MORBIUS is Kind of a Disaster | Explained

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[@SaraFearon]

Anyone whose ever studied acting knows that Method Acting does not mean being your character 24/7, rather it is a series of exercises or methods you use to embody the character prior to performing. I can't help but think actors who claim that their bad behaviour outside of set is due to them getting into character are just looking for an excuse to be selfish idiots.

[@MrAlexandreRocha]

Usually just feels like actors that do it to this extent just want to do it to publicize their own images and create a mystique around their figure and feel better about themselves in general, it's pretty self-centered and all of that with the added plus of being highly unprofessional

[@ThisMagicHouse]

As Robert Pattison has said, "you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing assholes. You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

[@MrAlexandreRocha]

@@Laila-zx6bc 100% True, Leto is a overrated mediocre actor that made dozens of outright bad movies (that are actively bad due to his presence), a known predator and somehow, people in Hollywood keep giving him jobs even on good movies (I'm looking at you Dennis Villeneuve) and sadly I doubt that either House of Gucci or Mobius will ever change that.

[@hope-cat4894]

@@ThisMagicHouse Someone should make that a trend. If you're playing a grandma, knit everyone sweaters. 👵

[@themachotacoisback4333]

I could excuse his method acting if it produced a good product. After all if it produced a good product every time he may be on to something. But no he's a terrible actor who continuously plays in movies in which he's the worst part.

[@Antares-dw9iv]

How does Jared Leto keep getting big roles considering he's pretty consistently described as being horrible to work with. And it's not like he's delivering masterpiece performances that elevate the movies he's in, he's serviceable at best and often the weakest link if anything.

[@halloweenfriday]

And on top of that, he’s been accused of being a pedophile. If all of those allegations are true, then he doesn’t deserve to be in Hollywood; he deserves to get his private place cut off in jail.

[@Variocom]

He was pretty good in bladerunner 2049. But that let him be a weirdo. And frankly I didnt... mind his morbius? This script was just ass. But ya he sounds like an asshole, so its probably not worth it to have him on.

[@disgruntledmoderate5331]

I keep wondering about that too.

[@ethansloan]

Reasons Jared Leto keeps getting work in spite of being Jared Leto: 1. He has an Oscar. Any movie with Jared Leto in it can advertise itself as staring an Academy Award winner. 2. He's very good looking. No need to elaborate on this point. 3. He has a very vocal (and literal) cult. Studio thinking is that for every single fan being vocal about their love for something or someone, there must be at least five more fans who feel the same but aren't vocal about it. While Leto's cult is relatively small, on paper they represent a massive audience. An audience that doesn't exist, but executives haven't realized that yet.

[@rolfs2165]

@@ethansloan "He's very good looking." Eh … eeeh … I'd debate that.

[@jimmydotzel]

Correction: Morbius did not win a Nobel prize. He won a “noble” prize. They say “noble prize” multiple times and I guess no one making the film noticed or knew it was “Nobel”.

[@zubetp]

well it was a noble attempt

[@Shauny62]

@@zubetp ba dum shh 🥁

[@theocan]

It's alright, when they got to filming the scenes of him as a vampire, he started flying around the set.. His dedication to method acting is unreal.

[@drstaylit]

He took morbin’ time too seriously smh

[@minnie21434]

This comment made me choke with laughter🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@1997residente]

Mads Mikkelsen on method acting: “It’s bullshit. What if it’s a shit film - what do you think you achieved? Am I impressed that you didn’t drop character? You should have dropped it from the beginning!“

[@rockingbrowneyedgirl]

Mads knows what's up. Fucking legend.

[@GamingintheAM0801]

Reminds me of Geoffrey Rush's opinion on method acting: "What happens when your best performance is at the craft services table?"

[@ethansloan]

Class act, Mads. An amazing actor who isn't an asshole. The world needs more of him.

[@anycullen21]

Mads is a God in human form. I havent seen anything of his , that I didnt enjoy, even if the story wasnt that good. His Hannibal made me root for him, a freaking cannibal, and Im not even ashamed 😅

[@anycullen21]

@@GamingintheAM0801 Robert Pattinson : “I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an a-holes. You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.” This is why his once teen fandom during his twilight days, is still loyal to him now in their late 20s. Hes a chaotic troll, but hes not an asshole. Celebrities like that are hard to find these days

[@robinvik1]

Every time I hear about someone doing method acting I just want their antagonist to also method act and just beat the shit out of them at random intervals. Like while Jared Leto is wasting everyone's time trying to go the bathroom in character, I just want Matt Smith to jump out and go "It was supposed to be us against the world! LIKE THE SPARTANS!" and hit him with a chair.

[@evilmissmunchkin]

This absolutely made me cackle out loud in my car, I’m dying

[@TheCrimsonElite666]

Could you imagine them doing that in a wrestling match? "Ohh, Matt Smith just struck Jered Leto with the chair! As god as my witness, that man is broken in half!"

[@dark_baphomet]

I would watch that movie for sure

[@LuciferMorningstar-qq4nv]

I agree. Preferably with that wheelchair Leto used on set

[@lesliemason6016]

I laughed so hard at this!

[@NoaLeighMaxwell]

I lost my shit when I found out that the original comic book version isn't a disabled guy. They just decided to make it so that Leto could pretend to be a Sad Disabled because we all know us disableds aren't allowed to be happy with ourselves. UGH. EDIT: Like, wanting to cure a terminal painful blood disorder? Sure. But they went and added the crutches. I use those crutches. Family and friends use those. I'm sick of being equated with 'needing to be fixed' or 'worse than a literal vampire monster'. Edit 2: OH MY GOD HE METHOD ACTED DISABILITY I WANT MURDER

[@unkown34x33]

Wait what??! It's not on the comics?! man... That's f :( usually marvel is comic accurate. Who directed this movie,m

[@andresacosta4832]

@@unkown34x33 "usually Marvel is comic accurate" if they were, Ant-Man and Wasp would be in The Avengers. just kidding, I get why they changed it. But Sony have a thing for loosely following the comics and making changes where possible since the Venom stuff.

[@goosegas2087]

@@unkown34x33 It isn't a Marvel movie, so that explains it.

[@ride-playerbb2818]

Wait a minute... THEN THAT MEANS THEY LITERALLY JUST COPIED THE ORIGIN STORY OF VAMPIRE BATMAN

[@hassathunter2464]

We all want edit2

[@rossmorton7002]

My favourite story about method acting comes from Laurence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman on the set of Marathon Man. After filming a scene in which Hoffman's character had supposedly been awake for 3 days, Olivier asked Hoffman how he thought the previous scene had gone. Hoffman mentioned that he had personally gone without sleep for 72 hours to get in character. To which Olivier replied: "My dear boy, why don't you just try acting?"

[@jonasquinn7977]

The method acting story is even worse when you consider that Leto doesn’t even use crutches for most of the movie

[@blaah9999]

Yes! It also wasn’t even that convincing in the movie. 🙄

[@waywardmind]

I think it's even worse when you consider that if any of his coworkers did to him what he did to others, he'd be the first to bitch and whine about having to work in a toxic environment.

[@VALENTINEBEAMS]

Why would he use 'the method' to embody an able-bodied character with physical attributes that set him apart from the general population, winning him praise and adulation?

[@TG-ge1oh]

@@VALENTINEBEAMS I think the guy is just intimidated by his presence in the movie industry, and is trying really hard to create a badass image of himself in order to overcompensate for his lackluster acting skill and presence.

[@estephanymatos8192]

AND...He sucks at acting so why be would he be so over the top when he sucks.

[@hannahmcdonald2315]

My sister worked on this film in the costume department and she said that Jared leto was an absolute terror. He wouldnt wear clothes that weren't designer even tho she was bringing like basic t shirts or vests. He then would cut labels off everything so none could be returned even tho some of it he wasn't planned to be wearing. Shes buzzing its getting bad reviews cause she hated being on it so much lol

[@Mediados]

It's weird that so many actors get reckless. I mean one of the first things is to always be nice to everyone so all can have a good time on set. You literally learn this during acting training.

