I definitely enjoyed Black Widow, but yes, if it had come out 7 months after Civil War(instead of 7 years), I think it would have been much more impactful to the overall MCU.
Agreed this should've come out around when Black Panther or spiderman did. Hard to care about Black Widow when we all know what she did has no real consequence on her when we all know she's in Infinity War and dies in Endgame.
If only it came out instead of captain marvel that would have been fine but the MCU was too focused on trying to make Carol their poster girl when no one actually cared about her.
For all we know this movie could've been written 5 years ago and was shelved until they saw the success of other female lead superhero films like Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel.
the more i hear abt budapest references the more I want to see firsthand, what natasha and clint do back then and there. its always "back in Budapest" and "this is nothing like Budapest" that triggered me. i hope hawkeye's disney+ series will dive deeper into that story
Yep it should've come out in 2013/2014 followed by this one released in 2016/17. Nack then I would have prefered seeing original Avengers get expanded on in their own movies, instead of new characters getting a bland movie like Ant-man and even doctor strange. We really didn't need an ant-man movie. Let alone 2. Just putting him in a few movies as a side character and quickly explaining the subatomic stuff for Endgame would've been enough. I like doctor strange, but i feel like it would've been mch better if we saw him showing up randomly in some stories like Ragnarok to make him some STRANGE dude on the side, guarding the earth, and only later reveal the mysteries surronding him in a movie with Wanda.
thats the issue Black Widow has no standalone or duo movies Thor and Hulk have one's Iron Man and Cap have 3 the Budapest mission should have been Hawkeye and her. You think Renner would say no, of course, he wouldn't. It's a shame for being one of the main avengers or original ones her and hawkeye got cucked hard and this just shows it
My haters throw rocks at me and IT hurts. I hope they don't throw The Rock at me because I like him as an actor. GAGAGAGAGA!!! I am funny!!! I am the funniest TH-camr EVAH! Please agree, dear he
T- that wasn't that long ago though... r- right? *Who can say where the road goes, where the day flows* ~Stares longingly at pre-Trump era~ ...Don't leave me...
When he said “Obama was president back then.” it made me realize just how long ago Civil War was. I feel like sometimes I forget because of how much Marvel content we get. My god. Get me out of here.
Shoot, I thought by the trailer that’s what it would be about Her going back to ground zero where things might’ve begun or something or someone (taskmaster) hunting her because of what when down there, maybe people died there that was family or friends for taskmaster and they’d blame Natasha for it all directly....imagine that movie, cliche but more focused
Yeah ... I felt like I was watching Natasha's version of Captain America 2 ... only there was never a Captain America 1 to make me give a damn about HYDRA, Bucky etc
This movie had a super inconsistent tone. The intro sequence with the separation of the family is honestly one of the darkest intros in the entire MCU. But fast forward 21 years when the family finally reunites, and everyone primarily communicates via quips/jokes. The whole movie just felt... weird.
Elaine’s awful comedic introduction at Natasha’s grave is the fucking worst. I’m about ready to cry over her sister coming to pay respects and then I hear someone blowing their nose multiple times, like the disrespect here vs Tony’s funeral is infuriating
The intro actually showed lots of potential - even the plane chase is actually really tense and the Idea of kids being used as cover during a dangerous spy mission and pretty much being shelves for later use when it's done was just so heartbreaking. And there are a few shades of that later in the movie - the villain is actually pretty terrifying, not so much as an evil mastermind, but as a serial abuser - and I don't think it's a coincidence that he kinda looks like Harvey Weinstein. But there is a ton of formulaic action, like when Natasha and Yelena meet and thus they "have" to fight to establish their fighting styles, even though in that moment they supposedly both know they're on the same side. Then Right after we have the red room agents going after them. empty action scenes filling the void rather than progressing the story. Even potentially very powerful scenes like when Yelena kills the former widow who frees her, or when the bad guy euthanizes another one in budapest - are painted in the most bland cartoonish MCU brush and I just wish that a little more of the raw emotion and Indie filmmaking sensibilities of the intro shone through in those moments. It's not like the movie is devoid of themes, even if it's a pretty generic movie about abuse and misogyny.
I think they waited way too long to pull the trigger on this movie, even pre-COVID. This should’ve come out before Endgame for the sake of Black Widow’s story.
@@RottingDragon we all know why there were no female led marvel movies before like 2019 but it just feels like this should’ve been out a while ago. after the ambition of infinity war/endgame and the disney plus shows, it really seemed like marvel was going in a new, more complex direction, so for this to come out after all that is just a lil meh.
@@KanyeT1306 He's also the reason why it took so long to get solo Black Widow movie. He might have done a lot to get the MCU to where it is, but he's also the reason it was held back in many ways.
You and I both. I personally thought that the first part of the movie was going to be about the Red Room and how they trained the girls to become Black Widows then how Natasha was going to meet Clint and joined the Shield/the Budapest mission. But unfortunately, this movie was about introducing the new Black Widow... But tbh, a movie about Natasha's origins story should have been released a long time ago (like right after her introduction in Iron Man 2), same for Hawkeye and his circus days (there could have been a movie about him right after the first Thor movie because Clint was in it).
I realised after the film that the plot of the film was just: Natasha: “Where do I find the Red Room? Lets ask Yelena” Yelena: “Don’t know, let’s ask Alexei.” Alexei: “Don’t know, let’s ask Milena.” Milena: “I know, I’ll take you there.” *End Credits*
@Damian Rubio Are you kidding? I’m all here for originality, but when they ruin a character for no reason and make a movie just to milk a character, that’s isn’t good or even “original”. Don’t be one of those guys that blindly support anything marvel puts out.
@@Flome810 yeah I have never read a comic and yet I was very dissapointed with taskmaster, not only as another bland marvel villain, but because, like comic fans, my expectations were high. How so? Because of the spider-man ps4 game. Yes the freaking spider-man game gave the character so much better representation from small side quests alone.
The freedom of all the other widows is what was really at Stake, I just don’t like how all the widows became clueless after they broke free of the mind control and had to be told by the main characters to escape.
The movie made me feel it was more Yelena’s story than Nat’s. But you know what I look forward to seeing her again. You know she’s going to be in the Hawkeye series.
This movie's biggest sin IMO is turning Taskmaster into a bland terminator-esque bad guy. I don't mind the twist near the end regarding the character, I just think they can't have this villain not be a wise cracking asshole and still make it work. It's a big part of what makes Taskmaster fun.
That’s exactly what I think. I’ve always loved Taskmaster in the comics but they turned them into a Terminator or another Winter Solider like character. I’m fine with that but cmon, it’s Taskmaster
Maybe make the daughter actually work for her father? I think that could work. I also think it's possible that they could use the Taskmaster Program or whatever it was called to have someone else take the mantle of Taskmaster.
The only way I think it would've worked better is if they made Taskmaster even more of a threat in this movie. I think the reveal was pretty cool but the ending was very meh, and if you're going to have a meh ending with this "scary" Taskmaster you might as well have gone with the asshole wisecracking taskmaster then
Easily but I really think they made it that way so we like her in the mcu. It’s just unfortunate that this was black widows last time in the mcu and she’s not even the stand out character
It felt like the film was setting up a more interesting character with her but she had to be stuck in a supporting role, I hope the next Black Widow films haver her as the lead.
Marvels peak of “grounded type hero” spy story is still winter soldier, that movie is top tier marvel. If they can do more stuff like that again than were good
He’s totally right about the Budapest thing, why wasn’t that the movie instead of what we got. Of course it would be weird having most of the main characters have some form of de-aging crap on them (whether that be heavy makeup or cgi), but it would have been so good
Yeah that's the thing, they lost there chance to do that because they made it too late, and they would have had to make everyone deaged the entire movie
Well, considering the story that got told, here, centering the movie on Budapest would have told an incomplete story, and one that had little to nothing to do with the other characters like Yelena. It wouldn't have properly introduced her character, which admittedly was a big part of this movie's point.
They turned cocky, wise-cracking Taskmaster into an emotionless, edgy killing machine. I think it would have been better if they had used Deathlok instead, considering he died and was made into a cyborg. But I guess we'll never see Taskmaster in his full glory considering he was just another plot-twisted, one-off villain.
A huge problem is that Black Widow just feels so "past Marvel." We've gotten used to the crazy, character driven MCU with WandaVision, FATWS and Loki, and this just feels like such a step down.
I'm actually disappointed, not by any of that, but because it wasn't focused on black widow when she was training to be KGB and then working as a Russian spy. I thought we were getting a prequel film.about her backstory, not some boring side mission she did between two of the recent films.
@@demiliomason1565 i wanted that story as well, but ever since the movie was announced it was confirmed that wasnt going to be the story they chose so it didnt bother me...
@@Batman1998- Loki is still airing so I can't exactly say for certain it'll stay that way. Wandavision for example was great until it got near the end and left its sitcom gimmick and started having people flying and shit again.
I feel like this was kind of the purpose of the movie. Black widow is dead and they wanted to introduce Yelena so she can be a character in future movies right?
4:37 Yes! It drove me nuts that they never touched on that. A character that has always wanted to fight Captain America, fights someone that knows all of his moves and the movie doesn't give that moment any significance.
And he just gets slapped around until someone saves him which just feels so cheap. "Oh we can't have someone apart from our protagonist beat the villain" at least let him take a shot at it! Maybe leave a wound! *Something!*
Didn’t talk about Taskmaster… because Taskmaster wasn’t even a character, which is so very wrong to me. This movie wasted a perfectly good comic villain.
Some one else already mention this, but it would’ve ruined the tone of that scene leading up to her death. And with that being said, that emotional moment of Yelena paying respect to Natasha’s grave was ruined by Elaine’s comedic introduction into the mcu.
I feel like nobody is mentioning how the “heroes” cause an avalanche that most likely killed loads of people. Sure, many of them are criminals since it’s a prison, but STILL. Just give me movies with these characters being heroes instead of only saving the day when it’s a doomsday scenario.
To be fair, none of them are actually "heros." It's completely within character of any of them to kill that many people and not care. Like red guardian said "Your ledgers must dripping red from all the people you killed."
i feel like in this movie that kind of works. none of the heroes are morally good people, maybe except for Natasha who switched lanes years ago and is still trying to do good by bringing down the Red Room. Even then though, we've seen how she killed Derykov's daughter for collateral, so even her morals aren't always straight. I guess they should have included a moment where Natasha plays the big sister role and criticises Yelena's choice to blow up that tower, but otherwise it weirdly works for me
I don’t mind the “normal human MCU” because obviously there’s a demographic for it, and I enjoy it when it’s done well as it was in the winter soldier. But they really need to come up with some compelling plots and antagonists. The plot in TFATWS was so convoluted, and Karli was so lame. But if the story mainly took place in madripoor and involved an antagonist there I think it would’ve been way more interesting. As for black widow, it 100% should’ve been the mission in Budapest. They could’ve even kept the opening sequence with the fake family and her sister, and found a way to build up her character in the movie.
John Walker should have just been the main antagonist, and the conflict of the series is about him abusing the shield and Sam and Bucky realizing he needs to be stopped. Walker was the most compelling character in that series, and every time it cut away from him and focused on the flagsmashers or the stupid Power Broker shit, I was falling asleep.
