Drinker's Chasers - Black Adam First Impressions

MauLer and I give our first impressions of Black Adam.

[@billmilligan7272]

"It's not terrible!" God, what a time to be alive, when this is the resounding critical success we can hope for.

[@unknownriderinbound]

When "average" is high praise.

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

@@unknownriderinbound Or "shut your brain **completely** off and you will have a good time" is a qualifier.

[@kiltedcajun5331]

Considering what we've gotten lately, gotta be thankful for those small steps.

[@tool2158]

Even if someday the wokeness breaks down, it doesn't mean that we automatically get good product.

[@brentmichael4770]

No one wants to see green screen crap anymore its been destroyed by marvel there is no coming back! Marvel played the game, give them an awesome product and then destroy it all with wokeness.

[@gravecrawler1629]

"The fact that it's not preachy and it's not annoying, and it's got a fairly decent cast" Fuck it, I'm sold. At this point, as far as i'm concerned that's groundbreaking all over again.

[@michaelfetter5413]

It's extremely preachy, you're just missing the message. It's preaching vigilantism and degrading the rule of law.

[@lunchbox7337ify]

It's sad that you're absolutely correct. I actually liked Black Adam but vanilla films are ranked higher for me nowadays because of those reasons.

[@eg_manifest510]

"This just in, movie writers use common sense again. Will this be the Marvel killer? Of course not, they did that themselves"

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

Those are really low standards. Just because it isn't woke doesn't mean anything. You are literally giving DC money.

[@jacob4920]

@@DatcleanMochaJo I'd rather be giving DC money right now than Marvel. After what they did to She Hulk, they don't deserve a single penny from me.

[@amarawinchester963]

I’m used to Drinker getting disappointed and constantly saying that a movie was a “ F****ing mess”…seeing him not angry and disappointed is so strange but refreshing 😂

[@LRTrack]

That's because he is an honest and fair reviewer.

[@Evil_Peter]

@@LRTrack It's always funny hearing people say that people they agree with are honest, and those with different opinions aren't.

[@TheJbrinks]

@@Evil_Peter go away now

[@InfoRanker]

The idea that the movie doesn't completely suck is a huge step in the right direction. I might actually watch this one. I do like Pierce Brosnan so I'll watch it for that I guess.

[@michaelfetter5413]

We were laughing our asses off at how stupid this movie was. Looks like Mauler and Drinker have lost perspectivr, badly, or maybe gained some ($$$?)

[@Lizards_Lounge]

@@michaelfetter5413 naaa, they take a while of reflection. I watched Prey, then went and watched reviews from drinker and others who I expected to criticize and the reviews all said "suprisingly good"...I thought IT WAS TRASH.. I was annoyed this bunch couldn't see it. But then few days later they had an 'after hours'.. Once they all got together and heelsvsbabyface went on a rant.. Then they came away saying "yea ok...better, but still not GOOD", still full of messaging. Seems these guys on a first watch miss some stuff and need reflection or second watch before it's obvious. I think it happens caus bar has been dropped so low.. That as long as you avoid constant cringey male hating, ppl accept it on first impression

[@Master_Yoda1990]

@@michaelfetter5413 it's easy to lose perspective on the quality of movies anymore, because so many movies are just bad compared to the past couple decades. So once you see a movie that is slightly better than the rest your bar has already been lowered so far that a trash movie might still seem fun...

[@sanuelkessler8435]

Imo his talent was kinda wasted on it because of sub par writing, but he still gives a good Dr. Fate.

[@skirk248]

He carries the movie

[@CyGea]

When Fate was talking about being a boy, I really thought he would mention meeting Carter as Hawkman's previous incarnation. That would have driven home a 100 year friendship, and an extra layer of Fate not wanting to see his friend die a second time.

[@katnerd6712]

Fortunately, this doesn't have to be the end of Pierce Brosnan as Fate. The helmet holds a primordial god inside it and, generally, will keep the spirits of past wearers.

[@emanuelgonzalez1975]

Nabu that crazy bastard

[@eliotduke1753]

I'd love a Dr fate movie.

[@DarkEcho119]

@@eliotduke1753 inb4 they cast an uppity black woman to be Dr. Fate

[@Theautisticlibertarian]

@@DarkEcho119 how dare you, clearly you aren’t progressive enough. They have to be non-binary or you are just a bigot!

[@unlimitedrabbit]

I hope they never bring back that '90s Fate with the cape wrapped around his arm and an ankh over his eye.

[@terrydellas8197]

I think this movie will be the Black Panther for bald people.

[@markhill3858]

harsh lol :)

[@suakeli]

Finally some representation for the most oppressed minority!

[@z.e.d4037]

About time for a movie to represent the bald people👏

[@markhill3858]

@@suakeli Im sure Rock and Jason Statham and Patrick Stewart .. all feel really oppressed lol

[@kevinpeterwareham8131]

he great a film for me .......BALDISTANNIA FOREVVVVAAAAARRRRRRRR !!!

[@JGGR89]

Dwayne Johnson was great as the Rock! Very convincing!

[@bkblair71]

I remember someone saying that Johnson is more of a movie star instead of an actor. Even they may almost seem the same but there really not.

[@hapablap2088]

@@bkblair71 A la arnold

[@alexwashchuk5191]

Now that the Rock is in the DC universe he can fight John Cena again

[@chasehedges6775]

He plays himself

[@bradcarver8127]

@Alex Washchuk And it’ll be even more scripted than before. Hopefully no one tears their abdomen this time.

