwork for their universe first, they could build on it without it all collapsing.

I agree with the ending setup with Superman not making sense but it’s not as bad of a movie as you’re making it out to be

I'd love to see more media where the main character is portrayed as you describe black. Adam in this movie.

20:21- _HAHAHA!_ You 💯٪ got me on that one... that's for sure hahaha😆

It could've worked if many factira had been done correctly. 1. It had been released years ago. 2. Lower budget. 3. The Rock didn't have the final say in it.

From what I'm hearing, it seemed like there's more of a focus on "superman vs black adam" with the two being the main characters of the dceu. Meaning we're going to watch a movie about black adam facing off against shazam, but we had to wait longer. And the fight between those two would not be a huge focus, black adam would also the thanos of the dceu during this new phase. As in not only the main character, but also the main villain even though he's an anti hero in this dc universe. But I really couldn't see him as the main character, let alone the main villain of the new version of the dceu. If anything he should be a villain in a shazam movie when they had the chance, and then be the villain of a justice league movie. Not really leading anywhere, other than a shazam vs black adam rematch movie after, the original shazam movie in the dceu.

Great Vid! From the very first day I learned that the Rock would portray Black Adam I was hyped. The Rock as Black Adam? I was totally won over. However, since I heard the news regarding how much the Rock's ego was of a hindrance, the man has seriously gone down in my estimation. Especially if you know his humble beginnings, seems to 've forget it himself. Also, it's such a shame that so much potential was lost with Shazam and Black Adam. As you say V, Shazam and Black Adam have been enemies from the very beginning. There can't be a greater contrast, they're two complete opposites. Heck it's indeed even portrayed by way of there costumes!? Hence, playing these two characters off against each other (the silly slapstick goofyness vs the death serous menace) had potential. Figure Black Adam as a tremendously brutal and blood thirsty tyrant fueled by revenge and bent on world conquering. Willing to destroy everything and everyone standing in his way. Enter the goofy lighthearted inexperienced Shazam, a child that must pass off as an adult superhero, being in for the rude awakening of a lifetime, the mother of all reality checks. Man, I would've payed double to go and see a well executed movie with this premise and DC would 've had another 'milestone/first' on its hands since Joker, with yet again another superhero movie of another (the gory drama) kind. Such a movie could've even given the genre a second wind, and set the wind in DC's sails allowing it to again sail where Marvel had not yet before dared to sail. This whole Shazam debacle and the so called Superhero fatigue phenomenon got to me sooo much that it became the impetus for me to start making videos myself. Small side note, I'm just a hobbyist who only makes videos as an outlet, as anyone 'll no doubt will notice by way of the low quality. Hope to up this over time but it 'll all depend and where this road 'll lead me. I 'd sure would love to follow it further but it's really all up to wether the RU-vid public will let me, because it's hard to make it here without viewers 'ID ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-13g2xEho8mI.html

Rock was so desperate to be the face of DC that he ruined the entire franchise..

I saw this movie on HBO Max and I liked this movie. I think the box office just suffered because not a lot of people go to the theaters anymore

My main issue with Black Adam was the ANNOYING, OBNOXIOUS BOY AND MOM!!!!

Honestly, after watching Thor: Love and Thunder, everything else has seemed like a masterpiece

I don't understand how he skips his arch nemesis Shazam and goes straight to Superman, lol. Adam is not a Superman villain.

Did you reupload this video xD

Wait didnt you already release a video about this?

You saw The Rock in the Fast and Furious movies? That's the same performance he gave in Black Adam.

I love this movie. I've watched it like 6 times

The DCEU died when Superman snapped Zod's neck.

Is this a reupload?