The Rock Makes Another "Okay" Movie - Black Adam Spoiler Review

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is back! This time in the comic book role he's been attacked to since 2014 that introduces not only Black Adam himself but The Justice Society including Doctor Fate, Hawkman plus the enemy a guy who's a demon or something. Despite some positive feedback the general consensus is that it's fine with some okay action, character beats and a not so invincible jet. This review is from our podcast The Weekly Planet that comes out every Monday which you should check out if you like things that are "okay."
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[@mrsundaymovies]

Caravan Of Garbage has been pushed to Thursday and you can blame The Rock himself for that

[@AllInTheGame01]

You could spend all of Eternium searching for Unobtainium only to end up with Vibranium :) Would be good to see The Rock finally work with some great directors & scripts and actually challenge himself, wish he'd be more like Bautista & Cena in partnering up with great directors and letting them take the lead in those projects! With him furiously hyping up a Black Adam vs Superman movie and seemingly skipping Shazam, it feels like they're already rushing to it like they did with BvS with not enough good storytelling done beforehand to make you truly care and for it to really matter. I fear that movie will essentially be the 3rd Act of Man of Steel but this time for most of the entire movie with insane amounts of CGI destruction with Black Adam (cos it'll be The Rock's movie on which he'll be a Producer) not losing!

[@Thetruepianoman]

It has not faltered, my laff for this channel

[@sassymuffinzz]

FFS MrThursdayContent.

[@RPM_Nutrition]

@@AllInTheGame01 Woooo now this I can get behind! I’m with James on this, DJ is always DJ, but the movie is just “fine”. Cavill’s appearance was the high point for me, even if your take on “speeding to Black Adam vs Shazam” is on point. His IG post the other day mentions “audience first”, which again is fine, but to your point, if we just keep pleasing audiences who, at this point, pretty much excuse mediocre writing/pacing in favor of spectacle, we will continue to get “fine” movies from The Rock and Seven Bucks. I loved Peacemaker and Cena was a highlight in an excellently crafted show from Gunn.

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@RPM_Nutrition 100% agree bud! Can you imagine if DJ worked with ppl of the calibre of a Villeneuve or Gunn and let them take creative control?!

[@whiteychampion]

Fun fact: they were going to CGI hair on the rock for this movie. But the hair effects came out with a blue tint. They coined the name Blue Harvest. Which is weird because it was also the working title for the original Star Wars movie. I checked and it’s unrelated

[@zackarthur4406]

That's funny!

[@digitalzealot7026]

Why did the hair come out with a blue tint? Hmm~ Lol I looked up stuff about the hair thing but I'm too lazy to look through articles ~

[@BaithNa]

How could they coin the term if it already existed?

[@citizentuck]

You failed

[@BladeEdgeShinobi]

Amazing

[@timothynesbitt]

I went to see this with a friend. When the Justice Society figured out the Crown's inscription was backwards and Kandaq's beliefs were that Hell was a mirrored version of Earth he leaned in and said: "I thought they didn't have mirrors in ancient Kandaq." Funniest part of the movie.

[@tygovisser5626]

Yeah really weird that the specifically point the mirror thing out just to retcon it later on

[@jimmynoneya2584]

Very good insight from your friend indeed

[@javelinman7]

It was just the slaves that didn't have mirrors because they were only for the ruling elite. Duuh.

[@alenor210]

This movie felt like they made 70% of it and then realized they forgot to hire any writers

[@heshamhany8470]

I enjoyed it but holy shit!...Apt description, Robert...apt.

[@AlMoSiCe210]

How Black Adam should've ended: Adriana: Well, we have our champion, Teth Adam. Black Adam: Teth Adam is a bit old fashioned. We need to update the name. Adriana: Well, what did you have in mind? [Series of stares with the Rock getting the final stare] Title card: *THE TETH FAIRY*

[@gridlock2120]

Lol

[@infamouseli92]

I actually like Teth Adam

[@AlMoSiCe210]

@@infamouseli92 Too late. He is now the Teth Fairy and you will fear and respect him! 😅😅

[@nighthavvk9]

PERFECTION

[@RJ-Ramen]

I found it funny that Black Adam didn’t have a Kahndaq accent but everyone else did lol. Also, if you take a sip every time Hawkman tells Adam not to kill, you’ll be blackout drunk by the end.

[@steverogers7601]

Lol that sounds pretty corny

[@weatherboy8252]

Obviously it's his magic powers that give him the ability speak in a perfectly clean American accent.

