Review of Morbius (2022) by Jluis_001 — 01 Apr 2022

I never had good things in store for this film since it was announced. As the images began to circulate, it continued to hold little interest for me other than to see what would be attempted with this character from the Spider-Man universe that I would never have thought possible to have his own movie.

There are countless things that should have been explored in a different way in this film, but that will only remain as unattainable desires.

What I can admit though is that I would've been more in favour of seeing Morbius as a villain in a Spider-Man film.

What you see here as an origin could've been condensed, we could've avoided the unnecessary and empty romance, plus the lousy villain with no motivation, and then Jared Leto could have gotten a place in the MCU, but I guess a lead role was more succulent than ending up as a supporting player like he did in Suicide Squad.

But what's the point of being the lead when your story is filled with so many inconsistencies and a script that gives his character no purpose?

In the beginning he wants to find a cure. Once he gets his powers, that's thrown out the window and never mentioned again. Very disappointing.

I liked some visual effects, but I didn't understand the stubbornness of getting a slow motion moment in every fight scene.

And the editing was monstrous.

There's also a scene in the climax where Morbius seems to throws a Kame Hame Ha of bats that looked kinda cool in a scene that would've looked good in a Batman film if it had been filmed in a better way. Needless to say, it didn't happen that way.

Other than that, this is one of the most underwhelming superhero films in years.

Many people will judge it by the numerous delays it had, but in this 2022 it's as bad as it would've been in 2020.

Though its two post-credits scenes have finally given me a clearer confirmation of how Sony is building a Sinister Six movie in the same way Marvel did with 2012's The Avengers.

I have no faith in Kraven, let alone Madame Web, but we'll have to wait and see what their endgame will be.

Venom had been more or less passable for its financial success, but this film will really put a crimp in their future plans.