john_ting_li

I had no knowledge about Black Adam prior to seeing the movie, haven't watched the latest trailers nor had any high expectations before going to the movie.

But wow, I was oh boy taken by surprise by the movie!

Okay, it's not the best super hero movie out there and doesn't have an overwhelmingly deep story. But it doesn't try to be that either.

It was fun, enjoyable, fights where amazing, soundtrack was great, just a well-made hero movie where you can see superhumans dish out in fight!

And considering the quality of the MCU we have received recently, I would definitely recommend this one to avid super hero fans!

It made me feel that it was something really fresh from the genre.

Before delving into why I thought it was good, let's stop for a second to remove the basic prejudice about zombie movies.

A lot of people are saying it's yet the old zombie trope and same old thing again. "Characters trying to survive and dying one by one." But I don't think it is fair to compare or judge it that way.

It's like saying oh this action movie is about characters fighting, then other action movies including characters fighting cannot be good. Or this drama is about a character's life story then other dramas about other characters lives' story is not innovative because both are telling life stories about a character.

I am a huge zombie fan, and have watch most of the zombie shows/movies.

Obviously the premise is the normal zombie premise but what made the show differentiate from the rest, is the other elements added into it such as character depths, morals, love, hope, hate and friendship. There are characters that will make you laugh, cheer for, like, hate and also get annoyed at. Which in itself is a success because it made you feel that way.

It also had twist and turns that are not used in many other zombie flicks. And I have to say as an avid zombie veteran, I was taken by surprise more than a handful of scenes. (Which is not easy at all since I have seen most of them.) And if it managed to make you immediately want to click on the next episode to see what happens next, it has also succeeded.

Yes, it got it's bad moments sometimes, can be slow, stupid decisions are made and also a few plot holes. But those are forgiven in the grander scheme of things. The cinematography was beautiful, zombies really well made, acting was amazing by such young actors and action sequences realistically done. And again, in this "overdone" genre it managed to be fresh from the rest and made me think about it after the credits were rolling. For a zombie series, it deserved a 10 for me.

I don't know why so many people gave it slack. I saw the bad reviews so expected nothing from it, forget that it was Marvel and just sat down in the theatre to enjoy a well shot movie instead.

But to my surprise it wasn't bad at all! It's different, but not bad at all.