Morbius is a Trainwreck
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024
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Jared Leto's Morbius hit theaters to pretty negative reviews, in this video I talk about where Sony and Marvel's latest MCU-adjacent film went wrong.
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People that say "it's not a well known character, it's just his origin story," need I remind you that guardians of the galaxy was a poorly known comic name when the film came out, but was a smash hit because *it was written well.*
Well written films do well. Poorly written ones do not. Morbius is not a well written films.
I think Polka-Dot man is a better example. while the Guardians were D-listers, they at least had multiple interesting runs, and characters to fall back on. Polka Dot since inception has been used as a gag character so when James gunn gave his character trauma and an arc while showcasing how frightfully dangerous his powers were( most OP member in the squad). To see the evolution of a joke character to an actually well-written tragic hero showcases that with great writing, you can make the audience love a character literally named Polka dot man.
Hell even Iron Man wasn’t that popular before his movie came out
Exactly. And in some ways if he isn't as well known, they could make some changes to the character and have a little more flexibility- it would have been an advantage
@@Mustang-wt1se I was gonna mention that too
Well I don't fully agree with your statement with the quality of a movie being what drives it's success within the box office, but everything else, Yes
Morbius has a 200% in Rotten Tomatoes its the most movie ever
It gonna win morbillion Oscars
Literally cackled from this. Thks
Hey I saw you in the death battle comment section
It is one of the movies of all time!
*ONE TRILLION TICKETS*
Guys Morbius is so freaking, I can’t describe how absolutely it is
It’s definitely a movie, that’s for sure
It’s definitely a opus
I agree
I concur, a magnum.
Are you telling me that Morbius is a movie that definitely exists?
I liked when Morbius said “It’s Morbin time!” Before attacking the bad guys
🙄🥱
@@freddybaumgartner3096 bro it’s been two years no shit the punchlines old
I really want a Morbius directors cut, because I have a bad feeling that a vastly superior version of this film exists.
Yeah like underworld
you can’t improve on perfection
@@ghostt5623 Underworld is way better just watch it bro👋
Unless it features another main actor, impossible, Jared Lego is awful. In movies, music and life.
@@ghostt5623 I agree, Morbius is shit movie perfection, it excels at being an awful movie.
Matt Smith is incredible. Imagine if he was cast to play Morbius in the MCU, as an opening villain for Spider-Man: Far From Home, and then with a big villain role in Blade as a science based Dracula that Blade can't kill as easily. Such a waste.
"science-based dracula that Blade can't easily kill" damn... that's gotta be one of the best pitches of Morbius as a character that I've ever heard
Yeah that would’ve legit been pretty cool
He isn't a true vampire so has different vulnerabilities.
Wish they kept the link with Spiderman from the 90's animated series
@@ReedRichardsPhD morbius had a (cut) cameo at the end of the original blade, hinting at plans to do just that for blade 2. Would have been great.
@@ReedRichardsPhD It's not far off from what he is in the comics, and even in the movie. It would be a good Blade villain. Just have him decimating vampires the whole time, but getting absolutely REKT by Morbius so he has to team up with Dane Whitman to get him. Then that could lead into Midnight Suns where they team up with Morbius, Moon Knight, and Werewolf By Night
Memeing on Morbius is vastly more entertaining than actually watching it
This was the movie of the entire world wdym?
facts
What are we, some kind of sinister squad?
@@stellviahohenheim damn accurate
@@toastykiwi7405 Some are more enjoyable to bash than others
This one, is truly a film
Truly one of the product of sony existed
I literally don't understand *how* we're still getting bad comic book movies at this point. Especially when its just the same mistakes over and over.
Because studios don’t want to put in the effort to make them good
Mentality seems to be "it's a superhero movie. People will see it no matter the effort put in"
It's a Sony-issue specifically, I think. They have the Marvel toys they borrowed from the big M and D but seem to be sticking square pegs in triangle holes.
Avi Arad
@@connorwood9211 how is that still around it's been roughly 20 yeaaarssss
It can't be mentioned enough how much this movies absolutely ruins the character of Vulture. He was such a well rounded and cool villain in Homecoming and in this he straight up feels like a Saturday Morning cartoon Villain.
No way home?
He didn't show up in that one rigt?
@@WillofStone08 was it the first movie instead? They kinda mixed all together in my mind LOL
I don't see how he could come across as a cartoon villain here. He doesn't DO anything.
@@kendrajade6688 I think what they mean is, Vulture was clearly motivated by the desire to support his family and spite against the people who threatened that desire. And, Vulture harbored no strong malice towards Peter Parker by the end of Homecoming, which is why he refused to spill the beans on his secret ID.
Here, Vulture is just some sketchy guy with wings who doesn't like Spiderman. Laaaame
@@blackosprey2219 and they had a perfect set up for him to be a villain again with dr. strange's spell. smh sony done fucked up
When I went to try and see this in theaters, my attendant looked at me said, "listen, Spider Man No Way Home is still playing and starts 10 minutes after Morbius. Why don't I just give you a ticket to an actual good film?" And so that's how my Morbius experience went.
