r/DC_Cinematic • u/HenroTee • Oct 19 '22

r/DC_CINEMATIC DC_cinematic: Black Adam Spoiler Discussion Megathread #1: Worldwide Release Edition Spoiler

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u/colmalo10 Nov 08 '22

A lot of unnecessary hate. Compared to what venom has done with their “anti-heros”, pairing black Adam against the justice society was a lot of fun. The themes of whether or not a hero can kill was interesting. Overall I found a lot of the characters to be very likeable.

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u/rmulligan99 Nov 14 '22

I don’t think they even really explored the themes about death. The Justice Society were viewed as the bad guys by the movie until they let Black Adam just do his thing, and the movie’s ‘moral’ characters, the mom and her son, had no problem with Black Adam killing people. At most, murdering the one guy they wanted to get info from was the only time it caused any real conflict, and the movie brushed it off like a joke. I don’t hate Black Adam, and I think the Venom comparison is appropriate. But I wouldn’t say that’s a compliment given that Venom is kind of just a dumb fun movie at best.

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u/sweetpastime Nov 18 '22

Honestly, living in a 3rd world country with its corruption and atrocities, I really wouldn’t mind a mythological hero appearing to take revenge for the country in any form he/she does. We’ve dealt with a lot of shit

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u/rmulligan99 Dec 02 '22

I don’t disagree, it’s an interesting take. But it’s not really explored. I mean, for me, the oppression in the movie fell flat because the only real example is a) the mining of resources which doesn’t have a direct effect on any character that we see, and b) one checkpoint that the characters pass through easily enough. Otherwise, there aren’t a lot of moments that make you realize the extent of it (show don’t tell).

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u/droptablesjr Nov 22 '22

I don't think it was explored at all tbh. All they did was have Black Adam save everyone, kill bad guys, and every now and then say "I'm no hero".

I'm also not sure why Superman wasn't sent to him from the get go