![]() ![]() ![]() There are certain scenes in the movie that are just so mind-numbingly uncomfortable for such a long period of time that you can’t help but have only those scenes stuck in your brain after watching. I’ll wrap this all up with some positives for the movie, but let’s start with the negatives. Max is told that he is allowed three (material) wishes from Kazaam, resulting in Kazaam being able to go back in his boom-box to rest. While being chased by the bullies, the young boy (Max) accidentally sets a genie named Kazaam (played by Shaq) free from a lamp, excuse me, a boom-box. If you don’t know, KAZAAM is about a young boy dealing with an absent father, a possible new step-dad, as well as some school bullies. I think a six out of 100 is a little harsh for this movie that’s pretty obviously made for kids, but I don’t think I can give it much more than that with my (extremely scientific and not arbitrary) rating of 20/100. I bet you’re hoping that I can tell you that Rotten Tomatoes is wrong, and that KAZAAM is actually a hilarious and fun cinematic masterpiece. ![]() I decided to watch the movie for the second time in my life this week (first time was when I was very young). The movie I’m reviewing here, 1996’s KAZAAM, has an even worse rating on Rotten Tomatoes coming in at 6%. That movie has a very poor 12% rating on the famous movie rating website, Rotten Tomatoes. The second of those two movies was a movie called STEEL which debuted in 1997 (movie review on STEEL coming soon). Shaq was able to be the main star in two movies before he even won his first championship in 2000. Now, does that mean his movie appearances are going to be in good movies? Not necessarily. You’d be damned to find an NBA player in the history of the Association who has been in more movies and tv-shows, as Shaq knew early on in his career that he wanted to be an entertainer off and on the court. According to, Shaq has been credited with 44 movie and tv appearances since 1994. First up, we have the 1996 film KAZAAM, starring none other than Shaquille O’Neal (this review contains SPOILERS).Īs a 26-year old, I feel like I was barely born in time to know about the polarizing film career of one of the best Lakers of all-time, Shaquille O’Neal. After that, I’ll review them on the site so we can review everything that happened. To help, we’re going to watch some movies that have involved the Lakers in some sort of way. It's that feeling which drives the phenomenon, and which some MEs seem to be better at creating than others.The Los Angeles Lakers’ season has been suspended because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, so all Lakers fans have plenty of time on their hands that would normally be devoted to watching the games as well as all other things that they do outside of their homes. Their ubiquity doesn't come from their being difficult to explain without the paranormal rather, it comes from the strength of the false memory in peoples' minds. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out.īut then some of the most talked-about MEs on here are some of the most easily-explained (Berenstain/Berenstein, that's a toughie, who would have thought that an unusual name that's one letter off from a common German name suffix would be the subject of a misconception? :P). ![]() The title is obviously imitative of the Shaq movie and is something that is already part of other IPs (the superhero Shazam) with possible legal issues attached to it IRL, but in the mind, it's a common word that's easy to imagine as a movie title. Sinbad was popular in kids' movies at the time, he wore hoop earrings and baggy pants, and his stage name was taken from something that involves genies (Sinbad the Sailor). ![]()
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