[@edouard6545]

he learned the language in a few hours... I guess he's good enough to chose his own accent 🤷🏾‍♀

[@enotsnavdier6867]

There's no way that the Rock would ever put in the effort required to perform with the accent

[@Byronic19134]

@@enotsnavdier6867 Seriously he's been putting the effort to make this movie for like 15 years what u mean

[@BobbyReichle]

Speaking of The Rock doing a Drax impression, a good parallel career of a wrestler doing compelling roles is Dave Bautista. He has talked a lot about how much he wants to do interesting roles above all else. He consistently collaborates with Denis Villeneue and James Gunn. He's in a James Bond movie and now a Ryan Johnson film as well. Because he can be a heel and be beaten and be an amazing hero, he's really doing a lot of compelling work. Just thought of that during The Rock talk.

[@gothamite27]

Great point. The Rock is a decent movie star but Bautista is far more interesting as an actor.

[@mrdimma6713]

Love batista man, he's done so well for himself

[@larrysweetlove]

As small as a part as it was he was great in blade runner 2049

[@nunneli10]

The Rocks role in every movie is The Rock. Bautista can actually act and add complexity to his characters and his characters aren't the same every time. Edit. The Rock actually has 2 characters. Angry Rock and Goofy Rock.

[@mikeclarke3990]

Definitely a better movie career from Dave.

[@Biofan813]

I absolutely love the commitment to not going through the door gag. I absolutely lost it when he blew through the apartment wall for the 7th time, despite having multiple holes in the many other walls. Fun movie. Good jokes.

[@kimmyp3407]

you know what i gotta say that bit really grew on me aswell.

[@BichaeldeAngelo]

It occurred to me around the electricity joke that I had laughed out loud more times watching this than watching the ‘comedy’ she-hulk so I do appreciate it for that

[@motherplayer]

Indeed. Surprisingly this movie really had a way with the dark comedy of being that powerful against moral weaponry and seeing just how terrifying the powers of Shazam are on someone both experienced and willing to kill compared to a kid on a high just to be able to deflect bullets and drink beer. If nothing else, I will certainly give the film credit on those efforts. More effective than Love and Thunder ever was for me as a comedy.

[@kimmyp3407]

@@motherplayer weirdly enough ya. it had more quality comedy bits than love and thunder and not NEARLY the amount of attempts at humor. i appreciated that this movie was willing to take itself seriously in a way that wasn't just constant joke like every other marvel property is anymore.

[@ochayethenoo]

@@BichaeldeAngelo Black Adam was unintentionally funny, you're right there. Still found She-Hulk to be a naturally funny show though.

[@nandovee2025]

I loved the part when he gets blown up into lots of small stones.... And then they all start to come back together and slowly merge and turn into one big rock

[@anashpure]

This reminds me of the codename on the set of the original star wars, which fun fact! Was “Blue Harvest”.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

I thought Scissor Man was too easily beaten. I hope that if we get a sequel, he fights someone with powers that counter his, like Origami Man.

[@thisisnotme33]

It was great when Dr. Fate told Hawkman to hit him in his weakspot and Hawkman replied "He's The Rock! He doesn't have any weakspots!"

[@jakesimmons9810]

Sorely disappointed that you didn't say hawkeye would have used a paper arrow to defeat the rock

[@ThePaoOfTooh]

15:17 - the digust in James voice whilst saying 'Some of the future!!' is so palpable.

[@BBmetalhead04]

I had a silly theory solely based on an article of clothing, but I theorized the kid would end up becoming Sabbac since he wore a “Star” T-shirt throughout the entire movie (and Sabbac had the inverted star on his chest). I think that might’ve been more interesting because then Black Adam couldn’t just murder his problems away.

[@mangaas]

Pretty sure if that annoyingly cringe kid became the villain, everyone would cheer when the Rock killed him. In fact, I was hoping someone would just throw him into space, or bash his skull against a wall.

[@RaylaEclipse]

It's kinda weird that the message of this movie ended up being "murdering your problems away is okay sometimes."

[@jincollects]

The kid turns into the hero Osiris, and his mom becomes Isis

[@suitedpanda3108]

@@jincollects Aren't they his direct descendants?

[@mrcritical6751]

@@RaylaEclipse I think it was more that sometimes you just can’t use a lighter touch to solve a problem but you can’t go full violent sociopath either

[@jacksonwilliams5399]

I liked the idea of the Kahndaq residents see the justice society as invaders. I had hoped they’d do more to explore that idea.

[@haveapotato691]

I think “Pain and Gain” was a big departure for him and he did a good job playing against type.