[@SheldonAdama17]

Critics: Scissors Black Adam: Rock

[@bigmikeobama5314]

audience: paper

[@NicTheGreek1979]

@@bigmikeobama5314 Warner Bros: Fire...(Friends reference lol)

[@runrig97]

@@NicTheGreek1979 Lizard!

[@NicTheGreek1979]

@@runrig97 ...Kay? Is that a reference I don't get, or are you just being weird?

[@runrig97]

@@NicTheGreek1979 yes and yes

[@HapaxLegomenon12]

His ability to fluently speak modern english appeared to be part of his powers, because I noticed when he voluntarily depowered, and retook his natural form, his clothes were his 5000 year old clothes and he was no longer speaking english, but his native tongue.

[@EllyJelly23.]

I was literally thinking that the whole time 😂

[@OffroadGeekDxb]

Well with that logic, he got his powers from the 5 or 6 wizards and have all the best strength, wisdom, whatever.. and that helped him adapt to the language… but that would also make him super smart and that wasn’t shown in any part of the movie. It’s just lazy writing 😁

[@GyroSzn]

@@OffroadGeekDxb read up on black adams powers

[@williams2187]

@@OffroadGeekDxb isn’t one of his powers the “wisdom of Solomon”? Or is that only Shazam?

[@z2ei]

@@williams2187 He gets his powers from the Egyptian pantheon instead, but it's the same idea.

[@andrejsasd8904]

Basically, "Black Adam" is one of the movies ever made. As that one guy from the "Chernobyl" series said: "Not great, not terrible"

[@Daemonarch2k6]

So cool when the drinker almost perfectly fits his wallpaper-counterpart 😄

[@jimjim0058]

Yeah one of Billy’s/Adam’s powers is the wisdom of Solomon/zehuti. It’s goofy af but that allows allows them to be fluent in all earthly languages

[@DesOttsel]

Yeah, I asked that question, but figured it out when he powered down

[@ninjanibba4259]

Wish that was better shown, Billy didn't exactly gain much wisdom when he transformed, so that's not much to go on

[@DesOttsel]

@@ninjanibba4259 It's just context clues my dude

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@ninjanibba4259 This is my main problem with Shazam. He has all these powers he uses all the time, but never the wisdom of Solomon. Shazam should be smarter than Batman or Lex Luthor. I guess Shazam has always been a 3rd-rate character and has never had good writers. He should be a lot more than what he is. In the movie, he should have figured out his powers instantly without help (Black Adam did) and also find his (Billy's) mom within hours. Solomon was beyond brilliant. Ridiculously smart.

[@kenneth3836]

I came to the comments to say the same thing. I actually really liked the subtle nod they made with this where he spoke English, said Shazam, and spoke his next line in his original language.

[@Thisisreallystupid]

I did like the hint of flirting between Cyclone & Atom Smasher… I liked that nothing special was made about Cyclone being black (unlike the prequel comic). As for Black Adam speaking English… it is actually one of his powers, to learn languages quickly. Atom Smasher does pre-date Ant-Man… his father was the (golden age, i.e. 30’s to 50’s) hero The Atom… who was just a short guy who was a good boxer. Ant-Man was Marvel answer the DC’s silver age The Atom, who could shrink in size. I could give you a lot more… like how Cyclone in the comics was a Redhead and this movie is just another in a long line of movies replacing Redheaded female characters with Black characters… but that’s enough for now.

[@lordxmugen]

What does the world have against redheads?! I seriously want to know!

[@ngultrum1]

@@lordxmugen Hollywood continued the tradition of Salem Witch Trials by continuing the Gingercide in its own, non-murderous way.

[@ninjanibba4259]

Another race bend huh? Of course....I'm not even surprised at this point

[@protorhinocerator142]

I thought Cyclone did wonderful job for what she was. She looked very magical when she entered the wind zone or whatever. I didn't care about the color of her skin. Her scenes made for some great visual shots.

[@kenneth3836]

I like how they have a subtle nod to the original atom with that FaceTime at the beginning of the movie, showing that this isn’t the original smasher.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

"It wasn't terrible." I guess this is about all we can expect anymore.

[@chasehedges6775]

Same. It’s easier to be mediocre and average.

[@erickronin1330]

I love how they at first say it's not that good, then talk about how much they enjoyed it for like 20 minutes straight.

[@lalayon08]

😄😆😅😆😄😆😅🤣😂🤣😂🤣!! Well Said

[@rogerborg]

It feels like a relief just not to be harangued with The Message for 2 hours.

[@FunkyBobFett]

Quality vs enjoyment. It's a "turn your brain off and watch shit blow up" movie.

[@Galvatronover]

There’s a difference between enjoyment and quality that people don’t seem to notice

[@zultul7181]

Its a bad movie but with todays standards it’s whatever. A lot of flaws but there is entertaining moments. The relationship among the characters are awful and this whole antihero honestly it’s shit the rock is a hero.

[@jayone8891]

top critics are calling it, 'a movie released this year' astounding stuff

[@disguyz709]

The script was cliche, I loved the camp, I haven't laughed at a superhero movie in a while, and the action was some of the best I've ever watched in a superhero movie. As Drinker said, nothing to write home about (except the action), but nothing really to complain about I loved the past 3 DC Movies with The Snyder Cut, THE Suicide Squad, (Peacemaker), and The Batman And if Black Adam is the worst they can get (not that I think it's a bad film), then I'm excited to see what they got for the future

[@Tyler_W]

I can get behind this take.