Wow… that is the most coolest attendant ever.
Never happened.
No way home was trash. Nostalgia baiting 10 year old porn😂😂😂😂
@@Genevasplaytime Would you rather actually watch Morbius?
My favourite part was when Jared Leto yelled "It's Morbin' time!" and all the bats joined up to form a Mighty Morbin' Morbius.
What drugs was the production team on when this seemed like a good idea?
Don't tell me he actually said that!
@@trickyricky4731 No, I'm joking, I haven't seen this piece of shit movie.
@@trickyricky4731 No, but he did some hadoken attack with the bats or some shit.
@@rossmorton7002 That probably would have improved the movie. If it was tongue-in-cheek and had him acting like Deadpool commenting about how stupid the movie is, wouldn’t you watch that?
Morbius definitely shows that Sony has no idea what they're doing with their remaining characters that are connected to Spider Man. If this is how they treat the Living Vampire, a character that I wasn't particularly a fan of, I'd hate to see what they'd do to characters in Spider Man's universe that I actually like such as Madame Web or Kraven The Hunter.
@@somerandolad I wish they would. Or at least hand the reins to someone who actually knows how to make these movies fun and good.
Ouch, hate to break it to you, but Kraven is the next movie they're doing.
They've already had 3 reboots to touch on Madame Web and they haven't. So, I'm doubtful that the character will ever be in the movies.
Kraven is next.
@Beircheart Aghaistin Then I have some terrible news for you...They've already announced her solo movie
Matt Smith needs a new agent. He's so talented but just keeps ending up in shit roles
The Rings of Akhaten speech was one of the most beautifully acted scenes in all of Doctor Who, right up there with 10’s ‘death’
Totally agree
His performance in Last Night In Soho last year was stellar, you probably just didn't hear ab it bc the GP has no taste to the point where now even Edgar Wright films can bomb at the box office :(
They should make him the 14th doctor
Eccleston's Dark World elf was pretty bad, maybe Marvel doesn't like Time Lords?
@@paulcoy9060 David Tennant was amazing as kilgrave in Jessica Jones
Ok but did I miss something or did they never bring up the fact that Milo is not his name it’s Lucian. In the beginning moribus just straight out refuses to call him by his real name and tells us that their have been many milos that he can’t even remember the first one. Like why is Milo/lucian not more upset at this. They never call him by his real name ever.
I was confused as well. I thought that, maybe, he was not supposed to reveal his name at first? Perhaps, this is a detail they added in reshoots
Until he dies. Morbius calls him Lucian when he dies. It’s absurd.
Morbius definitely deserved WAY better than this. Because of this movie, people are now going to treat him as nothing but a complete joke, and that is really sad considering how absolutely terrifying he looks in the comics.
I so genuinely hope that the vulture end credits scene is ignored and this movie has no effect on the MCU proper, like seriously just have Vulture show up in the MCU again and have him be like "That Morbius guy was weird" please
Morbius turned me down, so I killed him. I don't want you to make the same mistake, so join my sinister 6.
there is no need for any of that, just by Volture appearing in the mcu again and not mentioning anything about morbios, confirmes that non of that is cannon, and it's just a variant of him doing his own thing in that universe
@@e-madart9420 Genius, I wish The Vulture in Morbius was just a variant
Or let Sam Raimi be the director of the Morbius sequel and his version of Morbius to retcon everything including Daniel Espinosa's copypastas and fake spoilers such as Jared Leto's Morbius-Verse is the same as Tom Hardy's Venom-Verse and Michael Keaton scenes. Also, adding a few of Raimi's references that were cut in the final movie such as Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man graffiti sketch on the wall with the "Murderer" mural written in (in an alleyway), Raimi's Spider symbol emblem (in an alleyway), and NYC bus with Raimi's Daily Bugle where it has the headline says this, "Where Is Spider-Man?" Hiring Jim Carrey as Cletus Kasady/Carnage and Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Connors/Lizard in Morbius.
@@e-madart9420 This is possibly the best course of action. What Sony has done the to character is embarrassing.
Never have I cared less about a spoiler warning...
I don’t agree with this disgusting accusation of such a masterpiece. Your lack of education on Morbius is has led to your downfalll and it will be for years. Morbius is has the best dance scene with the best villian and it has sold over 1 morbillion tickets 🤡
@@craigiswise I apologize for my ignorance. I'll be leaving on a journey of enlightenment. God willing, upon my return I'll be better poised to appreciate Morbius and all this classic example of modern cinema has done for us. Morbius be with you... 🙏
@@SirWiggy12 You have chosen the correct path
@@shanecoulson7042 well that's not very nice 😥
Milo's 'Have Sex' dance scene is masterpiece in filmmaking.
My favorite part of the movie is when he says “It’s morbin time!!”
I’m like 99.9% sure you’re memeing but that small percentage of a chance has me so scared
I really hope this is true 😆
Yeah and then he proceeded to morb all of the criminals.
"So what, we some kinda sinister six?"
Mighty Morbin Below average rangers!
It's movies like this that kill my hype for a TASM3 or Tobey Spider-Man 4, because despite how great they were in NWH, you remember that Sony would butcher them if given the chance.