[@vladkornienko7889]

I concur 🧐

[@yupthisisandy]

My favorite part was when Dr. Fate turned to Black Adam and said “BUY ME A PINT!”

[@mittinman]

The problem with the rock is that he is the same character in all his movies. We don’t get the rock as black Adam we get the rock being the rock dressed as black Adam.

[@Black1Panduh]

THIS ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@juwankane5150]

At the same time he’s not being ‘The Rock’. He’s being Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. The Rock was the most charismatic wrestler of all time. In Hollwood he’s just stoic muscle man, it’s such a misuse of his gifts as a performer. Absolute insanity.

[@steverogers7601]

Yea this did not feel like what I would imagine a Black Adam movie. Def felt more like a movie that’s purpose was to be used to push the Rock’s brand and keep his name fresh in people’s mind. I’m over the rock as I feel he’s overexposed and his talent does not warrant that.

[@Anthonycheesman33]

To be fair so was Arnold and Stallone and Jackie Chan and Steven seagal and van damn and nobody said shit about them lol.

[@novakrabby]

He must also be the STRONGEST character in any movie he is, he cant simply play an average guy... To the point he self proclaimed as DC Earth's strongest hero Do you think he will allow that Superman defeats him in an upcoming movie?

[@BOYGOSGO]

Recently I’ve been listening to any video with Maso in it in 0.75x speed. I do this because it makes the video last even longer, and also, you guys sound very stoned in the 0.75x version, and it brings nothing but joy to my life

[@bdog3132]

I don’t think every hero/team needs a movie but this movie made me want to see a JSA movie set in the 70’s or 80’s with an earlier incarnation of Hawkman, Fate, somehow do Henry Winkler as Atom Smasher and definitely Wildcat. Even just a HBO max original Wildcat movie would be cool.

[@Ashadar_Resouley]

Something i found really dumb was the part where there looking for the kid and Black Adam tosses a guy into the air then Dr Fate shows up and asks where the guy is to see if they can find out what he knows and Adam just watches him fall to his death even tho he has super speed and could've easily grabbed him before he hit the ground so Dr Fate could find out what he knows

[@plumokin5535]

That was the point though, he could have saved him but didn't want to. The following line "he didn't make it" was so good!

[@spartanB0292]

@@plumokin5535 I don't think so, Adam clearly saw the value in keeping a prisoner alive long enough to get the information he needed. That was just poor timing. The guy should have hit the ground the moment Fate finishes speaking. On a side note, Fate didn't even offer to use his powers to interrogate the two grunts Hawkman captured.

[@Ashadar_Resouley]

@@plumokin5535 it really wasn't, Adam was trying to find the boy and knew Fate could use his powers on the guy to do so, so he should have grabbed the guy so Fate can do his thing than after they found out where the kid was Adam would kill him

[@thisisnotme33]

I thought that's what they were going to do instead of letting the goon die. With Adam shrugging when he brings him back and Fate rolling his eyes.

[@Beep.Boop.Bop.]

It was for comedy…don’t overthink it

[@1pikapein]

I really enjoyed the movie if I'm bein honest. Hawkman and Fate had great banter. Really glad it's finally come out. Wasn't disappointed at all

[@CalvinHikes]

There was nothing wrong with the movie. It's just all been done before. 0 uniqueness and 0 surprises.

[@d3rrick10493]

@@CalvinHikes exactly, all stuff I've seen done(albeit better), done competently, with the Rock.

[@JoeNoshow27]

The suit fit Dwayne so snug it caused his balls to turn blue from lack of circulation. In order to avoid this in the future, The Rock immediately began to shave his arrested testicles in an event the movie personnel referred to as "Blue Harvest" which coincidentally enough was the working title for Star Wars.

[@thebatman4279]

Critics and audiences alike are falling over themselves to declare Black Adam a film that was released by DC and Warner Bros in October 2022 starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Pierce Brosnan.

[@joker6558]

Declare it as what?

[@PeterFreshwater]

@@joker6558 "a film that was released by DC and Warner Bros in October 2022 starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Pierce Brosnan."

[@joker6558]

@@PeterFreshwater appreciate it, haha

[@mrpbhole7759]

One of the worst parts was the whole sequence of sending him to super prison only to break him out shortly after. then we're supposed to believe an emaciated powerless adam bested all the prison guards in full armor and swam out of the underwater antarctic prison. That whole sequence was so dumb and unnecessary.