[@futuristicgirl14]

I’m not even surprised. Jared seems to act awful to everyone, between his behavior and his weird cult I’m surprised he hasn’t been cancelled or blacklisted like Mel Gibson

[@adorablewaffles9818]

@@futuristicgirl14 facts

[@raicrush]

@@futuristicgirl14 He's knowingly spelt with underaged fans and it's well known to many. Sadly he's just another one of the hollywood many who will never be called out on their disgusting actions

[@Sharpe1502]

How were the other actors?

[@noremac7216]

I wish they'd stop hiring Jared Leto. They're just encouraging the delusion that he's a good method actor. Doesn't matter how much weird stuff he does or how idiosyncratic he becomes his performances are always consistently terrible. Stop giving this man roles and letting him terrorize everyone he works with

[@jackwalters3928]

That whole "us vampires are superior to humans so we should rule over them" is a very common trope in vampire stories. I keep seeing it over and over again and you know what? It makes sense. I'm not crazy about it, but it makes sense. HOWEVER, it doesn't work here because they are in a super-hero universe where every other guy has super powers. Vampires are not this ONE thing that is different and superior to humans. It's just one of the countless other things, and not even at the top of the food chain. A perhaps more fitting group who would have that mentality or philosophy should be, well, mutants. And as far as I know some of them already think that way. But vampires? In a super hero world? No dude, you're not at the peak. You're just a slightly stronger guy who can hear very well and needs to drink other people's bodily fluids to get his daily calorie intake. Reminds me of that joke from the first end-game movie, where Dr Strange is introduced to Tony Stark, and Tony makes fun of him for being a wizard because he doesn't believe in magic. That joke would work in our world, or some other universe where there's no tomfullery in general, but in the MCU and especially at the point where the story currently was, Tony had seen so many things, so many people and creatures with all kinds of powers, which makes his joke nonsensical. It's like being an atheist in a D&D world or something.

[@JasminMiettunen]

I just watched Kurtis Conner's video about the new Pinocchio film, and he kept pointing out how a talking horse thought Pinocchio’s nose growing was silly, and how a talking cat walking on two feet wearing human clothes freaked out about a wooden boy. It just… Doesn’t work. That’s like someone in Dumbo going “Yeah, and pigs fly! Hahaha”, you'd seriously be surprised?

[@kraziiXIII]

The atheist thing in a classic D&D setting thing made me laugh. You make an excellent point.

[@jackwalters3928]

@@JasminMiettunen It could work if they were self aware and parodying themselves, like "oh my god, your nose grows?" - said the talking horse. But if they were serious about it then no, it's nonsensical. They have to think about these inconsistencies when they write stories like that.

[@magpie.314]

Except I'm pretty sure this mcu version of Morbius exists in Venom's universe, where super-powered beings don't exist. So except for Venom, vampires would be a big deal in that universe and they would be at the top of the food chain, only sharing that spot with one other superpowered being

[@jackwalters3928]

@@magpie.314 Is this a fact? How do we know that?

[@hermunkulus]

The icing on the cake is how they unironically released it on April Fool's Day.

[@raveng8217]

They were probably hoping people would flood the movie with good reviews as a joke 😂

[@jenna145645678]

The movie itself is a joke

[@chrisblanc663]

Wait.. the movie wasn’t just an April fools joke?

[@PeterKnagge]

General californication - doesn't sound like the Marvel Studios formula at all!!!

[@kenzieuchiha1191]

I honestly didn't know about the movie till Elvis the Ailen did a joke video on it 😂.

[@tenebrousoul9368]

The producers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't consider whether they should. -Jeff Goldblum

[@Jenifer_R_]

What film was Jeff referring to with this quote?

[@AdventuRyn_]

@@Jenifer_R_ Far as I know it's Jurassic Park.

[@Jenifer_R_]

@@AdventuRyn_ Cheers, thanks. That shirt open reclining scene was definitely a 'could I vs should I?' moment!

[@bluetuhgreen]

@@Jenifer_R_ He wasn’t referring to a movie in the real quote. In Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum’s character is referring to whether or not the scientists should have brought the dinosaurs back. OP just modified it to fit his scenario. In case you were seriously asking

[@Jenifer_R_]

@@bluetuhgreen Actually I was. Thanks for clearing it up! 🙂 But that scene with him lying back with his shirt open was still a bad decision.

[@Laramaria2]

Here comes a thing I never thought I would say, but: this movie could have used a page of Twilight's "Breakingdown" and have Morbius drinking blood from a milkshake cup, because I think it would have been pretty hilarious 🤷🏻‍♀️ It's already over the top, they might have just embraced it and have fun with the idea...

[@RMills646]

One of the things that annoyed me and my friends was that they just completely skipped him actually learning to use his powers. Like, one bit was "I seem to have echo location, but I have no control yet" or whatever, and then like a minute later he suddenly had perfect control over it

[@maddyarenburg8880]

Jared Leto and other actors who use this type of "method acting" just remind me of KZbin "pranksters" who do horrible shit and then say "iT's juSt A pRaNk BrO!" when they're called out

[@DENDOKU_]

absolutely 100% it is the exact same thing, assholes using excuses to be assholes.

[@danielbastidas7082]

People should call It like that from now on.

[@emilyrln]

"LmAO u dIDnT gEt THe jOkE!"

[@nont18411]

Jake Paul mentality

[@robertstutesman7764]

his acting is so good you need it pointed out to you over and over again or you forget he is acting. Such is the power of being a real douche and acting like you are not.

[@caitlinrix294]

Matt Smith should have played Morbius. Dude brought the exact energy required of a character called Morbius, the Living Vampire.

[@dinahmyte3749]

he was honestly the only person besides the cops playing to the tone of a movie in the venom franchise

[@dantefarge3369]

At the end of the movie i was rotting for his character bc i just didnt like Morbius, i found more interesting how Milo just went crazy evil with power than every morbius line of "oh no im a monster but i want to be good :("

[@IncredibleMet]

Yeah, I don’t think he’s well known enough to carry a movie on his own yet. I definitely think he has the chops to play an ambiguous character like Morbius. Him and Tom Hardy would be great!

[@stefanforrer2573]

@@IncredibleMet you don't need to be well known to carry a movie.... you just need to be a good actor and jared "i'm a fucking cult leader now" leto isn't, despite his moronic method actor antics

[@robertstutesman7764]

Matt smith is totally under rated as an actor after Dr Who.

[@atthispointidontevencare2709]

The problem with Morbius is that they in no way and form made him a villain, not even an antihero; an almost hero I would say. Realistically the only bad thing he does is on the boat and in universe they say that's not a bad thing. Matt Smith's character should have been Morbius with some of the elements of Leto's Morbius and the climax and ending of the movie should have been the start of a redemption arc, or an arc that turns him into an antihero.

[@l.t.7590]

I wholeheartedly, genuinely love both Venom-movies. They're at least fun and the dynamic between Venom/Eddie is hilarious and yes, 100% romantic. (yes, I have read some of the comics, shush). This? Nah. NAHHH. Always love your videos, Amanda, you're doing amazing watching all this crap for us :,D

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

The Venom movies are great, it started a binge of comics and now he's probably top 5 comic book characters for me.

[@liyre4189]

I think the Venom/Eddie romance works because c'mon, they're sharing a body, there's bound to be something there. Venom is also just super clingy and TOM HARDY as a person

[@beenis4463]

I LOVED the venom movies!! But I knew this movie was gonna suck when I saw the trailer 😒

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

@@liyre4189 I mean everyone liked that relationship idea that they put it in the comics. Venom is like a toxic partner making Eddie believe he has cancer and will die if he leaves, and alters Eddie's memory into thinking he didn't have a kid so Venom could have all of Eddie's love. But, because it's fiction Eddie was able to get over it and fix Venom, and now they're happy together.