Fun fact: Morbius is one of the movies to ever exist!
i just saw you in another comment section?
@@cammongo3525 which one?
@@NuggetGX I’ll reply to you there
If there was any blatant example of a studio desperately trying to hold onto a character's film rights by exploiting the hell out of its fanbase that wasn't Fox's Fant4stic, this Sony Spider-Man MCU-adjacent whatever franchise is a prime example. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if freaking Kenny Kong got a solo movie just because
That's so descriptive
I don't understand why they make bad movies that make no profit just to keep the IP.
Almost makes me wish Stan Lee's kids would steal the movie rights.
I actually sort of think this movie was created to try and coax Fiege into working close with Sony.
It ain't MCU-adjacent. I guess you haven't seen LTBC mid-credit scene and NWH.
@@rosesweetcharlotte Not really.
I did not get the impression that Vulture was going to be involved in this movie for more than one Easter egg short scene that just painfully shows how desperate Sony are to tie themselves to the MCU
Same and exactly what we got
its pathetic how desperate they were to try and cling onto the mcu
Yeah it was an obvious little cameo from the trailer, idk where people got the idea he was gonna be co-starring
Sony wasn't desperate to tie itself to the MCU. Sony was desperate to tie itself to the multiverse because of Kevin Feige's idea about the multiverse in Marvel movies and The Flash movie.
The only want a pice of that cake monetarily, and that's it's , they don't care if their movies make sense or not
I legit thought everything people said about Michael Keaton being in the movie was a joke. Can’t believe Sony is this clueless
I mean Amazing Spiderman 2 had the warning signs
Seems like they screwer Keaton, his Vulture is stuck in this Universe, whatever stupid name this Spider less Universe is. Haven't seen this movie but have read the Toby Spidey you see in trailers is nowhere in the movie. It's like Pascal was trying to have her adjacent Spidey-verse with solo villain movies and you're supposed to sympathize..with them, for some FUCKIN' REASON, every villain is now an Anti-Villain cuz it's edgy. Why would they fight a Spider-Man as a team or in a Spidey movie as the antagonist?? The 1st Venom was bland but could've been good (not great, Venom with out Spidey makes no sense like the rest of these anti-villain Centrica movies). Than Venom was in the MCU for a dumb after credit throw away scene to just got home?? There needs to be more cohesion with Disney & Sony. Sony producing "Villain-cdntric" movies, but by Gawd make them unlikable and villains than tease a Sinister 6 movies. Plural because Spidey can lose in the 1st one, 2nd one barely wins, emotionally scarred or financially. He teams with one of the villains (or 2) to fight the team a 3rd (last time) with some new villains too. Just my thoughts.
Unless Disney ignores this universe and pretend that Vulture never got pulled into another universe.
Why would you have thought that? You poor, naive babe. Welcome to the real world. At least, Sony’s version of it 🙂
believe
Dude you just can’t comprehend the greatness of a cinematic masterclass like Morbius. Give up…
I’m still wondering why they thought it was a good idea to cast Jared Leto when everybody hated his last Iteration of one of the greatest comic book character ever.
These are all lies. Morbius is the ONLY movie (and will be the only movie) to EVER sell ONE MORBILLION tickets. Don't believe these LIES.
#MORBIUSSWEEP
Nope, there’s another movie that will receive Morbillion tickets
Morbius 2: Electro Boogaloo
@@IcyDiamond what about Morbius 3: Revenge of the Morb?
@@MrcreeperDXD777 Okay but “Morbius 4: Rise of Ius” is gonna do even better
@@IcyDiamond what about Morbius Morbillion 🤯
Unfortunately a Morbillion is equal to 2000 in theater tickets.
Morbius is not only an insult to the art of filmmaking, humanity, and God. It is an abomination. It killed my parents, ate my dog and set my house on fire. -5000000/10
HiTop Films be like
Holy fuck! Are you John Wick?!
Morbius? More like morbidly oblivious. What the ppl actually want.
@@Vario69 🤣🤣
You to, I so that I wasn't the only one 😆
Thanks for the Michael Keaton intro, he really was the only reason I was going to watch this movie. You save me money, thanks man 👍
I don't even remember Morbius ever being that popular of a comic. Oddly, it's one of those properties Marvel keeps trying to bring back.
HAHA! Very funny late April Fools video! You really had me going for a second there! Pointing out flaws in Morbius, what a silly concept. There aren't any!