[@hawkbearbrown]

The Rock in a David Fincher-directed movie about Marvel's The Sentry, telling the first Void storyline. An infinitely powerful character with an alter ego suffering from depression and PTSD. That's his Terminator movie.

[@MIrfanPerdana]

Damn, this... this actually sounds kinda awesome. Get on that, Feige!

[@panelsandbars1529]

I’ve always thought Ryan Gosling would make a great Sentry.

[@hawkbearbrown]

@@panelsandbars1529 That's a good call. He's already sort of played that character in Blade Runner 2049.

[@Eyecyou64]

This reads like a madlib

[@flycaps52]

the Rock shouldve been Lex Luthor...a pwer hungry egotist who thinks he alone can singly handedly save humanity (franchises) who ACTUALLY has beef with Superman. Build the new DCEU around Lex Luthor, build the Legion, then take on the Justice Society/League

[@declanhogan6193]

Did anyone else get a notification for the COG for bram stokers Dracula when this was uploaded?

[@k.g.7591]

I’m honestly sick of heroes fighting heroes. I’d really love some villains with some staying power. It’s a shame Lex Luther was so lame because having a villain who would facilitate and bankroll other villains with some overarching plan in mind would be awesome

[@whenallelsfails21]

@Latest Obssesion dude they're revealing Kang fully in the new ant man movie. Don't get too excited now.

[@barryallen871]

@Latest Obssesion Gonna be hard to make Doom unsympathetic unless they ignore the part of his backstory with his mother.

[@joshhorton5449]

Lex Luthor can still be awesome and Jesse should 100% return

[@whenallelsfails21]

@@joshhorton5449 he's definitely the funniest lex Luther lol. Don't think that's what they wanted tho.

[@lunavioleta001]

I'm sick of heroes fighting villains. In this movie it had the heroes fighting a villain and it was the worst part of the movie.

[@No1ANTAGON1ST]

The worst part about this movie is the villains feel underwhelming even though they got Sabbac. They did good by making Adam feel powerful

[@generallykaiden]

I'm just gonna be up front and say I didn't figure out that the kid wasn't The Rock until the reveal. I mean, I remember there was that moment where you see the older guy and I thought "that kinda looks like a skinny Rock" But then I just totally forgot about it. I feel like the reveal kind of worked for me, and it felt like peeling an extra layer from his character when you realised that the statue he was staring at was his son and not himself. I didn't see any of the trailers because honestly didn't care about this movie and went because my girlfriend won $1 tickets. But I ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would.

[@peanutbutter7721]

Yeah the reveal worked on me too, I spent that first half (in retrospect, rather stupidly) wondering why the kid didn't want to be a hero anymore lol

[@dracaryssnow6973]

Yup! The trailer just made it sound like losing his family sent him over the edge and he became Black Adam. Definitely NOT that Hurut was Shazam first.

[@dracaryssnow6973]

@@peanutbutter7721 he was selfless. He gave his powers to his father to save his life, but he was ambushed and got shot. I think the idea was just to heal him and then go on to be Shazam ( at least the way I understood it)

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

Jesus do people not have eyes or something?

[@generallykaiden]

​@@retsaMinnavoiG Are you talking about me not seeing the twist coming?

[@tomahawkpresents208]

Don't tease me with Dracula and give me this

[@chrisburns514]

Love The Rundown and Pain & Gain. The Rock has the potential to deliver awesome performances, I also wish he would do more movies that catered to people other than wrestling fans

[@NTWoo95]

The Rundown (or Welcome to the Jungle, as it’s known here - hello from the UK) is the best the rock has been, with his role in Fast Five and ONLY Fast Five coming at a close second

[@daweed_spieschl]

It‘s true, he was pretty funny in pain and gain.

[@LuiJoD316]

Excuse me sir, don’t blame wrestling fans for any MID performances. This man was absolutely on FIRE as a pro wrestler. The blame lies on trying to have Mass Market Appeal. That’s why we get cookie cutter roles for a guy who’s much more talented than he’s letting on.

[@cadeezell]

Get Shorty

[@himynameis3664]

Man I havnt watched Pain & Gain in so long. I actually forget a lot of the plot to it. Just remember enjoying it immensely. Definitely going on my rewatch list. Thanks for that

[@Macapta]

I think the Jet is indestructible. It gets torn in half at the end but we saw that the front is meant to be able to split off. So I think the villain just forcefully detached the 2 pieces that are meant to be detachable.

