Black Widow - Movie Review

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Chris Stuckmann reviews Black Widow, starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, Ray Winstone, William Hurt, O-T Fagbenle. Directed by Cate Shortland.

[@SalinaBabba8343]

Spoiler: don't get too attached to the main character

[@galactic85]

Why? Did the character die previously in some type of highly profitable block buster movie that veryone saw?

[@faizanahmed2859]

This is the funniest 'spoiler' I've ever seen

[@bloodboiling3951]

Hahahaha

[@nothingisevil]

you literally cant, they dont write her to be likeable

[@america1st721]

spoiler alert from 5 years ago? ugggggggghhhhhhh

[@averageryan4965]

How did Black Widow die from falling in Endgame when she is clearly immune to fall damage?

[@blackmantis3130]

😂😂i was thinking the same thing. It seems people forget to point that out for some reason.

[@comphysync9084]

Only to falls no longer that 100 feet though

[@nomenetasaili7339]

Good point but with endgame she sacrificed her life in order to get a chance of saving half of the universe. i.e she made sure she dies in the endgame fall.

[@blackmantis3130]

@@nomenetasaili7339 that's not the point.

[@Lucy-fy5bi]

Thank you^

[@KainedbutAble123]

Pro tip: make movies about characters BEFORE killing them.

[@dimitrescu182]

Should have released it before Endgame

[@alanjohnson2959]

So true.

[@sarnimations9255]

they should've released this before endgame rather than captain marvel

[@user-vc3ki4zd2f]

Soo true I think it would be even more emotional when she died.

[@margarethmichelina5146]

It would be make sense if they released it after Civil Wars since the theme took place after Civil Wars.

[@kurthamilton7744]

“Smelling my pheromones prevents you from committing violence against me”

[@atngaming2019]

Right?! 😂😂 I was like gtfo

[@kurthamilton7744]

ATN Gaming it’s just lazy writing lmao

[@XDarkBrotherhoodHD]

Is this the line that Chris was talking about that he couldn’t spoil?

[@atngaming2019]

@@XDarkBrotherhoodHD yeah bro 😅

[@kurthamilton7744]

Nik Terin yea

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

Since this movie is about family I’m surprised Dominic Toretto didn’t make an appearance.

[@AverageJoe483]

He’s taskmaster

[@haraka1999]

This comment needs to be pinned.

[@raygeorge5242]

Ha ha! So good, man!

[@randywhite3947]

😂

[@sophiaandre139]

🤣

[@Tridentboy1998]

This Black Widow movie is like Natasha's funeral postponed for an entire year.

[@firstlast9846]

I mean.. is it even her movie if she’s dead and can’t continue her story - - and literally everything else in “her movie” is setup for their sequels, spin offs etc. Seems like it’s setup for everything BUT black widow 🤷‍♂️

[@themadtitan7603]

I mean it technically is, the filmmakers described it as a eulogy that gives a better insight of her decision in Endgame.

[@willythepeachfacelovebird]

@King Slayer isn't that like any Disney live action film?

[@freshnoodles2108]

@@firstlast9846 isn’t that almost any mcu movie?

[@sealionstudios8597]

Couldn't have put it better myself

[@IftiAlam1999]

The Black Widow film should've come a long ago. Its weird that Marvel chose to make a Capt. Marvel movie following Wonder Woman's success rather than a Black Widow one.

[@paulmccloud9395]

Exactly, and had they switched the two it would have made far more sense. Black Widow getting her movie before her death, and Marvel getting her movie as the first of the 'new era'. I mean if they wanted to have Marvel in Endgame still, they could have. In fact her saving Tony, and then appearing at the end as this mysterious hero would have been more impactful. Just appear for a few minutes, then leave, no explanation. Fans would have been intrigued to learn more.

[@syunafrost351]

Cuz captain is more popular

[@artbargra]

@@paulmccloud9395 I hate how much sense your comment makes. That would've been great, both for Captan Marvel and Natasha, as characters.

[@enderdrag6491]

@@paulmccloud9395 honestly the whole release order of phase three makes little sense. The movies don't take place in release order in universe and the post credits scenes often don't even line up right. It would've made a lot of sense to release Black Panther and Spider-man Homecoming closer to the release of Civil War since that's what it sets up, while movies like Doctor Strange and Thor Ragnarok should've been moved back, especially given that Thor Ragnarok leads directly into the start of infinity war

[@DrViperVideos]

Not to mention casting the female devil brie larson in the role. Awful person

[@lalakuma9]

I feel like this movie should have just focused more on Natasha's "family" backstory, because that was the most interesting part. The movie's actual villain, not so much. Somehow it felt rushed even though it was 2 hours long. I would have preferred one of her "family" members going all Winter Soldier instead.

[@JOTC]

100 percent agree. As soon as the film said " 21 years later" It lost the plot. It's all over the place.

[@hitokiribattousai7703]

The parts when they were kids growing up in a false family & the red room should have been the movie tbh & this should have been part 2.

[@gutzz1519]

Wdym goin winter soldier?

[@marcodominguez1374]

I actually thought since i heard about the movie that it was going to be about how they "corrupt" the little girls minds to became assassins and the evolution of the human side of the character (e.g. the famous "budapest conflict" with Barton and why it's so mentioned in past movies). Instead it's like: music intro explaining basically the bad guy, oohhh hi sister let's kill the bad guy, we killed the bad guy, end.

[@cptjohnbhewler1529]

I'm more attached to her sister, she has a personality I can connect with. Hope to see a lot more of her. Scarlett Johansson was alright too.

[@EmmanuelMuk]

This film feels like a fast and furious movie. Government agencies, explosions, car chases and FAMILY

[@akosleoszilagyi2529]

The flying fortress seems somehow more realistic than that Pontiac Fiero in space. :-D

[@OfficialEdwardNewgate]

@@akosleoszilagyi2529 I haven't watched the movie... But.. *W h a t ?*

[@yoursonisold8743]

@Impersonal Immigrant Did you see the movie? Doesnt sound like it. I've literally not seen Widow take as many beatings in the entire MCU as she did in this movie. They even spend time to show you the damage to her back and sides from when Taskmaster kicked the ever-loving shit out of her. Yelena gets her entire arm cut open and a sryinge rammed into her shoulder. Melina got shot in the first 20 minutes of the movie and nearly died. Or are you one of those people who consider death the only real "hurt"? lmao

[@demiurge2362]

@@yoursonisold8743 yh but she litteraly carries on like normal

[@Mikedaboss123]

Lmao word

[@oskari7121]

"Florence Pugh is the best part of the movie" *pretends to be shocked*

[@mr.balls_cut6206]

He didn't thou-

[@AverageJoe483]

@@mr.balls_cut6206 he means himself

[@iliyabadev3179]

The only consistent information about the movie is that Florence is the best part

[@ttttt5072]

@@mr.balls_cut6206 their talking about themselves

[@mr.balls_cut6206]

@@ttttt5072 you dare disrespect Papa Chris, I have 69 discord servers and all mod on them,so listen carefully boy,if you disrespect me again bad things will happen to you.

[@AscendantStoic]

This should have been the movie we got between Infinity War and Endgame, Captain Marvel could have waited for the next phase (including her cameo in Endgame).

[@leonascimento333]

or a thanos origin story

[@malcolmmiles3603]

They really should've made it after Civil War. It still would've felt like filler if they put it in between Infinity War and Endgame

[@AscendantStoic]

@@malcolmmiles3603 Frankly it wouldn't be filler if they did the necessary changes to make it fit better between Endgame and Infinity War, it would have been a very good chance to show us the state of the world after the Thanos snap instead of wasting time at the start of Endgame to show us that, develop Black Widow more before her eventual demise in Endgame (which would have made her death more impactful) and present few new side-characters to the MCU for future movies. It would have been perfect, the only caveat left would be fixing Taskmaster, because whoever was that clown in the movie he is surely no Taskmaster, it totally feels like another imposter villain (like in Iron Man 3 with The Mandarin) But alas, they stupidly squandered that chance to push Captain Marvel, a character many people don't care about, hasn't appeared or done anything in the MCU up the the point she was inserted in it, and had her comic series rebooted half a dozen times in few years, an all around poor decision.

[@eternalnjem]

Disney executives aren’t the brightest

[@patflat456]

@@eternalnjem No, they just think that you aren't.

[@tornado0925]

The reason this movie was created was because of the end credits scene

[@joeytribianni9280]

I mean the whole movie built up the family and we probably gonna see them again

[@crispypops]

That’s what I’ve been saying

[@cjames1770]

That’s a really dumb comment to make

[@crispypops]

@@cjames1770 shh

[@Theeinsom]

@@cjames1770 lol clearly not kiddo, wake up🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

[@ALROD]

This movie should've been the next one after Captain America: The Winter Soldier

[@iwinmartin4991]

Not the winter Soldier , it should've been after Civil War

[@BrownstownMr]

Right after Civil War. Would have been perfect.

