Starting off with the positives, for all that it's worth, I think Jared Leto does give a very good performance. He does feel like a good casting for the character of Michael Morbius. I also do like Matt Smith as the villain. A little over the top, yes but he does give a good performance. Its also nice to see other actors like Tyrese Gibson and Jared Harris as well.
I also do like the design of Morbius. Not only does he look like an actual vampire but he does feel comic accurate and has a nice intimidation factor to him.
And whilst I do have some further thoughts on the film, I do think this is a watchable film. If its background noise or sometime to watch if there's nothing else on, I could see myself rewatching this for a bit of entertainment. I also do like the score to this film.
Moving onto the mixed, first is the action. Now whilst I like some of the set pieces and sequences in the film, there's times where you can't really see what's happening and feels a little messy.
I'm also mixed on the story. Now the idea of a scientist who's dying, turns himself into a monster, tries to fight it and slowly succumbs to the urges sounds incredible. In fact if this film got the Joker treatment and wasn't a superhero movie, I think this film would be a great film. Unfortunately the execution just felt a little off.
And finally whilst I do like the design of Morbius, it's obvious they're using CGI rather than makeup and prosthetics and it feels very distracting at times.
Now onto the negatives, I forgot about the film straight after watching it. That's how forgettable it is. Now some people have accused me of falling asleep but that's not the case here. This is a highly forgettable by the numbers generic superhero movie that has nothing to say other than boxes it's trying to tick. Everything in it feels dull and bland.
I also feel sorry for the director because this film feels like the studio made the entire film and he was just a credit. Everything in this film just feels lifeless. There's nothing distinct or memorable about this film. With the Venom films, you have the bromance between Eddie and Venom as the standout. With Morbius you just have nothing that sticks out to you. Nothing feels inspired at all.
And as much as I like Tyrese Gibson, he's just given nothing to do by the script and as someone who's known to have a wide personality or play characters with them, he gives such a lifeless performance to the point where he feels bored.
You can also tell this is a film that was heavily reworked and mandated by the studio. You can see plotlines that are forgotten about or glossed over. I also felt the origins and transformation for Morbius was extremely rushed.
Now let's just talk about the marketing and this is the big one. Sony added in Spider-Man references and other previous Marvel aspects to trick audiences into seeing this film and play with their expectations and they are nowhere to be seen besides one scene which I will talk about and that angers me. Sony hasn't made a film for the fans, they've made a cash grab with trailers that manipulate people in seeing their content and that is unforgivable.
It also makes me wonder how Sony have come to this. They used to be a great studio but since The Amazing Spider Man 2 controversy, they have become a toxic studio. How they treat their directors and play with the fans expectations is why I have grown not to trust them anymore. Why I do not want an 3rd film in the Amazing Spider Man series is because I just do not trust them to do it well.
Now there's one more thing I want to talk about but I want to talk about it in detail so first I'm going to provide my rating and recommendation.
Overall this film is a dull lifeless film with nothing to show. I will neither disappoint nor surprise you. It just leave you feeling nothing which is what I felt. Do not waste your time or money. Just wait for it to stream or just avoid it.
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Now this next part will contain spoilers so I highly urge you to turn away now if you have not seen the film. Or if you're not bothered about spoilers then read freely.
So there's a post credit scene with Michael Keatons Adrian Toomes from Spider man Homecoming appears after being transported to the timeline due to the events of No Way Home. First that makes no sense because of what was happening in No Way Home, characters who knew Spider-Man were coming into his universe. Not leaving his universe and those who did leave his universe were never part of his universe where Adrian Toomes is part of his universe.
Then later on, he appears as the Vulture and talks to Morbius about getting revenge on Spider-Man. That is where my anger resurfaces. First and a minor thing but his Vulture suit seems different. A slight modification, I could be wrong though so don't quote me on this one.
Now let's delve into the bigger ones. First Toomes Vulture suit is made from Chitauri metal so how did he manage to recreate the suit? But the bigger reason why I don't like this is it ruins the character of Adrian Toomes. He was just a man who wanted to provide for his family, got stopped by Spider-Man but never wanted revenge on him. He kept his identity secret from others to protect him and that's what made such a great character. Now they've taking that great character and just potentially made him a generic villain and worse of all to set up a sinister six team up.
Now first Morbius doesn't even know who Spider-Man is and we don't even know if Spider-Man exists in this universe. Second, I would love to see a sinister six team up someday but Sony are seriously fumbling it all up. Instead of slowly building it up properly, they are once again rushing and even cheating to get it done and this just feels like a very shallow attempt at it.
That's all I wanted to say really. This film had a little of potential but I will be surprised if we ever see a follow up to this film and I am now looking forward to the upcoming Kraven film even less than I was before. And don't even get me started on the Madame Web movie.