[@dammagrilla]

I agree... I just think if you say "indestructible" it's probably not a good idea to show something that can be interpreted as "destruction" unless that's the point

[@aikisteven0616]

Decent movie overall, but brought up WAY too many issues that they then did nothing with. "Stop murdering people... Well, you're a good guy now, so no problem actually". "You've ignored our plight for 20 years... Well, one demon got killed off, so no problem, actually". "No one on earth can stop me... Oh yeah, Superman exists, and could have stopped ALL this in like a minute or two, but ummm... he was on lunch break??" All that ignored just for more punchy-punchy. Kind of a waste, really.

[@FantasticHaz_2]

The Rock to play Dracula has to be one of the better casting choices overall

[@immaleaf4964]

*Blackucla

[@l0u13__3]

Kevin heart at Johnathan Harker

[@arvinbuenaagua5161]

The Rockula?

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@immaleaf4964 Already a movie called Blackula, Double Toasted channel did a bad movie roast of it a few months ago.

[@immaleaf4964]

@@AllInTheGame01 Yeah, there being a movie, that's kind of why I said that

[@MK-gv1wd]

Pssst. The Rock’s best movie was Moana. But I do agree. His movies are fun. But basically toothless. I don’t remember anything about the plots. Literally the only thing I remember about Black Adam movie is that he fought the devil (?).

[@spartanB0292]

That's not really HIS movie though, is it? He's an important character there for sure but Moana herself is the face of the movie. I think he's been in plenty of good movies, but he has yet to have a great movie in the starring role.

[@carsonfowler3182]

It’s weird how much I enjoyed this. On paper it’s the most generic by the numbers superhero movie there is, and I’ve got some hardcore superhero fatigue lately. But watching this brought me back to the feeling I had watching the Justice League cartoon back in the day. Really delightful despite the flaws

[@thekramer1097]

Absolutely this

[@generallykaiden]

14:45 I got the impression that the Justice League had a lot more members, but these were the ones chosen for this specific mission. It gave the impression of like, a larger world where other shit was constantly happening.

[@d3rrick10493]

It would have been cooler had they explained or shown that at all.

[@generallykaiden]

@@d3rrick10493 I agree. It’s a big misstep for a mass appeal general blockbuster to leave room for the audience to infer things. They should really have to explain the little details like these.

[@blurg2712]

Dwayne Johnson does another movie where he's the coolest, strongest, and cleverest.

[@col.nugget1524]

It is a bit surreal starting up a 50 minute youtube video on how bleh Black Adam is knowing with absolutely certainty that said 50 minute video will be remarkably more entertaining than the +100 million dollar movie it is discussing. Bravo gents.

[@devereuxxo]

Your comment about his 'fine' roles is so accurate. Like what is his legacy at this point? It's trucking along but for what?

[@devereuxxo]

(I do like him haha)

[@devereuxxo]

@GiRayne Yeah I agree with the insecurity thing. Bautista is a good comparison and I agree Dwayne is held back internally & externally. Also maybe he's just incredibly bankable and his main industry is just selling toys? Maybe that's just it.

[@Burntn00dles]

@GiRayne Batista also wants to do a gears of war movie, bless him for it

[@Eyecyou64]

His legacy is WWE, and Michael Bay's the rock

[@Eyecyou64]

@GiRayne oh my god compared to Batista the rock is an embarrassment

[@krusnik94]

24:26 "What if he did a Safdie Brothers?" Maso just predicted the future

[@kaizanmehta2003]

Well, was i the only one that saw that the original video was Caravan Of Garbage for Bram Stroker's Dracula. James, u messed up🤣🤣. I get it becoz its the spookiest time of the year and not just tax time.

[@ericwalsh2954]

Any movie that heavily features the rock taking part as a reason to watch a movie, is a movie I'll watch on streaming in a couple months

[@jyriavist9126]

Rundown is one of Dwaynes very Best, I have To say that Kristopher Walken as the bad guy also elevated it immensly😊

[@manleeman5212]

The rundown probably was his best flick glad you guys called that out

[@Nik1718]

I think all movie budgets should be judged against Dune. This cost 30 million more.

[@shuckster7400]

holy fuck really? thats so sad

[@BOYGOSGO]

17:11 James you have to correct Maso, he forgot to call it what it is in Mr Sunday Movies fashion: “they punch for a bit, and then they’re mates”

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

I only want to see this because I love the Justice Society, but the trailers just made it look so... whatever. My love for the JSA is strong, but it won't make me buy a ticket for this, at least not if I have anything else to do.

