History Awesome / Shazam2019

* Doctor Sivana massacring the Sivana Industries boardroom, including his terrible brother and father. When his father begs for help, Thaddeus throws his own words of abuse back at him.

* Despite facing competition from Captain Marvel and Avengers Endgame, and having to live up to Aquaman, and the general stigma on DCEU movies, this movie becoming a solid hit.

“I invited another friend. I hope that’s ok.” What makes the scene even more awesome is it’s EXACTLY something said friend would do.

* When Billy tries to use his powers to stop a crime the first time, [[BadassBystander the would-be vicimd has already maced the mugger and doesn't need any help]].

* Shazam punching through a concrete pillar as if it was cardboard.

* Billy exploiting the transformation and lightning that come with it not only once, but *twice* in the fight. The first time happens before the siblings get their power and when Sivana still has his, showing once again Billy's bravery and why he was chosen, and the second weaponizes it to attack Envy. In the first, he takes advantage of the fact that switches from a super-buff super-tall hero to a scrawny 14-year-old-boy to escape one of the Sins holding him immoble. The second, he completely (if temporarily) discorporates Envy with the bolt of magic lightning that strikes him when he transforms.[[note]]Fun fact: At least once in the comics, Shazam has used the fact that he's struck by a ''magical'' bolt of lightning every time he transforms to ''defeat Superman!''[[/note]]

* Many have hailed the near perfect casting of the actors for the adult forms of the Shazam/Marvel Family kids. In particular Adam Brody as Freddy and Michelle Borth as Mary were fantastic lookalikes.

* Billy exploiting the transformation and lightning that come with it not only once, but *twice* in the fight. The first time happens before the siblings get their power and when Sivana still has his, showing once again Billy's bravery and why he was chosen, and the second weaponizes it to attack Envy.

* Near the end of the prologue, after Thaddeus Sivana was returned to his family's car and almost got his family killed from his meltdown from being rejected by the wizard, his father calls the soon-to-be BigBad out for said meltdown.
-->'''Mr. Sivana''': Stop. Stop! '''''[[SuddenlyShouting STOP IT!]]''''' You miserable, whiny little shit! You could have killed us!

--> "You can't always go crying to others."

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* Warner Bros. was so happy with its reception that they greenlit a sequel the Monday after its worldwide release, with the whole crew expected to return.

* Billy beating Sivana with his ''head'', not his combat-based powers: figuring out that Envy is the sin that's constantly still inside him, he proceeds to taunt and insult Envy over the sin it represents. This [[DrivenByEnvy enrages]] the demon enough that it can't resist leaping out to try and kill him...leaving Sivana completely powerless, allowing Billy to temporarily defeat Envy and use the Eye of Sin to seal the Seven Deadly Sins back away.

* At the end of the movie Freddie is back to being shunned by the other kids at school when it's revealed that his siblings all changed their lunch schedule so they could eat with him...then Billy shows up to hang out with them in his Shazam form (Freddie having previously told everyone at school that he was friends with "Captain Sparklefingers", and having no one believe him)..then Billy reveals that he had invited another friend to hang out with them too: Superman!

* After Billy hears that Sivana that taken his foster siblings hostage, he ''jumps from the top of a building'', pronounces the word, and gets struck by lightning in mid-air and in slow motion, then flies off like [[Characters/DCEUSuperman that other]] FlyingBrick.

* Freddy throwing his prized replica Bat-arang at Silvana, leaving a notable wound on the back of his head. On two more levels is this awesome: (A) Batman indirectly helped these kids by creating the bat-arang and (B) if he hadn't wounded Silvana's head, no one would've figured out he was vulnerable without his sins.

* Billy beating Sivana with his ''head'' not his combat based powers: figuring out that Envy is the sin that's constantly still inside him, he proceeds to taunt and insult Envy over the sin it represents. This [[DrivenByEnvy enrages]] the demon enough that it can't resist leaping out to try and kill him...leaving Sivana completely powerless, allowing Billy to temporarily defeat Envy and use the Eye of Sin to seal the Seven Deadly Sins back away.

* Mary pulls her weight in the fight before getting her powers, with a combination of XanatosGambit and exceptional aiming skills. When a superpowered Sivana is holding Billy's head underwater, drowning him and preventing him to say his name and transforms, she grabs one of the fair's guns to shoot at Sivana's eye. When the bullet is about to hit it, Sivana casually catches it (points for him)... Taking his hand off Billy's head in doing so, giving him the chance to transform back.
* At the end of the movie Freddie is back to being shunned by the other kids at school when it's revealed that his siblings all changed their lunch schedule so they could eat with him...then Billy shows up to hang out with them in his Shazam form (Freddie having previously told everyone at school that he was friends with "Captain Sparklefingers" and no one believed him)...then Billy reveals that he had invited another friend to hang out with them too: Superman!

* The film has officially become the second film in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse to get certified fresh on Website/RottenTomatoes, with a tomatometer score of ''92%'' as of this writing.[[note]]''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' was the first with a score of 93% and ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' currently has a fresh rating of 65%, but a film needs to have a score higher than 75% in order to be certified.[[/note]]

* Warner Bros. was so happy with its performance that they green light a sequel the Monday after its worldwide release with the whole crew expected to return.

* Many have hailed the near perfect casting of the actors for the adult forms of the Marvel Family kids. In particular Adam Brody as Freddy and Michelle Borth as Mary were fantastic lookalikes.

* [[WhatTheHellHero Freddy tearing into Shazam]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for his recklessness and arrogance,]] reminding the FlyingBrick that he's nothing more than a kid who's getting too big for his britches.

* Billy beating Sivana with his ''head'' not his combat based powers: figuring out that Envy is the sin that's constantly still inside him, he proceeds to taunt and insult Envy over the sin it represents. This enrages the demon enough that it can't resist leaping out to try and kill him...leaving Sivana completely powerless, allowing Billy to temporarily defeat Envy and use the Eye of Sin to seal the Seven Deadly Sins back away.

** Speaking of Superman, guess who's making [[TheCameo a special appearance]]! But from the neck down!

* Billy exploiting the transformation and lightning that come with it not only once, but *twice* in the fight. The first time happens before the siblings get their power and when Sivana still has his, showing once again Billy's bravery and why he was chosen, and the second weaponozes it to attack Envy.

* "I name the gods doctor. Not the other way around."