Also they were like superhumans like that scene where there where in a car that flipped over and kept smashing on the ground into the subway they should have died from that or be paralyzed for the rest of their lives but they jus got up with no blood and just started running again
@@mezzb Galaga guy has more charisma than her. He should have been the main villain. It woulf perfectly fit for the suffocating jokey problems of Marvel films.
I wasn’t expecting this, but I actually really liked Black Widow. It was not worth the wait and all that, but it was very good in my eyes. Just my opinion tho
All I expected from this movie wasa super hero beat up a villain and I'm not disappointed. Thats probably also how I enjoyed captain marvel cause my expectations are astronomically low lmao
I liked it but it was a bit too late so it made me kinda made ngl. we already know the end of her story so this movie is just an introduction for the new characters. still it doesn't deserve the 6.8 rating on IMDB.
Just like the flag smashers, we weren’t showed the “why” for the villains. Why should we care? We saw the flag smashers blow up a building. Ok? What else? We’re told, but nver shows. And same with the flag smashers’ motivation. We were told that they were treated horribly after the blip, but never shown. We don’t care enough to either hate them because of what they do, or root for them because of the injustices against them. The same issues happen with the Widow cell. We are shown them sniping people, we’re told they are deadly. But we aren’t moved or emotionally tied for their liberation, other than being told that they’re being subjugated. We don’t see the struggle, we don’t witness the inhumane things being done to them. We’re just… told. And the two people who have ties to the red room (natasha & yelena) do not give it any worthwhile characterization that would substitute a direct tie to the widow cell. The villain doesn’t seem threatening, because we don’t care enough to want to see his demise either. He gets so little screen time, and we never get to learn his “why”- a titular aspect of a compelling villain. It is a pretty known fact that marvel movies don’t always have the best villains. But after doing things like Thanos and Wanda, the standard of story telling has risen. And Marvel needs to meet and exceed their own standards, if they want to keep their credibility as good storytellers. Also: WHERE DID PHEROMONES COME FROM?? YOU CAN’T JUST INTRODUCE RANDOM PLOT LINES WITHOUT SETTING THEM UP PREVIOUSLY??
Because we get a sense of all that from Nat, ever since Avengers we see glimpses of her pain and trauma, at least for me it wasnt hard to accept the whole issue. In fact the opening credits scene was enough for me considering what I knew before hand...
we've had SO MANY scenes of Nat talking about her horrible past and the horrible people behind it, we know by watching her how skilled and formidable the widows must be but know that wherever she comes from, it is now long gone. To discover that was a lie is a good solid base to kick start Nat solo movie imo. That said, I wish we could have seen more of her training and time in the OG red room - the opening credits were cool, but I wished for a little more
I think the movie should have leaned into the tone of the intro, that was the most grounded and effective part of the whole movie. Like imagine the reintroduction of Yelena right before she is freed, but filmed in a way that shows she's basically a prisoner in her own body instead of generic spy action filmmaking. Use first person shots, use every trick in the book that communicates altered states of minds - and then show us the aftermath, and to communicate her regaining free will, go back to regular filmmaking to reveal to us the corpse of her liberator. That movie had fairly powerful themes, but it was buried in over the top action schlock.
I was so disappointed by our good ol' russian daddy. He goes on and on about being the one to bring down Captain America but he does next to nothing. His big final fight is just him getting pummelled until someone steps in to help, which just feels like a waste. They set him up as the muscle of the group but he doesn't win a *single* fight. And the villians were, once again, really underwhelming. I was excited to see Taskmaster but her powers are underutilised as hell and she doesn't have an agenda of her own. On the other hand, our coldblooded criminal mastermind who manipulates the entire world... is baited into throwing a tantrum in like two sentences?
Since they announced this movie I ALWAYS thought a much better plot would’ve been a 3/4 or even just half of the movie about that Mission Black Widow and Hawkeye keep talking about and then in the final act of the movie, the focus goes to Jeremy Reiner (Hawkeye) and he has to finish loose ends or something. Like, imagine how cool it would’ve been if this story was the kind that has constantly flashbacks to the point where they occupy a chunk of the story. It could’ve been focused on both of the characters but the true protagonist being Haweye and he would relive his memories of BW. Hell, “Ant-Man and the Wasp” is a thing. Just call it “Black Widow and Haweye” and BOOM! Two characters that needed their own movies now have their movie
For me the only "normal Marvel" part was the third act, that actually dragged the movie down. When it was exploring the emotional trauma of surviving the red room or the connection with this weird family and burden that their past have on them I was fully invested. Then it became a generic action packed block buster movie with none of those actually meaning shit anymore. Like the the director wanted to explore Natasha as a person more, but was forced to do a "marvel movie" in the end.
Ideally, this is how it would’ve played out: this comes out right after Civil war, and the end scene with the quinjet would’ve been the end credits so we know how they got it in infinity war. Then this movies end credits would’ve been the one for endgame or something, tying it into the story
@@selty they needed proof a female led film could make mcu money. Which is fucking stupid and it blew up in their faces really, the movie would’ve made more money if it released before the pandemic
Marvel was already depriving the VFX artists of their time and energy when Phase 3 came out. Phase 2 was abysmal but Marvel Studios were fisting the people in charge behind the set. You can look it up. They were pulling dick moves on making practical sets then having the VFX team replace those props with computer imagery.
Very true, no one gets injured in any way. After yelena destroys the choppers blades towards the end and it explores in her face, there not a scratch on her.
Can we talk about how Black Widow is literaly a superhero. She got thrown onto a Truck and into a river. A few days later she fell from the second Floor landing several time on her back and landed perfectly on her feet?? A few moments later she had a complete Car crash. Not once we see her hurt like she would've been.
I'm surprised this is the first comment I've read about how similar the plot is to Winter Soldier The villain's plan, the "I do what he does just slower" character, the mind controlled terminator it was weird
I always saw this movie as sort of a "Victory Lap" for Scarlett. She's probably been doing this just as long as RDJ or Sam Jackson, and Marvel probably wanted to give her one final "farewell' with a movie of her own. I thought the movie was fine. Definitely weaker than the shows right now. But it was decent enough and I won't say I hated my time watching it.
That’s the only reason it exists it feels like I agree. It feels like Marvel felt like they owed her her own movie after all these years so they just kinda threw one together for her.
I think he was a bit too pessimistic at the end. Eternals is coming out soon, and there's that Skrull plotline that was teased at the end of Spiderman. There's alot more to the future of the MCU than Black Widow and Winter Soldier type characters
@@DylanMadd I don’t know about this man. I can eternals probably being forgettable to general audiences. But I have hope because I’ve read eternals and I’ve actually really fell in love with it. But all I can hope for next is the X-Men
@@rigobertorosenbaum9838 Guardians was similar before it came out. I’m also not certain it can work again (JGunn has a unique voice/style). It occurred to me when I thought about phases 1-3 and how great it was and nostalgic I already am for that era. And they could continue to bring those characters back (at great expense) and building on those storylines. OR, they could bring in new characters forever (with Eternals, XMen, F4 & more multiverse/cosmic stories) and never mention Cap or Stark ever again. There’s so much room and so many characters still it seems they can go on and on forever. I love it. Wish DC could do something similar.
Honestly, I still can't believe this is the movie we got. They basically had a template movie to build this movie off of. Just like you said, it should been more like the Winter Soldier. That movie was a surprise spy thriller for me and that's a Captain America movie. This is a Black Widow movie, literally a spy. Natasha's best movie is STILL the Winter Soldier because she was able to show some of her spy skills and overall non-fighting intelligence. Nothing like that in this movie.
This movie wasn’t pointless: it set up Yelena as a character and potentially being the new Black Widow. It’s as much of an origin story for Yelena as it is a side story for Natasha, and I hope that Marvel handles Yelena properly.
@yb.4s I mean captain marvel or Thor would beat up Spider-Man, there’s a power gap with every member, she was brought on board they knew for sure they’d be dealing with massive alien stuff all the time, from what we saw even after joining the avengers she still mainly did spy stuff anyway
@CB I think the idea of the avengers has changed a lot, instead of a singular time we’ll probably see loads dealing with a variety of issues. Yelena with the Thunerbolts with John Walker dealing with more ground stuff, the likes of Dr.Strange deal with magical stuff, Cpt.Marvel and the Guardians deal with space stuff and Spider-Man deals with his neighbourhood. They’ll likely all come together to beat Kang but I’m not sure how they would be able to so maybe she won’t even get involved with that part of the MCU
The action was always putting me off while watching this one. It was defying physics at the levels of fast and the furious. There were numerous moments that should have been fatal, from which the main characters simply stood up and ran.
The physics kept fluctuating between Winter Soldier and Iron Man. For that reason, none of the action felt grounded enough or built up a proper sense of danger/threat. I didn't know when to expect characters to get injured or suffer a defeat...no tension as a result.
Yes! It got to the point where I thought that they must've given natasha some sort of version of the superhero serum in the red room, to justify all the hits she could take 😅
Holy shit i havent seen the movie yet and when i read task master i thought "who THE FUCK was taskmaster supposed to be in the clips he showed????" And i googled it and yeah wow im disappointed whyd they do my boy like that
I agree with you I do have my critiques but overall I really enjoyed this movie they're very few marvel movies that are below 7 for me and it's only two
@@argo9721That all changed when opinions turned into outright rage for the sake of rage. Oh and let's not forget, a lot of these "Opinions" are coming from people who haven't seen the movie or even F with the MCH hard-core. So what is that opinion worth???
There are multiple actors in Hollywood who can speak Slavic languages fluently (Polish, Russian, etc.) that are relatively well known like: Milla Jokovich, Yvonne Strzechowski, Mia Wasikowska, Oleg Tarkarov or Olesya Ruslin, but nah let's make most of the main casts Anglo who speak with extremely fake accent
mason was the same way. the posters made it seem like he had such a huge role and there was even speculation that he would be task master and in the movie he didn't even get ten minutes of screen time
I liked it, personally. I liked that it wasn't setting up twelve future movies, but was just doing its own thing and exploring a few new facets of Natasha.
Same. As a stand-alone movie, it's really good. But, when you compare it to other Marvel movies and see what it _could've_ been, it's not as great. It mostly depends on your perspective, I guess.
Task masters got more character development in his side quests in Spider-Man PS4 than this movie tbh… Just feels like a missed opportunity and I really feel like Marvel has been producing more content since endgame just for the hell of it and lack the passion and creativity of the movies that came before it.
This was supposed to be one of those filler movies like Ant-man and the Wasp was but because the world decided to shit it’s own pants we waited for way to long and some people actually got their hopes up
@Miguel Messina Snyder doesn't own flash, wb does, Snyder with DC's permission used flash in zsjl, the flash is rumoured to be a soft reboot of the dceu
I realize this was intended to come out a full year before Loki.. But just imagine if we all went in knowing there was no way that black widow could die because this was a prequel.. but it all leads up to her death in some way, then we see a TVA reset and cut to black.. That would be a pretty cool way to shatter expectations.. but lol just came up with this on a whim
They didn't ruin Taskmaster. This takes place 7 years before Endgame. That's a lot of time for the villain to evolve into the Taskmaster we know from other media. This one is basically just explaining the origin of Taskmaster, which is cool, and not killing them off makes me believe we will see them back in the future. Either as a hired mercenary or just an antihero. Don't give up on a character we will probably see again in the future. Hell, Abomination is in She-Hulk and Shang-Chi, the MCU doesn't forget characters that aren't dead, especially if they can add to the story in the future. Taskmaster showing up in a Captain America movie would be a great way to show how Sam can surpass Steve Rogers in some ways by showing him beat Taskmaster who is fighting the same as Steve Roger's (sans super-strength, of course).
