Review of Black Widow (2021) by Jluis_001 — 11 Jul 2021

If we take into account the eagerness that existed in a large part of the global audiences to see a new Marvel movie, I must say that Black Widow is very late to the party.

And the truth is that I'm not talking about the delays it suffered due to the pandemic, but because this is the first movie that openly does not contribute anything to the MCU.

I could make a similar case for Iron Man 3, but by now it's irrelevant.

Black Widow is Scarlett Johansson's swan song.

A belated farewell, and at the same time completely useless.

I say this more than anything because I personally believe the actress deserved a much more dignified farewell than the one she received in Avengers: Endgame.

Certainly going back to the past in this movie gives her character a marked undertone, but it's one that no longer works because her character is dead.

And even worse for Johansson, her last participation in the MCU becomes the launch of the young woman who comes to replace her, and take the mantle of her character.

Another point that I must emphasize, and that in my view Black Widow aggravates, is how the MCU is separating and becoming two very different entities.

In the comic book it works because you can tell different stories from different perspectives, but in the movies it will be very difficult to re-converge the lesser characters with the more powerful as the scale of events continues to increase.

Marvel is targeting the cosmic side of its universe, and as it does so, it's also opening the doors of the multiverse.

Just by seeing the events of WandaVision and Loki this is more than clear.

Much more powerful enemies and worlds are approaching, and frankly characters like the new Captain America, the Winter Soldier, U.S. Agent, and a new Black Widow simply aren't up to the task of competing on that scale.

Does anyone remember what Hawkeye was doing in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame? I mean, it's not that hard to see.

Black Widow has the well-known Marvel formula, and entertaining yourself with it for a while is not bad at all, but I can't deny that this time it feels wearisome because there is nothing at stake.

Whatever others say, this was just Florence Pugh's introduction.

Perhaps due to Scarlett Johansson's level of stardom, she got a movie for her character, but this could have been a Disney + show and there would've been no problem.