[@CC55112]

I don’t know how you can possibly make Matt Smith as a vampire boring but somehow life finds a way

[@benzaiten933]

with Mtt Smih, as with every Doctor, I simply always assume he's there undercover for some alien mission and the TARDIS is standing ready just out of view.

[@ceilinh6004]

@@benzaiten933 I love it. New head canon.

[@Zulf85]

I never liked his as the doctor, but I'm genuinely disappointed he didn't get to play a vampire in a better movie. It sounds like such a wild concept, and I'd love to see what he did with a good script and directing as that kind of character.

[@manboy4720]

how could you fuck up matt smith? he's so amazing in everything he's in and they STILL managed to make him boring.

[@michaelwebster-clark9865]

@@manboy4720 I mean, his movie choices are pretty cursed. This, Terminator Genisys...the man was even in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I guess there was Last Night in Soho?

[@LotusDecember]

In the movie they make a point to have Martine asserting that she is a doctor just like Morbius after someone assumes she's a nurse, but in the end credits Morbius and the Jared Harris character are both credited as "Dr." and Martine isn't. Not a problematic thing, just something I noticed and thought was kinda lame.

[@jamieg-c8099]

It actually is a little problematic, because there's a history, both in media and in real life, of doctors who are women being referred to as Ms/Mrs instead of Dr, or just being called their first name, whereas men are much more frequently referred to by their title. There was a big thing about it on twitter a while back.

[@LotusDecember]

​@@jamieg-c8099 Thanks. I was worried I was just way overthinking it and that people would think I was being dumb for noticing.

[@kyliesmith521]

Definitely lame

[@idiopathictendencies8453]

@@jamieg-c8099 shut up

[@primaryone3468]

Definitely problematic. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@yakuza01]

This has always been my issue with Leto. Yes, he has pulled off some memorable performances and he is talented. I will give him that. However, you know there are lots of unknown actors who could do as good, if not better job, as he has without all the silly shenanigans behind the cameras. He is just lucky that he is a name. He is one of those douches that sees him self as, not an artist, but an 'artiste'.

[@CJMGalaxy]

Getting an Oscar for a mediocre performance is a hell of a drug

[@MsTriangle]

It was far from a mediocre performance

[@CJMGalaxy]

@@MsTriangle how was it better than mediocre? He got it over better performances because he played a trans woman, because that's the Academy's idea of allyship - awarding cis men Oscars for the terrible struggle of pretending to be trans. The actual performance was at best bland and at worst cringeworthy.

[@MsTriangle]

@@CJMGalaxy well I think it was very good, as do the academics who awarded him about.. 60 awrds as far as I remember?

[@CJMGalaxy]

@@MsTriangle he hasn't even won sixty awards across his entire career, music included. What are you talking about? And it's common knowledge that awards shows are essentially paid popularity contests.

[@jackbutler6606]

Just the sheer fact that every time I hear about Leto's method acting is for roles where he can best described as "mid" speaks enough Like one of my favourite bad movies also involves people going to extremes to find a cure for a rare blood disease, I should have liked this

[@Riverrunzred]

Daybreakers?

[@mandipandi303]

As a wheelchair/leg braces user, Leto pulling that garbage filming this movie makes me want to SCREAM. I don't care what kind of actor you are. Assistive devices are not personal props.

[@novatalking]

THANK YOU! I wasn't sure how to put my thoughts into a comment but this is perfect. I also use a wheelchair and need crutches when walking and it just felt *off* when Amanda mentioned Jared using those aids.

[@mandipandi303]

@@novatalking It's clear none of them even considered consulting actual disabled people. Leto is just an inconsiderate asshole.

[@mandipandi303]

@@novatalking It's clear none of them even considered consulting actual disabled people. Leto is just an inconsiderate asshole.

[@evanlinden4410]

Fellow wheelchair user, and yes, Jared’s bullshit is insulting

[@Annie_Annie__]

Thank you! I use a cane most of the time and a wheelchair when needed, and it just makes me want to rage flip a table! I’ve had jerks yell at me in the grocery store because I “don’t look crippled” and I’m “obviously just faking to get attention”. I often wonder where in the hell people would even get the idea that that’s a thing and that abled people go around using mobility aides for funsies. Then I hear stories like this.

[@kikisparkle728]

Can we stop letting Jared Leto be the star” of superhero “anti hero”movies. Can we get a petition rolling?

[@cw2010]

Can we stop that creep from acting in any movies pls

[@sushi287]

Can we stop Jared Leto from being a horrible person and calling it method acting?

[@Zulf85]

The second I hear Jared Leto is in anything nowadays I am immediately put off. I hate him

[@AA-tz2bm]

@@sushi287 Can we put Bandana Waddle Dee in Smash?

[@halloweenfriday]

Can we petition to release the Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad, but have all of Jared Leto’s scenes be reshot with either Joaquin Phoenix or Barry Keoghan as the Joker?

[@tutorialslave]

With a clear throughline, this movie could've undeniably worked. I would opt for self-deception. Have Morbius be obsessed with finding a cure to his rare blood disease and break all manner of laws and moral principles in the process. But his transgressions are filtered through his POV and dismissed as means to an end. His obsession can extend to how he approaches treating his patients. He seems to bond with the little girl (who's completely forgotten about halfway through the movie we got) and is reminded of Milo (who I wouldn't compound with Hunger) whom he couldn't save back in the day. As luck would have it, he manages to cure himself while taking care of her. He also figures out that his newly boosted immune system could be the key to healing her. But he has to dose himself with a highly volatile version of the serum that cured him in the first place. He takes the risk and is turned into The Living Vampire. His bloodlust is complicated by the fact that he can only sustain himself on either rare blood types or the blood of people with rare underlying health conditions. Unfortunately, the girl fits the bill and he struggles to be around her. When he's on the verge of giving in to his craving, either her mother or cousin comes by and ends up drained instead. She sees him for what he is: a monster. And the deceptive self-image he kept intact for 30+ years unravels in one fell swoop: he didn't actually forge a meaningful bond with "Milo" but rather fantasized about it and preferred to call every new kid occupying the bed next to his by that particular name without actually caring about them. Also, he experimented on patients before, sometimes to further his own research, sometimes to figure out the right diagnosis for someone whose odds of survival seemed more favorable - think Gregory House on steroids and gamma radiation. This kind of narrative wouldn't even need a villain per se. If you want, you can tease the existence of Hunger to set him up for a sequel. But having Morbius luck out in whom he slaughtered on that ship (morally reprehensible thugs and guns for hire) and reveal that Milo is to blame for all the other murders is taking the easy way out. Challenge us viewers by pulling the rug out from under us and leaving us uncertain as to how we feel about the protagonist. That way, Kraven would be justified in hunting him down in a sequel or his own solo outing.

[@IvoryValentine22]

Ngl even though Matt Smith totally understood the assignment I’m sad this was the movie he ended up doing. I feel like there are so many actual marvel movies that he could’ve done so great in especially with them bringing in the X Men soon and now it’s really unlikely he’ll be more than a sad foot note in the story of this disaster not-partnership

[@godabandonedthistimeline]

There is still hope for him. Chris Evans was both Captain America and the Human Torch. Gemma Chan was in Captain Marvel and in Eternals. Josh Brolin was both Thanos and Cable. Michael B. Jordan was the Human Torch and Killmonger. Oscar Isaac was Apocalypse and Moon Knight. Oscar Isaac, Kathryn Hahn, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicholas Cage and Mahershala Ali were in Spider-Man Into the Spider verse

[@wise_girl9388]

Matt Smith is one of my favorite actors, and I sincerely hope that this dumpster fire of a movie didn't leave a bad taste in his mouth regarding comic book-related movies. There aren't enough words to describe how much I want him to be cast in a good comic book role through the MCU. I want my favorite Doctor to appear in the MCU, dangit! Bonus points if we can get a lil' Raggedy Man and Amy Pond reunion of sorts.