[@markhill3858]

also Joker :)

[@john-ec4460]

But what about Thor Love and Thunder? Wasn't it funny?🤢🤮

[@markhill3858]

@@john-ec4460 I really liked it :) I think its got an aussie/kiwi sense of humour .. and this just went down like a lead balloon elsewhere lol

[@electricoj2765]

I did like the little scene in one of the marvel movies, where falcon was telling Steve about some things he should check out, and Steve pulls out a little list with music and movies he’s missed while being frozen for however long. It’s just a little thing that shows how much he’s missed out on, and his willingness to learn the things he didn’t know about previously

[@ninjanibba4259]

That's called character moments, something this movie lacks

[@protorhinocerator142]

MCU movies have always excelled at music. It's all through. Iron Man prefers AC/DC. Doctor Strange has every song memorized and has people quiz him during surgery. Star Lord carries around a cassette tape of song his mother recorded for him. DC has always been too on the nose with music. There's no finesse at all. So if someone had jumping powers they'd play something like Van Halen's "Jump". Very basic. No thought required.

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@protorhinocerator142 I get and agree with what you're saying, but that's not what the op was talking about

[@DarkWolf-407]

The cultural awareness and language is the wisdom power. Much like Billy having wisdom of Solomon.

[@nalublackwater9729]

When "It's not terrible" is the best compliment a movie can have nowadays.

[@taklampan650]

Brosnan was the real highlight of it all!

[@chrisacker7791]

pierce brosnan as dr fate is easily the best part, needs his own movie

[@markhill3858]

except .. dead :)

[@markhill3858]

@@elliotvernon7971 not at all :) it was an excellently done conversion from the comics .. and it told us all "nobody in DC has magic plot armour they are all MORTAL" .. and I for one applaud this :)

[@markhill3858]

Hawkman wants to fight .. because hes from an alien race of warriors that only know war, they are a bit "hulk smash" .. i should say, hes a human archaeologist who has been possessed by this alien tech of the Hawkmen .. they have a space empire and thier only form of international relations is war .. one of the properties of their "Nth metal" is its mean to resist and kill magic using beings

[@jamzfromtheznn]

didn't think about it like that...felt like he was overly aggressive for no reason but fair point

[@markhill3858]

@@jamzfromtheznn remember Hawkgirl in the cartoons? fight before talk .. every time :)

[@JamaicanScouser]

Remember he's not the original Atom Smasher,you can see he was talking to the original Atom Smasher that aged,he's powers are growth,super human strength, durability, bulletproof ,he's a giant bad ass ,while ant-man only shrinks n grows

[@protorhinocerator142]

And Ant-Man loses strength when he grows because his body has to provide all that energy. On a good day he's about as strong as a regular guy would be at that height. Atom Smasher gets super duper strong on top of becoming a giant. More like if the Hulk was wearing Ant-man's suit and grew huge. But then most of the DC characters have become ridiculously OP strong for no good reason in the last couple decades. Wonder Woman is about as strong as Superman and is basically impervious. So then why does she still wear the bullet-proof bracelets?

[@tonuahmed4227]

Wonder woman strong almost strong as superman, but not durable a little bit as superman is...

[@TheNightBadger]

@@protorhinocerator142 _"And Ant-Man loses strength when he grows because his body has to provide all that energy. On a good day he's about as strong as a regular guy would be at that height."_ - No, Giant Man (because he isn't Ant Man when he grows) has superhuman strength when he gets larger. He's shown performing feats of strength no human could ever do many times as Giant Man. From Marvel Wiki: _"Pym also discovered Pym Particles which interacted with his brain to enable him to grow to gigantic height as Giant-Man and Goliath. The growth process required the rapid acquisition of bodily mass, comes from an extradimensional source. This extra dimensional mass fortified all of his cellular tissue, including his bones and muscles, enabling him to support his increased weight, and giving him superhuman strength and durability."_

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@TheNightBadger You're talking about the comic books. I'm talking about the movies.

[@TheNightBadger]

@@protorhinocerator142 Pretty sure Giant Man gets stronger in the movies too...

[@markpayne8004]

I think most of the scenes with Amon and Karim could have been cut to make room for more development with either the villains, the relationship between Hawkman and Dr. Fate or Black Adam himself. The movie wasn’t as bad as the reviews make it out to be, but there were certainly times when I thought it dragged like crazy or didn’t have enough meat around the bones.

[@elliottobelliotnwaobi4779]

It was terribly boring.

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯

[@ag8793]

@@elliottobelliotnwaobi4779 No, it wasn’t. It was great action packed movie. Yes, there were these damn stupid cheesy scenes which could definitely be cut from the movie and used in development of Dr. Fate’s and Hawkman’s relationship. Bullet scene- where Black Adam saves the kid from getting shot was f*cking badass. There were so many other badass scenes. This is what exactly shows how menacing a super human can be when he is put around regular humans. Some scenes were pretty brutal. Overall I will give 7/10 to this movie.

[@erubin100]

they should've done away with the villains entirely midway and just made BA vs the JSA the primary conflict.

[@christophertaylor9100]

That very long intro exposition was kinda needed but not maybe as long as it was.

[@grillodofus]

As a nerd i feel the need to intervene with some clarifications: -Dr. Fate indeed precedes Dr. Strange since the Justice Society was a WWII era super team, it also included Superman back in the days. -Hawkman has no superhuman powers, he´s pretty much like Conan the Barbarian on Wings. He´s also not black so they changed him a lot for this. -Black Adam, like Shazam and Wonder Woman, has wisdom that comes from the gods, thus he can speak english or any other language.

[@Paugose]

Let's make it simple, Drinker, if a Marvel character exists, you get a 80% chance it's basically a DC character they re-branded.

