SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Star Rachel Zegler Responds To Negative Reviews: "Our Film Is Actually Really Good"

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Star Rachel Zegler Responds To Negative Reviews: "Our Film Is Actually Really Good"

Shazam! Fury of the Gods has received a mostly frosty reception from critics, and star Rachel Zegler (Anthea) has now weighed in on the DC Comics sequel's negative reviews...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 20, 2023 08:03 AM EST

Shazam! Fury of the Gods received glowing initial reactions, and the first wave of reviews were mostly positive. However, as more verdicts were added to Rotten Tomatoes, its score continued to dip, and the DC Comics sequel now sits at a "rotten" 52% on the aggregator.

Many feel that this was a bit of a harsh reception for a fun, family-friendly superhero flick, and star Rachel Zegler (Anthea) would seem to agree.

The West Side Story standout took to Twitter to share some new behind-the-scenes photos from her time working on the movie, and decided to address the negative reviews in the process.

"Hey our film is actually really good! But mostly i just absolutely loved making it and the people I met whilst doing so :) go see it! Give it a chance. We have an 85% audience score for a reason.

"Some people out there and just being… senselessly mean," she continued. "And it’s unnecessary. And I know, I know, 'if you can’t handle the heat…' and all that nonsense, and you’re right. But our film is actually very good. It’s just cool to hate on fun nowadays. That’s okay. We’re good."

While it's true that audiences do seem to be more receptive to Fury of the Gods than critics, that hasn't really been reflected at the box office. Opening weekend takings were even lower than the already disappointing projections, and unless positive word-of-mouth can turn things around, the movie is going to have a long road ahead.

Have you been to see Fury of the Gods? If so, do you agree with Zegler's assessment? You can check out our review here.

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WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 3/20/2023, 8:51 AM
Ill watch this eventually. Liked the first one but I wasn't compelled to see more of the Marvel Family in theaters. Looking forward to her take on Snow White though.
Thing94
Thing94 - 3/20/2023, 8:51 AM
"It's really good! I needed a job, mkay?"
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 3/20/2023, 8:53 AM
It was all you lot that used this audience score shit to drive your agendas that’s now lead to The Rock and every other Tom, Dick and Harry in Hollywood to now use at as an example of their movie being ‘good’.
ferf
ferf - 3/20/2023, 8:59 AM
@PlusUltra - I saw this with my family on Friday - it was good, at least as good if not better than the first one, and much better than anything in phase 4 Marvel.

Yet... no money to be made? Either that's Zaslav/Gunn's fault announcing the "reboot" or Marvel's fault, since Marvel makes nothing but garbage now and the average filmgoer doesn't know which company is which
Cap1
Cap1 - 3/20/2023, 8:55 AM
Lmao, DC stars resorting to analytics two films running. That’s rough
Origame
Origame - 3/20/2023, 8:56 AM
Can't wait to see all the people using the audience score to prove ant man 3 was successful to start bashing her here.
SATW42
SATW42 - 3/20/2023, 9:07 AM
@Origame - see, and here I was waiting for you to come in to tell her to shut up and show more humility.
Origame
Origame - 3/20/2023, 9:10 AM
@SATW42 - it's almost as if I explained why I'm not doing that to you previously. Notice all of the people calling her out here already? Exactly.
SATW42
SATW42 - 3/20/2023, 9:13 AM
@Origame - it will never stop amusing me when you decide to pick and choose when to pile on, and when not to.

Conveniently, it's always the DC projects where you say "meh, enough people are saying things" but the Marvel ones are "I think that pileup can get a little bigger"

Snyderverse is dead, go to it's 3 day going away party in imax and cry with all the fellow losers that its gone, and to use your lots vernacular COPE
Origame
Origame - 3/20/2023, 9:21 AM
@SATW42 - it's almost as if there are a crazy amount of marvel apologists on this site.

Case in point, the writer you're clearly referring to. No one was calling him out for doing pretty much exactly what Rachel is doing here.

I'm not even saying Rachel is in the right here (she's not). And the only problem I have with the dceu dying is that it's becoming more of a toss up whether the dcu will actually improve anything. You're also missing all those times I've called out Snyder fans who've been fighting to restore the Snyder verse.
Origame
Origame - 3/20/2023, 10:30 AM
Also, can't wait for the cope when you realize my comment is the most liked on this thread.

It's almost as if people are noticing the double standards more and more.
SATW42
SATW42 - 3/20/2023, 10:37 AM
@Origame - wow, 7 whole likes. When you're the next president with this ground swell of support, will you even remember this site?
SATW42
SATW42 - 3/20/2023, 10:42 AM
@Origame - no no guys, look! Origame got 7 likes. @NateBest just give him the keys to the site now, he clearly runs this place. All aboard the Origame train, choo choooooo.

Oh god, the cope, so much cope. I think I just took a flight to copeora because there's copius amounts of copium here. Think I'm about to die of a cope attack.
Origame
Origame - 3/20/2023, 10:43 AM
@SATW42 - well that's a lot more than your

*flips through notes*

Zero likes.

But what's with all that narrative about people not wanting to hear from me, hence your justification to attack me?
Origame
Origame - 3/20/2023, 10:44 AM
@SATW42 - also, did you really just bring nate into this? Want me to explain the time you proudly admitted to attacking me and said you'd continue to attack me until I shut up about the mcu?
SATW42
SATW42 - 3/20/2023, 10:47 AM
@Origame - I just wanted him to know this is your site now. It wasn't like a formal report or anything ya weirdo.

You say attack, I say calling out your hypocrisy. This site has made it clear that as long as I'm just stating my opinion, no matter how awful that opinion might be, it's all good.

So by all means, you do what ya gotta do lil buddy.
Origame
Origame - 3/20/2023, 11:03 AM
@SATW42 - 1) pretty sure nate has better things to do than deal with your inane comments.

2) you literally used the word attack to describe what you were doing.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 3/20/2023, 11:07 AM
@Origame - Your second paragraph is just a flat out lie. Everytime a different article was put out about that writer's comments, this site kept referring to him being insufferable, not caring about the fans, and expressed disgust at him being the writer for Secret Wars.
Origame
Origame - 3/20/2023, 11:11 AM
@EskimoJ - in the comments they were definitely standing by what he was saying and praising him for standing by his movie.
SATW42
SATW42 - 3/20/2023, 11:22 AM
@Origame - I don't think that's true. You have 8 likes now, he's gotta have time for anything the new king of Comicbookmovie is involved in.
SATW42
SATW42 - 3/20/2023, 11:23 AM
@EskimoJ - No you're missing the point. Like for every 8 people saying he was insufferable, 1 person mightve said "what's he supposed to say" So Origame was like "better post because 8 people is definitely not alot so I should let it be known.

When it comes to the Rock, this actress or the DCEU, if he see 8 people comment, he's all good. 8 is enough.

(8, what a funny number why did i choose that?)
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/20/2023, 8:59 AM
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/20/2023, 9:03 AM
I'll watch it when it comes on Disney Plus.

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