@@Lampboi-jp6dt But this Taskmaster was terrible and nothing like the comic book version so why would we even want to see more? The actual Taskmaster is way more fun, he's a cocky jerk who basically fanboys over the moves he copies from people while also being incredibly badass. I doubt she'll appear again honestly, unless they just retcon her and say "Oh no actually the REAL Taskmaster is this dude"
@@Lampboi-jp6dt Being blown up by black widow is a nice origin, but you have to admit the movie doesn’t seem to care much for the character until the last minute. This all felt like a knock off Captain America: winter soldier. In that movie, the set up between Steve and WS was done way better. That movie both shows and tells us and the protagonist why they need to take the winter soldier as a serious threat. All the info dump for Taskmaster happens at the very end and it doesn’t leave as big of an impact like Captain America’s movie did.
@@mrcheesemunch MCU isn't in the same universe, so why expect the same? Marvel doesn't want comic book fans to guess everything correctly either, would ruin all the fun for normies. There's plenty of time to develop them into a cocky (or whatever) character, now that they have their humanity back
@@palody_en-ja Then why do they make incredibly predictable movies? I haven't read any of these comics and nothing in this movie surprised me at all, like it was pretty damn obvious they weren't going to leave Black Widow a child killer meaning the kid would be relevant later and oh, shocking, she's Taskmaster.
Honestly, I the last act was pretty meh for me, but I actually enjoyed a lot of the character stuff leading up to that. The problem is that these types of movies almost always need to make it a big blockbuster ending for some reason (it's why I can't watch a lot of movies anymore, they all seem the same), but the opening was cool, and the family was my favorite part of the movie. I would love a movie or TV show for the 3 of them going on adventures, but fingers crossed we get as much of them as hinted at in the post-credits (I won't say specifics just for the people who can't stop themselves from reading obvious spoilers)
Be honest with me - how many times does she do *the pose* over the course of the runtime? I feel like I saw it at least four times in the trailer. I wonder if someone in the process only suggested Taskmaster as the villain because Taskmaster's gimmick is copying people and that'd give us the mirrored Ironman 2 pose.
To be fair, that pose is intentionally made fun of, and later on used, to demonstrate Black Widow’s capacity as a woman portrayed as a superhero. Later on, her sister does it too, which also adds more significance to the future mantle she’ll be carrying as its subsequent successor
@@SilentGamer6742 that was actually a smart move to have these character moments where she pokes fun at it, tries it later on like a little sister that wants to imitate her elder sister.
Taskmaster was so out of place in this movie. He belongs in an avengers outing where he has a host of characters to play with the fight-mirroring gimmick. All that the characters in Black Widow do is vague martial arts
@@unhelpfulrevelations7989 In the movie he does use the claws, the bow and shield and he copies the moves too but he is still out of place. His original backstory is better too... a rogue Shield agent turned mercenary, that's so much better.
Black Widow will age better after it’s in total release. Give it a decade and the generation of new fans will end up watching this film chronologically. If that makes sense
@@GibbySoapBox I don't think you actually know what cult classics are. I think you should watch evil dead and see what people like about it to start understanding what a cult classic is.
Am I the only one still with mix feelings about what happened almost at the end with Natasha being left alone waiting for Ross to get her, the camera cuts and then we find her with her friend in Norway (?) I guess. It feels like they ran out of ideas of how to make her escape that situation and simply move on. Who thought that was a good idea??
Yeah, the family dynamic was the best part. All the family are alot more morally compromised and grey than the other Avengers. Natasha was willing to kill an innocent girl in order to kill her target. The Red Guardian had a warped perspective on success where he though sending girls he genuinely like and was attached to sent to the Red Room where they learn to kill countless people. He didn't send them there out of malice or apathy, but because that he though it gave them the best possible future and the mother was suffocating a pig just to show off her science experiment. It was interesting to see how both Natasha and Yelena react to their childhood. Natasha tries to completely reject her past by pointing out how their fake family was just a front for the Russians, while Yelena clings to this past because it was the only time she was happy and not a puppet. I quite like the first 2/3 of the movie. Wasn't a big fan of the finale with Taskmaster and the sexist glasses dude.
I guess I get that aspect of it, I just think it was stupid to market it as a black widow movie when it was mostly about the side characters lol, because I def cared more about them than her and it didn’t further her story in any way.
@@genevieveroy780 I think they looked at “birds of prey” and how that confused a lot of people went let’s not do that. Plus, the sister is the new black widow so it still kinda makes sense
You can blame Disney for being so hesitant on creating a female solo action movie. Fans have loved Black Widow since Iron Man 2. Her solo flick should have been the first, NOT Captain Marvel. ScarJo herself is also way more likable than Brie Larson. She has no political agenda; in fact, she despises social media. I'll bet you anything they did hesitate because she wouldn't promote their uber SJW mentality the way Brie did.
@@nahor88 honestly, I think Captain Marvel was a better movie than this one. Black Widow is cool, but outside of the Cap movies and Endgame, ScarJo always seemed like a weirdly written character, and it was made even more obvious in this movie. I'm not saying a Black Widow movie couldn't work, but they didn't lean hard enough into the Mission Impossible aspect. They tried to make it more of a superhero movie than the abilities of the character could justify. Up until the last act of the movie, I could believe that Widow could actually pull off the action being shown. The final set piece was completely different. Being more invested in the side characters (especially Yelena) only adds to that. The Taskmaster plot was fun, and every time they showed up I loved seeing how they fought (though I've always loved the Taskmaster character, and I hope they bring out the actual skull mask if/when we see them again). I think the movie would've felt more than a 6/10 for me if they would've kept the stakes lower, like a Civil War style end scene, where it's only a couple characters, and nothing crazy going on in the background. Civil War's end scene resonates so hard for me because 1) obviously the conflict between Cap and Tony, but also 2) there isn't anything else happening. No world ending event or destruction, just 2 best friends fighting for keeps because 1 wants to save his other friend. Hindsight is 20/20, and there are choices I would never have made that I actually enjoyed quite a bit, but this movie feels like it was made before Civil War, and not just because it takes place there.
@@nahor88 well I wouldn't blame Disney I would blame the old head of marvel studios he said that female leads would not make money but now we have Kevin feige who is not a sexist and racist
@@emicadena2105 indeed. "Natasha, daughter of Ivan". I like the callback to Dreyghov's daughter...it comes straight from her interrogation of Loki in The Avengers on the helicarrier, when Loki tries to goad her by bringing up this incident that he made Clint reveal to him.
Honestly, the opening scene/credits are my biggest problem with the movie. The opening credits are EXTREMELY dark for an MCU movie. It sets the story up to seem like it is going to be a serious, solemn thriller focusing on the "horrors" of the training behind Black Widow. But nope. It then instantly fast forwards 21 years and the rest of the movie is full of the average Iron Man 2 quality quips/jokes, only this time with Russian characters.
Not gonna lie, Taskmaster was underused. I mean, how in hell did they arrive at the conclusion that Taskmaster never needed a 1 vs multiple heroes scene. It would have been so nice to have a Darth Maul like fight with Taskmaster changing his fighting style against 2 or 3 opponents.
I 100% agree... they hyped up Taskmaster WAY more in the trailers, which makes me wonder if they ran out of time... I was looking forward to seeing more mimicry of various Marvel heroes and villains. It's the classic issue of under-utilizing a side villain in favor of the big baddie.
@@deltaone2837 Thank you. That's the fight piece that would've saved this, I think. Natasha and Yelena both taking on TM and overwhelming TM's abilities to scan styles, as a team.
The laziest and cliche way the show a character to be tough is to show him in a Russian prison arm wrestling other inmates while getting a back tattoo.
Maybe he is constantly obsessed about being better than others, cause he wanted his suit back so he can fight and kids could look up to him. What else do you think a delusional person like him would do
The fact that Black Widow dies, shouldn't steal anything from having nice prequel stories. It's the journey, not the ending that matters. It's like saying "Clone wars is useless because we all know that Darth Vader dies". That said, Black Widow was a lot like the movie and series "Hannah".
The issue was it wasn’t much of a prequel though. It’d be like watching Attack of the Clones after all the OT. We were just told her backstory again, we didn’t get to experience it.
The thing that disappointed me the most with this movie is how underused Taskmaster was. Her introduction in the beginning of the movie was really strong and set her up as a huge threat to the hero’s. She then has the car chase scene which was pretty good but then she barely does anything for the rest of the movie. We barely get to see any cool applications of her unique power set and in the comics Taskmaster is such a powerful and cool mercenary type villain. I think it would have went better if she was hunting Natasha down throughout the movie to provide them with a sense of urgency and danger. I even heard a suggestion that she could have been a mercenary hired by the government to track Natasha down which I thought would have been really cool and would let them use her in future movies where her powers could be displayed even more as she fights more and more superhero’s.
4:38 " a character who constantly brags about having fought Capt. America even though he never did." But he DID... this was actually one of my favorite parts of the whole movie... the (very) subtle revelation that, when Cap. went back to return the stones, he Capped around during the Cold War while the rest of the MCU was still happening... They also did something very similar in Ant Man (1or 2, can't remember) Hank Pym said he hated Howard Stark because he accused Stark of stealing some of his particles in the 70s... Which is what Cap and Tony did in Endgame. They wrote that ahead of time -- I love when movies are (rarely) smart like that..
I thought this movie wouldn't have been as good were it not for Florence Pugh. She was by far the BEST character, and now my favorite side character. Looking forward to seeing her in... *SPOILERS* Hawkeye show?
My relationship with this movie is pretty different to most, the director actually lived very close to my house and was the former neighbour of a friend of mine, when they were young they even got invited over for dinner one time and I also drive past that place to go to work everyday. Since I’m not American it’s rare big movies come out with directors from Australia and especially ones from my state (apparently James Wan went to the same college but he didn’t live here very long and moved after graduating) I feel just happy someone who grew up in the same place as me really got a chance to make something on such a scale. I do have opinions on what I thought of the film but for me I’d rather just be happy for the reasons previously mentioned.
Hah! No. No development of who Natasha was, really, a shame considering SJ's character was always treated as filler. Nothing for the Communist Captain (the Crimson Dynamo :P) explaining how the hell he fits in a timeline so, so different from the comics (where he *does* fight Captain America). Also, the Crimson Dynamo dig... Really? So... They point at comics (Iron Man Cold War era villain) and that's, like... All? And Taskmaster didn't get any cool scene. Could've taken on all four of 'em, anyway. This felt like a rushed interludium for the damn Disney+ series that came out too late. If it had came out earlier... What would it have brought, if not even that? People criticise Ant-Man and the Wasp a lot (I think it was actually qyite good, albeit forgettable, but so are most marvel movies) but this... This would've been below Thor The Dark World.
@@jotabeas22 I mean, we know there were more super-powered soldiers while Rogers was still an icicle. I just assumed his story about fighting Cap was a nod to that
@@CallMeFi Yeah sure, but... Who? And no reference? Maybe it was MCU's Frank Simpson, but dates wouldn't add up, I'd wager. Not that I watched Falcon and Bucky series
I watched it today and I honestly loved it, it was just a light hearted throwaway action filled movie that had me at the edge of my seat and I loved every second of it.