[@ethansloan]

As a community theater actor, I've worked with several people who thought they were doing "Method Acting." They weren't. The Method is a very specific series of emotional and physical exercises meant to help flesh out a performance; it has fuck-all to do with being in-character even when not actively working. The logic I believe these people use is, "many great actors have done X, Y, and Z when they work. Therefore, if I do X, Y, and Z while I work, I too will be considered a great actor." They don't give a shit about their final performance, they just want people to think highly of them because they made their (needlessly difficult) process so public. I would expect nothing less from Jared Leto, a man who constantly brags about how long he meditates.

[@kidawesomeness123]

no wait, what were the people you mentioned doing in the name of "method acting", im nosey 👀

[@ethansloan]

@@kidawesomeness123 Similar crap to what Leto does. Only responding to their character's name. Being an aggressive asshole because their character is a nazi. I worked with one guy whose character is offstage during a certain scene, but he's meant to overhear what'd going on. So he stood backstage, right behind the set, so he could be "in character" and overhear the scene every fucking show; it was a very narrow space, and all of us who actually needed to move through there had to literally step over him as he (helpfully?) laid on the floor. I heard of one guy, who I never worked with, who basically sexually harassed all the women in the show because his character was a rapist (supposedly that show had to constantly scramble to replace female actors as they all kept quitting during rehearsal, but the Method Rapist was a friend of the director so he stuck around. Again, I wasn't in that show, so I don't know more about it). That guy was the extreme version; usually it's just confined to doing your character work in a very public way. The way I see it, these faux-Method guys are getting on stage and want everyone to recognize them as actors, not whatever character they're meant to be playing. They do whatever "actory" things they remember hearing about Brando and James Dean, even though it doesn't in any way help their performance. While everyone else is working to create the show that they want, the faux-Method boys are working to create the personal life that they want. They want to be the deep, talented, bad-boy artist. In their minds, if they make everyone know how much "hard work" they do, then everyone will see them the way they want to be seen. It's sad. It's like a bunch of guys whose mindset never left high school. Everything I've heard about Leto sounds just like the assholes I've worked with: good-looking, moderately talented, inflated ego, desperate need for validation.

[@yakuza01]

Sorry to hear that. This is why I am fan of great actors who have more of a workman-like approach to the craft and are not full of themselves. Not denying that Leto has pulled some memorable performances but I feel there are thousands of unknown actors, waiting for their shot, who could have done as good or even better job without all the silly antics behind cameras.

[@TheMangoOfAMAZING]

In my musical theater days it was just easier to keep an accent on the whole day but you notice how no one method acts being a perfect person?

[@caerphoto]

"many great actors have done X, Y, and Z when they work. Therefore, if I do X, Y, and Z while I work, I too will be considered a great actor." aka cargo cult acting

[@k.g.donathan6271]

I only ever hear about method acting whenever an actor is playing a character that's morally dubious at best, and a total dick at worst. I never hear about an actor method acting as a nice character. Funny that. It's almost like method acting is an excuse to be a horrible person and not face any repercussions because they were "acting," or "preparing for a role."

[@Zaftique]

As Laurence Olivier told Dustin Hoffman (another Method dude): “Why don't you just try *acting*?”

[@kayleighgould3793]

The only kinda good thing is that apparently Meryl Streep (Idk if I spelled that right) has to keep using any accent her character has all day or she’ll loose it

[@simonbright8784]

Christian Bale is a exception to this rule.

[@starcrysis23]

@@simonbright8784 not really, no

[@k.g.donathan6271]

@@kayleighgould3793 I heard Henry Cavill wore his Geralt costume on and off set of the Witcher in order to break it in. He even slept in it apparently, and just rolled around in rain puddles and mud when he didn't look dirty enough. But because he wasn't rude to anyone on set when doing this type of method acting for authenticity, no one paid it any attention. Except for wardrobe. Who were rightly miffed by his antics, but the clothes needed to look worn and not brand new. Method acting without being a dick is possible. It's just an excuse for most actors who are dicks to be dicks. And those are the stories that get told and those are the ones that get all the praise. Heath Ledger wasn't a dick as the Joker, he was reclusive and came up with headcannons for Batman's greatest bad guy. So I think when utilized properly method acting is good, but it seems like mostly it's only ever used badly and as en excuse for bad people to do bad things.

[@twipardist9742]

Can I just say... I really enjoyed Morbius. I was having a really stressful week, just got diagnosed with anxiety and depression and needed to get "out of my head". Morbius did that for me and I'll always be thankful.

[@canniloni]

the whole method acting thing fits Leto so well because he's so full of himself, this type of acting is just another layer of his narcissism

[@Tiepobadaae]

This whole movie was the most elaborate April fools joke of all time

[@stefanied3219]

If everyone had actually watched the ENTIRE film, the after credits was RickRolling the audience..... never gonna give up....

[@LotusDecember]

After Venom came out and a giant loving fanbase emerged that all interpreted the Venom/Eddie relationship as romantic, it felt like Sony wanted to try and recreate that with Milo and Morbius while also watering it down and pushing the straight romance harder. Venom/Eddie felt accidental but genuine in the first movie, and Milo and Morbius just felt like the most awkward pandering possible.

[@coolboyyo654]

Venom and Eddie also have the benefit of being sorta romantic-toned in the comics too.

[@sophiaisstillagoodunit6626]

I know right, one moment i'm like does milo want to fuck morb-man and then other moments i'm like i though you wanted the morbussy

[@Tink00]

It's hard to imagine sharing a body with someone and not having a bit of romantic tension 😂

[@l.t.7590]

When they have a child together and they call each other "love" and other nicknames (yes, I have read some of the comics too).. yeah. I think we are well within our rights to interpret it as romantic :,D

[@anycullen21]

With Venom it worked cuz its Tom Hardy, hes always intense. You can give the guy a sack of potatoes and he can find a way. Jared apparently cant

[@chriscraven9335]

I'd like to know about what year Method went from "A technique to get into character" to "Staying in character during the entire production"?

[@ameliam5066]

Marvel generated approximately 2% hype in the months leading up to this movie’s release and the only logical theory to explain this is that somebody watched it after it had been shelved for two years just as Marvel were planning the film’s promotion and went: “Oh god, this is actually torture. Whatever we budgeted, use it for Moon Knight instead.”

[@sierraj.1459]

I think the thing that bothered me most about this movie is the sheer fact that he acts like it is some horrific terrible uncontrollable event. Like the man does have a blood disease like you said, him getting transfusions isn't strange-so he has easy access to human blood and no one would question it. He could just go underground for a bit and be like "Oh I found some wild method that worked" or just move and cut all contact and start over. Milo actually made really good points in the movie to-everyone as a whole just made dumbass decisions lol And you are right-they NEVER even test animal blood.

[@jimmyvolakis5194]

But the problem with your solution is that he thirst for blood was growing faster by the day and that synthetic blood could only work for so long until he needed actual fresh human blood

[@famousthaneus9810]

@@jimmyvolakis5194 Not to mention that there's only so much packaged human blood. At the rate he'd have to go through it, it'd be days before he'd result to killing willy-nilly

[@jimmyvolakis5194]

@@famousthaneus9810 exactly, I wish all these so called critics actually think about what they’re proposing before trashing a plot lol

[@BaronVonBielski]

@@jimmyvolakis5194 you provided one reason for a plot hole, when there’s like 10+. They aren’t just “trashing” the movie, it’s genuinely not good. Hence why the original comment has 421 likes while yours has 4. Maybe take the time to consider you have bad taste.