This could've worked with several tweaks:
1) More on screen research instead of telling
2) No synthetic blood
3) Develop the bond between Morbius and that little girl
4) Have his treatment of her somehow lead to his transformation, for instance by synthesizing a serum that could end up healing her but is also highly volatile, therefore he chooses to inject himself because they suffer from the same disease
5) Keep "Milo" in the past, an old wound that seemingly informs all of Morbius' decisions because he died
6) No villain per se other than his bloodlust and the ensuing tragedy of having to prey on innocent people (maybe even by putting the little girl in harm's way and eventually either killing a relative of hers or whomever right in front of her eyes)
7) A theme that makes the narrative stand out more; I'd opt for self-deception: while the first research-y part of the movie is obviously filtered through Michael's POV with morally questionable decisions being justified as necessary (with subtle hints in other character's reactions to his conduct), they could be recontextualized after the girl sees him for the monster he's not only become but has been all along, i.e. he used to experiment on terminally ill patients to further his own research and extended this practice to actual treatments by determining whom amongst two people to save based on their value (since the very concept of having value has been instilled into him by the doctor back in the day and he distorted it in his mind) + the movie we got already touched on Michael's habit of calling multiple boys "Milo" in that hospital, so why not go the extra mile by revealing that he didn't actually care for any of them but rather daydreamed about the perfect friendship and deluded himself into having had empathy over 30+ years?
I actually think the fake blood is somewhat necessary because it would certainly be something Morbius would try. But I think it needed to be more comparable to, like, a drug addiction where the "safe" blood just stops giving him as good of a hit.
Those are very interesting ideas! I don’t necessarily agree with every tweak, but I must say it definitely would’ve made a more thought-provoking movie.
I always wonder what working on these kinds of misses was like.
Did actors get to explore their roles but then that stuff was never used? Did they only get a few takes? Were their best takes not used for some reason? Are they told the over-arching plot, or just show up for disconnected scenes?
Were there too many plot points so they had to cut them? But then why not cut them entirely? Were they contractually obliged to include every talking actor? Did different editing teams work on different sections of the film?
Like the first half team set up all these cool plot points, but then the second-half team weren't given enough time or people or whatever to make it happen? Or were simply told to figure it out because nobody had thought of a resolution yet?
It's too bad that kind of background info is so often hidden out of sight. I'd love to know more about the logistics of movies, and how that affects the end results.
Hell another cool Milo thing could have been Milo being an *actual* vampire not a synthetic
Turned when morbius is still researching, he pushes morbius to have a more vampiric push to the cure, hell have him corrupt the cure with vampiric vitae
Don't worry The New Marvel Legend that is Morbius will keep giving the writers new work, with next project being Madame Web. This universe is good hands, everyone clearly wants them to make TASM3 right... Of course you do, Morbius Sweep!
I actually do kind of want a tasm3. Just with different writers.
You must be living under a rock because people actually do want a tasm3 because of how much Garfield stole the show in nwh.
@@raam726 They do, but they don't fully realize the cost of it under this management.
Sony doing everything they can to destroy the MCU
@@harrylane4 And with a studio that won’t mess with it but that’s probably asking for too much
The fact that you called Michael Keaton, "The Jack Frost Star," just warms my heart. Btw, you mentioned it in the video, but it would be interesting to see your take on Ben Affleck's Daredevil, as well as its spin-off, Elektra, with Jennifer Garner.
Yeah. Daredevil was kinda OK. I mean, it's tolerable. Elektra was just a dumpster fire.
@@nunyabiznes33 i cant really remember the Elektra movie, i guess thats my opinion on that. But yeah, Daredevil was kinda cool, I watch it every few years or so
@@JohnDoe-bo5yk your brain is probably blocking your memory of Elektra LOL
I'm sad to hear how trashy this movie is. When I was in my early twenties I would collect all of the Morbius comics because I love vampires. So this is just ☹️. When it first came about I was so excited to see it I love Jared Leto I love 30 seconds to Mars, but I did not think that this movie would be awful
Same I have several comics about the living vampire and was excited knowing he was getting a movie. But I don’t know if the Morbius character will survive past the meme he has become :/
yeah unfortunately he’s not extremely well known outside of this so the movie might just become his legacy
"Theres not gonna be a patch for Morbius"
Well lets see if they cash in a second time on a directors cut like Justice League :)
I remember a comment on one of the Marvel subreddits when the trailer with Michael Keaton in it debuted that said something like, “I’ve never seen one studio hold another studio up at gunpoint before.”
It feels painfully obvious in retrospect that this film was part of Sony’s big power play to seize back control over the Spider-Man universe when the initial deal between Sony and Marvel Studios lapsed after Endgame. If it weren’t for Tom Holland’s last minute appeal to Bob Iger to continue negotiations, who knows what Sony would have done with Holland’s version of Spider-Man in this film.
I honestly can’t say if it would have made for a better or worse film, but as it is this film is clearly a casualty of studio execs throwing their weight around without any care for crafting a film capable of standing on its own without Spider-Man behind it.
Just imagine getting this as the next installment of Spider-Man on the big screen, instead of No Way Home.
Well if they had to trade Vulture for No Way Home, you sweet cheeks better be grateful they did it.
no way home was such a terrible movie, Morbius better!
@@amarson2322 yeah morbius sold Morbillions tickets
"appeal to Iger" Also known as drunk calling him at 3AM lol.
Revoke Sony's Marvel card. It's laughable how Sony is still on their plan since TASM 2 disappointed them to build out this Sinister Six-verse despite critics and audiences wanting nothing to do with their cynical, lazy, effortless and insulting handling of the Spider-Man IP. It's no wonder they keep Feige on the payroll for their MCU films because they'd be completely lost without him. So funny as they try building an entire cinematic universe off the one character they gave away to Disney and can't use. Avi Arad was booed out of Marvel Studios and needs to be as far away as possible from the Marvel films.
