I'm a Marvel fan. Everyone knows that. For this reason it breaks my heart that recent Marvel
films haven't been as good as they used to be. Since 2021 I've only given one
Marvel film,
"Spider-Man: No Way Home", a five star rating. I rated all the other films two or three stars when I
saw them in the cinema, but in retrospect I think I should have rated them
lower. Marvel isn't what it used to be.
When I walked into the cinema to see "Madame Web" I was hoping it would be a
masterpiece. I always do. I had no knowledge of the character. She wasn't
introduced into the comics until the 1980's, at which time I hardly read any
comics, so I didn't know her. I'll leave it to others to tell me whether or
not she's accurately portrayed.
The film takes place in 1973 and 2003, at a time when neither Spider-Man nor
any of the other super-heroes existed. Cassandra Web has random visions of
things that will happen in the immediate future. A man called Ezekiel Sims has
recurring dreams about three women who will kill him. He steals NSA software
to search for these women, and he finds they're all still teenagers. He sets
out to kill them, but Cassandra has visions of his threats and does all she
can to protect them.
"Madame Web" isn't a bad film. It's better than
"The Marvels",
"The Eternals"
and all the other films that have been made in the last three years. It's not
a great film, but it's the first step towards recovery. I found Dakota Johnson
convincing as the overworked paramedic Cassandra Web, and the three teenagers
hanging out with her were refreshingly immature. It offers promise for a
sequel.
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