[@chasehedges6775]

I have to agree even though I love Tony, Steve and Thor.

[@Dizzifying1]

Never forget that within a year after DC creating and releasing the character of Slade Wilson (who becomes Deathstroke) Marvel immediately ripped him off and made a character named Wade Wilson who we all know now as Deadpool.

[@PNWAffliction]

@@Dizzifying1 so ripped off that they have two completely different personalities, lol.

[@mmanzanozr1]

@@PNWAffliction are you seriously trying to say it's not ripped off when the creator of Deadpool has dead ass admitted to completely ripping off Deathstroke

[@douggchidorihabbo]

Spider Man, Fantastic Four, and X Men the only original Marvel ideas. Literally every other character is a DC bite

[@BraveInstance]

The thing I like about Dwayne Johnson is that his movies tend to be traditional entertainment. I mean that's not a high bar, but when it comes to family friendly entertainment these days it is. A movie with The Rock in it is not trying to brainwash your kid. Seems a very positive guy too.

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯. The Rock at least makes entertaining stuff.

[@Elaborance]

All movies that have the Rock as a leading character is a guarantee that it won't be amazing but it won't be utter shit either. He's the poster boy of mediocrity.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Elaborance . Been that way since Scorpion King (2002).

[@martinwakefield8138]

This was the exact movie that superhero filmdom needed right now. It wasn't preachy, didn't try to be more than itself, and didn't suck the life out of the audience. It was just pure fun

[@MJRLHobbyStuff]

As a huge Hawkman fan over the years. I really think Hawkman is going to be like Black Panther. He’s going to explode

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Won't be a long career then.

[@thee_morpheus]

@@josephsalmonte4995 Hey hey hey, take it eaaaasy

[@fix0the0spade]

@@josephsalmonte4995 You just had to go there XD

[@zozoeternal1681]

Kemet forevef!

[@hapablap2088]

He didnt explode, i believe it was cancer.

[@matthewIhorn]

It's basically the movie Hancock with more violence and no love story.

[@doritosdaman]

He has the wisdom of Solomon so I think that's what helped with the culture shock; which was also how he picked up on things like sarcasm and using a catchphrase quickly.

[@protorhinocerator142]

The wisdom of Thoth, which is more than Solomon's. His powers are Egyptian based, which really doesn't make much sense when you go out of your way to make a new country that predates Egypt.

[@markhill3858]

@@protorhinocerator142 gods wernt exterminated by other religions back then .. that all came after christianity .. youd usually have some idea of "foreign" gods, maybe even worship them under a different name

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@markhill3858 Then why didn't the ancient Egyptians build a religion around Scientology like we have today? They could have just read L. Ron Hubbard's books.

[@markhill3858]

@@protorhinocerator142 maybe because they are not as stupid as scientologists?

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@markhill3858 Or could it be, just perhaps, that scientology didn't exist a couple thousand years before L. Ron Hubbard was born? This is where I was leading you.

[@ploppill34]

Of all the movies that came out this year, this is one of them. This is a movie.

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

It was an ok film but as a comic fan and superhero fan in general I really enjoyed it, I want a sequel ASAP!

[@michaelclark7787]

I'd go a step farther and say it was a good movie, not cinematic genius levels here but I genuinely enjoyed the movie. One can only hope they can keep it up.

[@christophertaylor9100]

I agree, I'd watch it again unlike most superhero movies lately, and I would like to see a sequel.

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@christophertaylor9100 I'll watch it again when it comes on TV. I'm not racing out to the theater to see it again. It's not The Incredibles. Pretty good though. I give it an 8/10.

[@Good100]

The metal in Hawkman's armor and weapons is often immune to magic, like in the cartoons. Since that's what Black Adam runs on, he's pretty resistant.

[@elijahfields7968]

That’s a good point

[@biostemm]

But it wouldn't have any bearing on him being slammed through buildings or into the ground, unless it absorbs impacts/kinetic energy...

[@xX_EltKLLgm-ng_Xx]

Hawkman only wears nth armor in 2 versions of the character... new 52 Carter Hall and the Hawkman who replaced Carter Hall pre-52 Shame they ignored the best part about new 52 Hawkman ... his nth armor is essentially a symbiote, and his weapons are an extension of the armor

[@Turtlpwr]

I cannot believe I heard the words “it’s not terrible” come out of his mouth for this. What has this world become?

[@OffroadGeekDxb]

Like least of the bad 😁

[@Turtlpwr]

@@OffroadGeekDxb yeaaaaaahhhhh pretty much 😅

[@HauntedBlade5053]

Definitely one of the movies of all time

[@JosephArata]

When you are forced to say that mediocre movies are decent, that's a problem. That's a fundamental problem stemming from the lack of proper story telling in Hollywood. I'm not afraid to say it, this is content. It's not exceptional, it's not terrible, it's just content. Nobody is going to be talking about this movie 6 months from now.

[@thebatman4279]

Indeed, i feel like i'm losing my mind, the amount of people celebrating this film. It's aggressively average! Just because it's not woke, it doesn't suddenly make it a top-tier piece of filmmaking.

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@thebatman4279 sad times, people are so desensitized

[@ploppill34]

“It was a movie”…… that should be on the movie poster😂😂😂

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯💯

[@mrpyu8397]

It is a comic book movie and I do not mind if the plot is simple. I am not looking for anything other than a comic book adapted to film.

[@fr0ck360]

Seeing a DCEU movie not suck is like a great achievement at this point lol. Edit: No, I’m not counting Joker and The Batman. DCEU is in a very rough spot with Aquaman and Flash movie controversy

[@chasehedges6775]

Pretty much.