[@thecriticalcynic2022]

i think he meant the movie would have been better if it was released after the winter soldier in keeping with the espionage-action genre.

[@magnis380]

Yeah after civil war preferred. Or earlier.

[@ruebee4334]

@@iwinmartin4991 Or just make two. One after Winter Soldier and one after Civil War. Everyone else gets a trilogy, she could have gotten two movies at the very least.

[@caderomine8331]

I still firmly believe this should have been made before Captain Marvel, much less Endgame

[@jasonchilado]

Definitely

[@firstlast9846]

Captain Marvel didn’t even need to be made - - and tbh her character didn’t even need to be in Endgame.. the only important thing she did was save Tony and Nebula - otherwise she shouldn’t have even really have been introduced Into the MCU. Should’ve just had Tony get himself back to Earth by using Science or something,

[@thediscracedone4932]

100%. It shouldn't have taken marvel this long & they killed her character before they ever did anything interesting with her. Now it sounds like they made a Blackwidow movie too late and everybody noticed.

[@SpliTSideZ]

Same

[@chiefgarvey11]

@@firstlast9846 And Hulk should've been the one to do a 1v1 with Thanos in the final fight.

[@IamtheLexx]

They should've just made a Widow/Hawkeye movie about how they met and what the hell happened in Budapest.

[@OffBeatMikeD]

I totally agree..

[@link1565V2]

The Budapest thing is better left a mystery.

[@peekabooicancu]

IN ALL OF PHASE 1 AND 2 THIS IS ALL I HAVE WANTED TO KNOW. FRUSTRATING.

[@chloe-qs7ue]

i mean they kinda explain what happened in budapest in the film, if i’m not mistaken

[@millasuini8307]

@@chloe-qs7ue just vaguely. it was pretty lame

[@robinartsondrawing8751]

This movie feels like a mission impossible, Charlie's angels and fast and furious vibe

[@HavocFactionmusic]

Would’ve liked it to be much darker and more grounded

[@har5814]

The intro scene has a sequel called The Americans

[@Victor-E-R]

@@HavocFactionmusic DC is better for that

[@greg5655]

💤

[@khalisaisar1119]

Action,Adventure and most importantly FAMILY

[@Xenadroid]

I feel like this movie should have come after Age of Ultron, since we got a glimpse of her backstory and this movie would have been a more fleshed out follow up.

[@shawnfields2369]

I agree completely, dude. Age of Ultron was around 2015, right? Hell, it could've come out around the time of the 2nd or 3rd Captain America movies(The Winter Soldier, being the 2nd, and Civil War being the 3rd), and I think Winter Soldier came out the year before Age of Ultron, and Civil War was around 2018, maybe? I'm sure this sounds crazy, but I think they should've done a Hawkeye movie first. Or given both Black Widow and Hawkeye their own tv show and movie tie-in, all BEFORE EndGame came out. Like they did for Falcon and Bucky(the Winter Soldier), but why release a Black Widow movie RIGHT now? Why not in 2011, before Iron Man 3, or before the first Captain America movie, or hell, before the first Avengers movie in 2012? She was in that movie. We still haven't gotten a proper Mark Ruffalo(that's the name of the actor who plays the Hulk in the 2012 Avengers movie fyi), Incredible Hulk solo movie yet, we could've gotten that after the first Avengers movie. I mean; there STILL hasn't been any proper Hulk related anything really. Edward Norton's awful 2008 Hulk movie nearly killed any possible interest in seeing another Hulk movie, but Mark Ruffalo's proved he could probably pull off a solo Hulk movie, after his performance as Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the first Avengers movie. Remember the part near the end where he grabs Loki, smashes him repeatedly, on the ground, and at the end, says "Puny god", right before the other Avengers get there? I always love that scene. It's hilarious. But this movie is just poorly and just a badly timed release. Which is a shame. Because Scarlett Johansson kills it as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff, and it's a shame her talents don't get utilized well in this movie. Which should've came out sometime around 2012-2016. But they better NOT f**k up the new Thor movie, the 2nd Venom movie,(cuz they got Woody Harrelson as Carnage),or the next Spider-Man movie. Sorry, this rant went on longer than i thought.

[@arthuredwards1433]

@@shawnfields2369 apparently Lionsgate had the rights to Black Widow up until 2014, so that’s why they couldn’t do a solo movie for so long

[@shawnfields2369]

@@arthuredwards1433 Really? Well, thanks for the info, dude. Really appreciate it. Can't believe that Lionsgate themselves wouldn't either make or support a Black Widow solo movie. You'd think they would've, right? But no, I'm guessing they didn't do it because money, and popularity, was most likely an issue, right? Same ol', same old with movie companies; you know?

[@thespiritofjonathanjoestar6805]

@@arthuredwards1433 That, and Ike Purlmutter was against it or something like that

[@hishamrashid5293]

Well that will ruin the timeline. All the the things in this movie happend between Civil War and Infinity War. It would have been good if it came out after Civil War.

[@sheridandy]

Not sure why they didn’t make this movie 10 years ago when her popularity was at its peak🙄

[@briannalee1998]

Right?! Like after Winter Soldier

[@atwunz]

because a man called Ike Perlmutter did not believe female led films would ever work, which might have influenced Fiege to postpone female led superhero movie until 2019, sadly.

[@nieznajomy4398]

@@atwunz Most likely female led films and Inhumans were main reason why Marvel Studio became separate entity

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

Do the reasesrch

[@chaseray7321]

Two words: Ike Perlmutter

[@jeremooYT]

Everyone knows this movie just exists to bring Florence's character into the MCU

[@josesarango3408]

unfortunately...

[@LebahG4nteng]

True, she would be appearing in the Hawkeye series too. Rather see her being introduced in Hawkeye than in this. Also it's a bit predictable that Rachel Weisz and David Harbor's character are going to die cuz there's no news that they would be appearing in future MCU projects, just Pugh herself

[@jeremooYT]

@@LebahG4nteng I did hear rumours that David's charactor will die in the movie, so yeah you have a point.:(

[@megatom5]

Yeah, really this is an origin story for the new Black Widow! Doesn't that get you excited... No one?

[@REChronic54]

Ugh which I'm really not excited for. Florence has become one of my fave up and coming actresses and I'm slightly irritated that her career will soon be Marvel-ified.

[@Hfekaie]

Y’all don’t forget the legend SIMP who provides Natasha with the goodies

[@emberpowertcg7692]

@4 koins Boxing man I felt bad for him

[@busyveins5969]

@Bridget McBride That's the joke, she WASN'T PAYING ANYTHING 💀

[@busyveins5969]

@Bridget McBride Mhmm black widow has a long list of unpayed checks to that poor simp guy 💀

[@TheNoirAlien]

Yes, i found it. I was wondering if anyone else spotted him. She was impressed and he was pathetic.

[@TheNoirAlien]

She wants his resources but won't give him the punanny.👎🏽

[@almondmilk98]

Black Widow, the movie we all wanted, but was given at the wrong time smh. After Captain America The Winter Soldier would’ve been perfect.

[@sillyslicker1]

That's exactly when they should have made it. *sigh*

[@medalgear654]

or after civil war as this movie was supposed take place after that movie right?

[@MG-ok2bn]

That or after civil war came out which is where this takes place after

[@jlo4259]

Said no one.

[@Z3sty367]

Never wanted a black widow film based off what they gave us.

[@jebus89]

Audience: give us a Black Widow movie Disney: yeah yeah just be patient ffs *6 years later* Disney: Hey guys, still want that black widow movie about her backstory? Audience: Not really, her story is pretty much finished now Disney: Yeah yeah whatever HERE IT IS GUYS!

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

Lmao 🤣

[@BeeHatGuy]

That pfp is perfect for this

[@AnnusMirabilus]

I love that you have that avatar because I read Disney's lines in that scene with his voice. I knew where you were going with it early.

[@mansanova]

The MCU is being the DC... Introduce characters away after everybody forgets about them..

[@yudhiadhyatmikosiswono9082]

I really don't understand why Disney ignore her until now. The miss the chance.

[@paradisecity0406able]

I've wanted a Black Widow movie since Captain America: The Winter Solider.

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

It's still a mystery on why it took so long to make

[@chiefgarvey11]

@@Spawnwick_Boseman82820 Isaac Perlmutter is one of the big reasons

[@arafat9828]

@@Spawnwick_Boseman82820 they couldn't figure out a solo black widow movie would be able to build up to infinity war/Endgame cuz most of the post civil war did that

[@thehostofmmm]

I've been wanting a Black Widow movie since Iron Man 2.

