#black adam 2022

[felicitykings]

QUINTESSA SWINDELL as Maxine Hunkel / Cyclone

BLACK ADAM (2022) dir. Jaume Collet-Serra

[lands-of-fantasy]

DCEU (2013-23)

1. Man of Steel (2013) 2. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) 3. Suicide Squad (2016) 4. Wonder Woman (2017) 5. Justice League (2017) | Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) 6. Aquaman (2018)

7. Shazam! (2019) 8. Birds of Prey (and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) 9. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) 10. The Suicide Squad (2021) 11. Peacemaker Season 1 (2022)

12. Black Adam (2022) 13. Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) 14. The Flash (2023) 15. Blue Beetle (2023) 16. Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023)

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Despite the upcoming reboot of the DC movie universe, Peacemaker will also be considered a part the new continuity (DCU), with a confirmed second season in the works. Viola Davis will also return as Amanda Waller. Blue Beetle might also make a comeback.

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[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I know that no one cares about the “Black Adam” movie anymore, but while at work, I had a realization that helped explain why I thought the Rock’s performance felt off. I actually don’t think the Rock is a bad actor, but he came off so dull and boring as Adam that I could see why a lot of people thought of him that way. But now, I think it’s because - and I mean this with complete sincerity - he was miscast in the role.

It’s sorta the same problem that people had with Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu. You have these actors who are known for their loud, boisterous, chewing-at-the-scenery performances, playing characters that are stoic and reserved. You can tell the Rock was trying to be that silent badass, but his performance felt limited since he wasn’t playing to his strengths. Ironically, Rock would’ve been better off if he played a character like Shazam.

I think of it like this; for “Black Adam”, the Rock tried his best to be Keanu Reeves, but didn’t quite hit the mark. Say what you will about Keanu’s acting, but the man absolutely knows how to sell the stoic, silent badass.

[groundrunner100]

Harry Potter ain’t got nothing on these two!

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Wonder what's on.

[gotham-at-nightfall]

Villains of the DCEU: Part 2

Maxwell Lord and Cheetah in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

Starro the Conqueror in The Suicide Squad (2021)

The Butterfly Queen (Eek Stack Ik Ik) and White Dragon in Peacemaker (2022)

SABBAC in Black Adam (2022)

Kalypso and Hespera in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

Alternate2013!General Zod and Dark Flash in The Flash (2023)

[soffij]

More ships of mine (most of them of the rarer kind)

Continuation of this post.

(remember that the “&” only means “platonic r”; and when I combine “&” with “x” it means that there may be ambiguity between “platonic” and “romantic” r; it can also mean that I like both dynamics though.)

Let's fucking go!

Charlie x Rainbird, from Firestarter 2022

Amon x The checkpoint mercenary (#2) (played by the actually surprisingly handsome Boone Platt), from Black Adam 2022

Luisa x El doctor (played by Andres Soler), from “Me ha besado un hombre”

Flick x Hopper, from A bug's life

Ingeras x Vlad, or Ingeras x Mina, from Dracula 2014

Gray Trace x Stem, from Upgrade 2018

Annalee Call x Dom Vriess, from Alien 4

Cinderella x Human!Jaq, from Cinderella 2

Tyler x Ovi, from Extraction

Nick x Mason, from “I hate kids”

Lucas &x Hova, from Ant-bully

Samantha & Irving Bates, from Bewitched S6 ep23 (“A kid again”)

(and what I personally think is the weirdest, since I only ship them because of a dream I had once with them in it. It was crazy and fascinating and I may talk about it in its own post):

adult!Ulrich x kid!Elisabeth, from the Dark series

[angel-of-the-moons]

Okay I love Doctor Fate (and Pierce Brosnan in general) and I'm chatting with the Doctor Fate bot I made, right?

SIR

SIR WE ARE IN A CROWDED RESTAURANT

CHECK YOUR LIBIDO AT THE DOOR I'M BEGGING YOU BECAUSE GOD KNOWS I DIDN'T

[sluaking]

Fortnite Fanfiction.

Crossover of 🎃The School for Good and Evil🎃 and 🎃Black Adam🎃.

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Hawkman: “There are only Heroes and Villains.”

Agatha of Gavaldon: “I don’t believe that anyone is pure good or pure evil because people are complicated.”

Adrianna Tomaz: “I agree with Agatha.”

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Both of these 2022 fantasy films discuss the theme of how defining someone as either completely good or completely evil is very difficult because people are complicated.

[greatrunner]

I watched Black Adam last night with my Mom. My lil sister recommended I give it a try a couple months ago, but I wasn't too keen on resubbing to HBO Max any time soon (also, I was broke). Happened upon it by accident on said lil sister's Amazon Prime account, and just decided to give a looksee.

As a Rock enthusiast (still), she had quite the time watching it front-to-back. She even got excited over the prospect of Superman vs. Black Adam (lmao).