This movie can't even be called Black Widow's movie. It's just a disposable setup movie that just so happens to have Black Widow in it as she's too dead for this movie to further her story.
i didnt do my research but i heard somewhere that the purpose of this movie is also to introduce characters that would most likely show up in mcu years ahead. ig watching the movie knowing that its also a first step for new characters or an introduction per se, is a fair pov to take the story that this movie provides a bit more contextual y'know. I mean it is kinda misleading that the movie is named Black Widow, but we got more of other characters than Black Widow herself.
@@Gloomdrake I'm honestly not sure, like this movie is fucking gaslighting me cuz like now I'm "Did they say that? Or did I just pull that out of my ass"
@@meganvincent5381 Well, I mean, when someone says, "backstory," that usually means the stuff that happened to them before we met them, not shenanigans they got up to in between appearances
I think this movie should have been released after the Civil War. It looks very dated. The villain is bad, some scenes are just сringe. I hope this will not happen again, but something tells me that this is just the beginning...
@@KingArthur39 I've never really understood this argument,sure some people will go in the opening weekend but most people will just wait a day or two for the reviews to see if it's worth seeing
Which is the dumbest plot twist in the MCU? The Mandarin being some washed up actor? Nick Fury's eye being scratched out by a cat? Evan Peters being there for the sake of a penis joke? Or Taskmaster being Harvey Weinstein's brainwashed daughter?
When that rotor engine blows up on Yelena's face, it should've at least blown a part of her face off, but it only throws her off with no scratch and yet again, we get another MCU obvious fake or almost death scene.
I mean there’s no way they do that and get away with the rating they do, I get why you think that but these are also made for kids who don’t want to see a character with traumatic realistic facial scarring
@@davidvanhorn2493 I get you but that thing can kill or injury anyone, for life. Why set up that "fake/almost death" scenes in a way that should realistically kill the characters yet they don't. They could've done it in other ways.
@@IftiAlam1999 Yeah I agree I think lots of parts were weak, I mean a child is in a house that exploded like crazy and all she comes out with is some facial scarring that film kinda completely jumps ship on the realism
Black Widow, a movie that came out this year, that was supposed to come out last year, but should've come out 7 years ago.
My thoughts exactly
Yes exactly
I definitely enjoyed Black Widow, but yes, if it had come out 7 months after Civil War(instead of 7 years), I think it would have been much more impactful to the overall MCU.
Agreed this should've come out around when Black Panther or spiderman did. Hard to care about Black Widow when we all know what she did has no real consequence on her when we all know she's in Infinity War and dies in Endgame.
If only it came out instead of captain marvel that would have been fine but the MCU was too focused on trying to make Carol their poster girl when no one actually cared about her.
This movie should have been made 5 years ago, and weirdly enough, it does feels like it was made 5 years ago.
The villains and formula both feel very early 2010s-esque
I wouldn't be surprise if that was the case honestly, knowing other movie's history
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For all we know this movie could've been written 5 years ago and was shelved until they saw the success of other female lead superhero films like Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel.
This movie feels like a sequel. The Budapest mission is the first movie
the more i hear abt budapest references the more I want to see firsthand, what natasha and clint do back then and there. its always "back in Budapest" and "this is nothing like Budapest" that triggered me. i hope hawkeye's disney+ series will dive deeper into that story
What was most painful in this movie was the quips and jokes.. felt like watching joss whedon movies (esp AOU with its horrible jokes)
BudapeSHt
Yep it should've come out in 2013/2014 followed by this one released in 2016/17. Nack then I would have prefered seeing original Avengers get expanded on in their own movies, instead of new characters getting a bland movie like Ant-man and even doctor strange. We really didn't need an ant-man movie. Let alone 2. Just putting him in a few movies as a side character and quickly explaining the subatomic stuff for Endgame would've been enough. I like doctor strange, but i feel like it would've been mch better if we saw him showing up randomly in some stories like Ragnarok to make him some STRANGE dude on the side, guarding the earth, and only later reveal the mysteries surronding him in a movie with Wanda.
thats the issue Black Widow has no standalone or duo movies Thor and Hulk have one's Iron Man and Cap have 3 the Budapest mission should have been Hawkeye and her. You think Renner would say no, of course, he wouldn't. It's a shame for being one of the main avengers or original ones her and hawkeye got cucked hard and this just shows it
Hearing "Obama was still president when that movie came out." felt like being pushed off a cliff.
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T- that wasn't that long ago though... r- right?
*Who can say where the road goes, where the day flows*
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@@AxxLAfriku You’re not the greatest TH-camr in the world, you’re the biggest loser in the world.
@@TechnologicallyTechnical FR I miss the pre-trump era
I find it kind of insulting that this character waited seven years to finally get her movie, and it was after she fucking died.
Blame Ike Perlmutter for that one.
I couldn't agree more
You care more about Natasha than the MCU does, then
@@novadreamer1779 yes
Where r u getting seven years from? She's been around for 12 now since 09
When he said “Obama was president back then.” it made me realize just how long ago Civil War was. I feel like sometimes I forget because of how much Marvel content we get. My god. Get me out of here.
Relevant: Avengers Endgame was released over two years ago
@@zacharyschafer9493 No way..... time just goes by I guess.
@@tastingthestars13 avengers infinity war was 3 years ago sheesh I still remember watching the trailer and thinking how epic it will be
Bush was still president when the first iron man movie came out
@@pieceoftrash184 this assortment of words sent me into a contemplative spiral. thank you
Honestly this should've been a sequal to a movie that would've been focused in that Budapest mission.
Shoot, I thought by the trailer that’s what it would be about
Her going back to ground zero where things might’ve begun or something or someone (taskmaster) hunting her because of what when down there, maybe people died there that was family or friends for taskmaster and they’d blame Natasha for it all directly....imagine that movie, cliche but more focused
@@ninjanibba4259 How do I keep finding you?
@@Flome810 idk, maybe you’re stalking me
Yeah ... I felt like I was watching Natasha's version of Captain America 2 ... only there was never a Captain America 1 to make me give a damn about HYDRA, Bucky etc
@@TheJadedJames That's honestly a perfect way to put it
The Budapest mission sounds like it's basically the Kessel Run of the Marvel movies
At least they showed us the Kessel Run
So... you'll originally never get to see it but once you do it's not as great as it was made out to be?
@@Shinransa nah that scene was badass
@@marcool3645 I don't know, all we saw was Natasha watching a kid from a car then she blows up the kid.
@@Shinransa he meant the kessel run scene
This movie had a super inconsistent tone. The intro sequence with the separation of the family is honestly one of the darkest intros in the entire MCU. But fast forward 21 years when the family finally reunites, and everyone primarily communicates via quips/jokes. The whole movie just felt... weird.
Elaine’s awful comedic introduction at Natasha’s grave is the fucking worst. I’m about ready to cry over her sister coming to pay respects and then I hear someone blowing their nose multiple times, like the disrespect here vs Tony’s funeral is infuriating
@@victorpleitez768 maybe Marvel wants you to hate her, she's obviously a baddie
@@palody_en-ja who cares...don't shit on a beloved Avenger that has been there from the start .
The intro actually showed lots of potential - even the plane chase is actually really tense and the Idea of kids being used as cover during a dangerous spy mission and pretty much being shelves for later use when it's done was just so heartbreaking.
And there are a few shades of that later in the movie - the villain is actually pretty terrifying, not so much as an evil mastermind, but as a serial abuser - and I don't think it's a coincidence that he kinda looks like Harvey Weinstein.
But there is a ton of formulaic action, like when Natasha and Yelena meet and thus they "have" to fight to establish their fighting styles, even though in that moment they supposedly both know they're on the same side. Then Right after we have the red room agents going after them. empty action scenes filling the void rather than progressing the story.
Even potentially very powerful scenes like when Yelena kills the former widow who frees her, or when the bad guy euthanizes another one in budapest - are painted in the most bland cartoonish MCU brush and I just wish that a little more of the raw emotion and Indie filmmaking sensibilities of the intro shone through in those moments. It's not like the movie is devoid of themes, even if it's a pretty generic movie about abuse and misogyny.
I agree. I thought I was watching a Jason Bourne movie in the first 20 minutes because it looked so dark
I think they waited way too long to pull the trigger on this movie, even pre-COVID. This should’ve come out before Endgame for the sake of Black Widow’s story.
Google the name Ike Perlmutter and you will come to understand why Black Widow didn't get a movie sooner.
@@RottingDragon we all know why there were no female led marvel movies before like 2019 but it just feels like this should’ve been out a while ago. after the ambition of infinity war/endgame and the disney plus shows, it really seemed like marvel was going in a new, more complex direction, so for this to come out after all that is just a lil meh.
@@johnathom-v3y bruh NO female led movies before 2019 lol
@@RottingDragon Perlmutter was based. He's the reason why the MCU is as big as it is today.
@@KanyeT1306 He's also the reason why it took so long to get solo Black Widow movie. He might have done a lot to get the MCU to where it is, but he's also the reason it was held back in many ways.
Loved the post credit scene when Dom shows up and explains to her why family is important
Dom will return in Avengers: Family
Honestly I thought this movie would be about how Black Widow and Hawkeye met, and how they escaped Budapest. That would of been a fucking epic movie!
You and I both.
I personally thought that the first part of the movie was going to be about the Red Room and how they trained the girls to become Black Widows then how Natasha was going to meet Clint and joined the Shield/the Budapest mission.
But unfortunately, this movie was about introducing the new Black Widow...
But tbh, a movie about Natasha's origins story should have been released a long time ago (like right after her introduction in Iron Man 2), same for Hawkeye and his circus days (there could have been a movie about him right after the first Thor movie because Clint was in it).
I realised after the film that the plot of the film was just:
Natasha: “Where do I find the Red Room?
Lets ask Yelena”
Yelena: “Don’t know, let’s ask Alexei.”
Alexei: “Don’t know, let’s ask Milena.”
Milena: “I know, I’ll take you there.”
*End Credits*
And people are saying this is the best marvel movie. They butchered and bastardized taskmaster.
@Damian Rubio Are you kidding? I’m all here for originality, but when they ruin a character for no reason and make a movie just to milk a character, that’s isn’t good or even “original”. Don’t be one of those guys that blindly support anything marvel puts out.
@Damian Rubio Bet you haven’t even touched a comic.
@@Flome810 yeah I have never read a comic and yet I was very dissapointed with taskmaster, not only as another bland marvel villain, but because, like comic fans, my expectations were high.
How so? Because of the spider-man ps4 game. Yes the freaking spider-man game gave the character so much better representation from small side quests alone.
For half a second I thought it meant the red room from Twin Peaks and I got real excited...
I feel like the stakes in the movie were geared toward Yelena. I was TERRIFIED of her dying so I was pretty invested
The freedom of all the other widows is what was really at Stake, I just don’t like how all the widows became clueless after they broke free of the mind control and had to be told by the main characters to escape.
“Invested’ I see what you did there lol
Who gives af
Literally nobody thought she was gonna die considering they’ve been promoting her as essentially the “new Black Widow”.
The movie made me feel it was more Yelena’s story than Nat’s. But you know what I look forward to seeing her again. You know she’s going to be in the Hawkeye series.