[@marcusdavis5599]

@@Spawnwick_Boseman82820 because she wasn't a very popular character. No one cared except the fact she was the standout female I the MCU.

[@luiginastro8831]

I'm very glad Florence Pugh is getting the recognition she deserves.

[@imanelsafy]

Agreed. Other than this movie, I’ve only seen her in Midsommar, but I still think she is a terrific actress.

[@95mushroom]

@@imanelsafy Go watch Little Women. She more than holds her own, in that incredible cast.

[@gloryayara7914]

I love Florence Pugh, like she is brilliant, but I thought Jodie comer would have been good for the role as well

[@cptjohnbhewler1529]

She's awesome, she has a personality I can connect with. Hope to see a lot more of her. Scarlett Johansson was alright too.

[@allthingshollywood2620]

I like her in family themed films like Black Widow and Wrestling with My Family

[@gizmo8760]

Did Natasha take the Super Soldier serum or something? At least John Wick was getting hurt. She took some falls that were just way too unbelievable to not at least suffer a bruise, geez.

[@ABCD-ex5td]

Yeah I think she had the serum

[@grape9926]

Pretty sure the only avenger without the serum is hawkeye

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@ABCD-ex5td no she didn’t

[@YouScareMe1]

She took a modified version. Nowhere near as strong as the super serum that Capt. America took but it does make her slightly more durable and stronger than a normal human.

[@hitokiribattousai7703]

Right! Ive been wondering if she was juiced with something since Iron Man 2! She's definitely not "normal" but then again.. it's a movie. Characters are usually always superhuman in action films.

[@handsomesquidward5160]

The opening scene and credits was haunting and set the tone for the film,similar to The Winter Soldier. But gradually got too comical at some points and gradually fell off.

[@josiahteng6906]

The MCU has this nasty habit of bringing in characters and using them for pure comedic purposes. They did with Drax and now The Red Guardian. Utter waste

[@emberpowertcg7692]

I feel the same why, the opening with the family and the credits were so good, but after that it just became swallowed by the jokes

[@silloweet]

@@josiahteng6906 I don’t get how so many people like Drax. I haven’t watched Guardians of the Galaxy 1 since it was released but I remember him being decent. After that it’s just trash jokes after another

[@jessicanyokas]

I just watched it. They should have Markus and Feely to do the script and screenplay. It was awful IMHO. BW deserved better...

[@RakibHasan-zp1cf]

Nah winter soldier was fucking awesome but this one was cheesy

[@sethanderson542]

I’m glad Jim Hopper is doing well in Russia, was getting a bit worried…

[@bruceleeroy8302]

_I understood that reference._

[@sreenivaskamath4243]

Pls elaborate

[@ExoticDreams]

@@sreenivaskamath4243 stranger things

[@sreenivaskamath4243]

@@ExoticDreams man that felt like a long time ago

[@djofortunato5799]

Harbor has argued in interviews that the two stories could possibly dovetail into one another, since the original cut had him looking just like Hopper lol

[@user-qu5js9vw9o]

Did anyone ask for this plot tho… like I would’ve much rather loved an origin story

[@valmuncfezarion8607]

I’d rather know how black widow actually escaped from the red room system initially than this story tbh

[@samcrow4640]

An actual origin story would likely be R rated, which would have been better.

[@racool911]

I want to see the first Budapest mission lmao

[@elilinnell550]

@@samcrow4640 there actually weirdly before any mcu movie a rated r black widow film was written about this exact thing about how she escaped and u can read the script online but it is very gruesome and a lot of profanity would recommend

[@brilarue30]

Right! she and Hawkeye love talking about Budapest

[@ML-tr1hz]

Black Widow should have gotten a movie years ago. I wanted one for so long.

[@ML-tr1hz]

Also, this movie really should have been about her past with Bucky. Not sure if he shows up because I haven't seen it. But it really should have been the core of the movie instead of all these new characters.

[@r520jr8]

@@ML-tr1hz Does she have a past involving Bucky? She does in the comics but I don’t remember the movies ever touching on it

[@chris4380]

@@ML-tr1hz Her and Bucky almost have the same experiences. Natasha was way more in common with Bucky than Steve. Black Widow movie should've started right after Cap2.

[@redred222]

A former marvel executive hated her character. He was always fighting one of the reason agents of shield and the Netflix shows not being in the mcu cannon

[@marcusdavis5599]

Nobody cared except she was the lone female character that was less popular than any of the other avengers, including Hawkeye.

[@shawnregina9110]

Would’ve like to see a movie exploring her past and the “red in her ledger” concerning Hawkeye…

[@uscman]

I thought we’d get a trilogy where it explored what we saw in the red room from Age Of Ultron, fighting under Russia, and meeting Hawkeye where she becomes a SHIELD Agent to come clean.

[@booboo4ever24]

Wait we get none of that? Geez

[@sunnysied713]

It's briefly discussed, but not really explored in depth. Some flashbacks. The Red Room is very underwhelming.

[@evie8078]

I was interested in this too.Also meeting Hawkeye and crossing path with Winter Soldier.CA:Winter Soldier was dark,I am or was expecting this one to be to.

[@mrtalos]

That should have been part of this film

[@kobewankenobi248]

*Her character at this point has just been disrespected. Like everyone else, I agree this should’ve been done years ago*

[@gamemediafan1714]

Maybe that's why Scarlet went on a rant about the "sexualization" of her character in Iron man 2 and the avengers.

[@8bitdiedie]

@@gamemediafan1714 I’d hardly say sexualizing her is disrespecting the character, as that’s always been in the characters DNA, it’s more about them refusing to elaborate on her identity and backstory in most of the other movies.

[@gamemediafan1714]

@@8bitdiedie I agree. That's why Marvel's new "feminist" angle is bothers me so much. They've been holding off on a black widow movie despite us begging marvel for one since the avengers, and then they try to use Captain Marvel as a feminist mouthpiece? Hypocricy at its finest. I was just more poking fun at what Scarlet said recently about "sexualization" with Black Widow back in Iron Man 2 and the avengers.

[@6ixlxrd]

@@gamemediafan1714 Yeah, ranting about the sexualization of a character well-known for basically being a femme-fatale (without it hindering who she is as character or taking anything away from her badassery...since it's literally one of the primary reasons why she's so badass) was indeed something funny to watch happen. Especially since it wasn't the sexualization that was disrespecting Widow as a character; it was the characterization (or lack-there-of). Black Widow should be more than just sidelined eye-candy with no immediate sense of belonging or urgency to the plot. THAT is what Scarlet should've been ranting about. I mean, she's already been through a perfectly similar situation with her role as Major in Ghost in the Shell. Did that flop not teach her anything?

[@GoddoDoggo]

@@6ixlxrd You're misinterpreting the "rant" about sexualization. Women are not solely upset about sexualization. Plenty of female characters are popular, very sexy, _and_ well-liked by women and "feminists." In fact, I'd argue most "feminists" embrace sexuality. The issue is sexualization being the _primary_ aspect of the character with zero effort put into anything else. Which was an issue with Black Widow. In the first few movies she appeared in, she was "sexy badass spy lady" with zero to no backstory or other characteristics. When they finally decided to give her other character traits, those traits were "Romantic Interest for Hulk" and "Infertile Womb=Broken Woman," which were just kind of insulting, honestly. Then she never got a movie, and when she finally, _finally_ started to become one of the most dynamic characters, THEY KILLED HER OFF. So for many of us her whole through-line just felt like "Sexy, sexy, sexy, sad, dead." Wtf.

[@JeremyBX]

That Parachute that Natasha found was more convenient than a Parachute at the top of a random building in GTA Online. it was just..... there.

[@pieceofpeace35]

YES. THANK YOU. Like you mean to tell me this airship is literally falling out of the sky and someone just leaves a functional parachute on the ground somewhere??? It would have been so easy for her to just have taken it from someone else. Or grabbed it from a supply closet or at least somewhere that made sense. So frustrating!

[@trevorrogers95]

“… I’ve loved her contribution to the MCU over the years.” Me: Oh no. He’s about to say it’s crap.

[@themarveldcfan3463]

Not crap, but definitely disappointing. At least it wasn't a F or worse, a hilariocity review.

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

The only reason I hate it is TASKMASTER, my FAVORITE SUPER VILLAIN was the most disappointing thing in this movie. I am devastated. Sorry if this sounds like a rant; been wanting Taskmaster in live action for years

[@Goremize]

@@questworldiangreenknight7455 Hope you like him mute :)

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

@@Goremize in the words of Darth Vader “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!😩”

[@pft1600]

It really isn’t bad. I watched it yesterday and liked it a lot. It isn’t an A+ but this guy criticized it pretty harshly imo Definitely worth a watch regardless of what reviews say

[@seoul08]

I still can’t believe we got not only one, but two ant-man movies before a single black widow movie.

