"Madame Web" A-List pocket Review (IMAX)

Well it was Valentine's Day, and while my wife drove to the mall to get her gift (long story, LOL) I decided to see this movie. It's a Sony-Marvel film, part of their "Spider-Verse" thing, apparently. And because it is A-List, I saw it in IMAX.

Anyway, "Madame Web" is kind of like Venom 2, IMO. It is a B-level Marvel film. The story is pretty basic, and the villain is uninspiring. Heck, Dakota Johnson, as Madame Web, is uninspiring. The whole movie is kind of bland and blah with more poisonous spiders biting people and giving them powers. And about 40% in, three Zendaya-type women, cute young female characters supposed to be teenagers I think but actresses clearly in their 20s, are introduced, which threw the movie off.

That said, "Madame Web" has some entertainment value. The plot isn't convoluted, it takes place mostly in the "real world", not some feverish animated dreamscape or totally CGI outer space realm like so many recent Marvel films, and at about 110 minutes of running time it isn't a chore to sit through it, all of which I found refreshing. But not enough to get excited about it.

Obviously, anyone deep in to the Spider-Verse, or Marvel generally, is seeing this film. But to those on the fence, I can't really recommend it.

C ... Just meh, average stuff.

PS - the movie sounded good in IMAX, but the screen had bars top and bottom the whole time, or at least all the time I can remember.

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