Sony expanding the Spiderman universe...

When I watched the first trailer from a Whataburger drive thru, I actually thought it looked pretty decent..? Looked serious (from memory).

This, I'm way less into - jokey and kind of generic action (jumping and slashing, etc).

I don't think I was going to see it either way but the first trailer made me go "mkay, mkay!" and this one made me go "oh, ok - it's still Sony."

This was the trailer before dune. Looks completely and utterly terrible.

Looks to fit right in with the Sony-verse. (Venom and sadly, soon to be Spiderman.)

I wouldn't call it bad, but it's cheesy popcorn fun that is in no way memorable but you have fun watching.

I think you're being incredibly kind. You don't really torch movies on here anyways though.

Sure I do. Hated Captain Marvel.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Sure I do. Hated Captain Marvel.

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what i mean is you are generally a very even keeled person IRT your takes on movies. its not a bad thing. captain marvel was terrible though, so we agree there.

The thing that confuses me about this trailer is the (certainly welcome) appearance of Michael Keaton.

So glad to see him in these movies, as he's such a great actor and was soooooooo good in Spider Man: Homecoming. Just so good.

I've been led to believe that he is, in fact, reprising his role as Adrian (Vulture) Tooms. But, we see him dressed as a paramedic? And how is he out of prison? Or, is he a brand new character? Which doesn't make any sense as these are all in the Sony Spider Man Universe?

The imdb page does not list a character name for him, so I'm just so confused.

Oh, the movie looks like a decent enough film. I'm more likely to see this than any of the Venom movies.

I don't think it's really a spoiler, as he was prominently featured in the trailers and he's actually listed above Jared Leto on the imdb page.

Sitting at 19% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Loving this

Will wait for audience scores but 19% from the critics not so bueno.

Cromagnum said:

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Will wait for audience scores but 19% from the critics not so bueno.

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I mean people somehow enjoyed Venom so it has a chance.

I read that it's like a bad 2005 comic book movie. What a terrible era. X-3, Elektra, etc

Madmarttigan said:

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Cromagnum said:

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Will wait for audience scores but 19% from the critics not so bueno.

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I mean people somehow enjoyed Venom so it has a chance.

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Not sure how it could be worse than Venom.

Venom has a 30% critic rating.

schmendeler said:

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Venom has a 30% critic rating.

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Ha. Is that an RT rating though? I don't trust that place.

I'll be the judge of this.

Yes. 30% critic, 81% audience. No audience rating for Morbius as it hasn't come out yet. I will be very surprised if it enjoys that disparity between ratings, though.

Now at 15%

Great movies are constantly delayed as often as this movie was.
My hope is that it is at least fun, but those trailers look awful

Apparently this movie sucks more than just blood.

Still watching tonight.

"CNN)As Marvel movies go, "Morbius" is more a sip than a gulp, a relatively small-boned Jekyll-and-Hyde tale that moves another Spider-Man villain into the spotlight. Significantly better than "Venom" but still somewhat lacking in bite, this origin story perhaps inevitably grows more pallid toward the end but until then proves just tasty enough to merit the giving it a shot."

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/entertainment/morbius-review/index.html

NYT thought it was OK too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/movies/morbius-review.html

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Still, the bigger surprise about "Morbius" is that it doesn't suck, at least as a movie. Against the odds and despite the insufferable persona that its star Jared Leto has cultivated, it provides all you want from a diversion
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Leto's history of needless showboating (as in that wreck "House of Gucci") may not have boded well, but he fits the role and delivers an actual performance, not just shtick and brooding poses. His dramatic physicality his body fluctuates between the skeletal and the pumping-iron robust read as more vainglorious than strictly necessary. But the rest of the performance dovetails with the movie, tonally and otherwise. Greasy or glammed, Leto fills in Morbius with restraint, sensitivity and gestural expressivity, creating a solid-enough emotional foundation that deepens the character's struggles with his own monstrosity.

That isn't to oversell "Morbius." Its virtues are minor, even if they are a relief. The movie doesn't have the visual wit and playfulness of the first "Doctor Strange," and it's nowhere as fun as the original "Guardians of the Galaxy," which had a lightness of touch that's almost entirely missing from the contemporary comic-book movie. "Morbius" is a ghoulish, suitably downbeat tale of madness, hubris, suffering and weird science set in a world that offers little solace. And while most of it is as predictably familiar as expected, it does something unusual for a movie like this: It entertains you, rather than bludgeons you into submission.

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Eh. It wasn't that bad.

There's nothing it does terribly, but it's not great either. I'd say it's a fun popcorn movie if you have 90 minutes to kill, but not something to go out of your way for. On par with the first Venom.

Two mid credit scenes.

Mine was about 40% full. IMAX theater.

rent it

64% on RT is kind

I cannot fathom being given the chance to make a movie, but then putting so little mental effort into something like this. These scenes sound so incredibly bad and lazy as sh*t...

Morbius’ End Credits Scenes Defy Logical Explanation https://t.co/O5WlcWW3mK pic.twitter.com/C4ZlpobV6n

— io9 (@io9) April 1, 2022

I honestly think Sony has gone off the deep-end more with these movies than fox did with fantastic 4.

I can't wait to watch this. I may see two stinkers in a row with this and Matrix 4.