[@octosalias5785]

Of course the Spiderman cartoon handles this because they cared about what they were making by having Morbius lose access due to his increasing bizarre behavior. But this movie isnt about Morbius, its about guy gets super powers fight other guy with same super powers give me money

[@pumpkyn904]

I just performed in my high school’s musical production, and the kid who played the villain used what seemed to me like genuine Method Acting. He stayed “in character” throughout the three hour show, meaning that he wasn’t goofing around with friends backstage like he usually would, and was generally staying very stoic and serious. But he was still being conscientious and helpful towards the other actors and crew all the while. I’m still not entirely sure what qualifies as “Method Acting”, but regardless, it’s pretty embarrassing that an 18 year old had a better understanding of how to conduct himself as an actor than a Hollywood star. Edit: Ok I’m stupid, apparently Method Acting has nothing to do with staying in character outside of scenes. Anyways, my point still stands that it’s possible to retain some parts of your character offstage/offset without being a complete douchebag.

[@doc8013]

It does mean staying in character outside of scenes.

[@fatdaddy1996]

You're not stupid, you made an interesting comment.

[@youdontneedtoknowwhoiam6640]

Based on what I could find on Google, what the drama kid was doing was definitely method acting, and the right way to do it. Method acting is spending a longer amount of time than necessary as a character to play the character better, while also staying a self aware person. And you're not stupid, you made a solid point and had a good example to go along with it!

[@rockinrootbeer1795]

Whether it was considered "method acting" or not, it was still interesting to read about what your fellow actor did backstage.

[@manwithnoname3024]

Method acting absolutely means staying in character while not filming. Not sure who told you different but they’re dumb af.

[@tesstucker3311]

Amanda just wanted to let you know I’ve been binging so many of your videos as background noise all day for like 3 days while grappling with some audio sensory issues. I have been adjusting to my meds again after getting off them to take some illness medication and it’s amazing when they settle, but the first couple days are rough. And you helped me through it. Thought you’d want to know because that’s pretty cool 😎

[@XDarkLordXP]

Bonus: Venom's catch phrase isn't even 'I am Venom' ... It's 'We are Venom'

[@Shinigami41395]

I don't understand why anyone hires Jared Leto anymore. He seems insufferable, and his acting isn't good enough to make up for his personality.

[@tenebrousoul9368]

Hollywood loves cultists.

[@TheSolarium18]

And he is also a box office flop

[@homosexualitymydearwatson4109]

His acting isn’t good at all, anything Jared Leto touches gets covered in a layer of grease. And disney thought about casting him for the tron legacy sequel at one point- i hope they reconsider

[@haku8135]

He's been in ONE super hero movie I'm aware of, and he was so bad he was the central complaint from what I've seen. With Ryan Reynolds, his movie bombed because the MOVIE was shit. Leto's movies bomb because LETO is shit.

[@mdc3227]

He's also a ticking time bomb of impending serious sexual abuse allegations.

[@caithenry8429]

Don't care about supporting cult leader Jared Leto, but I sure as shit love supporting Amanda! Edit: glad you started the video with how underwhelming method acting is. Reminds me of the good old Robert Pattison talking about how actors only go method as a means to justify being a shitty coworker

[@tenebrousoul9368]

especially when that shit would get us arrested

[@margaretgibbs6673]

Robert Pattinson spitting straight facts

[@theotherghostgirl337]

Robert Pattinson being a chaotic human being but also brutally honest at times

[@anycullen21]

@@theotherghostgirl337 And thats why Robert has loyal fans, who defended him since Twilight, and hes made us proud, especially with Batman. We mightve been teens, and most actors I liked back then, I dont like that much now in my late 20s. Hes in the few exceptions. As an introvert, I fully support my fellow introvert, chaotic as he might be, I can relate, I know I can be a bigger troll than him, if I want too 😂😂

[@jus_sanguinis]

"The few against the many like Spartans" Does Amanda mean Spartans vs Persians or Spartiates/rulers vs Helots/serfs? Or both?

[@whitb850]

This movie truly should've been just absolutely jam-packed with an early 00s rock soundtrack from start to finish- Nickelback, 3 Doors Down, Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, Paramore... Roll with the vibe.

[@garibaldibritann1240]

Don't forget: Evanescense, Drowning Pool, P.O.D., Hoobastank, and Limp Bizkit

[@horakhtythecreator6911]

Sonic 1: Wanna see me beat a comic book movie in the box office? Sonic 2: Wanna see me do it again?

[@annef0x]

Gotta love how Sony makes the unintentionally homoerotic stuff so well but always makes the actual romance so bland and unnecessary. Like as shitty as the movie was, I can be satisfied that I'll get hella fanfics out of it-

[@RariettyC]

but then that keeps canonically queer romances from happening in huge franchises because studios think "the gays are so desperate they'll do the work for us, it's basically free marketing through fandom engagement"

[@Thimble-berry]

@@RariettyC You can't blame fandom for that. Producers don't need an excuse to ignore the call for LGBTQ+ relationships in film, they would do it regardless of the existence of fan works--in fact, there would probably be even fewer canon LGBTQ+ characters and relationships without the long history of fandom efforts. At least the existence of fan works online is consistent evidence that people want to see these relationships in the media they consume, and that it would receive support from these communities if only producers would buck up and allow them to happen canonically. Not to mention twisting fandom to be little more than misguided free marketing handwaves the love and effort that people put into transforming the material into new, distinctive creative works that can inspire others and even stand entirely on their own merit. Blame the roots of the problem, not the people coping with it.

[@morbiuscrystal4875]

This is all you mediocre sony bots care about, I can't wait for marvel to get all the characters back from sony.

[@aceofspades3667]

As a queer person, I have given up on canon media and only rely on fandom for queer rep now lmao

[@erikperhs_]

@@aceofspades3667 Well, the new Fantastic Beasts (Secrets of Dumbledore) is out and they make it clear that Dumbledore was in love with Grindelwald. I haven't seen it yet, but I saw people saying it's the first gay romance in a huge Hollywood movie.

[@Sakura-uo3qz]

Would recommend Broey Deschanel's video essay on Method Acting, she discusses its history and references Jared Leto's use of it, its really good

[@ethansloan]

I love her channel. I haven't had time to watch that video yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

[@simonriley4131]

One of the best channels on KZbin rn

[@theomegajuice8660]

Is it just me or are method actors always guys who are getting a little past their prime ...allmost like it's far more about proving something about themselves by taking up as much space as possible and nothing to do with actually delivering good performances

[@simonriley4131]

@@theomegajuice8660 it's basically an excuse to be as unprofessional as possible without any consequences, and it's also an affirmation of labor for them. Yeah those other actors act, but the method actors REALLY put in the work. That's what they want you to believe anyway

[@annegasko7719]

Honestly ‘method acting’ has become more of a marketing tool than an acting one these days. It becomes part of the hype around the movie…any rumours of actors behaving badly is just more free press for the movie.

[@BirdMoose]

But damn, when he looked to center camera and said "IT'S MORBIN TIME" 😎 actual chills

[@nataliebateman1151]

I thought it was decent. But Matt Smith was the best part; he looked like he was having fun and I love this for him. The plot twist was pretty obvious; I knew as soon as it happened. I was like "I ain't buying that." Edit: Also, I honestly thought Milo and Morbius were gonna kiss at certain points. But no, sadly they didn't :(

[@The1Dragonprincess]

Yeah, I was disappointed by that loss.

[@treyden]

it was so predictable that milo was gonna steal the "cure" that I was watching the 2 extra vials and everytime they're on camera, both of them are still there together. milo never actually took a vial of the stuff

[@entitree.]

fr everything about this film was predictable

[@somerandolad]

Matt Smith had no business being in this trainwreck. He's clearly too good for this.

[@benzaiten933]

@@somerandolad ah well, he seemed to have fun and they probably gave him a lot of money, it's all fine!

[@ursaminor9780]

@@somerandolad Indeed, although I will say he was easily the best part of this movie. He “understood the assignment,” (gosh I hope I’m using that correctly) of playing a role in the same universe as Venom: have fun

[@albuszx]

@@ursaminor9780 Matt Smith 🤝🏻 Tom Hardy: being British, being talented, taking Sony's cash and having fun

[@gofilmyourself7919]

It’s not Method Acting. If you read the book of Method Acting the author says that doing the stuff like Jared Leto does is specifically not method. That’s when Method becomes a farce.