This movie's biggest sin IMO is turning Taskmaster into a bland terminator-esque bad guy. I don't mind the twist near the end regarding the character, I just think they can't have this villain not be a wise cracking asshole and still make it work. It's a big part of what makes Taskmaster fun.
That’s literally what I think, when I think of taskmaster, he usually has something to say, that’s why I like him
That’s exactly what I think. I’ve always loved Taskmaster in the comics but they turned them into a Terminator or another Winter Solider like character. I’m fine with that but cmon, it’s Taskmaster
Maybe make the daughter actually work for her father? I think that could work. I also think it's possible that they could use the Taskmaster Program or whatever it was called to have someone else take the mantle of Taskmaster.
I mean, to quote my dad when we saw this movie
"They (the director and writers) saw Terminator and liked that"
The only way I think it would've worked better is if they made Taskmaster even more of a threat in this movie. I think the reveal was pretty cool but the ending was very meh, and if you're going to have a meh ending with this "scary" Taskmaster you might as well have gone with the asshole wisecracking taskmaster then
“Obama was president when that movie came out!” God I feel old
Me too and I'm 21
@@rhyswallace3590 same exact thing haha nothing made me feel older than when i found out that batman beyond was having its 20th anniversary a bit ago
how do we go back i want to spend more time with the bionicles
Having watched that movie a few weeks ago, it hit like a truck to realize just how long ago it came out.
I am so ancient
Yelena was hands down the best character in this movie.
Agreed
I might have to agree with that
Easily but I really think they made it that way so we like her in the mcu. It’s just unfortunate that this was black widows last time in the mcu and she’s not even the stand out character
It felt like the film was setting up a more interesting character with her but she had to be stuck in a supporting role, I hope the next Black Widow films haver her as the lead.
Who would've thought Taskmaster was a female version of the cyborgs from Invincible with a mechanical sharingan?
Marvels peak of “grounded type hero” spy story is still winter soldier, that movie is top tier marvel. If they can do more stuff like that again than were good
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Nah, it was daredevil
To me that movie is kinda overrated
@@nobodycares743 Nah but hey think what you want
@@davimelo9181 Nah… but I guess your allowed to have an opinion
He’s totally right about the Budapest thing, why wasn’t that the movie instead of what we got. Of course it would be weird having most of the main characters have some form of de-aging crap on them (whether that be heavy makeup or cgi), but it would have been so good
Yeah that's the thing, they lost there chance to do that because they made it too late, and they would have had to make everyone deaged the entire movie
I was really disappointed we didn't get to see (in full) what happened in Budapest, that made Black Widow reference it in the first Avengers movie.
They should do even more references in hawkeye
Well, considering the story that got told, here, centering the movie on Budapest would have told an incomplete story, and one that had little to nothing to do with the other characters like Yelena. It wouldn't have properly introduced her character, which admittedly was a big part of this movie's point.
The budapest thing isn't really that exciting. I mean they just planted a bomb and hid.
They turned cocky, wise-cracking Taskmaster into an emotionless, edgy killing machine. I think it would have been better if they had used Deathlok instead, considering he died and was made into a cyborg. But I guess we'll never see Taskmaster in his full glory considering he was just another plot-twisted, one-off villain.
They already used Deathlok in Agents of Shield but I get what you mean
@@DishyLemon TBH I didn't have the motivation to finish the show, so thanks for letting me know.
@@drag0nerd
That show got boring
@@drag0nerd AOS? atleast give season 4 a try, they peaked at that.
@@muhammadtarunaaldiramadan248 Wait, which one did Ward (or whatever his name was) die
This movie should’ve been released before endgame
This movie shouldn't have been released
@@The-Real-JD No
@@The-Real-JD Your opinion....sucks.
@@Namato360 So do yours
@@The-Real-JD have you seen it
A huge problem is that Black Widow just feels so "past Marvel." We've gotten used to the crazy, character driven MCU with WandaVision, FATWS and Loki, and this just feels like such a step down.
Yeah, I think this movie's biggest weakness was everyone's expectations for it.
Edit: Its definitely far from a bad movie though.
I'm actually disappointed, not by any of that, but because it wasn't focused on black widow when she was training to be KGB and then working as a Russian spy. I thought we were getting a prequel film.about her backstory, not some boring side mission she did between two of the recent films.
@@demiliomason1565 i wanted that story as well, but ever since the movie was announced it was confirmed that wasnt going to be the story they chose so it didnt bother me...
Loki is the only good show out of those
@@Batman1998- Loki is still airing so I can't exactly say for certain it'll stay that way. Wandavision for example was great until it got near the end and left its sitcom gimmick and started having people flying and shit again.
Florence Pugh's Yelena stole the show. She was my favorite character in the film. I so hope we see more of her in future projects.
I feel like this was kind of the purpose of the movie. Black widow is dead and they wanted to introduce Yelena so she can be a character in future movies right?
4:37 Yes! It drove me nuts that they never touched on that. A character that has always wanted to fight Captain America, fights someone that knows all of his moves and the movie doesn't give that moment any significance.
And he just gets slapped around until someone saves him which just feels so cheap. "Oh we can't have someone apart from our protagonist beat the villain" at least let him take a shot at it! Maybe leave a wound! *Something!*
Didn’t talk about Taskmaster… because Taskmaster wasn’t even a character, which is so very wrong to me. This movie wasted a perfectly good comic villain.
Taskmaster was way underused, but she is still alive so I imagine she'll be back in future movies!
Well she was a character because she was in the movie.
Hope she isn't the real taskmaster but a tm program to replicate the real taskmaster than a microchipped version
Taskmaster is pretty much Deadpool in X-men Origins: Wolverine and we all know how terrible that was.
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I love that the sister - sister interaction was on point with how most other siblings actually interact.
“Obama was president when that came out”
God that feels like a “do you feel old yet”
Civil War released in 2016 meaning that Spider-Man has been in the MCU for half a decade... good God time flies.
@@themadtitan7603 dear god
Literally said the exact same thing then immediately saw ur comment
@@themadtitan7603 wow
I mean he was president 5 years ago for Christ sake.
“Now this is a cool way to die” should’ve been Natasha’s last words
No.
No they shouldn’t have been.
@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ in hindsight you’re right
I don’t think that would’ve made sense when it came out and would’ve taken away from the seriousness of the scene
Some one else already mention this, but it would’ve ruined the tone of that scene leading up to her death. And with that being said, that emotional moment of Yelena paying respect to Natasha’s grave was ruined by Elaine’s comedic introduction into the mcu.
Guys this was a terrible idea i get it lmao
I feel like nobody is mentioning how the “heroes” cause an avalanche that most likely killed loads of people. Sure, many of them are criminals since it’s a prison, but STILL. Just give me movies with these characters being heroes instead of only saving the day when it’s a doomsday scenario.
@@TommyVProjects you realise the heroes caused the avalanche, not the bad guys, they purposely left hundreds of prisoners for dead
And it's never brought up again. No consequence. Nothing.
To be fair, none of them are actually "heros." It's completely within character of any of them to kill that many people and not care. Like red guardian said "Your ledgers must dripping red from all the people you killed."
i feel like in this movie that kind of works. none of the heroes are morally good people, maybe except for Natasha who switched lanes years ago and is still trying to do good by bringing down the Red Room. Even then though, we've seen how she killed Derykov's daughter for collateral, so even her morals aren't always straight. I guess they should have included a moment where Natasha plays the big sister role and criticises Yelena's choice to blow up that tower, but otherwise it weirdly works for me
i use to like black widow until endgame, this movie ruined it. I don't even want this movie to be canon
ive gotten so used to marcus’s criticism to the point where i can guess the score he will give the movie before he does it
I literally guessed correctly before I even watched the video
I was thinking lower cause hes usually more harsh than me and i hated it and would give it like a 3 so I was expecting atleast that or lower
Ikr
@@littledude6669 betcha if/when he does another retrospective it’ll sink
Who cares
I don’t mind the “normal human MCU” because obviously there’s a demographic for it, and I enjoy it when it’s done well as it was in the winter soldier. But they really need to come up with some compelling plots and antagonists. The plot in TFATWS was so convoluted, and Karli was so lame. But if the story mainly took place in madripoor and involved an antagonist there I think it would’ve been way more interesting. As for black widow, it 100% should’ve been the mission in Budapest. They could’ve even kept the opening sequence with the fake family and her sister, and found a way to build up her character in the movie.
John Walker should have just been the main antagonist, and the conflict of the series is about him abusing the shield and Sam and Bucky realizing he needs to be stopped. Walker was the most compelling character in that series, and every time it cut away from him and focused on the flagsmashers or the stupid Power Broker shit, I was falling asleep.
Yelena carried Black Widow the same way John Walker carried TFATWS. The writers are too incompetent that the protagonists are too boring.
Also they were like superhumans like that scene where there where in a car that flipped over and kept smashing on the ground into the subway they should have died from that or be paralyzed for the rest of their lives but they jus got up with no blood and just started running again
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@@mezzb Galaga guy has more charisma than her. He should have been the main villain. It woulf perfectly fit for the suffocating jokey problems of Marvel films.
I wasn’t expecting this, but I actually really liked Black Widow. It was not worth the wait and all that, but it was very good in my eyes. Just my opinion tho
Same lol. It was an alright movie haha. For the point of just feeding your hunger for some marvel movies, it was an alright watch.
All I expected from this movie wasa super hero beat up a villain and I'm not disappointed. Thats probably also how I enjoyed captain marvel cause my expectations are astronomically low lmao
I also loved Black widow! I think they are being to harsh with it :/
I liked it but it was a bit too late so it made me kinda made ngl. we already know the end of her story so this movie is just an introduction for the new characters. still it doesn't deserve the 6.8 rating on IMDB.
Subjectively I liket it a lot actually. However, I know that it is objectively pretty meh
Just like the flag smashers, we weren’t showed the “why” for the villains. Why should we care? We saw the flag smashers blow up a building. Ok? What else? We’re told, but nver shows. And same with the flag smashers’ motivation. We were told that they were treated horribly after the blip, but never shown. We don’t care enough to either hate them because of what they do, or root for them because of the injustices against them. The same issues happen with the Widow cell. We are shown them sniping people, we’re told they are deadly. But we aren’t moved or emotionally tied for their liberation, other than being told that they’re being subjugated. We don’t see the struggle, we don’t witness the inhumane things being done to them. We’re just… told. And the two people who have ties to the red room (natasha & yelena) do not give it any worthwhile characterization that would substitute a direct tie to the widow cell. The villain doesn’t seem threatening, because we don’t care enough to want to see his demise either. He gets so little screen time, and we never get to learn his “why”- a titular aspect of a compelling villain. It is a pretty known fact that marvel movies don’t always have the best villains. But after doing things like Thanos and Wanda, the standard of story telling has risen. And Marvel needs to meet and exceed their own standards, if they want to keep their credibility as good storytellers.
Also: WHERE DID PHEROMONES COME FROM?? YOU CAN’T JUST INTRODUCE RANDOM PLOT LINES WITHOUT SETTING THEM UP PREVIOUSLY??
Because we get a sense of all that from Nat, ever since Avengers we see glimpses of her pain and trauma, at least for me it wasnt hard to accept the whole issue. In fact the opening credits scene was enough for me considering what I knew before hand...
we've had SO MANY scenes of Nat talking about her horrible past and the horrible people behind it, we know by watching her how skilled and formidable the widows must be but know that wherever she comes from, it is now long gone. To discover that was a lie is a good solid base to kick start Nat solo movie imo. That said, I wish we could have seen more of her training and time in the OG red room - the opening credits were cool, but I wished for a little more
@@JustMeESM I just wish the widow cell itself had more characterization. They were such a big part but we don’t see them all that much in the story.