[@hushthecipher]

I love James' passion for the Rock and his career like he sounds like he want the best for him genuinely

[@SK-yx7hm]

The thing about BA is that he is basically Vlad the impaler, a king who is willing to become a tyrant and do whatever is neccesary for the sake of his people. The rock can't pull off that level of nuance in a million years, this movie is basically just another morbius but with the rock.

[@whenallelsfails21]

Nice try. This movie had action that didn't stunt my brain

[@loreaver3882]

Matt smith would of made a great Black Adam come to think it

[@easternlights3155]

What bugged me the most was the plot point about the inscription on the crown being reversed. Because... that's not how either languages or writing systems work. For this to work, you would need a writing system that uses ideograms (like chinese characters or hieroglyphics) rather than either an alphabetical or syllabic script. Those characters would however need to be bilaterally symmetrical, i.e. look the same as their mirror image. Not really plausible, but still kinda possible. What is less possible is that the language used would lack any sort of morphemes denoting the agent and the patient of the sentence in order to make it ambiguous enough to be reversible like that. And clearly marking who does what to whom is one of the most basic functions of language so I can't imagine one that could be work without it.

[@Flipitmixit]

THIS IS A MOVIE ABOUT A FLYING BALD MAN SHOOTING LIGHTNING

[@easternlights3155]

And I'm a disgruntled linguist, leave me alone

[@Tymbus]

This is the film that made the British film critic Mark Kermode want to give up reviewing. I wanted to leave the cinema but there was a storm outside. I was stuck between The Rock and a hard place.

[@andrewjoyce9038]

English not British

[@SnarkyCharms]

13:29 omg so I have seen the trailers, but that twist still surprised me slightly (my memory is garbage, so I forgot a majority of the trailer). Still super fun. I was just happy to see the rock thrashing so many bad guys. ALSO. All his costume designs look amazing. He looks SO GOOD.

[@Yesthatsmyfirstname]

Have you guys ever seen Ballers on HBO? The Rock is the lead in that and he plays a drug addict liar conman thing and it's fucking brilliant. I'd love to see him do more shit like that.

[@AnitaLife27]

100 points for referencing Mr Terrific! 😂🤣❤️👍

[@viddork]

33:10 Pretty sure the reason Dr. Fate just left his helmet lying on the table is that absolutely nothing happens if you touch it, and Cyclone was just trolling Atom Smasher, because he's pretty naïve. What I don't get is what growing to the size of a six-storey building has to do with smashing atoms? Or why everyone else jumped out of the jet and just abandoned him with no way to get down to the ground? Was there a pilot? Or an auto-pilot that he could control? Poor kid.

[@WhatIsItAboutThem]

I mean in the comics, it is kinda a parasitic entity that is bound to the Helmet. Like others can put on the helmet and become Dr Fate

[@illmindent1052]

Seems like there gonna do a version of Superman/Shazam Vs Black Adam for the next film and I'm Hyped honestly.

[@cptsteele91]

Nevermind

[@EskimoKillaz]

When he was put into suspended animation I was waiting for credits to role and they had the glowing tease. I would have been happy it ending there. BUT then we get the third act which felt like a completely separate movie tacked on where you have a decent villain who did nothing and took little to no effort to stop. There should have been a sequel where the world burns and its a constant fight then Black Adam comes back.

[@machbass]

@Latest Obssesion too short? The movies 2hrs long. A tight compact 90 - 100 mins would have been fine. This movie only needed that extra time in order to check the rest of the superhero movie boxes.

[@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145]

Black Adam = The Scorpion King but he can fly

[@timrthoward7007]

Mason when he's asked to explain the story: 😦

[@MK-gv1wd]

I saw the movie on Saturday and am now hard pressed to remember any of the plot. He fought satan? And there was a crown that I kept yelling at people to put on. That’s about all that I remember.

[@davec3383]

Maybe no one can make a good script for him because they all have.... Writers Rock. I'll see myself out

[@thebatman4279]

When Dwayne Johnson's wife touches his bum, is it accurate to say that she's officially reached Rock bottom?

[@davec3383]

@@thebatman4279 she's certainly between a rock and a hard place

[@Ginge907]

I think karter Hall is meant to be the reincarnation version there a line from fate when they are discussing how long kent has been alive that death is something that isn't the same for him and Carter as it was to cyclone and atomsmasher could have been a hint to his reincarnation

[@142doddy]

Hopefully it's the blended origin. Thanagarian who came to earth and received reincarnation a couple thousand years previous.

[@StillTendo]

I didn’t know Dracula was fighting Black Adam

[@Macapta]

Can’t believe we had a 3rd act sky beam in 2022.