[@filmfangirls9163]

I think James Spader does great method acting. He does get into the character really well by becoming them but never at the suffering of his costars.

[@TheLinguistable]

When Peter said to Dr Strange, "I want my friends and family to know I'm Spiderman," I was like, "...then tell them?"

[@mayplaybacks]

Thank you for mentioning the romantic tension between Morbius and Milo, it made my day after watching the movie.

[@jac-attack]

Most actors will embody a bit of their character while filming or on stage rehearsing. There are things you can't get away from like having to have the same hair as your character of you had to get it cut or colored, etc. But you're not going to the Olive Garden for dinner pretending to be Hamlet because that's psychotic. If you can't tone it down enough not to terrorize your coworkers, you're a bad actors.

[@elenalizabeth]

Yeah like there’s some things you can “keep” when out of character (like an accent because that can be hard to get the correct accent again, so it’s easier to just keep talking with the accent between takes) but then there’s other things - like wheelchairs/canes or other assistive devices that you don’t get to keep using when not filming - because you don’t actually need them and not using them when not filming won’t make it hard to go back to using them when filming

[@33pandagamer]

Acting should be like a switch. When you're performing or practicing the switch is turned on, and you are that character. But when your not practicing or performing the switch should be turned off. (Aside from the things that would have to stay switched on, because switching them back on after they have been switched off would be too difficult)

[@jaywright4100]

as a disabled and chronically ill person, the plot of this movie felt wrong and off to me from the outset (supernaturally 'curing' a disability is a problematic trope, as well as disability only cropping up in evil or morally dubious characters) but the more i found about how the went about making it the worse it got, everything leto and the directors did around the disability was absolutely gross. especially the crutches/wheelchair on set part, because as someone who uses a mobility aid it is so hard to get people to accommodate for that, and i just know that were an actual disabled actor to be involved they would not be afforded the same accomodations. fuck this movie, and fuck jared leto

[@letsplaysvonaja1714]

Didn't captain america have health issues and that was why he's the greatest hero while anyone actually talented, healthy and strong would just get drunk on power like the literal nazi guy?

[@albuszx]

Yeah, me too. Also the way he's so obsessed with finding A CURE FOR HIMSELF, not after the betterment of medical research and science... ew. That's why we got anti science people all around, they've got no idea what purpose research serves

[@dirkjehovah4731]

I was thinking about this too. Like in Doctor Strange, you have a character who learns that he is still a full person and while he can’t do some things, he can still do others. In this you have a character who gets rid of his disability with the help of supernatural powers and the whole “blood lust” aspect isn’t really a big deal anyway. It could have been done so much better.

[@homosexualitymydearwatson4109]

Have you seen arcane? How do you feel about Victor?

[@Bro-dot-]

@@homosexualitymydearwatson4109 is his obsession with a cure for himself not just using the hex tech technology he would intend to “better” the world with?

[@WBento75]

Oh my god!!! Completely, unforgiving uncensored!!! I adore this so much and could not hit the subscribe button fast enough! Thank you for this 😁

[@Keithnicity]

All 3 diehard Morbius comic fans had to wait a lifetime for Jared Leto to ruin their thing. That is sad on infinite levels.

[@christianwise637]

Every time the subject of method acting comes up, I just keep thinking of Sir Laurence Olivier's comments to Dustin Hoffman on the set of Marathon Man - "my dear boy, why don't you try acting, it's so much easier?"

[@idek7438]

Imagine one of the legends of your field roasting you for trying too hard basically. I don't know how Dustin Hoffman recovered from that burn

[@liyre4189]

Fucking roasted lmao

[@CJMGalaxy]

This anecdote pops up in my head whenever I see Leto tbh. I'm of the opinion that if someone has to stay in character full time, they're not actually that good at acting. Like, keeping an accent up because accents are hard to jump into and out of (like Brad Douriff in Lord of the Rings) or bringing an important prop everywhere with you to build the familiarity with it that your character has (like Viggo Mortensen did in the same) is fine, but both those guys were *themselves* off set, just with a different accent or carrying a sword everywhere. If the only way you can get in character is to live as that character, you should consider a different job that doesn't so drastically impact your life, and give the role to one of the dozens of other talented actors who are right for the role and can do it without being a Problem.

[@roweproductions9424]

I don’t know why they still employ Leto. He is a menace 😡

[@DaisyLoe]

And yet Johnny depp still isn’t being hired

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@DaisyLoe exactly.

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

- J. Jonah Jameson

[@amandalogan89]

@@DaisyLoe they bother don’t deserve to be hired for a while. Shitty behavior needs to have consequences. These dudes coast by for too long

[@DaisyLoe]

@@amandalogan89 yeah Leto definitely doesn’t but with Depp it was all just false accusations from his ex

[@4amlibra]

This hammers home that bit in Ryan George’s pitch meeting for… one of the Sony Spider-Man films, where the Sony executive and everyone else in the Sony building keep saying “Y’KNOW WE’RE BASICALLY IN THE MCU” while twitching a bit, and….. yeah.

[@Ostkupa]

“My dear boy, why don’t you just try acting?” Laurence Olivier to Dustin Hoffman after growing tired of his method acting

[@Tabby112]

Ok so I wasn’t crazy for thinking Morbis and Milo had a romantic vibe!! Like dude kept the name Morbis gave him, told him not to date the (insert irrelevant female love interest name here), n then him lookin jealous af when Morbis kiss the random love interest. I really felt like at least Milo was gay n had a whole unrequited love thing going on and felt like if they played into it (correctly) I would’ve liked the movie a lot more.

[@niallreid7664]

I was just thinking that. If you dropped the romantic lead and made Morbius and Milo platonic life partners but maybe something more under the surface then have them become frenemies... well I mean it writes itself doesn't it?

[@noah10cool1]

I actively wanted this movie to be bad, and I'm glad. Morbius is a good supporting character, but a whole freaking movie was a terrible cash grab to begin with

[@linaaviles1971]

I disagree. I think his story in general could’ve been a great horror type film or mini series on Disney+. The intriguing plot is there.

[@bethanychatman9531]

If they had written him better I think the character could have been great

[@robertthedevil7598]

@@linaaviles1971 he is linked all over the Marvel comic universe, not just to Spider-Man. Heck, if he had been on Disney+, they could have used him in the She-Hulk show, as he saved her from a degenerative disease during his hero phase in the comics. A horror mini could have worked as well.

[@Raccon_Detective.]

Same! Sony should learn their lesson.

[@oscara8454]

@@linaaviles1971 i only found his story interesting in the 90s because Spiderman and blade were there.

[@ericheeter3304]

How could someone have the audacity to make an entire video dedicated to being a morbaphobe

[@Tomja87]

Who could've guessed a movie about a C-tier Spider-Man villain with no Spider-Man would be bad??

[@mizstories9646]

I'm a huge Doctor Who fan and Matt Smith is my favorite doctor. I so badly want him to do well in his career but man he seems to have the worst luck. Every time he ends up in a big movie, the movie doesn't seem to do well. This, Terminator Genisys, Last Night in Soho. I'm still rooting for you Matt!!! He's had some great roles/movies but I feel like he deserves to be a A List movie star.

[@diegotm4365]

Soho is a great movie

[@mizstories9646]

@@diegotm4365 I agree I LOVE that movie, but it didn't perform very well at the box office 😕

[@ANoonDayDemon]

they have him make an "11" joke in this too... my heart called out for him.

[@allypower3637]

He did so well on The Crown but it feels like that's where his post-Who rise to fame ended, which breaks my heart cause he's also my favorite Doctor and I'd love to see him thrive outside of Who

[@olliedoerr8019]

He’s in the new Game of Thrones prequel, I have high hopes for that!