If only Disney would buy Spider-Man from Sony :(
@@IcyDiamond Do you want Disney buying out Sony Pictures? Because that's how you get Disney buying out Sony Pictures!
@@MFAniki6390 Why can’t they just buy the Spider-Man rights?
@@IcyDiamond Because it's Sony Pictures' biggest franchise. While every other franchise they've tried to make into a thing have crashed and burned, the last two Spider-Man films made over a billion dollars each in the global box office, they CAN'T sell the rights off for Spider-Man without ruining their entire business. Disney would honestly have an easier time trying to purchase Sony Pictures from Sony than trying to buy the Spider-Man rights from Sony Pictures.
@@MFAniki6390 Dammit, there has to be some way Disney could negotiate the rights
I rewatched all the trailers after I watched the movie and I remember why I was so excited for Morbius. In the trailers it paints an entirely different movie the trailers have so many scenes and tons of dialogue just void from the movie it is insane. I wanna watch the movie the trailers were showing not whatever garbage we got in theaters. Just watching the trailers makes me upset that we won't ever get to see what was originally intended for this movie. Edit: Also thanks for not blaming Leto like he isn't terrible at acting idk why people keep saying he is the worst actor to ever exist just cause he was bad as Joker.
I just don't like him because his "method acting" makes working with him on set a pain in the ass.
Leto could’ve been a great Morbius honestly, that’s if he was given ANY good writing
That’s saying something because the trailers looked dumb af
I see his gaunt face and I thought that was acting, but it was just him trying to remember how much lower his paycheck was than Tom Hardys or Tom Hollands. Credit to Jared. The cgi made him scarier than I've ever laughed at before.
@@brodygarrison5216 such a strange coincidence how method actors always seem to act as asshole characters
Really enjoying this wave of my favorite RUclipsrs roasting this movie. Can confirm this has been a much more valuable use of my tim.
This whole Morbius idea seems to stem from around the release of Amazing Spider Man 2, when Sony were planning on releasing all these spin off movies. Some of them being Aunt May, Kraven the Hunter, Venom, Spider Gwen, etc. This seems to be a remnant from that time period and after Venom and recent Spider Man movies, Sony greedily put Morbius Venom and whatever else they could into production. The Raimi Spider Man graffiti image and Keatons Vulture in Morbius where inserted into the script or production design, inconsequentially.
Let this be the end of the Sonyverse. Vulture is one of my fave MCU villains and they just ruined him.
Sony > Disney
@@masrr3678 cap
Morbius did everything it could in the first 35 minutes to make it feel like it belonged in 2002. The last 30 minutes made me question how much footage never made it to the theater in favor of promoting a few incomprehensible end credit scenes for a sequel that should never be made. Side note: I watched Blade 2 (2002) last night, not my first time seeing it, but I skipped the first 45 minutes as an experiment. When a movie does so little to get you immersed in the opening act or feels loosely based on something, skipping to the chase makes your viewing a lot more bearable/less distracting.
I have never enjoyed Matt Smith as an actor until this film. His dedicated contribution as Milo is fun and the only redeeming part of this flat, incomplete and lazy impersonation of a story
I’ve always enjoyed his performances, he was practically the only reason I had any interest in this movie, which I didn’t end up seeing because I forgot about it and I only know what happened from reviews I’ve watched. I’m a big fan of Matt and I’m sad he still hasn’t gotten his blockbuster breakout yet. Maybe one day, hopefully.
well yeah even if they cast anyone else like a morgan freeman he would be flat too, because you cannot compete with the morb-tastic, morb- alicious performance of the morber himself. ive since renouced my fate and become a full time morber it was so morbfull
It was actually my friend who pointed out that when milo first shows up as a kid to the special hospital he comes in a very expensive looking car.
I never thought I would leave a Marvel movie feeling sleepy
#MorbiusSleep
Everyone I know that likes Jared Leto says "He a good actor. Have you seen Requiem For a Dream?" He is the M Night Shyamalan of acting.
God, if that isn't accurate. :D
I think he was also pretty good in Dallas Buyers Club and Mr. Nobody. The rest, not so much.
The same a hole actor that pretends to be disabled 24/7 on set and drove the people nuts.
They should've done instead a movie about the Deadly Foes of Spider-Man, also known as the Superior Foes, an almost comedic team of B-C list villains related to Spider-Man, but most of the time they fight between themselves or get involve in bigger scenarios with other characters.
So suicide squad
Well, it's more about the every day life of the less popular villains, and not every supervillain team has to be written like the Suicide Squad, It could be a heist movie about the perfect robbery gone wrong, as an attempt to be part of the big leagues, but that's just a pitch.
Like the Harley Quinn show?
@@Ineedgames Haha, haven't seen it, but as far as I know, yes, it can be similar.
