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Madame Web (2024)
Decent (dumb) entertainment. Ignore the lows from superhero-obsessed teens
{Spoilers below are quite mild}
I have heard the movie got really low reviews, but decided to still give it a chance. I must say I don't generally care about superhero movies (Ok, The Boys are great, but that's a parody). And well, this movie turned out to be ... fine?
While I cannot say it's an amazing, memorable or smart movie, it's not actually bad and it is fun. Still entertaining enough for you to want to know what happens next. This is a movie for normal people to distract for an hour and forget, not marvel geeks.
People complaining there is not enough action, sorry, do you want a movie consisting of one big fight scene?
It is decently paced so that you mostly think about the flaws after the movie is over.
Superhero culture people are insufferable, this movie is just average, nothing out of the line. Why do people expect a superhero movie, which is almost by definition a silly concept, to be some kind of masterpiece?
Things that are ok: pacing, acting, effects; paramedic setting, teens doing dumb stuff. Kinda nice and also funny how they show 2000s like history already.
Also there seems to be some internal awareness of the stupidity of some decisions in the movie (forest bit anyone? Kinda "I know it's not the best ideia but cannot come up with anything better").
In general, I like the idea of the protagonist powers and the point not being simply throwing each other around with CGI.
What I didn't like:
- a bunch of plot holes and threads left hanging probably due to being considered not entertaining, i.e. The main character's ease to get around while being searched for by the police. The legal situation is in general poorly handled, also with the parents bit. The police also not reacting to all the hell breaking loose, is that supposed to be that way? The protagonists never try to figure out how they end up being tracked (and, consequently, how to dodge it). There is more. The writing could really be improved.
- girls' superhero outfits. I don't care that's marvel, those costumes look silly in any movie that at least pretends to be serious. Looks cringey af. I like the protagonist design for not being shown wearing dumb costume like that.
- the antagonist that gets no backstory, we never discover what was his motivation to do what he did in the beginning of the story, also not fleshed out apart from one specific fear he shows prominently. He is also comically arrogant.
- Product placement is dumb and will always be
- That last minute before credits, this scene also looks cringey.
My rating would be something around 6.5, as in "very average movie", but I'm giving it an 8 to offset the histerically low reviews a bit.