Hello there, nerd squad.
This video is what?
The Shazam Ending Explained.
And my name is who?
Amanda McKnight.
By the way, have you seen Shazam yet?
If you haven’t buy a movie ticket right now and then press pause on this video, get
ready to laugh and go watch it.
I’ll wait.
If you are continuing I’m assuming you’ve seen it or are willing to brave the spoilers,
because this video will contain more than a few as we explain the ending.
Did you love the film?
How much did you love the film?
Cause I loved it.
So many amazing moments throughout that made me laugh out loud.
Namely, the kid recreating the fight from Superman vs Batman with his action figures,
who then quickly forgot all about them when he saw real-life Shazam fighting real-life
Doctor Sivanna.
I had a similar reaction to this kid, as this film made me forget about all the moments
the DCEU was less than lack-luster in my opinion as watching Shazam made me excited for the
future of the DC film franchise.
What were some of your favourite moments from Shazam?
Let me know in the comments below.
And if you loved the film as much as I did, let me know by giving this video a thumbs
up.
Okay, let’s skip to the end.
As we now know at this point, at least I hope you know, cause major spoilers, the Seven
Deadly Sins prove difficult for Billy to take down by himself while wielding the powers
of the magician, Shazam.
I mean, at least we think his name was Shazam.
For now.
Was, is?
Is he really dead?
Who knows?
When Billy realizes the fight proves too difficult to handle by himself, he realizes he doesn’t
have to do it alone.
He invites all his fellow foster family siblings to lay their hands on the magician’s staff
and say his name.
Billy?
No!
Shazam!
After saying the magic word, so to speak, the kids are all transformed into the Shazam
family.
Not only is the big reveal for the future of Shazam’s adventures in the DCEU, and
ties up the entire theme of the film but this was also my favourite part of the movie!
I was so hoping the rumors would be true and that our Shazam family would be introduced
and yay, they were.
Why is this so awesome?
Well there was a time where the Shazam family who at the time was known as the Marvel family
was a huge part of the comics and this gave us a lot of weird but hilarious moments.
Like Uncle Dudley, the school janitor who literally just kept hanging around and pretending
to be a part of the family until he was appointed as the family’s Uncle.
Yeah, no relation to Billy or the fam whatsoever.
Weird, funny and a bit creepy.
Or the story where Billy’s family is kidnapped and Billy does not have his powers.
His plan to save the family?
To dress up like his adult alter-ego and pretend to have his powers while hoping for the best.
The strangest part?
It totally works.
Yeah, a kid defeats the bad guys with the powers of intimidation.
And let’s not forget Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.
A bunny from an alternate universe with the powers of Shazam who at one point teamed up
with the family.
As awesome and strange as all the stories were, eventually the Shazam family stopped
being a huge part of Billy’s story and went mia in the comics for quite a while.
Needless to say, the antics were missed and I am happy they decided to bring them back
in New 52 and also now in the DCEU.
After the Shazam family successfully defeat Doctor Sivanna and the Seven Deadly Sins the
film is neatly tied up with Billy joining his new family for dinner and participating
in the pre-dinner thankful speech.
Once again reiterating the theme of the film which is all about the importance of family
and not having to shoulder everything by yourself.
We jump skip ahead to lunch at Fawcett School, where Freddy is joined by his foster siblings
who normally don’t have the same lunch as him.
We find out they were able to move their schedules around for a special occasion.
This special occasion is revealed to be Billy as Shazam finally joining Freddy for that
lunch, which impresses all the other kids at school.
Not only that but to make up for earlier on in the film, Billy does one better.
He invites Superman to join them!
The most interesting thing about this scene is that not once do we get to see the face
of Superman.
To me, this only serves to feed to rumors that Henry Cavill will most likely not be
returning as Superman and we may be seeing this character get recast for future projects.
In fact there are so many rumours flying as to who might be taking his place, we could
make a top 10 list based just around that.
The credits play over an adorable daydream comic book scene involving the members of
the Justice League hanging out with Shazam, with Wonder Woman even being imagined as Billy’s
prom date.
A relatable fantasy.
Who wouldn’t want Wonder Woman as their prom date?
During the credits, we saw Dwayne Johnson’s name fly by.
And my heart began to pound.
I know what you’re all hoping for cause I am too.
Black Adam!
You can hope, you can dream but sadly we got no glimpse of Black Adam in the film or post-credits
scene.
It turns out Johnson was credited for his involvement as executive producer for the
film.
Beyond that Johnson has been reported to have been very involved with the creation of the
film and provided much creative input.
Johnson is also credited currently as executive producer for Black Adam which is reported
as still being in post-production stages.
But hopefully, it won’t be too much longer before we get to see this film with Johnson
taking up the mantle as famed super villain, Black Adam.
Perhaps his stand-alone film will involve the events and backstory of the Magical Council
of Elders.
Black Adam could very well be the champion that Shazam alluded to as the one who destroyed
the Council and made him so hesitant to grant powers later to those who he felt were unworthy.
Instead of Black Adam, the post-credits’ scene revolves around Doctor Sivanna being
approached by what looks like a caterpillar but this isn’t just any old caterpillar,
this is Mister Mind, a famous DC supervillain and the current leader of the Monster Society
of Evil in the comics New 52 universe.
What so interesting about this credit scene is we get a couple of hints as to what could
be coming up in the DCEU and Shazam universe.
Not just for villains but also possibly for storylines that may already exist in the comics.
Mister Mind alludes to the seven realms the short speech he delivers as well as there
being many different kinds of magic and different wants to access it, more than the mind can
imagine.
In the most recent Shazam comic series, vol 4, issue 3 we get an explanation for what
the Seven Realms when we are transported to one of the seven magic lands where King Kid
rules, the Funlands.
If the films follow along with the comic series’, path than it could be these realms and different
types of magic to which Mister Mind is referring.
Or they could decide to do something completely different.
Who knows?
The final post-credit scenes serve simply to make you laugh one more time.
A fitting goal as it seems like producing laughs seems to be a main focus of the movie,
and one it succeeds at.
In this scene we see Billy as Shazam testing out one more of his powers, fish telepathy.
Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be a power our hero posses.
Freddy seems disappointed, hoping that Shazam might prove to be as epic of a underwater
ruler as Aquaman.
Don’t worry, Freddy.
Shazam may not quite be on the same level as Jason Momoa’s, Aquaman.
But like Momoa’s interpretation of the classic superhero Aquaman, Levi’s characterization
of Shazam definitely takes the character to new heights.
And that’s all there was, folks.
Ending explained.
Are you excited for the prospects of Shazam villains, Black Adam, and Mister Mind?
And are there any other supervillians you are hoping will make into the DCEU?
Let us know in the comments below.
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