Review of Black Widow (2021) by M1Rko94 — 31 Jul 2021

Review in pills - Black Widow.

PRO: - one of the best incipits and first parts of the whole MCU; - in-depth insight into the character of Natasha and the narrative strand connected to her: huge pity not to have developed it before (notReview in pills - Black Widow.

PRO:

- one of the best incipits and first parts of the whole MCU;.

- in-depth insight into the character of Natasha and the narrative strand connected to her: huge pity not to have developed it before (not necessarily with a film, but through a TV series) because the whole story of espionage and her pre-Avengers would have had a enormous potential (so much so that it can create a separate narrative arc connected, but not focused on superheroes);.

- photography and visual look: good;.

- movie that entertains: it does better than many other MCU movies;.

- first small reference of a link with the series: post-credit scene that binds to Falcon & the Winter Soldier.

CONS:

- drop in the second and third part: apparently repetitive in the mechanics;.

- CGI not always constant;.

-black widow too over power: very often (maybe too much) it seems that Natasha does and survives almost as if she had taken the super soldier serum;.

- role of Taskmaster: different from the original (ok no problem, common practice), but although there is, I did not find him/her so incisive in the story and in the character (especially after being presented as the villain of the film);.

- Taskmaster stunt: in several scenes you would notice the change of physicality and person between the stunt (a man - Andrew "Andy" Lister) and the actress who would give the face and body in some scenes to the character (Olga Kurylenko).

VOTE:

6.5.

Although appreciated more than many other MCU films due to constant postponements, the film seemed old compared to the phase and type of storytelling Marvel would be in (as the same would seem from the trailers for the Shang-Chi film (happy to wrong)) and this would inevitably lead to a low level of interest in the film.