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6. SHAZAM!

This is one that could provide a lightning bolt’s worth of brightness for the DCEU. A lightning bolt it so deeply needs.

Billy Batson was a young, kind boy who maybe needed a lesson about talking to strangers, but when he took a strange train at night, he wound up in a magical place. Meeting a powerful wizard, Billy displayed true worthiness and was bestowed with the Power of SHAZAM.

The wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury. With all these powers combined, he was Shazam (or Captain Marvel for those of us who can remember past 2011). As Shazam, Billy was able to fight through vast hordes of evil and monstrousness as a bright and heroic figure. Changing from child to adult, think of this as Big with superpowers.

A little bit goofy and wacky, but with a true heart beneath the surface. And maybe a talking tiger if Tawky Tawney makes an appearance.

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5. Avengers: Infinity War Pt 1 + 2

Yeah, yeah, obvious pick, I know, but nonetheless, I’m excited for this one.

With Captain America: Civil War, the Russos proved that they can handle multiple characters all at once with a flawless balance, so I’m less than worried about the big blowout finale to the first epoch of the MCU.

I usually dislike it when movies are broken up in two, but since this one is being developed as two movies instead of being arbitrarily split in half, I think it’ll be fine. And with a villain like Thanos and a cast of every major MCU player so far, this is shaping up to be one big party. Think the majesty and cool of the first Avengers, but multiplied a thousandfold.

Fun, meaningful, high stakes, I’m so unbelievably excited for this one, it isn’t even funny. This will be the big fireworks show to cap off this era of Marvel movies, so you’d better enjoy it as long as you can.