Madame Web
Director: S.J. Clarkson
Stars: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced & Celeste O'Connor
Runtime: 1 hour 56 mins
Genre: Comic Book
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In the last few years as we all know super hero fatigue has been on the rise and Madame Web (Which has had the most ridiculed trailer in years, that apparently created a whole TikTok trend) adds further fuel to the fire.
When the story and screenplay can be attributed to no less than seven writers, you know you are in trouble. Add to fact the lead writer is Matt Sazama responsible for such atrocities as "Morbius", "Power Rangers" and "Gods of Egypt", "Citizen Kane", this is not.
At time of writing Madame Web stands at 14% on Rotten Tomatoes, and having seen the movie I can see why, it was absolutely abysmal. Sony's Marvel live action pictures are just a hot mess, they have no idea what they are doing with these horrendous Spider-Man spin off movies. How can such shite be greenlit?
The movie has at it's core an interesting concept, a super hero who doesn't wear a cape or shoots webs but can actually see into the future, but the ham fisted clunky way they try to reveal this super power is very jarring. Apparently this movie was originally set in the 90's and heavily referenced Spider-Man but then at some point they decided to strip away all references to him and in doing so you can clearly see this movie has been ripped apart and stitched back together by someone who does not know how to sew.
The acting is terrible, Dakota Johnson (Who I have always rated - and no nothing to do with 50 Shades!!) is as wooden as a 3 x 2. Sweeney (Last seen in Anyone But You), Merced (Dora the Explorer) and O'Connor (Ghostbusters After Life) are all decent up and coming actors but are underserved by a script that was clearly written by committee. The dialogue is laughable and the chemistry forced. As for the villain, well the less said the better.
For a Marvel based super hero movie as well there is a scant amount action scenes, and when they do happen (because I was not invested in the characters)they were just noise. This movie is not only bad, it's boring.
I could go on and on, but I have a life.
Verdict: One to Miss
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