They could make shocker the main protagonist. Bring him back and give him his suit.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Morbius. The conflict and character development is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of classic English dramatic literature, most of the weight of the scenario will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Michael's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these scenes, to realise that they're not only humorous- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence, people who dislike Morbius truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the depth in Morbius' quote: "I am Venom. Just kidding, I'm Dr. Michael Morbius at your service." which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Jared Leto's genius wit unfolds itself exclusively on the cinematic screens this April 1st. What fools.... how I pity them.
Your joke is too long.
The cultural reset
lmao this is brilliant
Damn haven't seen this meme in a while
@@AngstyPenguin69 your brain is too small
I don’t know much about morbius apart from what I saw in the animated show. Isn’t a big part of his turmoil that he’s a young guy? Peter’s age? He’s very good looking and his personality revolves around that. So it makes it interesting that his powers change the way he looks permanently. It’s so dum to see Jared Leto turn on the “ugly face” and easily turn it off
A huge example is the speech where he refuses the Nobel prize. The trailer shows him walking up and getting to the podium. In the actual film, they just show him standing and then everyone kind of tsk tsks him about it afterwards. I was checked out after that.
The mid-credits scene takes the cake as the worst in any superhero movie I've seen. Did the writers even watch Homecoming?
Speaking of the animated Morbius from the 90s the only post credit screen i would want would be with Wesley Snipes and Halle Berry. This would solidify the movie as a bad 2000s movie in a universe everyone and no one wants to see!
This movie is so incredibly bad. It’s almost unbelievable.
ikr!!
Morbius deserved a better movie
"Hey, boss, I got a great idea for a scary vampire movie!"
"When are you going to release it?"
"Easter!!"
The way you talk about this makes it sounds like it could’ve been/is amazing.
Honestly this movie could have been a great movie about the struggles of the main character morbius who struggles with his inner monster and his craving for blood 🩸 which he must stop him and fight to regain his humanity and must destroy the beast inside him which caused him to live in a world basically full of blood
The Sony Spidey movies could have been so much better if they just leaned into horror.
@@Wico90YT wut
@@Wico90YT you know they couldn't right . it's in the contract .
they got vulture from the mcu and barely had him in it lmao that was there ticket to making a decent movie with tie in with the mcu and they cutt all of his scences
I watched Turning Red last night by Disney Pixar. It's another tame-the-beast movie but it is way cuter, and more fun. Not sure if I want to spend $13 on a dark gimy snooze fest.
Thing is. The first morbius trailers dropped not long after the first venom movie. Venom 2 got pushed back, launched, and morbius still had like... a six month gap between that and this. that to me was the biggest red flag going in.
Jared Leto being the other big red flag. Dude like... 'i'm a method actor!' Why is it method actors are always using that method to be an asshole and a diva everyone has to cater to?
I agree I think the biggest issue this had was the huge amount of delays it had. If I remember correctly it was originally supposed to come out in like late 2020 right?
Jared Leto was the most insulting part of this movie.
nice piece of satire. now please release the video where u explain why it is the best film ever made.
Don’t get why he waited 10 days to do a proper April Fools video
Nice joke
@@elijaharroyo4846 Who is joking Elijah?
Ikr, definitely one of the movies of all time
If a doctor in a lab coat showed up at my bedside with that scraggly patchwork beard, I'd hit the call button for security because that guy is not a real doctor.
I like how you actually explain why some things didn't work and at least say that it could have been really good but they just gave us a generic movie, rather than just saying it sucks, I for one liked the different abilities they explored, and I liked the plotline of his moral code being tested, but it just didn't meet my expectations
"What went wrong with Morbius?"
"Everything..."
Do not believe Captainmidnight's lies! The Merriam-Webster dictionary had to coin the term morbillion to count Morbius's gross income worldwide! That's the point of the Morbius babyyyyy 💪💪💪💪💪
It’s called an opinion, you don’t have to agree with it
@@elijaharroyo4846 I think you should reread it
I think vulture was supposed to be in the movie more prominently but no way home may have caused Sony to change how much vulture was supposed to be
I mean how tho ?
Nah Sony threw him in because they want butts in theaters. Simple as that.
he wasn't, they really want morbius to be in the actual MCU as a new movie (morbius 2: homecoming) which is something i would love to see as it would be the funniest pile of garbage movie ever.
We have reached the point where movies feels like "real live actions" of a patchwork of video games cutscenes put together without all the world & plot building you would had found ingame outside the said cutscenes .
What is this obsession with end credits scenes?! Sony acts as if it's the secret to Marvel's success, when in reality that secret is to make good movies!
What I really hate is how transparently artificial the plot structure is. Events happen for no reason other than that's what it says in the script. The love interest gets conked on the head once, and she's unconscious for weeks, just because the script doesn't need her for a while. Morbius is running from the cops, then one of them says, "stop!" and he does, and comes quietly to jail, just so he can have a talk with Milo there. You can see the filmmakers' hands at all times, jerking the characters around like puppets, and that's easily the worst immersion killer.
If you need protection from a shapeshifting anti-hero,
*BETTER CALL SAUL!*
I thought you were working at a Cinnabon now?