[@ab-gail]

Especially now that Marvel sucks too

[@chasehedges6775]

@@ab-gail MCU and DCEU are both meh.

[@chongli3007]

Why lower your standards? Addicted to entertainment?

[@zrally2107]

DC is hit or miss. They have had some shit (suicide squad, birds of prey) but they have also had some real masterpieces. (The batman, joker)

[@madambutterfly1997]

It feels good to see a "decent" movie for once

[@madambutterfly1997]

@Milley Isasoyboy I didn't leave the cinema cursing the names of the people who wrote it.

[@Tyler_W]

Nothing has to be a masterpiece or a dumpster fire. There's a lot of middle ground that needs to be embraced, regardless of what the hyper polarized internet dialog would have us believe. Is Black Adam a great work of cinema? Heck no. Is it still a genuinely cool and fun movie-going experience? Heck yes. Sure, it has its flaws, but it's still a "decent" movie that doesn't try to be anything more than what it is.

[@mistermetaverse7267]

Pierce Brosnan massively underrated

[@ordotectonicus8585]

I saw it today. It was alright. I laughed at the beginning about how cringey it was. Plot was eh but it got better after it actually got started. Dr Fate was definitely the best character. Tbh, not a terrible film. Had some parts that genuinely made me laugh but was also cringey. The side characters were just sitting there... I liked their interactions with eachother. Overall, it was okay. I would say it was a good way to spend 2 hours. I agree about saying it was bland. But it had some interesting takes on it.

[@420Tombstone]

If your comment were a road it would lead to nowhere.

[@4deleDaz33m]

I gave the movie props for not being boring at the very least. Yeah it's cliché, it's stupid, it's ridiculous, it's cheesy as hell but it's still an acceptable pleasant time at the movies for me

[@ordotectonicus8585]

@@420Tombstone it's hard to find good road builders nowadays eh? And yeah, ik my comment is horribly structured. Sorta just added to it as I went along.

[@mindylou8188]

@@ordotectonicus8585 your comment was fine. I felt the same. It's weird because the movie was likable but not a well made movie. It's not original at all but it's more enjoyable than it should be.

[@ordotectonicus8585]

@@mindylou8188 yeah. I won't watch it again but at least it wasn't terrible.

[@ryanatthediscotec7758]

When a movie keeps you engaged, you don't notice as many issues. When you're bored, you start noticing them. Sounds like a pretty good movie.

[@joshuabekel9700]

Hawkman's son Hector Hall was an incarnation of Dr. Fate in the comics.

[@shanethompson3180]

Black Adam was one of THE movies ever.

[@largefactory]

Indeed, it had a very movie feel to it.

[@thebatman4279]

Easily the best live action Black Adam film to get released in 2022. By FAR.

[@largefactory]

@@thebatman4279 - hey man idc what anyone says, you’re doing great work in Gotham

[@danielclark-hughes692]

Definitely one of the years movies.

[@LordDany]

For shure a movie that Aired This year

[@SuperSuperdude88]

definitely a movie over 120 minutes...

[@LordDany]

@@SuperSuperdude88 indead a movie

[@dominiclapinta8537]

You have the movie, which is represented in "h", and then the rock, who is represented in the "uh", and together, they create the "huh". I like how in the Christopher Reeves Superman films, he talks about how he always generates an energy field that he can surround other things in, and so, when Superman lifts, he is basically causing whatever he touches, that he is lifting, to also have the same force exerted around all of it. This is why Superman has the most believable superhuman strength ability, rather then just pushing really hard at one point of something and it somehow makes the entire thing lift without bending or breaking.

[@yourmum69_420]

yeah but that whole excuse was just pulled out of someone's ass to explain away criticisms and it doesn't make much sense

[@dominiclapinta8537]

@@yourmum69_420 Well, Superman does use such an energy force in other places and not just the Christopher Reeve's Superman films.

[@protorhinocerator142]

I don't remember Christopher Reeves explaining that. The first time I remember them discussing it was in the 80's when John Byrne took over creative control of Superman for the reboot and called it "tactile telekinesis". This would allow him to lift a whale, for instance, without just going right through the whale like a bayonet. If he just had strength and flight, he wouldn't be able to pick up a whale without causing serious damage to it.

[@WarrenCBennett]

One thing I’ve noticed in mu personal life, are people telling me they are excited to see Black Adam. I haven’t heard my coworkers and such talk about any movie like this in a long time. If that is any indication of anything.

[@Maladjester]

I have The Rock on my Facebook and his feed has been Black Adam, Black Adam, *BLACK #$@

[@protorhinocerator142]

I'm on record as saying it was pretty good. Not great. Pretty good. I didn't feel cheated. It was the movie I paid to see. A lot of things were super familiar like Drinker said. Familiar but not played out. It kinda worked. Fate was a lot like Strange. Atom Smasher was a lot like enlarged Ant-man. Also the annoying kid was like Freddie Freeman in Shazam. Hero worshipper, teaches BA to be a hero, and even called his power set "stacked". Hawkman lived at Professor Xavier's mansion school, complete with a VTOL SR-71 jet. They were fighting over Eternium like Wakanda people fighting over vibranium. Very deja vu.

[@daltonmortimer7735]

Interestingly Hawkman's son Hector DID become Doctor Fate in the comics for awhile and honestly he was just about the only other tolerable incarnation of the character outside of Kent and his wife Inza because the writers usually have NO idea what to do with Dr.Fate at all and usually retcon how it even works, to the point that the person wearing the Helm is just a warm body for the spirit of the Helm to possess ( and no, new 52 and Young Justice fanboys, that's not how it always worked)

[@tutroach407]

Kingdom Come had my favorite version of Fate where the Helm was sentient and just floated with the cape and gloves.