@@JustMeESM except I really didn't care about that stuff before
I think the movie should have leaned into the tone of the intro, that was the most grounded and effective part of the whole movie.
Like imagine the reintroduction of Yelena right before she is freed, but filmed in a way that shows she's basically a prisoner in her own body instead of generic spy action filmmaking. Use first person shots, use every trick in the book that communicates altered states of minds - and then show us the aftermath, and to communicate her regaining free will, go back to regular filmmaking to reveal to us the corpse of her liberator.
That movie had fairly powerful themes, but it was buried in over the top action schlock.
I think Charlie summed this movie up nicely: delicious french fries that went cold due to late delivery.
I was so disappointed by our good ol' russian daddy. He goes on and on about being the one to bring down Captain America but he does next to nothing. His big final fight is just him getting pummelled until someone steps in to help, which just feels like a waste. They set him up as the muscle of the group but he doesn't win a *single* fight.
And the villians were, once again, really underwhelming. I was excited to see Taskmaster but her powers are underutilised as hell and she doesn't have an agenda of her own. On the other hand, our coldblooded criminal mastermind who manipulates the entire world... is baited into throwing a tantrum in like two sentences?
Makes a good point. Hard to care about Black Widow when we all know she dies.
My parents say the same thing to me.
Same. But when I go back in rewatch the movies in chronical order I think this movie way be slightly better.
@@elmantishrimp1689 True watching this after Civil War or even After Black Panther does make it slightly better.
disagree. everyone knows how most Greek tragedies or Shakespeare plays end before reading them. (And this is TOTALLY on that level)
Since they announced this movie I ALWAYS thought a much better plot would’ve been a 3/4 or even just half of the movie about that Mission Black Widow and Hawkeye keep talking about and then in the final act of the movie, the focus goes to Jeremy Reiner (Hawkeye) and he has to finish loose ends or something.
Like, imagine how cool it would’ve been if this story was the kind that has constantly flashbacks to the point where they occupy a chunk of the story. It could’ve been focused on both of the characters but the true protagonist being Haweye and he would relive his memories of BW.
Hell, “Ant-Man and the Wasp” is a thing. Just call it “Black Widow and Haweye” and BOOM! Two characters that needed their own movies now have their movie
i came into this movie with mids expectations and i had a pretty fun time with it ngl
Same
That's glad to hear because I can't get out of watching it with my friend.
@@maineman5757 ? You watch TH-cam videos on movies before you see them in the theater?
Sameeee
For me the only "normal Marvel" part was the third act, that actually dragged the movie down. When it was exploring the emotional trauma of surviving the red room or the connection with this weird family and burden that their past have on them I was fully invested. Then it became a generic action packed block buster movie with none of those actually meaning shit anymore. Like the the director wanted to explore Natasha as a person more, but was forced to do a "marvel movie" in the end.
Ideally, this is how it would’ve played out: this comes out right after Civil war, and the end scene with the quinjet would’ve been the end credits so we know how they got it in infinity war. Then this movies end credits would’ve been the one for endgame or something, tying it into the story
Yeah but they had to fight to get her a movie to begin with, which is fucking bullshit to me
@@selty they needed proof a female led film could make mcu money. Which is fucking stupid and it blew up in their faces really, the movie would’ve made more money if it released before the pandemic
Marvel was already depriving the VFX artists of their time and energy when Phase 3 came out. Phase 2 was abysmal but Marvel Studios were fisting the people in charge behind the set. You can look it up. They were pulling dick moves on making practical sets then having the VFX team replace those props with computer imagery.
I noticed everyone in the movie feels invincible and it’s kinda annoying
Very true, no one gets injured in any way. After yelena destroys the choppers blades towards the end and it explores in her face, there not a scratch on her.
@@disasterpiece4584 or when Natasha falls from the clouds while fighting one of e best marvel fighters and then she fights the us military
Insert title card
I mean…that’s Marvel for you
It’s fast and furious rules, you guys.
Black Widow should've just been the Budapest mission. Every time they describe it makes it sounds infinitely more entertaining than what we got here
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Can we talk about how Black Widow is literaly a superhero.
She got thrown onto a Truck and into a river.
A few days later she fell from the second Floor landing several time on her back and landed perfectly on her feet?? A few moments later she had a complete Car crash. Not once we see her hurt like she would've been.
Yeah and at least 2 car explosions with not a scratch
I checked out when she fell and landed on her feet. She was invincible in that movie.
Some of those scenes remind me of John Wick. Not sure what to make of it.
@@mileslaw John Wick, the second two mostly, are complete insanity, but at the very least they show that he feels pain.
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I was half-expecting Black Widow to go to Task Master and be like, "I'm with ya 'til the end of the line."
I'm surprised this is the first comment I've read about how similar the plot is to Winter Soldier
The villain's plan, the "I do what he does just slower" character, the mind controlled terminator it was weird
Not gonna lie I had this crazy idea in my head that Hawkeye was taskmaster
That wouldve been so cringe
Taskmaster is the boba fett of MCU
I haven't seen black widow yet so idk if this is possible, but hopefully they can pull a bobba fett and make him a better more interesting character
@@conormeehan. it’s not possible
@@drewmantia wow what a waste then
First scene was cool then we barely get them for the rest of the movie
He's Snake Eyes.
I always saw this movie as sort of a "Victory Lap" for Scarlett. She's probably been doing this just as long as RDJ or Sam Jackson, and Marvel probably wanted to give her one final "farewell' with a movie of her own.
I thought the movie was fine. Definitely weaker than the shows right now. But it was decent enough and I won't say I hated my time watching it.
That’s the only reason it exists it feels like I agree. It feels like Marvel felt like they owed her her own movie after all these years so they just kinda threw one together for her.
this movie was better than falcon & winter soilder and wanda vision imo. i dont think marvek does tv shows that well
They should have made the movie between Civil War and Infinity War
@@lewishamilton537 troll?
The movie was fine, but they pulled a barakapool with Taskmaster, and that's really fucking stupid
I think he was a bit too pessimistic at the end. Eternals is coming out soon, and there's that Skrull plotline that was teased at the end of Spiderman. There's alot more to the future of the MCU than Black Widow and Winter Soldier type characters
SO much more to come. X-Men, F4, Galactus, Doom… Marvel could continue to make multiple franchises for decades.
Yeh, and we have all the magic stuff with Wanda, Doctor Strange, the Multiverse etc
@@DylanMadd I don’t know about this man. I can eternals probably being forgettable to general audiences. But I have hope because I’ve read eternals and I’ve actually really fell in love with it. But all I can hope for next is the X-Men
and kang too now in loki episode 6
@@rigobertorosenbaum9838 Guardians was similar before it came out. I’m also not certain it can work again (JGunn has a unique voice/style). It occurred to me when I thought about phases 1-3 and how great it was and nostalgic I already am for that era. And they could continue to bring those characters back (at great expense) and building on those storylines. OR, they could bring in new characters forever (with Eternals, XMen, F4 & more multiverse/cosmic stories) and never mention Cap or Stark ever again. There’s so much room and so many characters still it seems they can go on and on forever. I love it. Wish DC could do something similar.
I wish they had kept this more grounded like the Winter Solider. Even the fight choreography/cinematography was shabby
Honestly, the unmasking reveal worked better there than here.
Honestly, I still can't believe this is the movie we got. They basically had a template movie to build this movie off of. Just like you said, it should been more like the Winter Soldier. That movie was a surprise spy thriller for me and that's a Captain America movie. This is a Black Widow movie, literally a spy. Natasha's best movie is STILL the Winter Soldier because she was able to show some of her spy skills and overall non-fighting intelligence. Nothing like that in this movie.
Exact score I'd give it. Meh.
I agree with that.
There's no real stakes since we know the protagonists outcome in a previous movie.
sup mark
Haven’t watched it yet but apparently, there’s no One Piece flare or passion at all in this one.
Mark watch the dumpster fire known as bleach
@@leehang2899 he will read berserk next
This movie wasn’t pointless: it set up Yelena as a character and potentially being the new Black Widow. It’s as much of an origin story for Yelena as it is a side story for Natasha, and I hope that Marvel handles Yelena properly.
Fck Marvel
@yb.4s I mean she’s a founding member
@yb.4s I mean captain marvel or Thor would beat up Spider-Man, there’s a power gap with every member, she was brought on board they knew for sure they’d be dealing with massive alien stuff all the time, from what we saw even after joining the avengers she still mainly did spy stuff anyway
@CB I think the idea of the avengers has changed a lot, instead of a singular time we’ll probably see loads dealing with a variety of issues. Yelena with the Thunerbolts with John Walker dealing with more ground stuff, the likes of Dr.Strange deal with magical stuff, Cpt.Marvel and the Guardians deal with space stuff and Spider-Man deals with his neighbourhood.
They’ll likely all come together to beat Kang but I’m not sure how they would be able to so maybe she won’t even get involved with that part of the MCU
They should just made yelena the main character then, it would be more entertaining since she could actually have a character arc
The action was always putting me off while watching this one. It was defying physics at the levels of fast and the furious. There were numerous moments that should have been fatal, from which the main characters simply stood up and ran.
The physics kept fluctuating between Winter Soldier and Iron Man. For that reason, none of the action felt grounded enough or built up a proper sense of danger/threat. I didn't know when to expect characters to get injured or suffer a defeat...no tension as a result.
The action in the end of the movie where they were fighting while falling, LMAO.
Yes! It got to the point where I thought that they must've given natasha some sort of version of the superhero serum in the red room, to justify all the hits she could take 😅
@@zunaidparker exactly
@@lorddank1121 that was nuts 😂 Natasha even slid down majestically on a falling platform 🤣
Im surprised the movie wasn’t rated r because of the way they brutally massacred taskmaster.
Lol but yeah. I'm a huge fan of Taskmaster and this is what we got in the MCU.
Holy shit i havent seen the movie yet and when i read task master i thought "who THE FUCK was taskmaster supposed to be in the clips he showed????" And i googled it and yeah wow im disappointed whyd they do my boy like that
Wait why? I thought task master was really fun in the movie. His fights were exciting
@@M53614 they probably are complaining because he wasnt how he was in the comics
@@bleacchy Exactly. We waited a long time for Taskmaster and they butchered him I mean HEr
My standard for a marvel movie is, “Did I have fun?” And I had fun in this movie, so for me it was a good marvel movie. 7/10
I don't understand why people don't just take the same stance. Definitely a 7/10. Good Movie. I had fun also.
I agree with you I do have my critiques but overall I really enjoyed this movie they're very few marvel movies that are below 7 for me and it's only two
@@Avarice-Zero ever heard of an opinion?
@@argo9721That all changed when opinions turned into outright rage for the sake of rage. Oh and let's not forget, a lot of these "Opinions" are coming from people who haven't seen the movie or even F with the MCH hard-core. So what is that opinion worth???
@@AIDENo_o Nice take.