Slippin jimmy is everywhere bro
There has to have been a whole other movie on the editing room floor. It dropped so many hints toward some money laundering scheme that Milo may have been in on, and never mentioned it again. Like how Milo had a Russian guard stationed at his home to keep an eye on him, or how he went to a bar that the cops noted was attended by crooked Wall Street brokers. Or how Morbius overhears two street thugs trying to pass off counterfeit bills at the cafe, and then takes over their underground lab by force for his own "science-y" reasons. And the scatter shot ways in which Morbius' vampire nature came out was hard to follow. Martine sliced her finger open on a can opener, and he gets weird about it, but bystanders in the subway, or the cops that Milo attacks have their throats ripped out, and he doesn't go into some frenzy.
You're right that the big choice between artificial blood and drinking real human blood is never resolved, considering he keeps checking that watch and the time keeps counting down, but even with those dire terms of mortality literally counting down to his death, that gets abandoned as well. Not sure what the reason was, but with the opening date getting pushed back two years, and then trying to shoehorn their movie into the Spider-Man/MCU franchise, I think they missed their window and decided to scrap the original idea. I bet it ran afoul of the same over correction that Falcon and the Winter Soldier series did, due to the studio's aversion to discussing vaccines and virulent diseases with ghastly side effects, so they probably didn't want to take any heat from sensitive viewers and critics. And that fear of having an unmarketable product has led them to that very outcome they were trying to avoid. I would like to see what they left out, or an original screenplay. Whatever it was has to be better than this mess.
The video game analogy was spot on, got a feeling similar to when I played cyberpunk on release week on the OG ps4 from when I watched Morbius lol
It's just like a train wreck where I can't stop watching it.
If you want to run the dreams of a franchise down just hire Jared Leto..
Why did they hire him? Just why?
Because of the Oscar attached to his name.
@@rosesweetcharlotte because of his literal cult, and musician days fangirls, possibly. That they mistake these people for being the tip of the iceberg and so "clearly" hiring him totally must mean they are getting a guaranteed fan following built in for their movie.
@@Call-me-Al It didn't exactly work. After a strong opening week it is in the murd
So, there''s not gonna be an 'Alexander Pt 2'?
I know almost nothing about Marvel but I'm glad I wasn't the only person disappointed by this movie. It feels like every other superhero origin story, ever, except with bats. All I could think the whole time was "If Batman got bit by a radioactive bat, would he be Batmanbat or Manbatman?"
Manbat.
Sorry, first video of yours I’ll have to dislike. Morbius literally sold 1 trillion tickets and has a 200 on rotten tomatoes… best movie of the millennia I’m afraid….
Best part of the movie was when Morbius killed every Dry Bones in existence
* 1 morbilllion
Didn't expect to see you here.
Liar liar, pants on 🔥
Dude your channel is blowing up. How do you do it! Great consistency
JOKER: You don't look so good
MORBIUS: Speak for yourself
I like how the two Greeks have British and American accents. Also, I couldn't find any explanation of Milo's wealth, either.
Woh woh woh, you can't be saying that about the best film, not only ever made, but ever WILL be made
Is Möbius the new Catwoman?
The stupid thing is that just a couple of small changes could have REALLY improved the film...
The big problem is that there are just too many side characters and hence not enough time for Morbius to develop a relationship with any of them. The romantic subplot with Martine added absolutely nothing to the film. Just cut that entire character out and make Jared Harris's character the co-scientist with Morbius, giving them more scenes, so we believe Matt Smith when he says Morbius was the favourite. Cut out the sick girl (Anna?) altogether and give all that time to another Smith-Leto scene or two, developing their relationship.
Whilst we're in the cutting room, two of the opening few scenes were totally unnecessary. The cave scene that was in all the trailers basically existed to show us... That Morbius knows how to catch bats? Or maybe just to remind us that Dracula Untold exists... Similarly so with the Nobel Prize scene, that's just the worst example of telling rather than showing!
Just those few cuts and adding in a bit more relationship building between Morbius, Milo and Dr Nicholas and I think the film is watchable. This would still drop the Morbius blood dilemma, I said watchable, not perfect! But at least the central relationship triangle, which I took to be the core of the film, would have made sense.
The movie would hard-fail the Bechdel test, given my rewrite, having literally no named female characters, but it doesn't exactly pass with flying colours as it is!
Honestly, Martine as a character is such a dated trope that even the comics haven't touched upon her much.
@@rosesweetcharlotte Right, she's hardly an example of a three-dimensional female character! In that sense, I don't think the film is that much worse off, from the perspective of representation, if she's not included. But at least it would've had the opportunity to develop some other character relationships a bit more, if she'd been cut.
I'd also be open to replacing Harris's character with a female version of that character. The "wise old man" mentor is pretty played out, it would've been interesting to see that dynamic cashed out with a woman instead.
@Sonic Hedgehog Of course it's a joke! That's exactly the point 😜 It's funny because it's such a ridiculously low bar that SO MANY films/stories fail at!
@@garethpearce8699 Personally, I think they should have gone with the comic-accurate version of Martine just being a rich party girl who falls for Morbius despite the fact that he's sort of a nerdy weirdo. It could have been interesting to see this woman try and help and comes to terms with her own grief. And it would have made her lack of ability to help less insulting.