[@Wade_Fucking_Wilson]

Even funnier : we'll get an antman trilogy before man of steel 2

[@emptygee5882]

Hes much much more interesting

[@ayushman3359]

@@Wade_Fucking_Wilson Even funnier: We have polka dot man on the big screen before Nightwing.

[@zangoon4546]

@@ayushman3359 that’s insane lol

[@HurricaneDDragon]

To be fair, as dreadfully forgettable Ant-Man & The Wasp was, it was vital for Endgame

[@doejohn9052]

They just wasted Red Guardian. He could’ve had a great action scene….

[@roberttrevino62800]

Exactly !!! I mean what in the world ??? He only threw one punch and he didn’t even land it !!!

[@aellahnjung]

It’s nats movie not his stop crying

[@WLTR-]

And the Super Soviet Soldiers

[@aellahnjung]

@Tiberiu Farcas are you dumb? Literally wasn’t even in the travel for 30 secs, why are so mad he wasn’t the main focus in a BLACK WIDOW movie??

[@logancoasterroasterlockwoo163]

Nah nah, taskmaster was wasted,

[@Lifeinpurgatory]

I wanted a more down to earth spy movie, instead I got the same old marvel movie with floating air fortresses and massive explosions every 5 seconds

[@justinjaeger1554]

I feel like Chris has been making some really interesting observations from a screenplay perspective lately because he himself cares about the craft and is a screenwriter. Great stuff

[@KT-ki7oo]

So true, I've been a fan of his for years and he's the only movie reviewer that i watch. His critique is fair and on point and his analysis oftens makes you see the movie in a new light.

[@Joe22245]

@@KT-ki7oo Not a fan of YMS?

[@bhavyasavani6770]

guess what......................... final draft of Black widow was written by wandavision creator lolZ and wandavision idea was of kevin fiege so it wasnt even creators ptich for wandavison and she can write good characters only if she tries, she IS NOT GOOD COMIC BOOK MOVIE AND TV SHOW WRITER :( :(

[@CK_Godoth]

@Luis Collado so?

[@themarveldcfan3463]

@Luis Collado what does his sexuality have to do with the way he reviews movies?

[@WH250398]

Too bad this being a prequel takes away all tension. You never have to worry about the main character, because you know nothing will happen to her in this movie.

[@Dogen70]

Thats how comic books work

[@theimortal1974]

not necessarily. what if black widow in endgame was really a skrull or some other kind of twist and she really dies in this movie.

[@randomness5281]

The only prequel that i found to still work and display a sense of tension was better call Saul But that may also be due to the ambiguity of the character

[@telltellyn]

You don't worry about the main character in any MCU solo film, that's nothing new.

[@DiamondDead]

you are seriously naive if you expect a superhero to die in his own mcu superhero movie

[@bruceleeroy8302]

Let me guess about the bad line at the end. The villain says _you can't defeat me because I am not your husband._ Natasha then says _that's it? so what am I some kinda, Black Widow?_

[@theimortal1974]

and roll credits. but seriously i can totally see that.

[@aarons8532]

I can also see where he says “ ha you will never defeat me you just a girl , and widow says “ no I’m a woman and kills him ! I can totally see that 😬

[@mastalee1776]

Lol oh boy thats shit lol

[@Fortunateis4luck]

@@aarons8532 Get outta here with your political bait

[@matthewstrobelt564]

I think it might be a line about why she can't have kids?

[@jaynadiah5498]

This is part 2 of the Florence Pugh 'Fighting with my family' Trilogy

[@MidTierVillain]

They really mishandled this property, it’s almost like they threw this movie out there, just to get it out there..

[@logicomamk2848]

Just like Chris said in the review Mr.Deepthinker.

[@Saltyaf38]

Pretty sure they did

[@MidTierVillain]

@@logicomamk2848 I commented when it was first uploaded, sir.

[@captainseg]

Rights, dude. Black Widow didn't became Marvel's property 100% until 2014. It was under Lionsgate and they gave the full rights to Marvel Studios since they couldn't make a Black Widow movie. Not to mention, the main story was already getting ready for Thanos once we saw Age of Ultron back in 2015 when Thanos got the Infinity Gauntlet.

[@matthewsagliocco4458]

They probably should have just released it on D+ last year

[@Pupeyes]

Damn. They turned Black Widow into a passive protagonist? Sounds like this was definitely written for Florence. It’s crazy Disney manages to sideline Black Widow, again, in her own movie. They never really knew what to do with her. She was bad, then good, then had a thing with Bruce, then it was dropped, then she’s killed, then she’s back as a sort of protagonist. How is anyone a fan of this character is still a mystery to me cause she is such an incomplete character.

[@cthulhutheendless1587]

This is a prequel, so it’s not like she’s suddenly back from the dead.

[@austinhernandez2716]

@@cthulhutheendless1587 that's not the point 🤦

[@RoyGBiv-lc8tv]

I think the point is that the character had potential, and they just dropped the ball with her. To be fair, this character isn’t the only character that Marvel/Disney dropped the ball on.

[@king_supreme1102]

ScarJo always gives me a “I appear nice on the outside but on the inside I’m a manipulative evil bitch” vibe. So I never really liked her that much.

[@partydude388]

@@cthulhutheendless1587 Are you slow?

[@gurleen7041]

the movie is literally just florence pugh’s character ft. black widow and friends

[@_XR40_]

Best to keep in mind that the whole point of this movie is to bring in a "new" Black Widow (ie: younger, less expensive actress). It does what it was intended to do. Future MCU films will be using Pugh in essentially the same role.

[@gurleen7041]

@@_XR40_ that’s so backhanded though. i understand why they did it but i wish they didn’t push her character to the back and only use her to highlight new characters. all the male characters get 3 movies each and she got 1 which was barely even about her. kinda sad if you ask me.

[@_XR40_]

@@gurleen7041 Quite true. It's really rotten, but that's modern Disney...

[@abdullahahmad4239]

@@_XR40_ That makes it even worse. Just because something did what it intended to do doesn't mean it isn't shit

[@gurleen7041]

@@abdullahahmad4239 literally. it seems so cheap in my opinion especially since black widow was a character people wanted a movie for for so long

[@Gardetrace]

The fact that not only it took them 11 years to give her a movie, and not only was she already dead after this movie's release, but the movie can't even be called hers as it does nothing to further her (already over) story and is just a disposable setup movie really grinds my gears. And what were they thinking with Taskmaster? Marvel really fucked up with this one.

[@joeytribianni9280]

@Tyler Davis I think the concept behind him is cool, great design, great ability. I liked her in the movie as this terminator type character who plowed through every obstacle to get the target. I didn't really care about the reveal at all because like who was it really gonna be? There was no more impactful character it could've been

[@EdwardKenway-lr5tl]

This should've been released before Endgame instead of Captain Marvel, they could have mader her movie after Endgame like Black Panther after he appreared in Civil War, her character would've gotten more development and her death would also have been more emotional

[@slayerhuh404]

I always thought the best way to take out 2nd Thanos would be for him to beat thor/iron man/cap, and then when they're all hopeless, banner finds out that black widow died from falcon and he gets so pissed that he finally gets over his becoming hulk problem and gets so angry that he just completely smashes Thanos enough, maybe with the help of Scarlet Witch so she can also have her revenge moment, to get the glove off him which Iron Man then scoops up so as to make his final sacrifice. Now that would have been a good ending to Endgame.

[@medalgear654]

agreed. Captain Marvel sucked both as a movie and as a character.

[@ezraelreynolds3442]

@@medalgear654 facts

[@_2staxx]

Go back in time and make the movie

[@GoddoDoggo]

@@medalgear654 To be fair, Carol Danvers is arguably the worst version of Captain Marvel, not much you can do with that, and they pussed out of the alcoholism plotline, which is the only interesting character trait.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

"Such a poser" LOL "Do you like my vest? It has a lot of pockets".

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

I like Pugh's comedy lines. But Harbour's just bad

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

@@oleksandrbyelyenko435 I agree.

[@NoName-so8ty]

I don't understand how these lines are funny. Can someone explain? The jokes felt so childish.

[@hitokiribattousai7703]

@@NoName-so8ty I didnt think they were funny, just cute & innocent. That's probably why sum ppl giggled.

[@Anthonycheesman33]

@@NoName-so8ty they were mcu funny lol

[@jimharrison2513]

Black Widow should have gotten a movie during phase 2.

