Black Adam: Critics Vs. Audiences
“Black Adam” is a really good case study on how critics and audiences view and rate movies differently.
Once audiences can say that they had a good time watching the movie overall, I think it’s easy for viewers to forget or ignore the elements of the film that just didn’t work and critics judge each film on a more technical level. (Plot structure, Character archetypes, etc.)
From a critic’s perspective, “Black Adam” is a really simple and generic movie. Every twist and turn is predictable, the dialog is really cheesy at times, it has a useless subplot, and the “antagonists” are boring and only exist to be fodder for the man in black.
From the audience’s perspective, “Black Adam” is pure high-octane entertainment. Dwayne Johnson perfectly embodies Black Adam, it did a great job introducing the JSA, the action is INCREDIBLE, the costumes are insanely comic book accurate and the end credit scene perfectly sets the stage for great things to come for “Black Adam” and the DCU itself.
Overall, I understand both sides but I wish that critics were a little less critical of certain things and I wish that audiences would be a little more critical about certain things in movies so that there can be balance.