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Unwatchable.Lead is has no charisma or appeal - they should not have gone so silly


This was almost unwatchable.
I am not sure how Zachary Levi landed this lead role.
IMHO he has zero charisma.

I can understand why Duane Johnson did not want to associate it with this silly nonsense.

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This was terrible by all accounts. Not even Mary Marvel plots saved this. Wonder Woman cameo was nice, but it seemed like Diana was just bored to be there. This movie was just embarrassing

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You'd think the hero would have grown since the first movie, but no. They for some reason think it is better to stick to the immature man child routine.

There are man child characters that are quite appealing, like Sheldon in the big bang theory, and Barney in how I met your mother. But they are not like this, not sure if it is the wrong actor or wrong script, or a bit of both.

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This might be the worst SH movie DC (or Marvel) has released to date. It made Black Adam look like a masterpiece.

Was a real ordeal to sit through. Only good thing about it was Mary Marvel's tiddies.

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Apparently you missed Thor: Love and Thunder, Dr Strange: Multiverse of Madness, Thor: the Dark World, Eternals, Suicide Squad (both versions) and Whedon's Justice League.

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I'm one of the few that likes Thor The Dark World. Also like SS and JL (this movie had its problems, but also had some good scenes - not the 4 hour Snyder cut tho). Eternals wasn't great, but nowhere near as bad as S:FotG for me.

But yes, you're right about Thor: L&T and Dr Strange: MoM - they both sucked ass as well. Black Adam and Ant Man Quantumania were also lame af.

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Yeah, I don't get why people don't like Thor The Dark World.

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Catwoman, Fant4stic and Howard The Duck might disagree with you there.

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I was just drawing from the pool of movies released in the last 10-15 years, in the mainstream Marvel & DC productions. But yes, those are some solid contenders too (had forgotten about how shitty Fant4stic was).

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Its like watching a Sandler movie.

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I am guessing you never watched Chuck?

Zachary Levi is one of the most charismatic actors in Hollywood.


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I liked it, it feels like it's a kids movie for kids, which is what I think a lot of comic book movies are missing these days. And Levi is plenty charismatic imo, but I'm the kind of person who's never understood the appeal of Ryan Reynolds, so I'm likely in the minority. The Rock would've fit perfectly into this movie, his acting in Jumanji pairs well with this film.

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Levi is perfect for the part. It's nice to have a light-hearted superhero movie after the doom and gloom of the Snyder Cut Justice League.

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I liked the first movie and I thought Levi was good in it. This one unfortunately just didn't work. Was Levi as silly and stupid in the first one as he was here? I've only seen the first one when it came out but I feel like they made the character way too silly in this one.

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