[@movieschecklist9388]

I agree

[@herloss448]

it shouldve been her movie after infinty war not captain trashvel .in that way we get more sympathise about her death then they shouldve introduce trashvel in the endgame this is why after IW mcu is became shit

[@alessiobracco6161]

You say that, but you clearly have no idea how misogynistic Hollywood is especially during phase 2 of marvel. They didn’t consider making black widow until the success of Wonder Woman bc they sadly thought a woman couldn’t hold her own in a movie.

[@jimharrison2513]

@@alessiobracco6161 Hollywood isn't misogynistic, they only care about money. Considering that before Wonder Woman the highest grossing female superhero movie was Catwoman at 82.1 million dollars, I can see why Hollywood wasn't rushing to make female superhero films. Also female lead blockbusters aren't guaranteed successes. Just look at Ghostbusters (2016), Terminator Dark Fate, Charlie's Angels, and Birds of Prey.

[@alessiobracco6161]

@@jimharrison2513 that is all true. Further proving my point that they would have never made black widow in phase 2 for the simple fact that it wasn’t a safe bet for success and they didn’t believe a female character could bring the $$ and movies like catwoman or Electra or any movie you listed certainly didn’t help the case.

[@granterwin952]

I also feel like this movie did the thing a lot of marvel movies do, which is make the villain ridiculously influential in the world? Like we meet the villain of this movie in this movie, and not to spoil anything but its implied that he has a lot of power over the world. Why have we not seen the effects of his evil in other marvel movies? Make the story smaller but allow the characters to be big within it

[@seanmarquis2216]

Florence Pugh will be the new Black widow, everyone else is expendable in this movie.

[@zeciderz3071]

That stranger things guy dies

[@LaLa-oj5ct]

@Justin Gary he doesnt

[@colecruickshank9689]

@Justin Gary he doesnt

[@PetePuebla]

This movie is long overdue and Scarlett Johansson clearly earned her own movie a long time ago. They definitely should have made this movie before or after the Avengers. Scarlett Johansson earn her own Solo movie and it's about time we have something.

[@shawnfields2369]

Exactly, dude. I agree, 100%. Why she didn't get her own solo movie a long time ago, is really beyond me. Releasing it now is just stupid. And I was hyped up for it too. But if they ever get around to a Hawkeye or another Hulk movie, they better not f**k it up. This wasn't a bad movie, just a poor time to release it, as it should've been around 2012-2016. Maybe before Winter Soldier; maybe after it, before Civil War, after it, but definitely NOT after EndGame. Bad idea all around. I get that 2020 was a horrible year for literally everyone, and affected everything, but Black Widow's movie was definitely set up a LOOOOOONG time ago. Same with Hawkeye, and Mark Ruffalo's interpretation of The Incredible Hulk. Because the 2012 Avengers movie made them both super red hot popular, and same with Black Widow. Because they cast the PERFECT lady to play Black Widow. Everyone loved Scarlett Johansson's portrayal of Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, so she should've gotten her own movie planned RIGHT there, after her appearance in Iron Man 2, which came out in 2009, I think? But yeah, we could've had at LEAST 2 Black Widow movies by now. Did they hesitate to release it because she wasn't as popular as the other Avengers or something, because if that's the truth, pretty lame ass reason, guys!

[@DublinJimmy80]

Yes but no, cos it's shit

[@babatazyah]

@@shawnfields2369 Ike Perlmutter didn't think a female led superhero film would sell. Thank god Feige doesn't have to worry about him anymore.

[@cedriclavoie8123]

Agree, but youll be disapointed lol

[@dennisvh3811]

Earned? I mean, either there's a good story or there isn't? I'm not interested in watching movies because an actress earned it. Hopefully this will be a good one though.

[@jkellyid]

cynically I feel like the actual role of this film is to introduce a new black widow agent as there are many black widows in the comics.

[@galactic85]

Wait ...you're telling me that marvel made a movie just to set up another movie for people people watch? How unexpected! Anyway I'm off to rewatch thor the dark world. /s

[@ryuman757]

@lilmil And done well 🤣

[@c.a.7289]

She had one of the most hardest life styles and this filmed talked about trafficking girls, validation, free will so many good hidden messages for women. It took for Drako to see potential for them to feel validated. I felt like they should’ve brought this forward BEFORE the infinity war and end game movie. The fighting scenes were really good but they did a terrible job telling Taskmasters role! Overall I love the sisterly bond and the hidden messages but this movie was long overdue and they should’ve done a better job with the sequence of events

[@bighands69]

The movie was trash.

[@jasperclydeinsd592]

I love the callback line “Thank you for your cooperation”

[@ahlokecafe_articulate]

As marvel gain popularity, the movies will eventually lack vision, creativity and storyline.. It's all came down to money.

[@thepaperninja3123]

I'm afraid it's always been like that, except for movies like infinity war

[@austinhernandez2716]

@Justin K have you watched them all? The character arcs were amazing, and it contributed to their loss in Infinity war.

[@Ineedgames]

But Vision got revived in WandaVision. :)

[@GeorgeChatzikal04]

I wouldn't say projects like wandavision or upcoming movies like Shang Chi and the Eternals lack vision and creativity. Marvel just has to figure out the way to perfect the execution, because evidently that's where their latest outings fail (e.g. Falcon and the Winter Soldier)

[@doryfishie2]

@@austinhernandez2716 I've watched all of them. The first Iron Man was good, the Edward Norton Hulk was decent, the Captain America movies were good, Doctor Strange was good. The writing was good and the actors carried the characters well. Everything else felt more like obvious cash grabs, especially the Avenger movies. Iron Man 3 and Captain Marvel were probably the most offensive cash grabs. Iron Man 3 for being god awful. Captain Marvel for being the movie released right before Endgame but had the most thinnest of threads connecting it to Endgame.

[@rifledragon8133]

*If this movie had come after the civil war then it would have been perfect.*

[@manavbhalla2861]

Literally no one is complaining about the timing, but the nonsensical plot. Stop licking Marvel’s ass

[@racool911]

@@manavbhalla2861 Actually everyone's complaining about the timing lmao. One of the main thing I always hear about this movie. The plot was meh

[@shandysawh3071]

right? if this was the movie they were gonna make, imagine how awesome it would have been if shown then, end credits and all! we would have been tying ourselves up in knots trying to figure it out!

[@rifledragon8133]

@@shandysawh3071 yeah, apart from the timing and some weird dialogues (as Chris mentioned) I feel like the Movie was really good. And also kinda upset that they wasted dynamo but its all good. If this movie was released on time then it would be so so good.

[@damn6039]

Movie is and would've been shit no matter when it got released

[@declanfeeney7004]

This movie had an interesting opening. Then we get this absolutely magnificent, black ops esque opening credits sequence. I’m hyped, I think I’m about to get a really cool spy thriller… Then it just goes down from there and becomes a generic and mediocre marvel movie. Good performances from the main 4 actors especially Florence Pugh, who was easily the best part of the movie. But not enough plot, action or emotional Investment to make the film worth watching outside of marathoning all the marvel movies. Shame really, if this was a gritty and grounded spy film about Natasha defecting and/or the Budapest mission it could have been a stand out film in the marvel catalog.

[@zaza7895]

I honestly more intrested on the "budapest incident" then anything in this movie i rather have a story about how she was a killer then have barton come in and what there mission was

[@sw33tm3]

Yea we have so many Budapest references throughout the series but they never gone over it with us… I was hoping to see a reveal of that history in this movie.

[@jessicanyokas]

All of this!!

[@gabrielbehzadi9182]

So true

[@omrisimhi8378]

Taskmaster was the biggest disappointment of this movie IMO. That character is much more interesting in the comics...

[@skychieftain]

Every comic counterpart of the mcu villains (and 80% of mcu heroes) are better in the comics

[@omrisimhi8378]

@@skychieftain agreed

[@diamond_dude1063]

@@skychieftain thanos in mcu was better tho.

[@skychieftain]

@@diamond_dude1063 no he wasn't lol. His motives and plan was among the worst things about mcu. Feige never fails to destroy comic book characters

[@reubenc228]

Even in the Spider-Man PS4 game he was way more interesting

[@christopherramsey7027]

They should've made a movie in a similar style to Winter Soldier

[@evie8078]

I agree,I was expecting it to be like that.

[@cedriclavoie8123]

Should of done alot of things differently.

[@LebahG4nteng]

That's because of different directors I guess, Cate Shortland and The Russo Brothers have different visions and styles for their own MCU film

[@briannalee1998]

Yes with the same writers and directors

[@lye27]

Marvel: Nahh, take these childish, cheesy, filled with jokes movies instead

[@pacificseaotter6952]

This is literally my feelings on this movie. i WANTED to love this movie, and I just didn't. Winter Soldier will remain my favorite movie, i guess. (I was hoping this movie would be better)

[@empressmacaron4737]

Yes! Winter Soldier is my favorite too. That movie was the bomb! ❤

[@jessicanyokas]

With you there. The Winter Soldier had me on the edge of my seat. Best stand alone movie ever.

