
Billy is this brooding sad character, and Shazam is fun and wacky. I don't quite buy Shazam and Billy Batson as the same character. Where it doesn't quite work for me, and really my only nitpick, is the blending of the two elements. The villain is a bit standard, but still enjoyable enough, and the movie is just a great time. Zachary Levi is absolutely fantastic as an adult superhero with a child's mind, and he's just damn funny. The superhero comedy stuff all works too. I didn't think I'd like all the other orphan kids, his new family, but I really enjoyed their stories. The other funny this is, it kind of works! Kind of. Now pursued by this mad scientist for his own power as well, Billy must face up to the responsibilities of his calling while learning the power of a special magic with his true family that Sivana can never understand.The funny thing with Shamaz is it almost feels like half of it is an indie film about an orphan boy finding a family and the other half is this wacky superhero movie. Thaddeus Sivana, who was previously rejected by the wizard and has accepted the power of the Seven Deadly Sins instead. However, Billy soon learns that he has a deadly enemy, Dr. Now endowed with the ability to instantly become an adult superhero by speaking the wizard's name, Billy gleefully explores his new powers with Freddy. However, in his latest foster home, Billy makes a new friend, Freddy, and finds himself selected by the Wizard Shazam to be his new champion. In Philadelphia, Billy Batson is an abandoned child who is proving a nuisance to Child Services and the authorities with his stubborn search for his lost mother. Now pursued by this mad scientist for his own power as well, Billy must face up to the responsibilities of his calling while learning the power of a special magic with his true family that Sivana can never understand.