[@daltonmortimer7735]

@@tutroach407 still better than the stupid possession retcon

[@Zeddyboi86]

It makes me very happy that these guys had an OK time and some decent laughs when watching Black Adam. :)

[@captaindropkik]

aw it's nice to hear you guys laughing about it and enjoying talking about it

[@the-trustees]

It's very cool... and possibly inevitable that you two would find each other and provide awesome content for those of us who know that most current media is garbage, and don't have to watch it as your critiques are enough to validate our decision to avoid the abortions of the media world over the last 5+ years. THANKS!

[@AngelofDeath1819]

Black Adam is definitely a movie.

[@edsonmhango5873]

In my opinion, the movie was meant to be simple, action-packed super-hero fun and it delivered in that regard. Its nothing ground breaking or completely original BUT you won't feel like you wasted your time. I also liked how, with just a few lines of dialogue, we got a peak into who characters such as Atom Smasher, Cyclone and Fate are beyond what they can do. Especially Fate - you could tell what a burden his abilities had become

[@greyknighttexan3299]

Black Adam is like that line in Chernobyl, "its not great, its terrible".

[@AmericanZergling]

Doctor Fate is honestly closer to Moon Knight as a character than Doctor Strange. Still came first.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Moon knight is just a cheap imitation of Batman with a supernatural origin

[@AmericanZergling]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Except... not at all

[@vashtxsx]

"The rock did ok" yep. Successful type casting where the character is made for the actors 1 dimension occasionally works out lol

[@letmadora28]

Black Adam: the movie that Is ... Just... There... Existing. "Slow applause".

[@lucisferre6361]

Have y'all seen The Foreigner with Jackie Chan & Pierce Brosnan? I enjoyed it quite a bit. Would watch again.

[@JCTheSniper15]

Thats part of what makes the Witcher awesome. The Witchers have a small number of set spells with known capabilities that they employ consistently. They don't come oit with crazy insane abilities to save the day.

[@krubereats8877]

By the by, the ability to speak all languages is in the SHAZAM power set, so while annoying they didn't mention directly, it makes sense. If you remember when he gives up the power he reverts to speaking ancient gobbilty gook

[@FeistyClown1229]

It brought back Cavill's Superman. 12/10 from me.

[@Pers0n97]

This movie is the first movie I can remember having felt like having a cinema audience around me while watching it actually improved the experience. The people around me where reacting to jokes or "cool" moments in a very positive way which made thos somewhat... "okay" scene feel way better than they really where. I liked it, it wasn't bad, but it had a couple of very forced and cringy expositions, one of the most awful "kid sidekick" (that comes bundled with him mom) we've seen in a while, but the couple of Mortal Kombat fatalities in there made up for it. One part that was very... "unconfortable" wa the very obvious anti-american set up they had originally, with not-iraq occupied by evil not-USA, but its pretty clear they scrubbed a LOT of it in the later edits. Still, you can feel its shadow looming over the movie, and the way thos not-USA guy just... vanish from the country right when (minor spoiler) the evil big bad show up, was pretty jarring. Especially since it would have been an easy way to have them help a bit the country and don't look as bad.

[@LRTrack]

I just had a realization. Black Adam is the perfecting of the Scorpion King character!

[@apollolux]

It apparently sounds okay. Contrast that to the Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania trailer that just dropped earlier today which even though it felt like a fun Disney Marvel superhero "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" the absolute first thing that came to my mind was "How are they gonna inevitably fuck this up?"

[@almanac520]

@16:50 Adam learns English, and understands the mexican standoff (quickly) because his power-set includes "S" ( *S* HAZAM) = _wisdom_ of *S* olomon. Can learn quickly (magic level).

[@HeavyMetalJesus02]

Actually the Wizards gifted him with the Wisdom of Zehutti in the film, but otherwise, yes.

[@Nobdythere]

After so many movies with a damn message, this is the type of mindless crap type of movie I needed. Thanks Dwayne for your efforts.

[@maxstirner4197]

"A game changer" (the advertisement) "It wasnt terrible... It's just kind of a movie" (the critical drinker) What's so ironic and sad about current culture is that both of these statements are accurate.

[@thant0s]

Here's what I'll say in defense of Atom Smasher and Cyclone in particular: they both were incredible *unoffensive* . I've gotten so used to seeing youth characters be insufferably woke I was just expecting it. But while Smasher is a dork he does clearly have a deep drive to save people, prioritizing damage control when he could have been just smashing stuff, and Cyclone is *really nice* , doesn't backbite or condescend, and despite clearly being a very intelligent person, she doesn't lord it over anyone.. she's even *humble* about it and pointing out the mad scientist's nanobots are doing a lot of the heavy lifting. I'll take that over loud, soul-sappingly woke toddler teens any day of the week, just have to punch up their story impact and include some character development and you've got some winners. Maybe next time around!

[@protorhinocerator142]

Agreed. Clearly Hawkman and Doctor Fate were the two experienced powerhouses. The other two kept their eyes open and their mouths shut when the two veterans were making the real decisions about the fate of the world. This was actually rather realistic. If I just got superpowers I wouldn't mouth off to those two.

