Are you a mind reader? Cause I was thinking all of the above :point_up_2_tone1:
@jordyep Good review but gatekeeping Nirvana was a strange twist, I must say.
@mattdeezly1996 Nirvana were (and still are) symbols of alternative music, their songs often focused on themes like authenticity and anti commercialism. Using their music in a plasticy Disney/Marvel movie therefore feels wrong in every sense, as it’s quite the opposite of what the band stood for.
@jordyep Bro they're one of the most commercially successful bands selling over 75 Millions records lmao.... IDK what you're on about. Sorry to say, they're as commercial as it gets. No matter how much you believe otherwise.
@mattdeezly1996 They were commercial, but they got succesful without dumbing down their sound or content. Their fame was more of an accident, as it’s not the type of music you’ll typically find in the charts. It’s pretty well documented how the band and Kurt in particular struggled with their fame. They even made In Utero a less commercial album because of the success of Nevermind, so no, they definitely weren’t just commercial sell outs. If you think that Kurt Cobain would approve the use of their music on this shiny and calculated product of a film, you’re mistaken.
@jordyep I absolutely hated that freakin' horridly looking wig!! I actually became distracted because of it. Did Batwoman inspired this :poop: ?????
@jordyep your review is pretty spot on. It's a one time watch for me. I just don't have the want to come back to this one.
@jordyep Thanks for writing a review that is almost the same as what i thought about it. I didn't mind the Nirvana song in the intro.
"... but the cover that's used during the credits literally sucked all the life out of the song."
Watching what was happening on screen, pretty sure that was entirely the point.
@majormercyflush Slowing a song down and throwing moany, emotionless vocals over it doesn't make it automatically dreary.
@jordyep I don't think dreary was what they were going for. They were turning them in to emotionless killers so maybe it landed where they wanted it.
Anyway, it easily conveyed the point for me and I didn't mind it. You hated it. Cool. :thumbsup:
Review by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2021-07-07T11:07:21Z— updated 2021-10-06T09:21:22Z
In Captain Marvel, I didn’t like the main character, but I thought the movie around her was quite solid.
Black Widow is the exact opposite: I quite liked the two leads, but the movie surrounding them doesn’t really work.
Pros:
- Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh are easily the most entertaining part of the film.
- I liked the first act. It feels like Cate Shortland is trying to do an impression of a Jason Bourne movie. It’s fairly humourless, the cinematography is bleak, and the score is intense. It has a tone that no other MCU film has.
- The action (minus the final battle) is fairly well done. As per usual, less editing would’ve made it better, but at least it feels weighty.
Cons:
- The story itself isn’t that interesting. The themes and main mcguffin are oddly similar to Captain Marvel, though it’s not executed as well. The villains also fail to make an impression.
- This movie really loses its identity as it goes along, to the point where it turns more into a generic Marvel movie as it goes on, and eventually a generic action blockbuster by the third act. Everything gets way too big and bloated for its own good.
- Not a fan of the Russian accents, they sound very tacky. Just let everyone speak with a normal American accent, I can look past the fact they’re Russians. Besides, they even had a story based reason to ditch the Russian accents entirely.
- I found David Harbour quite cringeworthy in this.
- The main characters are protected by strong plot armour. Most characters should’ve been killed 3-4 times based on the things that happen during the action scenes. This isn’t even a ‘suspend your disbelief, it’s an action movie’ situation, it gets really ridiculous, to the point where it’s almost Fast and Furious level.
- The pacing is a bit inconsistent, you really feel it slowing down during the second act.
Finally, I want to address that I already find the use of Nirvana songs in movies like these quite distasteful, but the cover that's used during the credits literally sucked all the life out of the song.
4.5/10