Lego DC Shazam! : Monstres et Magie

I'll be honest up front. I could only get through 20 minutes of this - right around the point where the villain was revealed. It doesn't come anywhere close to the original Lego Movie or the Batman Lego movie (or heck, even Lego Movie 2 or Lego Ninjago).

There was one amusing joke, but the rest of the humour was just lame. The writing was a bunch of cliches and cheesy dialogue. I don't see how anyone over 12 years old could enjoy it.

I really liked the live action Shazam film and The Return of Black Adam animated short, but this was too much to sit through.

If there's one positive it's that the animation was really well done.

A new origin story for the hero Shazam, that delivers in lots of ways, but still doesn't reach the heights of the theatrically released lego movies or the live action film.

The story is pretty great and it's definitely worth a watch, the humour is a little lacking but not totally gone.

Overall this is a decent lego DC film, but it lacks the teeth of some of the other DC animated or lego movies, a great watch for the family though.

Well done and entertaining, this movie is a must for DC and Shazam fans. Great introduction to several villains in Shazam's mythology

The Justice League is battling various super-villains when Shazam! Comes to help. The newcomer is eager to please and most are impressed. Batman remains suspicious, but the others invite him to the Hall of Justice. They offer him membership as long as he's not a kid.

Shazam! Is already a bit of a comedic superhero. That's why it doesn't change the character to do it in Lego. Batman remains the funniest character in Lego form. This basically becomes DC babies. I wish the whole baby league could fight the worm with baby versions of their powers. The phrase that keeps popping into my mind is "stealing candy from a baby". Mind control is not always the most compelling story. I really wish that the kids would have lesser powers.

The Lego DC Universe has a new superhero, Shazam. After he helps the Justice League at the Metropolis Farmers' Market, the group invites him, however, he refuses, as he his afraid to show his true identity due to being a kid and they will reject him for it. However, after the League falls for a trap laid by Mister Mind, leader of the Monster Society of Evil, and regressed to kids so he can easily mind control them, Batman manages to escape, and now, he and Shazam must trust each other to save the others, as they are brainwashed to bring Mister Mind food.

This is a good DTV film. The film is basically a lesson in trust, as Shazam has to learn to trust other with his secret, despite his fear of how the other heroes would react to him being a kid. Also, the story is good, the voice acting is great, and the action and humor are done greatly. I recommend this one for younger superhero fans or fans of Lego in general.