[@thant0s]

@@protorhinocerator142 I can't help but think they could have very easily given the new recruits a bit more shine if they squeezed in moments where Hawkman directs them to focus on protecting the citizens from Intergang at first, then the minions of Hell, and Dr. Fate could have remotely given them insight as he and Hawkman were focused on removing Adam from the city, or taking Sabbac head on. The story really wanted to throw shade at the Justice Society for not giving a crap about Khandaq, but these guys really are heroes and would be gladly putting themselves at risk to keep them safe while the heavy hitters are smashing things around. Bit of a lost opportunity.

[@cipley]

Cyclone in Black Adam >>> the entire existence of Riri Williams

[@chaisrocha9853]

They were great I think people who say they got little screen forget they were support character and this was just their introduction

[@almanac520]

I think She Hulk's existence helped Black Adam's success.

[@ninjanibba4259]

How? Nobody really knows about it, it shouldn't be effecting movies

[@protorhinocerator142]

Absolutely. She-Hulk was a hot mess inside a dumpster fire, on a train wreck, aboard the RMS Titanic, within a woke nightmare. Other than that it was OK. People really wanted something that wasn't the M-She-U, and this movie was that thing.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Eww Black Adam was much better than that woke mess

[@mysticx0]

feeling indifferent about a movie is worse to me than hating the movie.

[@The_Bow_Show]

I get that it has some plot holes and cheesy acting.. But it was the most fun I've had at a movie in a long time. It's amazing the benefit of the doubt I will give so long as the movie doesn't try to be my moral authority while I watch it

[@epicstark990]

Same.

[@totemictv8242]

I preferred "Bullet Train" Way better plot and characters.

[@The_Bow_Show]

@@totemictv8242 I'll check that out. I haven't seen that yet

[@frankiehernandez3276]

Well said. 👍

[@joshuabekel9700]

Ant man came first. But, Atom Smasher is the legacy character related to The Atom (a golden age character).

[@claytonhomer3096]

Correct, Ant Man is a rip off of The Atom who was created over 20 years before. All 3 basically have the same power therefore Atom is the orginal the other two are both derivitive of him.

[@joshuabekel9700]

@@claytonhomer3096 The Atom does not have size changing capabilities. Unless, he's been re-written in the last 12 years.

[@joshuabekel9700]

@@claytonhomer3096 I mean the Golden age Atom Al Pratt. Not Ray Palmer.

[@claytonhomer3096]

@@joshuabekel9700 The Atom aka Ray Palmer is called the mighty mite and can in fact shrink and maintain his full mass and strength.

[@joshuabekel9700]

@@claytonhomer3096 I'm quite familiar with the Atoms Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi. I was a huge DC fan from way back. I mostly just gave up after Darkest Night and the New 52 reboot.

[@cxa011500]

I really wish they had the kid Hurut (?), start out as being cowardly, then in the last act, when someone has to rally the people of the city to fight the monsters, he says he can't do it, but Black Adam (who said he doesn't kneel) kneels down in front of Hurut and tells him something like "You don't always need power to be a champion. Anyone can be a hero, if they choose to find the courage to do so." And as he's talking, intercut the image of his son. That would have tied some of the points of the movie together and really hit in the heart I think. It would have been like what he wished he had told his own son.

[@drcrimsoniam9395]

In my opinion the family was a bit annoying, and the dialogue was meh. But I found it just loads of fun myself, getting to watch Black Adam kick the shit out of everyone. I’m actually quite satisfied with the fact they didn’t make him some Boy Scout good guy by the end that doesn’t kill, and sits on a high horse of justice. Although, as someone with an interest in military aviation, I’m upset they didn’t include the scene where he slaps the wing off the F-35… Other than that, I was quite satisfied with the movie. Nothing groundbreaking, but I wouldn’t mind watching it again.

[@markhill3858]

Much of Black Adam relies on a comic-hip audience seems to me .. like the usual assumption that everyone knows the "Big Four" .. flash, supes, bats and WW .. ofc its not really true with the hundreds of other DC guys .. unless you watched the excellent 90s Justice League cartoons which covered .. maybe all of them? Idk .. a hell of a lot of em anyways

[@almanac520]

Certain subplots could have been removed (e.g. villagers fighting zombies), The voices for Sabac and Dr Fate were a little weird; they could have been better. And a rated R version would be cool.

[@Zaint]

It entertained me.... it's been a long time.

[@thomad4]

In the comics, Black Adam killed his nephew to have the power to himself (b/c it was shared between them) because his nephew wanted to show mercy to his slavers. But Black Adam was so filled with rage he killed his nephew when he stood in his way of his revenge.

[@VHBEngines]

I was terrified they were going to give Black Adam the Thor treatment, but they managed to make the movie funny without assassinating his character. The boy and his mother were trash actors. fortunately they didn't stay on them longer than needed to advance the plot.

[@ninjanibba4259]

The mom is an actual good actress it's her character that is trash, as hard as she tries

[@brendofire2084]

I guess it truly is one of the movies of all time

[@thebatman4279]

The film has my favourite bit of dialogue i've heard all year: Dr Fate: Why do they call you Black Adam? Black Adam: Because i'm 13% of the Adams but commit 50% of the crimes

[@rustykilt]

cannot wait to hear your review on WOMAN KING.

[@chasehedges6775]

Critical Drinker: “It was a movie.”

[@Humphking]

I really liked this movie, it didn't preach to me, it didn't beat me over the head telling me to think this way, and most of all it was a beat em up action movie.

[@BlackDouglas1000]

Drinker goes to a movie, is entertained, not assaulted by silly commentary or preachy messaging and has nothing scathing to say about it. It is almost like the exact reason you go to the movies in the first place.

