Madame Web Is The #1 Most Watched Film In America On Netflix

The TJCS crew discuss the widely panned superhero film Madame Web becoming the #1 movie on Netflix.
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[@isaacmartinez6904]

I guess people wanted to see Madame Web just to see how crappy the movie is.

[@miafire6628]

Car Crash Syndrome.

[@MultiMangoPie]

Yep, did that as soon as it dropped 😂

[@iamking77jb]

I do 😂😂😂

[@derrickzorns6506]

Yup

[@stevelanthripp5567]

I was curious. Not as bad as I thought it would. I was entertained. Definitely cringy at times. I don't know what Sony was thinking,

[@jmantothemax9884]

Don't underestimate the sex appeal of Sydney Sweeney

[@majorlazor5058]

It’s not showing in this film. She literally looks like a child in this movie 99% of the time.

[@raftodorov9059]

Madame Web is "The Room" of comic book movies

[@bryannepeguero4953]

Love and thunder was worse

[@DeanBarryStuff]

It’s a “so bad it’s good” fun movie. I enjoyed it.

[@Dachin55555]

Madame Web 2 is gonna get green lit smh

[@JinxTheLooneyToon915]

*Don't give Sony ideas*

[@thefoxcritic1]

This is just from all the people who said "I'll wait to see how bad it is when it comes out on streaming" when it came out. This shouldn't be surprising or shocking to anyone.

[@brandonnezamoodeen]

This actually isn’t surprising. If you’re an average movie watcher and you see that the latest new comic book movie is available, you’ll probably sit down and watch it not knowing it’s god awful. Once you find out 5 minutes in that it is garbage, you’ll probably turn it off.

[@richardlogan850]

My female co workers just watched this film the other day. They both enjoyed it. They’re not huge marvel fans and enjoyed it

[@wyn0342]

Imagine if they were Marvel fans. They would rethink their likes! 😂

[@richardlogan850]

@@wyn0342 probably. But marvel movies too confusing for them because so many . They watched like avengers but that’s about it. They mainly do rom coms lol

[@oliviarodrigosimp3359]

I liked Madame Web. But then again I love movies.

[@EricLanda-me2ln]

Let us be clear that movie is just a Netflix and chill movie

[@user-op3rg9eb4b]

I can't speak for everyone, but I watched it sarcastically.

[@benm5970]

I don’t care, I loved the shit out of this movie, it was easily the greatest trainwreck of a movie I’ve seen in years, I was howling with laughter the entire time and it was an absolute masterpiece of crap

[@koryleach9660]

My wife and I watched it last night. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. The villain is HORRIBLE and the story was weak. That doesn't imply is was GOOD, but I was expecting to absolutely hate it instead of enjoying Sydney Sweeny running.

[@jloiben12]

There is no Madame Web in Ba Sing Se 😁

[@gurpreetbajwa4490]

Highest grossing Madem Web movie of all Time

[@wilmaso]

It feels way better to watch it on a streaming service i pay for. Then, to actually pay to watch it in the theater. Either way i think there was a way better movie behind all that editing. Feels like they completely changed the story at the end of filming this thing.

[@leogatsbyfilms672]

That's exactly my reaction to my friends. Same thing with Morbius. There is a good movie in there. We like to blame Sony for a lot but the MCU changes and Spider-Man politics forced a rush edit of it. Tbh I think most pandemic movies were handicapped and poorly edited.

[@user-bp3cb2py5q]

Best comedy I’ve seen in a while

[@latishabuckner8231]

I watched it to compare it to superhero movies from the 2000's and its still worse! Elektra is better than Madam Web, yep i said it!

[@MrSiriusAB]

Proof that trending/going viral has no correlation with quality

[@spicystick]

It won’t be #1 for long when people realize how shitty the movie is. People like to watch car crashes

[@mediawarrior5957]

People want to see this train wreck at home with the convivence that Netflix offers.

[@rionsteiner4422]

Ive seen Madam Web on Netflix, for me its not bad.

[@erikthered25]

Just like Morbius, I bet Sony is going to come to the wrong conclusion and is going to try to put this movie back in the theaters lol 🤣😆😂

[@rickquick8977]

Sydney Sweeney is so hyped right now I think people are curious as to why.

