Madame Web (2024)

[Alex...]

Title: Madame Web (2024)

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Director: S.J. Clarkson

Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Emma Roberts, Adam Scott, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor, Mike Epps, Zosia Mamet, Tahar Rahim

Release: 2024-02-14

Plot: Madame Web is a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the Spider-Verse itself.

 

[Alex...]

Logo

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Growing up, Madame Web was my favorite superhero.


Said nobody ever.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

But don't read that as disdain or anything. Maybe this will be great. It's just...certainly a choice.

 

[Jake Lipson]

It's Sony making as much use of the only superhero IP that they own -- Spider-Man and related characters -- as possible. Same as their other related spinoffs like Venom and Morbius and Kraven.

 

[TravisR]

Growing up, Madame Web was my favorite superhero.


Said nobody ever.

I don't read many superhero comic books but just by being into comics for decades, I've heard the names of many characters (especially since I used to read Spider-Man) and I've never even heard of Madame Web before.

 

[Keith Cobby]

That sound you can hear is the barrel being scraped!

 

[Alex...]

 

[Jason_V]

Take out the Spider-Man connected stuff and this looks like a generic Netflix movie (admittedly based on one trailer).

 

[Malcolm R]

I'm more familiar with this Madame:

Always bedecked in fabulous evening wear and her "summer diamonds" ("Some are diamonds; some are not").

 

[hanshotfirst1138]

I’m not watching this just because of my crush in Sydney Sweeney. I have much more sophisticated reasons. Like….like….give me a minute.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I'd go see one of these Sony-verse movies if it looked good.

Once again, this doesn't.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

The trailer reminded me a lot of the recently cancelled CW series "Gotham Knights", both in the concept of a team of heroes adjacent to but not inclusive of the main superhero, and in terms of limited low-budget production values.

I found myself intrigued by the concept though, which felt very different than the other superhero movies we've gotten recently: Sydney Sweeney is clearly playing a young Julia Carpenter, aka the second Spider-Woman. Based on her spider costume, Celeste O'Connor is playing Mattie Franklin, aka the third Spider-Woman. That leaves Isabella Merced. Based on the goggles and Latina ethnic background, I'm guessing she's playing Anya Corazon aka Araña.

The bad guy in this case seems to want to take them out before they become superheroes, which in turn means that the title character isn't so much a superhero in her own right as someone who has to protect the spider-people of her reality. I always enjoy seeing seemingly ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances.

 

[Alex...]

Tix on sale now

 

[Jason_V]

I got my ticket...and then realized it was for Valentine's Day. Yeah, cancelled that went for Thursday the 15th instead...

 

[Richard Kaufman]

When your star is not hiding her negative feelings about her film before it comes out, you are in trouble (Sony).

 

[Josh Dial]

Grant me your strength, friends, for my spouse and I are going to this opening night!

The bad reviews are rolling in and, if I'm being honest, it's making me look forward to seeing this more. Sometimes you're just in a mood for a nice train wreck, non?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Have fun! My concern would be that it’s not bad enough to enjoy on that level.

 

[Jason_V]

Grant me your strength, friends, for my spouse and I are going to this opening night!

The bad reviews are rolling in and, if I'm being honest, it's making me look forward to seeing this more. Sometimes you're just in a mood for a nice train wreck, non?

Good luck! Your expectations seem to be in the right place. As are mine for Thursday night.

 

[jayembee]

The question isn't whether or not this is bad. The question is whether or not it's as bad as Morbius.