[@joeribeiro2839]

Hawk man: "we need Fate, he has god like powers" Fate: me can make more mes

[@kevinwachowiak6277]

Please bring back the short easter egg videos for new movies, I miss those :(

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

I loved the tangent about former participants of _Big Brother_ Australia. Very funny

[@joshuaokee7447]

I would love to see a live action version of the character Wild Cat. Lmao

[@joshuar1747]

I think the most shocking part of this review is how many Australian Big Brother contestants you guys can name

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Wait, no Bram Stoker's Horny Dracula? ☹️ I watched it yesterday for the first time in anticipation for CoG and loved it! Is there a delay?

[@spartanB0292]

I wonder if they wanted to edit it for content lol, just putting "horny" in the title seems like it would make the video demonetizable.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@@spartanB0292 Considering it's not even on Big Sandwich yet, I'd hazard a guess that you're right. They had to edit the Scorpion King one because of a brief clip of a sex scene from American Pie. I just watched Bram Stoker's Dracula yesterday and boy is there a lot of horny demonetisatable stuff in that even though there technically isn't any actual sex. I hope they keep that title though, it's great

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@@spartanB0292 aaaand they kept it!

[@Spenelo]

Hey James and Maso, firstly, great video/podcast as always, I gave it a like. I only just watched this last night (too many things to watch these days!) Just a quick one, the guy that played the villain in this, also played Jafar in Aladdin, where he did a similar morph-into-a-CGI-monster-in-the-final-act-only-to-be-defeated-easily thing. Although in Aladdin it's his hubris that defeats him not Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson splitting him in half.

[@Gamerealm976]

Just watched, it's...a good comic book movie I guess. It's like a random issue from the comics not much thought but PLENTY ACTION! Lot's of triangles and demons

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

"MID" - Maso I refuse to listen to the rest and choose to believe this is his rating.

[@novakrabby]

Im making a huge deal out of this, but the Rock has such fragile ego To the point that he cannot play a "villian" or "antihero" his roles MUST always make people love him and admire him Reason why they included the kid, he is telling children at the audience how to feel about him... He also self-proclaimed himself as DC Earth's Strongest hero, you bet that was in his contract for joining DC... He is like f%¿&ng Tinkerbell... the moment we stop giving him attention, he flat out dies Question for those who care enough to answer: Honestly, Do you think the Rock will allow Superman to beat/defeat Black Adam?

[@juwankane5150]

It’s so wild because he became a megastar in wrestling by being an anti-hero. He was a Tweener in wrestling speak. He was the villain but he was so massively entertaining that he became the most popular wrestler alive. If the Rock had put that into his acting roles rather than being cookie cutter stoic muscle man he’d be far and away the biggest actor on the planet rather than just a big actor.

[@steverogers7601]

I agree with this. It’s pretty corny that in the fast and furious movies he had in his contract to get hit an equal amount of times as Dom did so it doesn’t look like he’d lose. I get it from an optics perspective but that’s really corny to know. I guess I’m just tired of the rock and his brand of celebrity. It feels at times like it’s more about how he looks than what he’s putting out there because a lot of his films are very mediocre despite entertaining for the moment.

[@GrifoPTF]

Ah guys, the "woman" was Adrianna Tomaz. Don't know if she's set to become the character Isis that later marries Black Adam, but I'd be very OK with that. Think of the storyline!!

[@MEGAyognauts]

When I saw the title on my home page it cut off at black adam s and I thought nooo these guys have not called the rock a black Adam sander that’s not ok 😂😂 love u two

[@AlMoSiCe210]

21:27 - 24:59 James is speaking my heart right now! Look, I remember when Rock was a heel. Like there was a time when The Rock was an absolute son of a bitch as a character. But he was SOOOO good at being bad. I need the Rock to channel that.

[@StarsAndAngels]

I enjoy you guys soo much

[@philipjay2099]

Black Adam v Santa. Directed by James Gunn. Throw in some magic Xmas jungle and the Rock cannot say no...

[@darrickbeitinger7664]

This was obviously recorded before today, but with James Gunn in charge of DC now, I can’t imagine we’ll be getting X hero vs Y hero anytime soon thankfully

[@cenobitecenobite7380]

The fact they put Superman in the movie instead of Shazam despite that movies decent box office speaks depths about they brand strength of that character.

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

Justice Society of America has SO many awesome characters. I counted 11 of them that could have a shot taking on Black Adam, if you count Superman. Dr. Fate and Hawkman wouldn't make the list, even though they were founding members. I was hoping to see Johnny Thunder or Power Girl do something...

