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I waited to watch this because it had so much negative press. I am glad I did. I see why the Rock fought for it and where it is seriously slacking.

1. There should have been 10xs more support from the other DC stars for this film to tie it into the universe. there was none so I didn’t know where it fit in the multiverse AT ALL.
   1a. Maybe the fight sequence where the DC posters get destroyed is foreshadowing a future film - but maybe those actors took them as personal shots against them by the team working on Black Adam?
2. This could have drawn in the Ms Marvel crowd (teens plus Middle Eastern diaspora focus) and the Black Panther Crowd (Black diaspora + Anti-hero who is fighting for the diaspora & points out the colonizers rules don’t always apply to the people they oppressed - “not your kid not your country”) all to one DC blockbuster BUT THEY SERIOUSLY DROPPED THE BALL ON MARKETTING THAT.
3. Watching this I thought…What is the Rock complaining about? There aren’t a lot of places that need more money — then I got to the zombie creatures. these ridiculous zombie things that look like the original Jason and the Argonauts! Awful. If that is any indication of what the film looked like before he stepped in and demanded more money that kudos to him for fighting for the film because it would have been complete trash.
4. Last but not lease the music. This had blah boring music sequences. They really should have gotten a better music supervisor. I don’t need the slapstick retro songs and comedic points like Marvel. But a good recognizable song that lets you know badass ish is about to go down like in WonderWoman was seriously neglected here. The blah music really sets the pace of the film. Ms. Marvel and Black Panther did great jobs of using music appropriate for the location and incorporating modern music from those cultural groups - listen to the Ms. Marvel soundtrack it’s fantastic.

I hope they don’t scrap the entire Black Adam story. He could really tie into the Justice league and bridge the gap with Hawk and the Justice Society into that world.

To put it plainly, I would rather rewatch this than Shazam or Ant Man and look how much support those movies get. The Rock was right.