[@lizc6393]

I was literally just googling the Morbius memes because they are cracking me the hell up. Glad I'm on the same wavelength as Amanda. So happy she covered it.

[@roberthullah8619]

So does anyone know what was going on with the award scene, because we see him there but then when we switch to the hospital its stated that he skipped his Nobel Award. So did he just sit there and refuse to get up; was it a completely different award; his doctorate or did it just completely escape the editor that they left the ceremony in the film.

[@wikidclownchris]

My coffee came out my nose at the squirrel bit 😆

[@mourning_spring]

this movie caused me to learn so many things about jared letto i never ask or cared to find out

[@XxdextriousxX]

Lmao reminds me of those memes of Megan fox and MGK relationship is against our will

[@silversteinmma]

they are just plumbing whatever pre-sold franchises Marvel still has available at this point. The studios are so risk averse they would rather lose money this way than taking a shot on a franchise that isn't already pre-established in some form. It is probably a decent strategy in terms of mitigating risk, especially when they are basically betting hundreds of millions of dollars on these, but it is not hard to predict that an origin story focusing on Spider-Man's 9th greatest enemy will not do well. They are spreading themselves too thin and need to pick their spots better.

[@azarinevil]

Sony has to make films to keep their movie rights, the whole point of them making everything is because Disney is always looming, waiting to seize the last pieces they need for a full MCU lineup.

[@silversteinmma]

@@azarinevil that is a really interesting and good point. They literally have to do it to prevent another juggernaut corporation from stealing market share.

[@felipecosta-kv2fx]

@@azarinevil thats funny actyally, so they don't even have a choice

[@jbqprincess]

Thank you for the recap! I watched it in the theater, but I was too inebriated to remember (or care??) what happened after the whiplash of exposition in the beginning. I just recall laughing at things that I'm sure were not meant to be funny 🤷‍♀️

[@bradwatkins7564]

Theory-It is possible that the symbiote drop left behind by Eddie in NWH forced the spell to balance it out by sending Toomes to the Venomverse as "Schrodinger's Venom" was still "here" and "there"....so the spell took the only other villain in the MCU who knew Peter's identity "Toomes" and sent him instead to the same intended destination of Venom to balance the scales. It's a reach but the only thing i can see making it work. Toomes motivations at the end of Homecoming is open to interpretation. He could have simply been saving Peter for himself and now without the knowledge of Spider-man's identity could alter his outlook greatly. He does not suggest teaming up to fight Spider-man but to the more vague idea of "doing some good". Now...where he got those new wings from in a universe without the chutari tech is anybody's guess.

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

Well, venom did become a party animal in the sequel. I’m sure that ended up on social media and it bounced around the internet and it’s now like someone quoting a vine. That’s the only way I could see that line working

[@stumbling_]

Matt Smith is just such a great actor. Doesn’t matter how bad a movie is he really can lighten your mood. Edit: Okay, so Sony is definitely trying to set up the Sinister Six. But if this movie is any indication of future Marvel-Sony films.. I don’t see that happening. This is screaming Injustice League set up all over again.

[@SammySam191]

I got confused for a second and started wondering how the hell did I miss three more Sinister movies xD

[@sullyproductions5757]

Well Kraven is next with Aaron Taylor Johnson. So you potentially have 4/6 members. The BIG problem with this is they have no Spider-Man and no reason to hate him

[@tutorialslave]

@@sullyproductions5757 Sony could have Venom, Vulture, Kraven, Morbius, Madame Web, Spider-Woman and possibly some other Spider People (Spider-Gwen? Miles Morales?) team up to take on the King in Black.

[@sullyproductions5757]

@@tutorialslave is Madame Web a villain tho? The only time I remember her was in a cartoon and a video game where she was an old lady and I think she watched over the Spider-Man multiverse or something like that. Miles would be cool but tho or maybe Silk

[@stumbling_]

@@sullyproductions5757 The director confirmed there was a Spider-Man in this universe. People are speculating that it will be Miles or Andrew’s Spider-Man.

[@Xehanort10]

Somehow the 90's Spider-Man animated series Morbius who drained blood from suckers on his hands since censorship meant he couldn't bite people and ranted about "craving plasma" was better than this one.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Remember: Sony thought the memes would translate into a decent amount more box office a second time around.

[@ZombieMaster420]

Genuinely a remarkable movie. A masterclass in fact. A supreme shining example. A peak outing and unequivocally insurmountable achievement in abject mediocrity and banality. The finest example of a cash grab at a saturated genre, that entirely hedged it bets on being adjacent to a better franchise than the one it sort of represents. Whatever liminal space Morbius and Venom exist in sure is trying hard to exist despite every film working so hard to kill it in the cradle

[@anycullen21]

My dude, you're right abt everything, but did you have to steal the whole english dictionary for this? 😂

[@DraidtheSpacePirate]

Do you write roasts for a living? A personal trainer? Where'd this gift of words come from? My idol, I have to know.

[@oritsela]

Oh gosh, I am so glad I didn't go and see it after all! This movie sounds atrocious!

[@lnsflare1]

Hey, from everything I've heard, the Venom movies have a kind of B-Movie charm to them that puts it well apart from Morbius' aggressive mediocrity.

[@JohnDarksoul69]

morbius sure is one of the movies ever made

[@paulaeddaklein9410]

jared leto gives method acting a bad name, and he isnt even method trained (or using the method for that matter! since method acting doesn’t entail living in character outside of scenes at all)

[@noblecrew]

EXACTLY he is not method acting at all, he is just taking things that he has heard, turning it up to 11, and saying that it is method acting without really applying much (if any) of the actual method

[@carrotman]

8:46 Grade changing between the teaser and the final seems like it'd be pretty common. After all the teasers are done waaaaaay before a film's final edits.

[@GoodyBadApple]

I actually worked on set with Jared Leto during the filming of this. The whole 'using crutches' thing was just a cover-up for what had ACTUALLY happened; every morning he'd turn up of set, and terrorize random tecchies by eating a pound of his own "Morbius' Special guano" (shit) in front of them, in order to 'get into character'. After a point it made him so sick that he vomited on the floor and then slipped in the vomit, screaming "AH! Michael Morbius NEVER slips!". The fall sprained his hip, but as he got up off the floor, a comedically large anvil accidentally fell on his head, which made him do a Tom and Jerry yell. The injuries forced him to use crutches while he recovered, but weirdly the wheelchair thing _was_ a method acting choice (the head trauma made him think Morbius used a wheelchair). There was the whole incident where he kept asking us to give him rabies so he could imitate a bat more effectively but I think the worst thing was 'Slow-mo time'. Sometimes he'd scream "Slow-Mo!" and we'd all have to pretend to be moving in slow motion, as you might expect. One poor assistant was carrying coffees and Jared activated slow-mo time for so long that the coffees went cold. When Jared asked for his, he got super mad at her because it wasn't hot, and when she tried to explain he just screamed "Replace it with your blood!" Then he pushed her to the ground and bit her neck and just sucked all the blood from her body. She was _totally_ desiccated, it was horrible. It was just an all round bad experience.

[@shambhavitripathi6124]

I'm sorry but sucked her blood ??? How ??

[@GoodyBadApple]

@@shambhavitripathi6124 With a bendy-straw 😔

[@liyre4189]

Beautiful, just beautiful

[@avat4r484]

I don't know what the studio expected filming a script from the guys that brought us: Dracula Untold, The Last Witchhunter and Gods of Egypt. Of these, only the first was financially (more or less) successful. So, this seems like a weird choice even if you are only in it for the money.

[@johnyshadow]

I actually really enjoyed Witchhunter. GoE, I watched it. (That´s all I can say, can´t remember a thing. It didn´t completely suck? Maybe?) Maybe I should give Dracula a try.