[@UnsourcedWallRadio]

I thought it was so tedious. The plot and characters are so thin that there's nothing to invest in with the action scenes, which makes up 70% of the movie.

[@steverogers7601]

I’ve always felt this movie was something that the rock wanted to be adequate enough so he can use to push his brand. This did not feel like a black Adam movie but more like another run of the mill rock movie. It keeps his name fresh in the public’s mind, makes tons of money, and gives the people who won’t criticize much something that they like. It’s a proper play move from a celebrity perspective but the public gets something that’s just alright/ok.

[@GLprime1]

i got police vibes from this Hawkman i believe he could be the one from Hawkworld were he was a "space cop"

[@benhughes6507]

Was that kid super glued to that fucking skate board!

[@fanficologist6621]

The film was cute and charming in a silly way at first, but seeing the "legion of hell" being slapped around by a bunch of civilians makes me absolutely *C* *R* *I* *N* *G* *E*

[@thebatman4279]

Reminded me of the kids vs Gorr's shadow monsters in Love and Thunder. Awful.

[@thebatman4279]

@Latest Obssesion Oh i get that (even though i hate the concept of Thor 'sharing' his powers as it raises questions about why he didn't in Endgame etc), it's the optics of a bunch of children, some with teddy bears, fighting rabid monsters. I....hate it.

[@thecustompropper1279]

While listening to maso/ James rant about when will rock do his true lies or terminator type of great movie. I realised that rock has always been attached to projects which were already famous like he started with mummy/scorpion king then he was in fast and furious and then he was in jumanji. All these projects were already famous though adding rock to them did increase both his and the projects popularity but studios still don’t think that the rock is ready for prime time as a sole headliner for a movie even in red notice which wasn’t good he was alongside gal gadot and Ryan Reynolds both of them are equivalently famous to rock. Let’s what future does success or lack of it of black Adam has in store for the rock

[@double_anarchy]

Could we say the rocks performance in the wwe attitude era was his big iconic role akin to the Terminator or Die Hard etc- it's just that it took place within an not entirely different medium- maybe?

[@speedwaynutt]

DC has finally hit Rock Bottom.

[@Xxsnipedawg72xX]

I'd love to hit the rocks bottotm

[@josephadorno92]

I figured we only saw the members of the Justice Society who weren't attached to "Stargirl". Flaws aside, I thought the film did a nice job of making these 3rd tier characters interesting - even the Justice Society didn't look cheesy like they have on TV.

[@duko3000]

James pushed Caravan of Garbage because he is in fact old. Pushing it was a hard strain on his bad hip.

[@jaytiwari6588]

24:28 he called it. The rocks doing a Safdie brother movie

[@Wizard_Level_1]

"What do you think the story was?" Is the funniest question after watching a movie.

[@jonbraun]

You’d “Red Hot Chili Pepper” those kids had me laughing a bit too hard 😂

[@nickolasjackson4902]

To me the Rock just doesn’t play a convincing villain. I haven’t seen the film, but everything I’ve seen from him from this movie he just seems like the rock dressed up as a villain

[@thebatman4279]

He's not even a villain in this, barely an anti-hero. They chickened out.

[@bookaufman9643]

I think that after pain and gain and Southland tails the rocks team decided that was enough of going outside of the formula. It would take a giant director to get him to do it again after those films bombed.

[@collinadams-henderson6089]

I feel that with superhero films like these that are at the most passable marvel succeeds because it’s a established universe and we are already attached to these iterations. On the other hand with films like this and The Mighty Morbin Living vampire fall shorter in our eyes because they are desperately trying to establish continuity and usually fail horribly because it doesn’t feel natural.

[@jay-ks1ex]

I saw u accidentally upload that Dracula vid mate

[@Brandon-hk7vr]

This video is almost as good as the interstellar explained, but not quite, that was a really good video.

[@andyn2854]

Wow, I’d totally forgotten that that was the video that turned me onto Mr. Sunday Movies, that deserves a re-watch.

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

My favourite part of Black Adam was when the Rock said "it's rockin' time" and just started rocking all over the place.

[@bretsheeley4034]

The funny thing is that "rock" is actually Kahndaq for "Blue Harvest".

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

@@bretsheeley4034 that's so interesting!! Did you know? Blue Harvest was actually the working title for Star Wars? 🤯

[@jerraddennis2225]

Yea man i loved this movie lol.. Maybe because i’m a Black Adam stan and just was glad to see him on film ? But i liked it a lot.