Comments on: The Rock: Captain Marvel or Black Adam?

By: ponchomagee

ponchomagee — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:21:28 +0000

Just pointing out the obvious here, but that Shaq "movie" was called Kazaam, not Shazam. And yes, Dwayne Johnston is playing black adam. tards.

By: Cole.Abaius

Cole.Abaius — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:46:51 +0000

I’ll have to agree with the Johns and Goyers comment, and you may be onto something, but I think Black Adam needs someone grittier than the Rock. Might I suggest, Oded Fehr from Sleeper Cell?

A quick IMDB check shows that he voiced Dr. Fate on Justice League, which I think is pretty awesome.

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Movies » The Rock: Captain Marvel or Black Adam? — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:29:50 +0000

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By: Robert Fure

Robert Fure — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:46:17 +0000

Heroes are cartoony and The Rock’s acting style fits over-the-top cartoony and corny better. His villainous roles are over the top corny. Black Adam is a darker character and I like to view him as a jerk, stuck up, but down to earth in a way. He’s not a cartoon. He isn’t a guy who would make big sweeping hand gestures and laugh like a madman. I feel The Rock would make him that.

So The Rock should be Captain Marvel and let his humorous, over the top, good natured self come out and leave the more dramatic (in my opinion) acting to someone else to roll with Black Adam.

By: Dom Organ

Dom Organ — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:18:57 +0000

I’m going to disagree with Cole here. I was impressed by Geoff Johns and David S Goyers interpretation of Black Adam during their run on JSA and I would even go so far as to say he is one of my favourite characters in the DC universe.

I have been similarly impressed by The Rock’s ability to play villainous characters (Doom for example), but when someone thinks about him they don’t think of a boy becoming a champion, they think of a big scary bastard. That’s Black Adam if you ask me. I doubt he has the ability to play a man the way a boy thinks a man should be.

I do however agree that crying doesn’t make you less manly, I can’t watch Braveheart without getting misty eyed….oh and beheading some English people. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Cole Abaius

Cole Abaius — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:14:18 +0000

I cannot believe that most posters on MTV think he should be Black Adam. I’d love to see the Rock as Captain Marvel.

No matter what, this film is going to rule all since it’s being written by my favorite screenwriter, John August. If I still cry every time I see Big Fish, does that make me less of a man? I think not. Just don’t tell anyone.