[@MrsHjort]

If you want to see a great movie about the theme of a person living in olden days time traveling and walking into a future he has no clue about, you should see Just Visiting! It's awesome!

[@cxa011500]

They definitely should have done more build up with Dr. Fate and Hawkman. (fixed 😅)

[@johannesstephanusroos4969]

...I hope you mean Hawkman

[@cxa011500]

@@johannesstephanusroos4969 omg....yes...my bad. 😆😅

[@Justinpitchford]

My 2 favorites in one place. I'm sure I'm going to enjoy this video more then watching the fucking rock. How our standards have been degraded. But I guess I'm happy to have anything new to watch :)

[@chloe59k]

this is a passion project for the rock he has been pushing for it for 15 years

[@mattshuey1]

Hawkman is insanely strong, but his "weakness" is he is Hawkwoman's soulmate (real soulmate, their souls are part of the color spectrum the lanterns tap into). He is always destined to die some bs death from anger or emotion for Hawkwoman. He ain't no simp though, the comics do a really good job selling that their souls are linked. Fate's gimmick is he can see everyone's destiny or fate (lol) except his own. He used that power to get tons of other magical power. Magic is one of the 3 pillars of DC.

[@dananichols349]

The biggest problem I saw with "Black Adam" is that it seemed to be trying to be a Marvel film. And the bigger problem there was that it was done superficially. "Black Adam" took some of the elements and actions without really understanding the reasons they were done in Marvel movies.

[@erubin100]

"it seemed to be trying to be a Marvel film" That describes almost every DC film from the past few years.

[@Anna-sd4zl]

@@erubin100 I think the last dceu film that wasn't trying to be Marvel was BvS.

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@Anna-sd4zl you misspelled Suicide Squad 2021

[@Anna-sd4zl]

@@ninjanibba4259 its pretty much like Guardian of the Galaxy with excess Gore.

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@Anna-sd4zl BvS was a cheap copy of Captain America Civil War. I think the DC writers found out what Marvel was doing and copied it. Many times Hollywood comes out with 2 of the same movie at the same time. One is the good one, and the other is crap. Civil War had complex reasons for the fight, stemming from the previous Avengers movie. BvS just had Bruce Wayne saying if there's a 1% chance we need to treat it as absolute certainty. Nonsense so the movie can happen. I will say this: Bruce Wayne racing into danger when the building blew up was a million times cooler than Tony Stark carefully walking into danger when Ebony Maw appeared.

[@stevec9580]

because as far as comic book powers go, Dr Fate will wipe the floor with Doctor strange

[@QKumberZ]

He looked weaker against Sabakk than Dr Strange against Thanos lmao

[@christophertaylor9100]

@@QKumberZ Yeah they depowered him significantly for this movie. He's not Specter level, but he's very powerful

[@stanislavlangurov5656]

Marketable leading man, who isn’t ashamed of his alpha smile or byceps,gives an earnest effort.And apparently loves and appreciates his fans.That’s the main reason movie is well received by the audience .No political pandering and/or ham fisted preaching is the other.

[@s0david]

Thanks for putting to words what I was feeling about Atom Smasher and Cyclone. Not terrible, just...there, kind of out place, but there.

[@hutchisopinion7603]

I bumped into drinker when he went to see this. I’m in the que with my dad and turned around and he was there. He was a pleasant guy

[@blahblah6497]

This has got to be the closest Dwane Johnson has come to playing villain. I know he's being written as an anti-hero, but it is still definitely a departure from his roles that always have him playing the good guys or heros

[@justintuisamoa4191]

I think he did a pretty good job as the Antagonist in his first appearance in the Fast and Furious franchise.

[@blahblah6497]

@@justintuisamoa4191 yeah, I forgot about that

[@thefilthyrhombus3856]

He was basically the villain in that Doom movie featuring Karl Urban as That Guy #1 and Rosamund Pike as Lady In This Movie. I've seen that movie at least 40 time because it's the movie my big fat hairy neighbor puts on whenever he performs auto-erotic asphyxiation.

[@blackmantis3130]

he was a villain in "the mummy 2

[@blahblah6497]

@@blackmantis3130 the digital likeness of him was

[@mikejardine9447]

Talking about the spells used. The Closer Look did a brilliant video recently where he looked at the world building of the spells used by Dr Strange and how adding more spells with little depth takes away from tje understanding of his powers. It's refreshing to hear that Dr Fate has a small subset of abilities that he focuses on

[@YouLousyKids]

Atom-Smasher used to be Nuklon of Infinity Inc. in the 1980s. In an alternate future book, Kingdom Come, he was renamed Atom-Smasher (he's Golden Age Atom's god-son)...and in the 2000s, they gave him that costume and name change as well as the Goliath-like size-changing power that he didn't have before. Cyclone was created by Geoff Johns for his JSA book in the 2000s; she's related to the original Red Tornado. Basically, ALL of this movie's content is Geoff Johns' JSA book from the 2000s come to life. Fortunately, that is one of the better works he did back then, like Stars and STRIPE / Stargirl, and thus it makes for a better media product. Chuck Dixon explained in one of his Ask Chuck Dixon videos that DC's media adaptations are basically driven by who is at DC to push for it to be adapted, since they see profit from it. Thus we get not the Classic Green Lantern but Geoff Johns' Green Lantern with Parallax, willpower being an emotion and a lot of that other stupid stuff that made for a bad movie. Thus the Suicide Squad we get is not John Ostrander's because he's not at DC, so instead it's Harley Quinn-focused, Amanda Waller is a totally murderous villain eager to terminate her own people instead of an anti-hero, etc.