[@Delboy0]

Rubber necking a traffic accident is popular is too, doesn’t mean it is any good. I watched it and heard it was a bad film, but I think I watched the worst superhero movie ever. I heard Morbius was bad, and watched it and it wasn’t great, but terrible. But Madame Web took me 5 sittings to watch it as I fell asleep 3 times during it and had to cut it off once as it was so boring. Nothing like the source material, bad acting and dialogue, not much action and next to no superheroes in the movie. They have stretched out a one act for the entire movie in an origin story. So you basically spend the whole movie with the main character discovering her powers and you see her as the hero in the last few seconds of the movie.

[@TheBlaskar]

How long do you have to watch it for Netflix to count it as “watched” for their stats?

[@tacobell4542]

Idk why John acts like Minus One had bad vfx… I can only think of one shot in the movie that looked subpar. I understand thinking the Creator should have one, but I can’t see how the vfx in madame web are even anywhere near to minus one

[@majorlazor5058]

He is trolling. He is still upset it won best VFX at the Oscars 2024 (which it should not have), so he is going way the other direction and pretending it looks like complete trash.

[@tacobell4542]

Yeah, it bothers me. I won’t argue that the creator would have deserved the win, but I don’t know anyone else who has said the vfx for Godzilla were subpar besides John. I don’t know what he saw, but it still had very good vfx, better than many movies we get frequently. Again, I’m not saying it had the best vfx, but they are very good

[@majorlazor5058]

@@tacobell4542 We are in complete agreement. I thought the VFX were great for Minus One. Just not the best of 2024. Even though I don’t care for the film, I thought The Creator was the best VFX of 2024.

[@ultramagneticlion2147]

It's a basic superhero movie. The only things I found unbearable were everything about the bad guy and some of the dialogues in the first act.

[@giovannivalentin1951]

My wife was going to press play on madame web I stopped her and asked if she really wanted to watch it she said yeah cause it’s spider man right? I s explain as simple as I could she watched it all I heard was” the h*ll was this?” I laughed so hard

[@SHOUTxHIxHEYxHELLO]

there’s no way you actually believe those charts are true and not just set by netflix for buzz & what they want you to watch

[@sunkim32975]

I'm gonna watch... to see if it really is awful.

[@RobertoGarcia-kh3pn]

Watching kris make that “filthy casuals” reference is awesome!

[@The_Scienceboy]

I really enjoyed it. I didn’t think I would but I did.

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

Of course, I wanted to see it. I watched Morbius on Netflix for the same reason.

[@AFC-OKCfan97-98]

Do the numbers include how many finished watching the movie or just how many started it.

[@omarnieves2030]

I think it's about not going to theatre spending the money but just hitting play button with Netflix because you have it already well you take a shot

[@Daisymayspeaks]

I knew that this was gonna happen like who didn’t see this coming from a mile away

[@PatriciaSimmons-od5yh]

I actually liked the movie and hope they make a second one.

[@plisskenetic]

If Showgirls can be a smash on home video, so can this it's that simple!

[@dextersuos]

My kids and I couldn’t get passed 30 of the movie. Literally. My youngest was calling out all the logical issues, plot holes, and so so acting. Is 15th teen.😂😂😂

[@dextersuos]

We ended up watching, “Seventh Son”

[@tylerjones4247]

As bad as that movie is I love Dakota Johnson in it

[@leogatsbyfilms672]

I feel like Madam Web, Morbius, and even TASM 2 are better movies to watch at home rather than in theaters. It feels like they have the same vibes as the 90's Animated Spider-Man.

[@majorlazor5058]

Madam Webb > Spiderman 3 + TASM 2 Hot take.

[@RJ_____________]

interesting. i liked to hear you guys thoughts on it

[@alejandropatino8843]

I watched it to see how bad it was. It was bad as everyone said it was. I get why people were laughing in the theatres.

[@jace3848]

I bought it just watched it actually liked it. It's not bad although I completely understand why most people would hate it. Her powers are hard for most to comprehend. Feels like it's set on the Andrew Garfield Tom Hardy Jared Leto universe.

[@SarahTelemaque]

I think it felt like a 2003 movie because they were trying to make it feel like one for the timeline in the actual movie. I just think that they miscalculated how horribly it would register with its audience. I watched it and it gave me 2003 movie so it felt more nostalgic but not the Marvel quality. It had a chessy factor to it and the movie moved fast as far as storyline not connecting seamlessly.

[@HANDLESET1ONE]

YA Exactly Its Like Earlier 2000s Movie And Prefer This "MADWEBB" Little Better Then "Lover & Blunders" & "The Marvels" Bcz Both MCU Superheroes Movies Cringey Forced Jokes.

