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Wisdom of Solomon?

posted 5 years ago by alanparsons (541)
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I know Billy Batson is a kid but with the powers of Shazam he is supposed to receive:

S - for the wisdom of Solomon
H - for the strength of Hercules
A - for the stamina of Atlas
Z - for the power of Zeus
A - for the courage of Achilles
M - for the speed of Mercury (and, by extension, the power to fly)

In this movie he appears to have all the other abilities besides the Wisdom of Solomon. He's a little too silly and has no idea what's going on, or even knows what's the better decisions to make. The original Captain Marvel notoriously had good judgement because of the Wisdom of Solomon.

[–] AP (5256) 5 years ago

My theory is that he has to unlock and master every ability. He figures out how to fly and everything but he lacks Wisdom for most of the movie. He finally unlocks it while fighting Sivana in the climax, figuring out a way to outsmart him.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16135) 5 years ago

Makes sense.

[–] BrunoAntony (1198) 5 years ago

For the same reason that Sivana isn’t a little scientist guy like he is in the comics and Doomsday got crammed into Batman vs Superman...

The people who make superhero movies think “super intelligence” is un-cinematic and boring.

[–] NorrinRad (5007) 5 years ago

Does he only get to use one at a time?

[–] TJLamb0518 (3316) 5 years ago

Too be fair...the Wisdom of Solomon seems to be something even in the comics that isn't always (or often) present.

[–] TheAdlerian (2092) 5 years ago

Wow, that's a great point.

There is something weird about Hollywood since the beginning of film. It's that they make most smart characters dumb.

Tarzan has been on film since the film began and he is portrayed as a simple person. But, in the books he's extremely smart.

Batman is a genius detective and inventor, but not in any films.

Captain America is a leader and tactical genius, in the movies he's like a regular nice kinda guy.

There's more examples and I just don't understand what this is. I think it borders on some kind of conspiracy.

[–] ace2 (543) 5 years ago

I was just about to post this.

He did figure out the envy thing. But I guess they had to let it go since Billy turns into Shazam (which is funnier/more interesting) as opposed to being replaced by Shazam which has happened in other imaginings.