39. "I think 'The Black Widows' would've been a better title" In response to In response to 0 Mon Jul-12-21 07:49 PM by Options
anyhow, based on what we got, I would've preferred Natasha's past to remain a mystery — she's more interesting to me that way.
*spoilers below*
this movie should've been gritty, grounded and bleak. it tries to set that tone with the intro (and that groan-inducing cover song. ugh!!), but it's too steeped in MCU PG-13-ness to effectively pull it off. there's way too much comedy for that tone to work.
the family aspect was a nice framework, but it never went deep enough with any aspects of it to make me believe real breakthroughs were being made between the members. lots of set ups with no genuine pay offs.
seeing fighting style callbacks with the Task Master was cool, but it absolutely does not look like there's a woman in that suit, which made the reveal awkward.
on the plus side, Florence Pugh was great as Yalena. even though I think the comedy was ultimately not what this film needed, she was excellent and was the real star here, IMO.