[@grayfox4239]

I really like her outlook on how to enjoy movies.

[@MikeDold]

Hell yeah, I’m planning on doing a Netflix double feature, Rebel Moon 2 and Madame Web, still haven’t seen either and I can’t wait, I’m fully prepared and plan to have a good time, trash can be entertaining too damnit!

[@shogmado]

I think I expected it to be worse than it was and in the end, it was a good movie! I have seen worse Spiderman movies!

[@majorlazor5058]

Honestly Amazing Spiderman 2 and Spiderman 3 were harder for me to watch.

[@MrBlackBono]

Well nobody wanted to pay for it going to the theater lol

[@paulromney8368]

John: Did you mean Godzilla x Kong? Because the VFX for Godzilla Minus One won an Oscar. 😊

[@tacobell4542]

He says Minus One didn’t have very good vfx

[@samyferdinand83]

I'm going to finally watch it myself! Let see how bad this movie really is!!!

[@Concepcion30]

When my sister told me she was watching this I was confused. I said you didn't pay to rent that did you, and she said no it was on Netflix. She said she was enjoying her train wreck of a movie but then it had a stupid ending. lol. 😅

[@QuarantinedCapricorn]

It’s MORBID CURIOSITY… like when you drive by an accident and HAVE to look… you’re not going to like what you see but you have to know.

[@colormefrankenteddy]

I'll probably watch it on Netflix

[@Sehlat]

I plan to see the movie on streaming to find out if it really is as bad as everyone claims. I thought Morbius was one of the worst Marvel live action movies of this century, but not as bad as most others apparently do. So I will watch Madame Web on streaming one day, although it's not currently available on Netflix here in Germany. And if it is that bad, I'll really have to think about if I'll ever see Kraven on any medium.

[@EduardAkano]

Re-Release when Sony? I NEED THE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE!

[@JinxTheLooneyToon915]

No

[@ronpetersen2317]

Honestly some of the "trending/top movies" on Netflix ... tend to be a bit suspect.

[@jamaicaqueens22]

Curiosity and it's essentially freeish I imagine lol.

[@mikemaynard9723]

Yeah, to watch how bad it was for free.

[@jaybling6687]

Well, not exactly for free. More like at no extra cost.

[@Christian39521]

​@@jaybling6687exactly. You're still paying to get Netflix.

[@mikemaynard9723]

@@jaybling6687 true

[@avatar.chloe101]

I just watched it for a good laugh

[@bruce5476]

It goes to show you talkative people still want comic book movies. Even it it’s not the best. They just don’t want to pay for it

[@fortynine3225]

The movie is fine. The negative comments are very suspect. There is lots of barely watchable cr*p out there that reviewers praise. We can simply no longer trust these reviewers because lots of them have a agenda may it be ideological or financial. And stuff like Rotten Tomatoes does little to get rid of these reviewer trolls.

[@fortunenlemchukwu]

It's not that bad... I actually enjoyed it... ngl.

[@fortynine3225]

That is right. I guess there being no gay people in it that was just to much for lots of reviewers.

[@fortunenlemchukwu]

@@fortynine3225 makes total sense.. and I'm sure s2 will have a lot of potentials

[@wyn0342]

I dont believe those numbers. Does it only showed it was played or does it show that they actually finished the movie? I remember watching Morbius on Netflix and couldn't get passed the 1st 10 minutes

[@mr.balloffur]

If you watch it, like it or not, it counts as a view 😂😂😂😂

[@fulgencioreal7959]

Yeah it was bad , I just sat through it and at the end was left wondering what happened

[@paddynevs5885]

Sony ARE LOVING this Netflix deal

[@dkev001]

I just watched it. It’s not that bad. I enjoyed it.

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

Yeah you know Neflix is either lying or is a joke itself

[@LazyEyeNZ]

While it's by no means a perfect movie I didn't hate Madame Webb as much as I thought I would. I think people's negative reactions are why I went in with little to no expectations. It'll become a cult film over the years I think.

[@lougait4362]

Finally saw Madam Web since it was on Netflix. I didn’t hate it, felt like a Friday night hang out cheesy movie. Wasn’t great or anything don’t get me wrong

[@455zzz]

They should’ve released it on Netflix instead of the movies a great background movie you can fall asleep on

[@dougsmith4602]

Great. So the studios’ takeaway won’t be to make a better film, it will be to focus on streaming over theatrical.