[@anycullen21]

@@johnyshadow I liked Dracula, it was better than most vampire movies I've had to endure🤷‍♀ I watched GoE for the Kingslayer, you know to support the GOT actors that were trying different things back then, its wasnt that bad, and I was this weeks old when I realised Chadwick Boseman played the god Thoth, thats how relevant that movie was 🤨

[@NeloBladeOfRanni]

Dracula untold was awesome though

[@laviniasnow4494]

I watched all three of the above. I actually liked „Dracula Untold” and the way they tried inserting some actual Romanian words in it. 🙂

[@anthonyschwartz1084]

"Why ruin a good character?!" I felt that

[@DokkaChapman]

Ironically in the original ending for '98's Blade Morbius is seen on the horizon (played by the director lol) and if Norrington had been given the go ahead to make a sequel Blade would have gone up against him.

[@aprilroseberry7691]

I literally raged SO HARD when it went from killing "Daddy" to killing the FORCED LOVE INTEREST. All in like 5 minutes. UUUGH.

[@ajcaraballo95]

This movie makes Blade III look like a masterpiece.

[@carter_lovejoy]

This makes Fant4stic (2015) look like The Dark Knight

[@reneedailey1696]

The bar was low, but BOY if thst doesn't put it in the basement.

[@strangerofthe2067]

I really like your style of videos and also get a good laugh out of how sometimes it looks like you’re either doing sign language while you’re talking or you’re throwing up gang signs. Very expressive! 😂 I’ll sub to whatever gang it is you’re claiming. 😆

[@W4L3YT]

There is method acting, and then there is what Jared Leto does. It works sometimes, in this case, it doesn't. I haven't seen the movie but all I see in the previews is Jared Leto trying to act a certain way all the time, rather than doing what is required in the scene or moment. Is it weird that even if Jared was 'method acting', it seems similar to his Joker role?

[@iceyfoxplayz7739]

I am surprised she remembered any of their names, I sure didn't after I left the theater. All I remember about the girlfriend is that she had a cat. xD

[@leahdavis9434]

She's a reviewer and therefore writes them down xD also probably watches the movie at least twice

[@Ro-qr4eq]

Why did it have to be Jared Leto. Why. The Morbius comics weren't bad and could have been turned into something really cool for the big screen but this didn't hit the mark on so many levels. It feels like a genuine lack of care on the studio's part - for the source material, for the audience, and for storytelling in general.

[@Mokiefraggle]

The comics were pretty decent for a fair while, though mostly it worked best when in tandem with the rest of the Midnight Sons characters. I feel like if they'd been making this back around the same time as the Blade films, or Ghost Rider, and we got some kind of synergy that implied they could do the Rise of the Midnight Sons crossover, it could've been hype. Like, the first Blade film was the start of the Marvel Comics movie boom, and it could've laid the way for a whole Marvel Dark Universe kind of deal, with Blade (and eventually a proper take on the Nightstalkers. I did come to enjoy Ryan Reynolds' take on Hannibal King, but he's completely divorced from the comic character), Morbius, Ghost Rider and Blaze (yeah, I'd rather see them as the separate versions, Dan Ketch's Rider and Blaze with the Hellfire shotgun), Darkhold Redeemers, etc. Could've been a place to kick-start Dr. Strange, at that. Then again, IIRC, Blade was a New Line thing, not a Sony thing specifically, so...there's that. Instead, Sony does these weird, totally detached things that have no sense of a combined universe, no real continuity with their world...and they wonder why their stuff never stands up to the MCU.

[@WillIBeTheNextDeath]

The "that is not the doctor" line absolutely killed me

[@losisd3ad]

love ur constant back and forth between "LAY-TO" AND "LEE-TO" but never actually using "Leto"

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

I honestly had fun and enjoyed this movie. However, I felt that Jared had more chemistry with the villain than his love interest. I was wondering if that was gonna be his lover or the villain(or both). But then I figured I would have known if morbius was gay since it’d be all over marvel social media Edit: I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that way

[@dinahmyte3749]

I kept asking my roommate if I was projecting and she couldn't tell she was like "it's not canon and this is kinda lame" but we were like "there's no interest from the hot lady doctor and this man bat" and felt grossed out by the kiss...

[@wandauriel]

Saaameee!

[@themimsy]

I love method acting. I am a method actress. Jared Leto doesn’t understand that being a method actor doesn’t mean terrorizing your coworkers offset when action isn’t called. You still need to acknowledge the difference between the character and yourself and make sure you can turn it off. It can be difficult depending on how intense the character is, but if you can’t handle it, you shouldn’t be doing the role.

[@themachotacoisback4333]

As someone who has dealt with method actors in the past You are pretentious stop He is also pretentious granted he takes it to a whole new level of pretentiousness but just stop

[@themimsy]

@@themachotacoisback4333 no I am not pretentious. Not all method actors are bad. Most are good. Unfortunately the bad ones get a lot of attention and make the rest of us seem bad.

[@jpistolas]

I've read comics for a _long_ time & my only reaction years & years ago when this was announced: "Why are they making a whole ass movie about a D list Spider-Man character from the '70's?"

[@marvelmedia]

Everything you said I agree with. You forgot to mention why Toomes even had the vulture suit in the first place. In the MCU the Tinkerer created the vulture suit from salvaged Chitauri technology left over from the battle of New York. Toomes is now in the Venom/Morbius universe which means no New York Chitauri battle so no left over Chitauri technology and no Tinkerer to create the suit for him. Toomes is not a mechanical engineer so how did he get a suit made and where did he get the materials from? This is a brand new universe to him so all current MCU locations don't exist in the Venom/Morbius universe. It would also cost a shit ton of money to construct a suit like that (he is not a mechanical engineer) and he is a prisoner who was transported into a new universe which means he is technically a homeless person.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Adria Arjona is in this movie? After she did Emerald City? And was able to do Good Omens? Did she need to remodel her house or something?

[@Bluey306]

on the bright side: there will be a Good Omens S2!

[@niallreid7664]

@@Bluey306 thank you for cheering me up, stranger.

[@ManCarryingThing]

Haven't watched yet, but so happy you are giving Morbius some attention!! No doubt you'll praise it for its true artistic merit! We Morbius-heads are gonna be thrilled! Edit: oh no

[@MaxAndCheese0917]

Morbius is TRUE cinema

[@redreaper2752]

Method acting to that degree should only be done when you expect to be nominated for a slew of awards because everything from the script to the costume department are amazing so you need to bring your A game. But for a D list comic book character with a lacking script? It shouldn’t be needed. A good actor should be able to accomplish it on autopilot.

[@michaelbruce7512]

It is very clear that Sony does NOT have any clue how to work with these properties, and the only success they have actually been made is Kevin Feige saving their butts. The Spiderman universe has a literal TON of characters that could be mined for box office gold, but they just don't have any kind of insight into how to leverage these properties. Sony, like WB, desperately needs to hire a comic book nerd, give him the list of characters that he's allowed to work with contractually, and then have that guy ride herd on whatever movies are getting developed in order to make sure they are at least loosely connected in some way. This should be obvious to all of these studios at this point. And no, Zach Snyder doesn't count. Any man letting Superman kill someone or Batman shoot guns and murder people is just completely out of touch with the source material.

[@Theauu]

How dare you. How. DARE. YOU. Morbius is the peak of cinema. I can't believe I went to see The Batman when I could've watched Morbius one more time. It was so good it made me cry. I wake up at night with cold sweats thinking about Jared Leto's mesmerizing acting. I'm shaking as I'm writing this.

[@DPerez3573]

Good one! LOL.....wait...is this serious?

[@haveagoodday7021]

@@DPerez3573 100% serious, why wouldn't they tear up over the only movie with 200% on Rotten Tomatoes

[@audefouliard8962]

Send a vampire emoji if you need help...

[@NokoFace]

@@DPerez3573 Why wouldn't it be serious? Morbius is a phenomenal movie. I haven't been as invested in a comic book movie since Batman & Robin.