Cade and Kit continue their Good vs. Evil theme, and this week’s pick could not be more of a tonal whiplash from Kill Bill. After Kit made Cade watch both volumes of Tarantino’s blood-soaked revenge saga, Cade responded by choosing something brighter, cheesier, and a lot more fun: Shazam! — a superhero comedy that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
From the start, confusion set the tone. Kit misheard Cade’s pick and thought they were watching Kazaam—the 90s genie movie starring Shaquille O’Neal. She spent a good five minutes talking about KFC Shaq buckets and childhood basketball memories before Cade finally realized she was reminiscing about an entirely different film. “Sometimes,” he said, “I just let her go.”
The movie follows Billy Batson, a foster kid who’s been bounced between homes and constantly searches for the mother who left him. When a dying wizard grants him supernatural powers, he transforms into an adult superhero (played by Zachary Levi) whenever he shouts the word “Shazam!” What follows is a hilarious and heartfelt look at a teenager trapped in a man’s body — testing his powers, skipping school, and learning the true meaning of family.
Kit, however, was skeptical. “I thought this was going to be about Shaquille O’Neal granting wishes,” she joked. But even she couldn’t resist laughing when Cade pointed out how absurd it is to watch a grown man act like an 11-year-old. “There’s something about that kind of humor that makes you wonder how you’d handle it,” she said.
Cade appreciated that balance between humor and morality. “It’s the perfect good vs. evil setup,” he said. “You’ve got the Seven Deadly Sins literally walking around as monsters, but you’ve also got this villain who’s evil because he was never chosen — never loved.” The film’s antagonist, Dr. Sivana, spent his life haunted by rejection, desperate for the same power Billy stumbled into. Kit found that interesting: “It makes you ask what actually makes someone evil. Is it one bad choice? Or just not being loved enough to believe you could be good?”
Where they disagreed was tone. Cade loved the corny, optimistic humor, calling it “a throwback to the 90s, when movies could be sweet and funny without needing to be cynical.” Kit, meanwhile, wanted more edge. “The evil wasn’t evil enough for me,” she said. “It’s good vs. evil, but nobody really gets hurt. If you’re going to give me seven deadly sins, I want to feel the danger.”
She also wanted more physical comedy. “He never got injured learning his powers! There’s so much potential for chaos there,” she said. “If I’m watching a grown man act like a kid, I want him to accidentally fly into a lamppost or something.” Cade laughed. “You just wanted to make this Kill Bill again,” he teased.
When it came time for ratings, the gap between the hosts was almost comical. Cade gave it an 8.5/10, praising its humor, family theme, and pure rewatchability. “It’s not groundbreaking, but it makes me happy,” he said. “And that still counts.”
Kit gave it a 3.5/10, calling it “flat but sweet.” “It’s not that I hated it,” she clarified. “I just wanted higher stakes, darker shadows — something to earn the word ‘evil.’” Cade pointed out that her score matched his Kill Bill rating. “You watched two movies,” she reminded him. “I watched one that felt like two.”
By the end of the episode, the two found themselves laughing over the gendered split in their choices. “You picked a foster kid who turns into a kind-hearted superhero,” Kit said. “I picked an assassin who kills everyone for her kid. So I think we’ve learned who’s who in this theme.”
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