[@ShawHortonMusic]

@roman_the_baptist I agree. It looks really bland (“concrete: the movie”), the action is terribly shot and edited (quick cuts and shaky cam are the bane of my existence), and it seems to mainly only serve the purpose of revealing Hydra has infiltrated Shield, and that Bucky is alive. Many people consider it one of the best, but I think it’s a fairly mediocre film overall.

[@achyuththouta6957]

The problem with winter soldier is that Captain America has no depth in the film. He's just a dude who stands for freedom and that's it. Like I get that making Captain America likeable is hard because he's a lame character but there's no proper attempt. I mean look at iron man. He was a lame boring character but they wrote him in an interesting way and it worked.

[@ghostoyster]

the writers at marvel are literally incapable of writing a good female lead movie

[@purple1441]

ahem, wandavision

[@noosaibazahrah1318]

Dire Wolf Nation I did enjoy wandavison

[@kieroncampion120]

Captain Marvel and Black Panther are the only good superhero movies.

[@Fluffy_production]

@@purple1441 wandavision was eh

[@theflyguy2133]

@@Fluffy_production yeah cause wounder woman 1984 was such a great movie and the first 1 was meh

[@emeidocathail7808]

Disney screwed Johansson .. she deserved her solo film years ago after Civil War and certainly before Wasp and Captain Marvel. Poor marketing and decision making. Can’t blame for being pissed.

[@mikeyyyyyy3312]

She’s got enough lol shes in like 12 marvel movies lol

[@jaydenclancy1139]

Not really disney's fault, it's probably because of douchbag perlmutter

[@abdullahahmad4239]

@@jaydenclancy1139 Yeah,it IS disneys fault. Perlmutter lost control in 2014.Phase 3 was all under Feige. They could have easily gotten Black Widow instead of captain marvel

[@emptygee5882]

Scarlett might have deserved it cause she's a star but NOBODY cared about the black widow comic book character

[@Rushking20]

Well the covid messed most of that up cant blame them

[@BenLA5]

The movie we wanted, but not the one we or Natasha deserve. This movie sounds like a lifeless cold body lol

[@TheMasterQuests]

That’s actually what I expected 😂

[@hcaz5818]

I truly know no one that wanted this. Boring character

[@toof987]

@@hcaz5818 read the comments, there are people that wanted this film. it just took too long.

[@hcaz5818]

@@toof987 I'm saying personally no one I know cares. Comic fan boys are different. Not every side character needs a solo film, and this undoubtedly proves it

[@princebubby]

A damn shame. A Black Widow movie could have been great. So much in her backstory that would have been captivating.

[@Brendy733]

I don’t know really understand why people are so disappointed with this movie. I thought it was really good.

[@MrNotgoth]

It’s explained in this review pretty well

[@matador2554]

@@MrNotgoth nah this was fire lol it’s hero movie when you take it as such it was amazing 8/10

[@Brendy733]

@@MrNotgoth well yeah obviously I understand that Chris and all the other reviewers on KZbin think that every movie needs to be perfect. Just not sure why other movies have gotten a pass lately and not this one.

[@MrNotgoth]

Lol y’all just looking for validation for your tastes instead of being open minded. Sad 🤣

[@Brendy733]

I guess what annoys me is all the people calling this movie filler as if they couldn’t have gone into it knowing that that’s exactly what it would be. Like what did you expect from a prequel about a dead character? Just saying. Of course I respect people’s opinions on the movie. At least it was better than black panther and captain marvel.

[@firstlast9846]

*Doesn’t matter if this film is God Awful* still gonna be seeing MCU fans writing Essays in the comments about how it’s immensely deep.

[@arafat9828]

lmao

[@Santoryu90]

There’s gonna be fans like that in whatever popular franchise

[@steeverogers5274]

Movie sucked

[@mr.dccomics9018]

Yep.

[@raf686]

Pfft that's every Fandom what you talking about 🤣

[@A_Bad_Redman1]

The only time Black Widow felt like a interesting and compelling character was in Winter Soldier for me.

[@therandomd2717]

She was pretty good in Avengers for me

[@stevecristian6932]

Yes that's the best black widow version

[@thefremddingeguy6058]

I agree, the first Avengers and Winter Soldier were the only films with a compelling presentation of Black Widow

[@ha-kh7ef]

@cablecow15 or you know people actually enjoy the movie. Lol does doing the face palm emoji make you happy ? Lmao. You’re shock because people have a different opinion about a movie than you. I wonder if you know our Sun is also a star ?

[@A_Bad_Redman1]

@cablecow15 I didn't say anything about Winter Soldier as a whole, I mention Black Widow's role and character in it. She is interesting,funny, had the spotlight on her and even has such great chemistry with Steve Rogers that I wouldn't have mind them pairing up instead of the Hulk nonsense they did with her and the barely a thing between Steve and Sharon. While she had moments in other movies Winter Soldier is were she shined.

[@ironjehoshaphat2764]

I feel like this movie will suffer from what Solo: A Star Wars Story suffered from. It checks off so many call backs to black widow that the story then is weakened.

[@4tchilling956]

No dude Solo had much potential they just did all wrong with that

[@ResidentReveler]

Solo was good as a standalone movie.

[@denimschaffer9439]

Solo was a very good movie but it came not too long ago after the Last Jedi and fans didn’t give it a proper chance because of that movie

[@ResidentReveler]

@@denimschaffer9439 I marathoned SW movies before Ep9 released. Rogue One and Solo were awesome.

[@markmurex6559]

I totally forgot that movie in every way. I did see it once.

[@ClockworkMan13]

A lot of problems could have been fixed if they just made Taskmaster the main villain. They had her backstory set up in a way to make it a revenge story in which she was following the legacy of her dead father. You wouldn't have had to change that much of the story.

[@goodfellabeats]

Or, just use the real Taskmaster from the comics. He is much, much better villain. Plus, one of the themes of the movie is that women need to stick together. Her avenging her dead dad would've pinned her against another woman which wouldn't work unless they reconciled at the end.

[@wheresthelambsauce8273]

The black widow movie didn't even scratch the surface of how awesome and skilled at fighting taskmaster really is. They really did taskmaster dirty

[@nexx410]

It's sad they couldn't make a better movie for Scarlett after so many years

[@TheFreshSoundsFlorida]

Agreed. She deserved better.

[@COLINHILLSWIMS]

It’s wired, but i really enjoyed this movie, I had read the reviews, so maybe my expectations were low, but I thought it was very entertaining.

[@elbaecc]

@@COLINHILLSWIMS Me too...I did not read any reviews or see the RT score before going in, and I still enjoyed it for what it is. Like, someone tell me why, if James Bond, an international spy, does over-the-top fast-paced action sequences with nifty gadgets and little in way of actual plot, then the critics rave about him, but if Natasha does it WITH a proper plot, then its atrocious? What were people's expectations ; that a movie centered around a woman would be all weepy and feelings and melodrama?

[@rw3ints694]

doesn't help that she isn't a good actor. Natalie Portman is better.

[@bhavikabedi4604]

@@rw3ints694 are you out of your mind? The whole reason people wanted this movie was because of her

[@elsorzis5692]

Man, you can hear the dissapointment in Chris's voice.

[@bryanparks7075]

This review scared me a bit. cuz I have anticipated this even before they announced it

[@chileanyways196]

@@bryanparks7075 Same I was so excited :(

[@kiraisamess]

@@chileanyways196 i personally really liked it. i think chris might’ve been a little too harsh on it

[@Evil_Peter]

@@MrZaymes You should never make excuses for why other people think differently than you, and everyone should be able to grasp the simple fact that there is no objective truth in art, it's all subjective. The mature thing is to just be able to handle that people think differently.

[@TheWrestlinEra]

@@MrZaymes now that’s not accurate it wasn’t one of my favorites and I think there were some flaws but I’d give it a 7/10 not a damn 4

[@chiefgarvey11]

IMO this film and Captain Marvel should've swapped release dates. Black Widow having a prequel after she died just feels kind of jarring, and Captain Marvel didn't do much in Endgame aside from being a buff to the rest of the team. I think it would flow better if Black Widow's solo film came out before Endgame and then she would have her sendoff in Endgame, and you could save Captain Marvel for Phase 4/New Avengers.

[@raf686]

Thank you!!!