At this point, the fake accents in Marvel movies are part of the cheesiness
david harbours accent was still less cringy than scar jo attempting to speak russian
Are you gonna go to Wano country
There are multiple actors in Hollywood who can speak Slavic languages fluently (Polish, Russian, etc.) that are relatively well known like: Milla Jokovich, Yvonne Strzechowski, Mia Wasikowska, Oleg Tarkarov or Olesya Ruslin, but nah let's make most of the main casts Anglo who speak with extremely fake accent
@@paveantelic7876 yeah, but give scarjo a break man. doing Russian accents ain't easy when you're Asian.
What took me out was what they did with Red Guardian. By far the most underused character in the whole film.
mason was the same way. the posters made it seem like he had such a huge role and there was even speculation that he would be task master and in the movie he didn't even get ten minutes of screen time
I loved him at first. Depressed mr incredible type of guy, remembers the glory days. Then it's like "hahaha look funny dad man"
@@bearbearthekilljoy5032 A whole big scene to get the dude out of prison just for a bedside talk and to get spanked by Taskmaster
I liked it, personally. I liked that it wasn't setting up twelve future movies, but was just doing its own thing and exploring a few new facets of Natasha.
Same. As a stand-alone movie, it's really good. But, when you compare it to other Marvel movies and see what it _could've_ been, it's not as great. It mostly depends on your perspective, I guess.
Task masters got more character development in his side quests in Spider-Man PS4 than this movie tbh…
Just feels like a missed opportunity and I really feel like Marvel has been producing more content since endgame just for the hell of it and lack the passion and creativity of the movies that came before it.
I haven’t seen this movie yet, but I’ll bet my PS4 that he’s still a country mile better here than the dumbass bullet sponge from the Avengers game.
Well that’s because Marvel isn’t as bitchy with their video games and they’re allowed to be creative.
@@thefilmwatcher1302 agreed I haven't seen the movie yet and even I know this is true
Yes and he had a good design
It wasnt even Taskmaster right? It was one of Natasha's cult enemies
This was supposed to be one of those filler movies like Ant-man and the Wasp was but because the world decided to shit it’s own pants we waited for way to long and some people actually got their hopes up
Yep, but i am sure that no way home, the batman, doctor strange 2 and the flash will all be great. Really hyped for those.
this is my favorite comment I snorted reading this
@Miguel Messina the flash is happening and will hit theatres in November 2022. Its currently shooting.
@Miguel Messina yes they are but i don't know what that has to do with the flash movie.
@Miguel Messina Snyder doesn't own flash, wb does, Snyder with DC's permission used flash in zsjl, the flash is rumoured to be a soft reboot of the dceu
I realize this was intended to come out a full year before Loki.. But just imagine if we all went in knowing there was no way that black widow could die because this was a prequel.. but it all leads up to her death in some way, then we see a TVA reset and cut to black.. That would be a pretty cool way to shatter expectations.. but lol just came up with this on a whim
Black Widow: the first movie to at least _try_ to make you give a shit about this character that was lifeless far before her canonical death
I can’t wait for Hawkeye’s movie! It’s a movie we don’t need but one that we deserve.
@@IncredibleMet isn’t it a show?
She wasn't lifeless at all, she just didn't get a lot of scenes.
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@@Mr_Cinematic How about you just make good videos instead of having to beg for views
Gonna be honest, wasn’t hyped for this movie in the first place.
I mean it’s a prequel for a dead character that people don’t really care about
Disney needs to stop making prequels
@@averagetoachievetruefreedo4064 on point
I find it hard to be hyped about anything marvel makes anymore tbh
Nobody asked
@@Lucy-fy5bi You don’t have to ask for somebody’s opinion in order for them to share it you know. It’s the internet
They ruined taskmaster, this could have been a cool villain
They didn't ruin Taskmaster. This takes place 7 years before Endgame. That's a lot of time for the villain to evolve into the Taskmaster we know from other media. This one is basically just explaining the origin of Taskmaster, which is cool, and not killing them off makes me believe we will see them back in the future. Either as a hired mercenary or just an antihero. Don't give up on a character we will probably see again in the future. Hell, Abomination is in She-Hulk and Shang-Chi, the MCU doesn't forget characters that aren't dead, especially if they can add to the story in the future. Taskmaster showing up in a Captain America movie would be a great way to show how Sam can surpass Steve Rogers in some ways by showing him beat Taskmaster who is fighting the same as Steve Roger's (sans super-strength, of course).
@@Lampboi-jp6dt But this Taskmaster was terrible and nothing like the comic book version so why would we even want to see more?
The actual Taskmaster is way more fun, he's a cocky jerk who basically fanboys over the moves he copies from people while also being incredibly badass.
I doubt she'll appear again honestly, unless they just retcon her and say "Oh no actually the REAL Taskmaster is this dude"
@@Lampboi-jp6dt Being blown up by black widow is a nice origin, but you have to admit the movie doesn’t seem to care much for the character until the last minute. This all felt like a knock off Captain America: winter soldier. In that movie, the set up between Steve and WS was done way better. That movie both shows and tells us and the protagonist why they need to take the winter soldier as a serious threat. All the info dump for Taskmaster happens at the very end and it doesn’t leave as big of an impact like Captain America’s movie did.
@@mrcheesemunch MCU isn't in the same universe, so why expect the same? Marvel doesn't want comic book fans to guess everything correctly either, would ruin all the fun for normies. There's plenty of time to develop them into a cocky (or whatever) character, now that they have their humanity back
@@palody_en-ja Then why do they make incredibly predictable movies? I haven't read any of these comics and nothing in this movie surprised me at all, like it was pretty damn obvious they weren't going to leave Black Widow a child killer meaning the kid would be relevant later and oh, shocking, she's Taskmaster.
This movie should have come out before Endgame. But the first 10 minutes of this film is really good.
Honestly, I the last act was pretty meh for me, but I actually enjoyed a lot of the character stuff leading up to that. The problem is that these types of movies almost always need to make it a big blockbuster ending for some reason (it's why I can't watch a lot of movies anymore, they all seem the same), but the opening was cool, and the family was my favorite part of the movie. I would love a movie or TV show for the 3 of them going on adventures, but fingers crossed we get as much of them as hinted at in the post-credits (I won't say specifics just for the people who can't stop themselves from reading obvious spoilers)
Be honest with me - how many times does she do *the pose* over the course of the runtime? I feel like I saw it at least four times in the trailer.
I wonder if someone in the process only suggested Taskmaster as the villain because Taskmaster's gimmick is copying people and that'd give us the mirrored Ironman 2 pose.
To be fair, that pose is intentionally made fun of, and later on used, to demonstrate Black Widow’s capacity as a woman portrayed as a superhero. Later on, her sister does it too, which also adds more significance to the future mantle she’ll be carrying as its subsequent successor
@@SilentGamer6742 that was actually a smart move to have these character moments where she pokes fun at it, tries it later on like a little sister that wants to imitate her elder sister.
Taskmaster was so out of place in this movie. He belongs in an avengers outing where he has a host of characters to play with the fight-mirroring gimmick. All that the characters in Black Widow do is vague martial arts
@@unhelpfulrevelations7989 In the movie he does use the claws, the bow and shield and he copies the moves too but he is still out of place. His original backstory is better too... a rogue Shield agent turned mercenary, that's so much better.
@@unhelpfulrevelations7989 It's good elsewhere, but not for this film. Taskmaster is literally Natasha's past coming back to haunt her.
"Normal Marvel Movie" you perfectly explained this movie in 3 words
Black Widow will age better after it’s in total release. Give it a decade and the generation of new fans will end up watching this film chronologically. If that makes sense
Shouldn't have to wait a decade for it to be good.
@@tonybaker1268 well yeah no kidding. But how do you think Cult Classics are made?
@@GibbySoapBox by being unique. Cult classics are liked by the minority not the majority. Black Widow won't ever be a cult classic.
but the best way to watch anything is in release order, this film was designed for a crowd that has seen endgame
@@GibbySoapBox I don't think you actually know what cult classics are. I think you should watch evil dead and see what people like about it to start understanding what a cult classic is.
Am I the only one still with mix feelings about what happened almost at the end with Natasha being left alone waiting for Ross to get her, the camera cuts and then we find her with her friend in Norway (?) I guess.
It feels like they ran out of ideas of how to make her escape that situation and simply move on. Who thought that was a good idea??
after Endgame, watching Marvel movies just kinda feels like, "why are we still here?"
Fr its kinda awkward
No, not to me.
Ikr???
Mmm not really
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its weird I actually liked this film, I thought it was an interesting introduction to her family.
Nah, it ain't weird that you like this film. Have your own opinion 😁
Yeah, the family dynamic was the best part. All the family are alot more morally compromised and grey than the other Avengers. Natasha was willing to kill an innocent girl in order to kill her target. The Red Guardian had a warped perspective on success where he though sending girls he genuinely like and was attached to sent to the Red Room where they learn to kill countless people. He didn't send them there out of malice or apathy, but because that he though it gave them the best possible future and the mother was suffocating a pig just to show off her science experiment. It was interesting to see how both Natasha and Yelena react to their childhood. Natasha tries to completely reject her past by pointing out how their fake family was just a front for the Russians, while Yelena clings to this past because it was the only time she was happy and not a puppet. I quite like the first 2/3 of the movie. Wasn't a big fan of the finale with Taskmaster and the sexist glasses dude.
I guess I get that aspect of it, I just think it was stupid to market it as a black widow movie when it was mostly about the side characters lol, because I def cared more about them than her and it didn’t further her story in any way.
@@genevieveroy780 I think they looked at “birds of prey” and how that confused a lot of people went let’s not do that.
Plus, the sister is the new black widow so it still kinda makes sense
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this should have been a black widow movie 2. the first one being the Budapest mission.
You can blame Disney for being so hesitant on creating a female solo action movie. Fans have loved Black Widow since Iron Man 2. Her solo flick should have been the first, NOT Captain Marvel. ScarJo herself is also way more likable than Brie Larson. She has no political agenda; in fact, she despises social media.
I'll bet you anything they did hesitate because she wouldn't promote their uber SJW mentality the way Brie did.
@@nahor88 honestly, I think Captain Marvel was a better movie than this one. Black Widow is cool, but outside of the Cap movies and Endgame, ScarJo always seemed like a weirdly written character, and it was made even more obvious in this movie. I'm not saying a Black Widow movie couldn't work, but they didn't lean hard enough into the Mission Impossible aspect. They tried to make it more of a superhero movie than the abilities of the character could justify. Up until the last act of the movie, I could believe that Widow could actually pull off the action being shown. The final set piece was completely different. Being more invested in the side characters (especially Yelena) only adds to that. The Taskmaster plot was fun, and every time they showed up I loved seeing how they fought (though I've always loved the Taskmaster character, and I hope they bring out the actual skull mask if/when we see them again).
I think the movie would've felt more than a 6/10 for me if they would've kept the stakes lower, like a Civil War style end scene, where it's only a couple characters, and nothing crazy going on in the background. Civil War's end scene resonates so hard for me because 1) obviously the conflict between Cap and Tony, but also 2) there isn't anything else happening. No world ending event or destruction, just 2 best friends fighting for keeps because 1 wants to save his other friend.
Hindsight is 20/20, and there are choices I would never have made that I actually enjoyed quite a bit, but this movie feels like it was made before Civil War, and not just because it takes place there.