[@poppy87]

I actually bought the movie (cheaper than buying a ticket) and I kept thinking of John's comment about how this justified WB's decision to shelve Batgirl; couldn't agree more.

[@colereed7411]

Im so sorry that you spent your money on this movie.

[@poppy87]

@@colereed7411 even bad films get a rewatch or two from me haha.

[@ljcarthan3504]

Let's all welcome the death movie theaters business models where the business model is to make a product that makes as much money as to streaming where most views is what counts

[@jamesshelley7432]

knew it would be lol

[@mepomihu18-10]

I also watched it last night 😂 though I am from India and not from America...

[@sharkanenoa5928]

Comicbookcast2 is losing his fucking mind

[@joeyb3889]

The new the room

[@davidpuerto1619]

I think that there are some that might just be watching it to Hate Watch it.

[@willstrickland9952]

You gotta watch it to make fun of it. I saw it with 3 other people 😂😂😂

[@cliffsauer9111]

I fell asleep to it last night. Plan on falling asleep to it again tonight. It’s a perfect movie to fall to sleep too. Thanks Netflix

[@ricardonajera21]

Number 1 on Netflix doesn’t mean it’s the best. The movie dropped at midnight and in the morning it was number one.

[@chrisretzlaff2895]

It's crazy that you need a certain teir to watch Madame Web. I was curious about it, and found out I had to go up a teir to watch it. Nope

[@jasonholman1011]

If you have Netflix it’s free to watch, if I had Netflix I’d put it on to laugh at it.

[@majorlazor5058]

I was disappointed it wasn’t as bad as John Campea made it out to be. I thought it was going to be Morbius bad, but it’s like the quality of an average Netflix sci-fi film or show. It’s not Rebel Moon: Scargiver bad, but it around the quality of those weird European Sci-fi films like Troll (2022).

[@kevthepoet]

I tried to watch it at home and switched it off it was annoying me so much. Sony are so irresponsible with money!

[@disneyresortsfan]

I watched and it and it was as bad as John said it was! Netflix has nothing else that great to watch right now so they definitely took advantage of that.

[@JinxTheLooneyToon915]

I died a little when I heard the news

[@Mr49r1681]

So Netflix is a drop box for bad movies and shows when they can’t get musical films but docu-musicals and a few concerts.

[@592Ken]

I finally saw it on Netflix because I didn’t want to spend money to see a bad movie in theaters, and I was right yep it’s really bad

[@JinxTheLooneyToon915]

Bless you

[@clonewarvet4277]

I’m avoiding this movie like I am with Morbius

[@billymoore7182]

Just proves nobody wanted to see this in theaters, but instead on streaming. I watched it the other day and my thoughts are it wasn't bad, but it wasn't the best. I've seen worse.

[@anthonystach6434]

I am having friends over tonight for a bad movie night and we are super excited for this movie!

[@MwayiComfort]

It's too bad it's good 😂

[@Alton7771]

Guess a lot of people in Netflix have moms were doing research in Amazon when their parents died.

[@sebagonzalezmusic]

People wanted to see just how bad this movie was. And if you watch it with friends to laugh at how bad it is, it can be a fun communal experience. Plus, since it’s on streaming, you’re not spending money in theaters, which would’ve been an absolute waste on this movie😂🤷🏻‍♂️🍿🎥🎬 Me personally, I saw the Reel Rejects reaction to Madame Web and this movie really was horrible😭😂

[@janicearroyo-wright8529]

I watched it. It was on par with how bad Andor was in terms of "entertainment".

[@lightdarksoul2097]

Ahh always nice to see a lack of taste

[@janicearroyo-wright8529]

So you liked Madame Meb. Sorry I insulted it. Good for you.

[@lightdarksoul2097]

@@janicearroyo-wright8529 I don't think you actually paid attention to your own comment but whatever

[@buki3009]

Sidney Sweeney lol

[@shortymtz4658]

I don't understand about the backlash about this movie. It was great. But I never had a issue with it. What am I missing here? I getting sick and tried of ppl saying. Every movie has to be pitch perfect. No misses no nothing. If not what i expected to be. Then this movie is dog shit garbage. So I shouldn't watch it. So i should hate ppl who do like it.

[@Iwillone]

Honestly, it's the bad ADR that is probably its biggest problem. It's not the worst movie in history.

[@take2369]

Yea it’s a fun bad movie, I mean saw it in theaters by myself. I had fun with it, then again I had more fun with this many other bad movies like Ladyballers.

[@jinwu9423]

The ambulance was my favorite character