[@syunafrost351]

They do this with lots of movies they make prequels instead of sequels cuz they can't think of a sequel

[@theimortal1974]

don't forget captain marvel saved tony stark

[@derek96720]

@@theimortal1974 that could have easily been solved by simply having Tony and nebula figure out how to get home on their own, thus further developing their relationship with each other. The more I read about this black widow movie, the more I'm convinced that it was the movie that was originally supposed to be between Infinity war and endgame. I think Captain marvel was shoehorned in at the last minute because they wanted to set her up as the leader for phase 4, and also win a bunch of points with the feminists.

[@calumgardner6936]

She could’ve made her debut in Endgame, had her film released between it and Spider-Man: Far From Home and it wouldn’t have affected her role in any way, shape or form, nor would it have of Monica’s and the skrulls’ in Far From Home & WandaVision. The only things that would have had to change is the “Where’s Fury?!” post-credits scene and probably present & characterise her as more of a complete newcomer in Endgame rather than someone we’ve already met before but that’s it

[@Cali510Livin]

I liked it… Maybe because it was my first time going back to the movies since the beginning of Covid. I don’t think it was that bad.

[@artiga16]

I liked it as well. Idk why everyone keeps complaining 🤷‍♂️

[@theman9048]

I did too but it was mediocre

[@alexcrocker5329]

Same, I’d happily go back and watch it a 2nd time! That’s the great thing about films tho, it’s not always for everything 😁

[@blackmantis3130]

It's bad perhaps if you watch it again you will realize it.

[@blueboy5090]

@@blackmantis3130 Sorry you didn't like it. to each their own I guess.

[@ceeKay007]

The disappointment in Chris’s voice can’t be hidden 😂

[@TheFreshSoundsFlorida]

I understand it now 6 days later. 😢😂

[@ajitbassan]

I completely understand him. Such a disappointment of a movie.

[@MyTimeOutt]

I liked the promotional materials, but the film? It made no sense to me & felt that I would have spent my time better taking in the sun (which was fine yesterday, but not today)...it was "terribly boring! What was it about? I left without a clue.

[@cherchehacknostale]

The plot was totally blank. But I enjoyed the aesthetic, watched it with 3D, the explosions were awesome

[@mnorth1351]

To be fair, he hasn't sounded excited about a movie in a long time. And he has said as much, that he wants to move away from doing movie reviews and make movies instead. And now he has one to work on, so more power to him. better that than a depressed movie reviewer.

[@dfletchersoul]

I really hope marvel doesn't start making movies just because of their spin off potential

[@Amory-wd3ws]

They’ve been doing that for a while now, remember Ironman 2, Age of Ultron, and Antman and the Wasp?

[@Santoryu90]

@@Amory-wd3ws Those are sequels not spin-offs

[@Abandapart-hc3en]

It's far too late for that!!!

[@Amory-wd3ws]

@@Santoryu90 he’s talking about movies that are made for the express purpose of setting up other movies.

[@Santoryu90]

@@Amory-wd3ws In that case most of the movies do that

[@nateds7326]

First avenger to get a postumous solo movie.

[@cthulhutheendless1587]

Probably the only, too

[@prawnee9827]

First Avenger to get a posthumous solo movie as well.

[@daystillnight]

First avenger was a solo movie

[@CKibbles]

Soulja Boy did it first.

[@steev.homohumanism]

Loki, kinda

[@Pheldagriff]

this movie worked for me. I was entertained. I cared about the characters. I was sad because I knew where Natashas story went from here and I wanted her to have a happy ending.

[@noleftturns2468]

Movie was shit

[@iammayyz]

@@noleftturns2468 your comment sure is, not the movie

[@noleftturns2468]

@@iammayyz your comment is shit just like the movie! 💩

[@zahirsookoor2673]

Black widow's marketing fooled me into thinking that the action and intense suspense was going to make this movie the next Cap America winter soldier. Boy was I wrong

[@shawnfields2369]

Oh, I know, right? Looked so cool. But it was more than likely just trailer footage manipulation, so it would look cooler than it actually ended up being, which is a shame. I was looking forward to this movie as well.

[@danielmillward9947]

The action in the movie was edited like taken 3s fence scene 😂 but there will be folk's who still say the action was intense

[@zahirsookoor2673]

@@danielmillward9947 You're making me go into a depression

[@danielmillward9947]

@@zahirsookoor2673 don't mate it ain't your fault 😂

[@bhavyasavani6770]

if your opinions are based one 1-4 guys on youtube then you living your life not to the fullest, with that being said, i lvoe chris, best reviewer in youtube! but i had times where i enjoye the film even if cris gace c or c+, ya it wont be masterpiece but chris sometimes over analize bcz he watches too much anime, many times he dont understand what director is tryna achieve, he was so wrong in luca, like he had questions and writer intentionally decided not to add bcz he did not wanted to build universe but focus on 3 main characters of the film! I HAVE ATMOST RESPECT FOR CHRIS bcz he is genuine and kind and empathetic. So go watch movie form your own opinion! and most likely you will agree with chris but you will still enjoy this film compare to WW1984 trust me, i know chris for like 6 years now! he was not that hard on movies but as marvel did not released this movie in appropriate time i can see why people not connecting with the film! I have seen people loving mortal kombat so i am sure this movie has more deepth then many shitty movies we got! director is good, my issue will be writer bcz she is same as wandavision, she fucks up some part of project for sure, she writer good characters and their development but she is not good on writing big scale event MCU stories, wandavision had great new idea, great acting bcz it was written well with the mind of wanda's pain! but all other then wanda and monica, shit was boring! finale was so blend accept for wanda and vision at the last! and FYI they had to look for more then 200 directors for this film and it had many problems along the way, movie went into development when kevin had complete freedom to do anything he like! remember daredevil punisher, the producer of those show made it complicated to make female lead superhero and guess what he was fired and now KEVIN sole presidetn of entire marvel company, yes comics too! he oversees everything in marvel! kevin has say on everything in marvel now and he produces every show and film in marvel! so he has lot in his plate so he will fuck up in hiring writers and directors sometimes......... In short bro there are reason why this movie is not perfect and be kind to this film bcz man we been robbed black widow triology!! and yes you can enjoy film with the flaws

[@TheKaijuHunter]

I quite enjoyed the film actually. My main question is how come no one ever notices the Red Room, a giant object floating in the sky?

[@leif.erikson9721]

@Luminox facts

[@flossenking]

@Luminox the brain notices pheromones and such in way less concentrations than what is required to smell something. So it would make sense to put pheromones into all the air inside the flying thing. However why did they chose pheromones if they're so easily defeated by just breaking the nose and tearing a nerve

[@ninjanibba4259]

Exactly, they’re not SHIELD, should’ve been discovered a long time ago It’s dumb

[@stevenwortham9205]

Well, It was better than TENET.

[@martin3288]

@@stevenwortham9205 no it def wasn’t

[@rorylennon4043]

From the reviews I’ve seen it sounds like bog standard mid tier Marvel with a lame villain.

[@arafat9828]

sounds about right

[@user-ve9tu5rv6e]

Thor 2, Capt Marvel, Iron Man 2....assemble

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Yeah having Rachel Weisz as taskmaster is cringe

[@shizukousapostle1stapostle710]

@@user-ve9tu5rv6e also every hulk movie pretty much

[@bobsandwich3431]

@@NeverSaySandwich1 who said she was taskmaster

[@foggyvhs8790]

I wasn't expecting so much comedy, more a Winter Soldier vibe when people said it was more of spy movie. I couldn't get into the family dynamic, they just kept joking around.

[@HarkonAjala]

The "keep her awake" line was put in because other wise it makes ZERO sense for her to be awake to get the message that shows her how to get free.

[@cherchehacknostale]

Yes, I was like why are they keeping her awake ? She's a trained combatant ! Of course she will try to escape by any means and you're making it easier 😐😐😐

[@mister-pinkman]

I really liked the opening credits a lot. Everything else is just fine.

[@snusemcgoose1001]

I swear I’m not a troll but I seriously thought that was the most cringe part of the entire movie, idk how you could like that it was trying so hard to be edgy

[@mister-pinkman]

@@snusemcgoose1001 it reminded me of Bond movie credits, was very stylized. And seeing her backstory unfold quickly made me interested in it. And I think the *remix* of smells like teen spirit fits the tone. However if it was the original smells like teen spirit, it would be cringe. But the remix fit better.

[@haze8588]

@@mister-pinkman I think it wasn’t bad, but it seemed a little too long and cryptic for my taste. It felt like i was being forced to watch the credits of the movie before it even started. They literally had people getting up to ask the staff of the theater I was in to see if they accidentally skipped to the end of the movie.