@@nahor88 well I wouldn't blame Disney I would blame the old head of marvel studios he said that female leads would not make money but now we have Kevin feige who is not a sexist and racist
Glad my girl Florence is getting the recognition she deserves
The mom mention pulls back to endgame when she’s shocked that red skull knows her moms true name
Think Red Skull said her dads name, not her moms
@@emicadena2105 indeed. "Natasha, daughter of Ivan".
I like the callback to Dreyghov's daughter...it comes straight from her interrogation of Loki in The Avengers on the helicarrier, when Loki tries to goad her by bringing up this incident that he made Clint reveal to him.
The opening credits gave me chills
Lol
Lol
I was confused
Why?
Honestly, the opening scene/credits are my biggest problem with the movie. The opening credits are EXTREMELY dark for an MCU movie. It sets the story up to seem like it is going to be a serious, solemn thriller focusing on the "horrors" of the training behind Black Widow. But nope. It then instantly fast forwards 21 years and the rest of the movie is full of the average Iron Man 2 quality quips/jokes, only this time with Russian characters.
Cosmonaut two years from now: so I was watching this movie the other day and I kind of like it now...
What this film did to Taskmaster was such a disappointment…..
Not gonna lie, Taskmaster was underused.
I mean, how in hell did they arrive at the conclusion that Taskmaster never needed a 1 vs multiple heroes scene.
It would have been so nice to have a Darth Maul like fight with Taskmaster changing his fighting style against 2 or 3 opponents.
They did my boy so fuckin dirty
I 100% agree... they hyped up Taskmaster WAY more in the trailers, which makes me wonder if they ran out of time... I was looking forward to seeing more mimicry of various Marvel heroes and villains. It's the classic issue of under-utilizing a side villain in favor of the big baddie.
@@deltaone2837 Thank you. That's the fight piece that would've saved this, I think. Natasha and Yelena both taking on TM and overwhelming TM's abilities to scan styles, as a team.
Im mostly upset that Taskmaster had no personality, I can handle the rest but not that
The laziest and cliche way the show a character to be tough is to show him in a Russian prison arm wrestling other inmates while getting a back tattoo.
Maybe he is constantly obsessed about being better than others, cause he wanted his suit back so he can fight and kids could look up to him. What else do you think a delusional person like him would do
I think that choice was deliberate to show how self centered he is and how he just loves to host about his glory days
Fits his character perfectly imo
Red Guardian>Cap
@@maismade6013 bruh
They showed he was tough when he casually flipped over a truck.
Black widow is a badass movie and you can’t change that for me
Task Master should’ve been an Avengers villain, but he’s just a sideshow forgetful one. Considering his skill set.
Literally he would have been an amazing avengers villain
Umm he's just a guy who copies powers. If anything, the villain should be on a team perhaps with thunder and bolt in the name.
How is taskmaster supposed to beat Thor or hulk or even pose a threat to them?
@@Butchass6969 read the comic where he does pose a threat and come back to this thread
@@matthehue4429 you’re arguing with normies
I really enjoyed this, and really liked that they didn't shoehorn in 5000 references to what is coming next
screen fades out, text appears "Black Widow will not return"
The fact that Black Widow dies, shouldn't steal anything from having nice prequel stories. It's the journey, not the ending that matters. It's like saying "Clone wars is useless because we all know that Darth Vader dies". That said, Black Widow was a lot like the movie and series "Hannah".
True. Kind of pointless to have a prequel mid way through that connects to a different future already told.
Yeah. like that's not the problem the problem is that the movie is just really not that good
I loved Hanna and you're completely right! Didn't notice that until noe
Don't pay attention to that; Marcus has really idiotic opinions sometimes.
The issue was it wasn’t much of a prequel though. It’d be like watching Attack of the Clones after all the OT. We were just told her backstory again, we didn’t get to experience it.
The thing that disappointed me the most with this movie is how underused Taskmaster was. Her introduction in the beginning of the movie was really strong and set her up as a huge threat to the hero’s. She then has the car chase scene which was pretty good but then she barely does anything for the rest of the movie. We barely get to see any cool applications of her unique power set and in the comics Taskmaster is such a powerful and cool mercenary type villain. I think it would have went better if she was hunting Natasha down throughout the movie to provide them with a sense of urgency and danger. I even heard a suggestion that she could have been a mercenary hired by the government to track Natasha down which I thought would have been really cool and would let them use her in future movies where her powers could be displayed even more as she fights more and more superhero’s.
The car chase was the best action scene of this movie imo
4:38 " a character who constantly brags about having fought Capt. America even though he never did."
But he DID... this was actually one of my favorite parts of the whole movie... the (very) subtle revelation that, when Cap. went back to return the stones, he Capped around during the Cold War while the rest of the MCU was still happening...
They also did something very similar in Ant Man (1or 2, can't remember) Hank Pym said he hated Howard Stark because he accused Stark of stealing some of his particles in the 70s... Which is what Cap and Tony did in Endgame. They wrote that ahead of time -- I love when movies are (rarely) smart like that..
Could you make a video on Avengers: Earths mightiest heroes.
@Albert Okorogu Why?
YES
I’m guessing he’s going to hate this and as someone who likes it a lot I get that.
Of course you will like it bc it's marvel lmao
@@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137 or maybe they genuinely enjoyed the movie
@@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137 I dislike most marvel movies and really enjoyed this
@@Kier4n99 I just have to ask. How?
I thought this movie wouldn't have been as good were it not for Florence Pugh. She was by far the BEST character, and now my favorite side character. Looking forward to seeing her in... *SPOILERS*
Hawkeye show?
My relationship with this movie is pretty different to most, the director actually lived very close to my house and was the former neighbour of a friend of mine, when they were young they even got invited over for dinner one time and I also drive past that place to go to work everyday. Since I’m not American it’s rare big movies come out with directors from Australia and especially ones from my state (apparently James Wan went to the same college but he didn’t live here very long and moved after graduating) I feel just happy someone who grew up in the same place as me really got a chance to make something on such a scale. I do have opinions on what I thought of the film but for me I’d rather just be happy for the reasons previously mentioned.
Wow, that's really cool! I'm from Ohio and when I saw my small state represented in such a big movie, I had a similar feeling :)
This movie would've been so much cooler if it happened between the snap 😔😔 rest in pieces to a better concept
Factss could have focused on her as well as Hulk
The shots in this movie had me laughing so hard. The director seemed to be a big fan of Scarlett Johanssons... uh... physical traits.
i noticed that sometimes but then i also felt like the director was trying really hard not to sexualize her to the point of just showing her face lmao
Weird to have those male gaze shots considering it was directed by a woman. Also even stranger since the villain was basically Harvey Weinstein.
Part of me thinks they were gloating about how Scarlett Johansson has a bigger bum than Brie Larson. XD
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This was definitely a black widow's replacement setup movie
If this film came out 7 years ago, It could of been top 10 MCU.
Nah it’s still bad, lmao if it came out back then it would still be bad.
Absolutely not
Hah! No. No development of who Natasha was, really, a shame considering SJ's character was always treated as filler.
Nothing for the Communist Captain (the Crimson Dynamo :P) explaining how the hell he fits in a timeline so, so different from the comics (where he *does* fight Captain America). Also, the Crimson Dynamo dig... Really? So... They point at comics (Iron Man Cold War era villain) and that's, like... All?
And Taskmaster didn't get any cool scene. Could've taken on all four of 'em, anyway.
This felt like a rushed interludium for the damn Disney+ series that came out too late.
If it had came out earlier... What would it have brought, if not even that? People criticise Ant-Man and the Wasp a lot (I think it was actually qyite good, albeit forgettable, but so are most marvel movies) but this... This would've been below Thor The Dark World.
@@jotabeas22 I mean, we know there were more super-powered soldiers while Rogers was still an icicle. I just assumed his story about fighting Cap was a nod to that
@@CallMeFi Yeah sure, but... Who? And no reference? Maybe it was MCU's Frank Simpson, but dates wouldn't add up, I'd wager.
Not that I watched Falcon and Bucky series
I watched it today and I honestly loved it, it was just a light hearted throwaway action filled movie that had me at the edge of my seat and I loved every second of it.
The Black Widow movie got lost in the quantum realm
This movie can't even be called Black Widow's movie. It's just a disposable setup movie that just so happens to have Black Widow in it as she's too dead for this movie to further her story.
Well I suppose since Yelena is likely sticking around as the new black widow then this could be seen to titles after both of them
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i didnt do my research but i heard somewhere that the purpose of this movie is also to introduce characters that would most likely show up in mcu years ahead. ig watching the movie knowing that its also a first step for new characters or an introduction per se, is a fair pov to take the story that this movie provides a bit more contextual y'know. I mean it is kinda misleading that the movie is named Black Widow, but we got more of other characters than Black Widow herself.
@@spacepenguins8939 why wouldn’t she be called the white widow, to match her suit and it sounds cooler
@@ryanfischbach2524 I mean she may very well be since she’ll likely be teamed up with US AGENT
When new marvel stuff comes out I’m genuinely more excited for marcus’s video then the thing
This guy 🤣
It’s always an amazing day when Marcus uploads
Yes; yes it is
I'm pressing x to doubt
This feels like those tie-in comics that takes place between movies
Wait I thought it was set back when she was a Russian spy? Awww man!
That's how they advertised it, isn't it?
@@Gloomdrake I'm honestly not sure, like this movie is fucking gaslighting me cuz like now I'm "Did they say that? Or did I just pull that out of my ass"
@@meganvincent5381 Well, I mean, when someone says, "backstory," that usually means the stuff that happened to them before we met them, not shenanigans they got up to in between appearances
@@Gloomdrake yeah! Exactly! And they knew exactly what they were doing with Russian captain america over there!
Seriously this is what I thought. Then I was like huh? When is this set? Why didn't this come out 5 years ago?
I think this movie should have been released after the Civil War.
It looks very dated.
The villain is bad, some scenes are just сringe.
I hope this will not happen again, but something tells me that this is just the beginning...
Marvel will only stop making mediocre movies when people stop watching them
@@KingArthur39 I've never really understood this argument,sure some people will go in the opening weekend but most people will just wait a day or two for the reviews to see if it's worth seeing
Which is the dumbest plot twist in the MCU?
The Mandarin being some washed up actor?
Nick Fury's eye being scratched out by a cat?
Evan Peters being there for the sake of a penis joke?
Or
Taskmaster being Harvey Weinstein's brainwashed daughter?
Damn you were quick with this one.
EDIT: I meant relative to the release of the movie. The pun was entirely unintended.
Stop pls stop
Because it's on Disney+
Cosmonaut quickie
@@NathielIsaac a fair point.
@@argo9721 ahhhhh, I completely forgot about that.
When that rotor engine blows up on Yelena's face, it should've at least blown a part of her face off, but it only throws her off with no scratch and yet again, we get another MCU obvious fake or almost death scene.
I mean there’s no way they do that and get away with the rating they do, I get why you think that but these are also made for kids who don’t want to see a character with traumatic realistic facial scarring
@@davidvanhorn2493 I get you but that thing can kill or injury anyone, for life. Why set up that "fake/almost death" scenes in a way that should realistically kill the characters yet they don't. They could've done it in other ways.
@@IftiAlam1999 Yeah I agree I think lots of parts were weak, I mean a child is in a house that exploded like crazy and all she comes out with is some facial scarring that film kinda completely jumps ship on the realism
@@davidvanhorn2493 Hahaha. Exactly
@@davidvanhorn2493 *Crossbones has entered the chat