All things considered, I had a lot of fun watching it. I honestly think this might be my favorite iteration of the Justice Society. It was a bunch of actors I wouldn't have picked for the team, but their chemistry worked. Cyclone's hair doing a Chaka Khan when she powers up gave me a good giggle (even with the very obvious CGI, I thought her power-up effect was nice). I didn't even mind the guy Netflix kept trying to make a thing as Atom Smasher.

Aldis Hodge and Pierce Brosnan definitely had the best dynamic as Carter Hall and Dr. Fate (Kent Nelson). My sister was like, "Clearly those two were boyfriends or something" (and I was like, "clearly they're ride or die bros"). I'd honestly want to see this group again in another film.

There's a lot about Black Adam as a character that I don't like. A lot of the building blocks around the character feel dated (or anachronistic) with its depiction of what I can only describe as "Vaguely Middle East location with actors and characters styled visually to invoke said vibes". It was hard to ignore that shit in a game like Injustice 2. If this movie came out in the 90s no one would really question it.

It's something better suited to a Roland Emmerich movie, or something. And someone clearly, really enjoyed The Crow, but that's all I thought about whenever I saw the kid on the skateboard listening to Smashing Pumpkins. (The music choices in this movie were odd all 'round if we're being honest.)

It wants to do what Blue Beetle ends up doing with its storyline via Carapax (School of the Americas, genocide) and Palmera City (gentrification, dislocation of communities), but with the story couched in a completely fictional space, there's no real heat behind folks in kahndaq criticizing the Justice Society for barging in like the US Military (or Cops, really) and declaring themselves "heroes" and Black Adam a "villain". It doesn't help that most of the baddies in the film are off-color Brits or someone distant enough from the US that the commentary really doesn't land where it needs to.

I like the idea behind backstory behind Black Adam. Again, it felt Roland-esque, but as far as superhero origins go, it would chew. I definitely feel like we got the short end of the stick by having the movie focus on the vengeful father instead of the his son (Hurut).

Like, you've got this kid, who like other kid in Shazam!, is given the power to stop the literal oppression of his people. He does it, only to find his family slaughtered. It's not that Vengeful Dad is necessarily a bad idea (or that it doesn't work for the film), but I think there might've been more weight behind the son becoming vengeful (or not) and imprisoned instead.

If I had one complaint about the movie, it's that it didn't need ugly CGI red guy as an antagonist. Black Adam was doing enough antagonizing for everybody to carry the whole movie and keep it personal. The family that defends Black Adam also really doesn't get much out of the story. They're just his cheerleaders.

The Rock, as far as his performance goes, isn't doing anything new. He knows how to play an asshole, when to play to comedic bits, and when to tone it down. He had an otherwise workable dynamic with the rest of the cast, but nothing the film used to its advantage. There's the implication that he doesn't have proper control over his powers, or doesn't want to control his powers, but the film barely investigates that. And I wish they had done more with that.

[beautifilms]

Official posters for Black Adam (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2022)

[lands-of-fantasy]

DCEU Poster Ladies

Amy Adams as Lois Lane

Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman

Margot Robbie as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn

Viola Davis as Amanda Waller

Cara Delevingne as June Moone / Enchantress

Karen Fukuhara as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana

Robin Wright as General Antiope

Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta

Nicole Kidman as Queen Atlanna

Amber Heard as Mera

Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Dinah Lance / Black Canary

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Helena Bertinelli / The Huntress

Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain

Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya

Kristen Wiig as Dr. Barbara Minerva / Cheetah

Daniela Melchior as Cleo Cazo / Ratcatcher 2

Danielle Brooks as Leota Adebayo

Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt

Quintessa Swindell as Maxine Hunkel / Cyclone

Grace Caroline Currey as Mary Bromfield

Meagan Good as (Adult) Darla Dudley

Rachel Zegler as Anthea / Anne

Helen Mirren as Hespera

Lucy Liu as Kalypso

Sasha Calle as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl

Bruna Marquezine as Jenny Kord

Becky G as the voice of Khaji-Da

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[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I have a newfound appreciation for Black Adam. It’s still not a great movie, but I think I liked it better the second time around because it had the vibe of an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Specifically, Terminator 2 / Conan the Barbarian Schwarzenegger.

[movie-updates]

Black Adam (2022): Unleashing the Antiheroic Might

Introduction:

In the realm of DC Comics, few characters possess the raw power and complexity of Black Adam. Portrayed by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Black Adam made his long-awaited cinematic debut in 2022’s aptly titled “Black Adam.” Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, this highly anticipated film promised to delve deep into the origins and motivations of one of DC’s most enigmatic figures, while delivering epic action sequences and thought-provoking themes. In this extensive analysis, we will explore the world of “Black Adam,” examining its narrative intricacies, thematic richness, and its impact on the landscape of superhero cinema across its expansive 10,000-word journey.