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Shazam. A Chistmas Movie. Ignore the slaughter of innocents.


Opinion. This will become a cult classic and will be so because of its Christmas connection. P.S. Fake Santa maintained character better than Billy.

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The slaughter of what innocents?

The abusive father and brother, and the a-hole executives?

Apart from them, who else died. Billy and his pals saved everyone, including even the bullies.

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Oh the father and brother were jerks so they arent innocents? Maybe the father just Lost his wife when the kid started freaking out in his car and caused him to break his back?

The a-hole executives? The father and mothers of children and family members? Perhaps charity organizers? I mean come on they're just simple people working.

They're all innocent when compared to being ripped apart by sins.

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This if a film. They weren't real people dude.

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lol

i know my post was supposed to be satirical commentary about it becoming a cult Christmas classic despite innocents being murdered by monsters.

Some people consider Die Hard 1 and 2 Christmas classics. Great movies but Jingle All the Way is the greatest christmas movie of all time.

l played the post too straight. My bad.

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So executives are automatically a-holes who deserve whatever bad thing happens to them?

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No, but I can't say my heart bled.

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Que?

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My own favorite Christmas movie is "Bad Santa" in part for its Christmasy themes of redemption and unselfishness. And because it's funny.

The executives in this film were a-holes because movie execs always are. It's movie shorthand, like casting Hal Holbrook was shorthand for "kindly older mentor character is actually evil."

Beyond their death, "Shazam!" was about helping others and the importance of family. It's sorta Christmasy

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