[@mister-pinkman]

@@haze8588 I feel you, I didn’t personally have that feeling but I can understand it

[@RealKe]

The song with the credit to... very beautiful

[@moviewolfreviews875]

It’s really funny that he tried to use vague terms like “this character” then just gives up and starts saying “she, her, him his” 😂😂😂

[@prettyworm7311]

This channel becoming woke too

[@moviewolfreviews875]

@@prettyworm7311 ehh I mean I don’t watch it enough it notice but I didn’t really get that vibe, if he was he would have said “black widow is an amazing women who is powerful and strong and better then the male hero’s” I didn’t really get that vibe, trust me I hate woke channels and videos too but I didn’t really get that vibe

[@danielickert4498]

The beginning of the movie was absolutely brilliant. It led viewers into the sinister world of child trafficking and all the horrors surrounding it. This got me emotionally involved, especially considering how relevant this topic is in our real world. However, after we skip to 2016, the movie's focus shifted. The atmosphere lightened up and the viewers gradually forgot about the horrors shown in the beginning. IMO, this movie would have been much better if it kept it's focus on child trafficking, having Natasha break up an international ring of human traffickers led my her old nemesis who is an evil mastermind and not the pathetic chubby loser he was portrayed as in the movie.

[@AA-cl2oq]

The one thing that I knew about this movie since the trailer, is that Florence Pugh would be the best part. She’s always outstanding!

[@PanKrabz]

She deserved her own trilogy but they missing this opportunity.

[@gracekang2161]

Black Widow should’ve been the first solo female movie in the MCU. I don’t know if I’m ever gonna get over how ridiculous it is that an ORIGINAL Avenger is getting her first movie after dying. They massively fucked over Hawkeye by not giving him his own storyline before Endgame as well

[@infinitepossibilities-anyt1488]

Surprising from a company that normally nails it. Maybe she still will get a trilogy. Really wish she was alive now. It’s like “oh I just got over this lost, and now it hurts again.”

[@Bampiss]

Right.. i really want to see her & clint story arc. And what really happens in budhapest. That should be a great sequel. I expect this would be a heavy emotional movie / brilliant spy movie like winter soldier. But we just get crap over the top explosion movie.

[@Bampiss]

@@infinitepossibilities-anyt1488 after that end credit. I suppose a trilogy with "natasha romanoff" doesn't really add up anymore. Maybe there will be a trilogy. But different lead...you know

[@JoeJoeJoe25]

Yeah absolutely! I think the trilogy could have cover Nat past first and the process on how she become an espionage. The second movie could be about Budaphest and how he meet Clint. (This way i will not be feeling so bad they don't do Hawkeye solo). And the third movie should be the movie that we got now. Such a waste!

[@ilovesanrioandmcr2031]

Florence Pugh is one of the most promising actors as of right now tbh!!, shes amazing and i cant wait to see if she collabs again with ari aster and all!!

[@yungtux8770]

This movie was actually great in my opinion. It was fun, badass, and kind of funny. It had a believable plot that gets the story from one epic scene to the next. Not all Marvel movies need to be more than that. Hardcore Marvel fans will definitely have a different point of view on this, and want every Marvel movie to be the best movie ever, but yeah no this was a GOOD movie.

[@v.rprasad5377]

Spoilers: They hyped up taskmaster and the character behind the mask isn't interesting at all.

[@Agustin-sz4lv]

They made it an empty character, just for one movie

[@4pfkan716]

@@Agustin-sz4lv sucks

[@MegaDynamiteDan]

Yeah Spiderman Ps4 version is the one true Taskmaster

[@gamemediafan1714]

They actually took the head of the actress (forget her name) and put it on the body of the MALE stuntman (using CGI) that was in the suit the entire film. I even found out who the stuntman was : Andy Lister. He's been the stuntman for male MCU characters like Cap America and other big characters like James Bond (the Daniel Craig one).

[@Agustin-sz4lv]

I'm not even complaining the character was a woman, don't care if male or female, the problem was the backstory, why did it have to be the villain's daughter? I understand natasha's redemption and all that, but why can't he/she be a hired assassin and that's it? And why ending the character at the end of the movie? I wanted to see more of her in the movie but also in the future... Had none of them... Wasted character

[@lunazen8661]

A Black Widow movie should've been released before, at the place of Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel literally had the thinnest thread connecting to Endgame whilst releasing a Black Widow movie before Endgame could've had a bigger connection and as well making her death more impactful considering we would've have known her traumactic backstory.The studio had potential on giving her great send off...She's such a great/complex character but they did her dirty...Marvel messed up on that. :-(

[@lifeloverNorris]

Yep. It was complete mistake. I also don't understand what the fuck the Feige was thinking when he greenlitted a second Ant Man movie before one movie for Black Widow. This came too late. I don't invested in anything Natasha does in this movie because I already knew her future.

[@ImSazid]

Second Ant-man movie was necessary to introduce the "Quantum realm" stuff before End game as it has a crucial part in the story. Captain marvel was introduced cause She has some relevant appearances in End Game, getting tony stark back to the ground kind of small yet relevent threads. However black widow should be kept in middle of Civil war and Infinity war but I think Marvel didn't want to introduce another set of characters (red gurdian, yelena etc.) in phase 3 (before end game). So they decided to place it now as filler due to covid we get to see it after Loki which makes black widow more irrelevant to watch.

[@natth6462]

Wasn’t his fault. It was Ike Perlmutter who screwed it up. He’s a sexist and a racist greedy ceo, who is now out of the picture, so hopefully this doesn’t happen again

[@janson97]

I can say, after Endgame, all the Marvel movies just started to tighten your expectations that something small just can't be good.

[@Danbo22987]

Well it’s no longer building towards something so the individual films need to have more weight, they can’t just rest on the “well at least this ties into Infinity War/Endgame”

[@neonbunnies9596]

I literally laughed at places that shouldn't be funny. Like the idea of the Red Room airship, or the Red Guardian throwing a shield at a dude and the dude hitting the aircraft wing

[@BlackKnight_217]

I think that the line the doctor says just explains why she's still awake and, in reality, patients are often kept awake for brain surgery. I just left the movie and came straight to the reviews, I did not feel the doctors being vilified by that line, the fact that they're in this compound pretty much does the trick.

[@ApolloPlanetary]

Yea, the doctor critique just feels like nitpicking

[@hoc1992]

“But The laugh was tinged with sadness” Great line Chris. Seriously. That’s too real

[@buddydew101]

This movie is like asking for ice cream cake every birthday but you just get regular cake until your 21st b-day you finally get the ice cream cake 😂

[@ker7743]

If I'd got Florence Pugh for my 21st, i'd say it's worth the wait

[@kevjumba8359]

And by then you just go "ehh, so that's how that tastes like.."

[@cjl9662]

Right...

[@dfllifuran]

The "keep her awake during surgery" part was not to show doctors are evil, but rather so that Yelena could hear the instructions from ear set and then break out. But either way it doesn't make sense because no way Milena could foresee that Yelena would stay awake. Giving her the ear set won't do anything if she's anesthetisized.

[@silashurd3597]

“Keep her awake during surgery”? Dang, and I thought Don’t Breath 2 already did that

[@b.m.77]

It’s also a bit hard to feel real tension during some scenes because we know what happens to Natasha. But yeah I agree, Florence’s character was my favorite as well.

[@nnamdiede1180]

If I remember correctly one of the main reasons it took so long is because up till 2015 marvel studios was still under the marvel “proper” banner and Kevin Fiege had to report to his boss (Ic Perlmutter I think it’s how it’s pronounced) was not a fan of doing female lead spin offs because he didn’t think people would watch it. Mark Ruffolo even said that Fiege almost left marvel over that dispute. Than Disney changed Fiege’s job so that he could stop reporting to Perlmutter and have more freedom to do what he wants.

[@KhalidKebritVEVO]

THANK YOU! Someone finally said it. Marvel would've 100% went with a Black Widow solo movie as early as 2014, but Perlmutter was preventing all that from happening. There's a reason we're finally getting this movie along with Black Panther and Captain Marvel as of recent compared to back in 2015 and 2016. It wasn't really fully in their control back then, but I'm just glad we're getting the movie now anyways. Better late than never.

[@AugustineD6]

“The laugh was tinged with sadness,” somberly remarked, Chris.

[@sevroaubarca5209]

@Rvve Duio You mean Infinity War. Endgame was hot trash

[@bighazza664]

The MCU is just about to begin

[@YaboiiLando]

@Rvve Duio I expected you'll continue to watch everything MCU going forward anyways, but still say this on every movie review. Not marking any words. 🤣🤷🏽

[@rickygreviews4637]

Does anybody remember the line he is talking about?

[@noumanintown]

@@rickygreviews4637 The one about the pheromones? Or the weird pause when he says something like "the one thing the world has too much of....girls."

[@TheRealJAYDOSS]

0:10 “Probably her last because she died.”😂😂😂😂