And the anti-SJWs would love the movie even more.
You knocked this review right outta the park. This were my thoughts and feelings about the movie. And, I agree that Michael Keaton scene in the trailer was a bait and switch because I wanted to see interaction and meaning behind Michael Keaton's role with Morbius. And what happened to his love interest after he bit her? That was very vague to me as a Marvel movie fan.
Exactly ! I hope there's a true cut to make this movie some justice .
“Ben Affleck’s Daredevil feels like Spider Man 2 compared to Morbius”
Now that, that is a good ROAST to this lame ass movie.
The thing that worries me the most is that if Sony keeps making films in this quality, i am concerned what will happen if TASM 3 is released and Sony didn’t even try to make it GOOD
Morbius was seen dead last weekend and the only evidence we got of his killer is a blue fur that glows, weird
Sanic teh Hedgehog
Morbius has always been one of those characters that seems like he's got great potential on paper, but in practice he just... drags. I just waited and waited and waited for his storyline to wrap up on Spider-Man TAS. Am I the only one who feels this way?
yes you are the only one . in general Morbius is a supporting character but I did enjoy the movie .
I am a huge fan of Morbius, but I agree. And I think the issue is that his storyline doesn't really have an ending. He never manages to learn his lesson in the comics, while in TAS and in this film his selfishness and utter stupidity are toned down so much that he loses something very special.
They could’ve just used the Lizard’s storyline from the tv show in place for Morbius. Have be a scientist looking for a cure to his disease and so performed an experiment on himself and accidentally turned himself into a vampire. Then have him struggle to fight his instincts to drink blood and keeping his humanity intact. Simple origin story.
@@KhanMann66 I like it- would even like it if over time he started losing the struggle, and realize that he's some blood sucking creature of the night who simply remembers being human... and what does he do with that now? Vigilante vampire.
Sony's current movie model is "Let's give an amazing actor a shitty script, and let's see if they can make a gem out of it."
Loved the 90's Spiderman version x10 over this. "Need plasma!" lol!!
They really could have easily solved the Vulture stuff and Multiverse issues by just leaning into it more. Morbius Vulture transports to the MCU, sees the suit, and decides to make his own. Spidey exists but they no longer know who he is and now Vulture knows he's a problem in every universe. References could have simply been a stylized spray painted mask (red outline, black eye outline). Whatever cut of the film came out isn't great either. Definitely needed more plot work after the delays.
the thing which kills me (I haven't seen the movie, but I heard enough about it) : how does the Vulture even HAVE his vulture tech in the venomverse? He didn't create it himself, and it relied on alien tech...
@@diersteinjulien6773 reasons lol. They never explain anything about it. Even a line that he robbed some science/tech company would have helped. The Vulture suit is slightly different. I think it has more normal stuff but you don't get a good look
Don’t believe this propaganda, Morbius is the greatest kino film ever made, an absolute masterclass in storytelling #Morbiussweep
Joking?
The first morbmovie to sell morbillion dollars #morbiussweep
@@yeehee4871 no brother. Morbius is a sweeping spectacle. 11/10.
@@michaelcubed #MORBIUSSLEEP
Does anyone else think Sony should just give up on this “universe” and just relinquish all the characters they own to Marvel? I know they’re already working on Kraven and Madame Web, but I’m sure they can quit while they’re ahead and just release those two as afterthoughts.
No
They haven’t made a good live action super hero movie since 2004 💀
@@Devon.with.an.i no way home,?
@@Mowglibaloo2 that’s Marvel/Sony (more Marvel than Sony). This one is a Sony film.
No simply for the fact I never want Disney to complete their puzzle
This movie feels like it's all over the place. It makes it really hard to get invested.
"Michael Keaton the beloved Batman and Jack Frost Star". I think you mean beloved Multiplicity star.
Some studio execs think it's wrong to make the audience angry, scared or conflicted to protect our feelings, but they are wrong: feeling powerful emotions is why we pay for movie tickets. They cut out the catharsis when they should be doubling it.
Some execs also think they need to explain the movie in the movie, considering the audience too stupid to fill in blanks
if there are 10000 morbheads i am one of them, if there are 10 morbheads i have few allies, if there is only one morbhead i am alone, if there are no morbheads remaining i am long dead.
Matt Smith is at least fun in this movie. I kept waiting for him to show back up when he wasn’t onscreen.
Morbius just renames Matt Smith’s character as a way of saying you’re gonna die so I’m protecting myself by not using your real name, and everyone is like, “This is the way.”
It baffles me that Sony let this movie be released the way that it was. I thought they wanted to put their best foot forward. What happened to this script lol????
Right on time buddy. I've been waiting for your take on this hot mess.
"They made a Morbius movie."
That's the error.
This is bordering on sadism reviewing this and recent Simpsons episodes.
I've been watching your videos for years but the "loads of free gifts and prizes" mentioned at the end of each and every video never materialize.
PS Love your stuff sir.
I couldn’t hear this video over the sound of the MORBIUS SWEEP