Monday, October 11, 2021

Black Widow (2021)

 

How long has it taken Marvel to give the Widow a movie of her own?  That's just ridiculous.  Of course, it would not have been this movie, that's for sure, since this is set after the events of the Marvel Civil War.  It's a nice touch, though we all know Tasha is going to survive for at least one and a half more movies, so she's in no real danger during this adventure.  It's a little anti-climatic. I liked the movie just fine, but I don't think it's in the top five of MCU movies.  Especially when you find out there's a ton of Widows out there now, and that Deathstroke Hurtstroke The Taskmaster is not even close to the original comic book villain.  I don't really care about that too much, since his "photographic reflexes" may have made him able to copy moves perfectly, he still needed to have the strength to do said moves.

Anyway, the movie is good, and I didn't even recognize Florence Pugh from the excellent Fighting With My Family (2019) as Yelena.  She was great, and it looks like she will be returning to avenge Tasha's death at the hands of Hawkeye.  Yeah, Valentina is lying, and I really hope she gets hers sooner than later.  It's nice to see what the Widow was up to before finding Cap. 

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