So let me get this straight : vulture gets teleported to a whole different universe and the first thing he does is magically put together a new version of his vulture suit so he can gather a bunch of people he doesn’t know to fight a Spider-Man they’ve never met?
Well, not really. He mentions that the teleportation probably occured due to Spider-Man actions (most of NWH events ended up staying public, excluding Peter Parker's identitiy being known), BUT what he says next is "Anyways, Dr. Morbius. You and I are evidently unusual types, everyone's going to be after us, so we should hold together to", quote, "do some good". There's nothing like "Hey let's kill Spider-Man". They gather on the basis of being special and exiles.
@@theitalianalien8477 He only got off the Spidey must die train because he knew Peter Parker. After NWH, that motivation to not go after Spidey/Pete would be gone
For the score, what probably happened was they used Batman Begins for the temp track, told the composer to "Just give us that," so he was forced to copy it. That happens _a lot_ with modern scores.
@@runninginsept if they just change one note then it's technically different from a legal perspective. Many people take inspiration from others. The new batman score is a few notes away from being the dark Vader theme. I kinda know because i like to compose music as well.
@@amateursoundtracker8877 Darth vader theme and the batman theme was composed by the same person I think,I don't think the batman theme is similar to that thou
Lol, yeah, anytime I hear young people say they're getting bored with the MCU, I'm like, "Do you have ANY idea how good you have it? You just lived through the golden age of superhero movies. The genre that was a JOKE for most of my entire life. Go watch Superman 4 RIGHT NOW and be grateful you grew up with the MCU." Then I shake my fist and tell them to get off my lawn.
You’re right, but at the same time it’s going to be difficult to sustain another 10 years of almost 90% success rate. The OG cast is gone now, they should’ve considered rebooting everything & starting from scratch again with an all new storyline
@@Buddhistsocialist Reboot doesn't automatically mean "retell the same stories," plus they literally said, "with an all new storyline." These are comic book characters with decades upon decades of source material and a number of different takes on them to pull from. That being said, I'm glad they didn't reboot, but eventually they'll have to if they wanna breathe new life into it. The MCU as we know it won't last forever
You really brought up Superman 4 out of all of the movies you could've name... What about Superman 1&2, Batman and Batman returns, Raimi's Spiderman 1&2, Blade trilogy, X-men and X2, Batman begins and the dark knight?? All of those movies are better than anything from the MCU. I like MCU movies, but they have so many corny jokes in them, and they turned 1 of my favorite superheroes Thor into a complete JOKE!
Watched it today. I think the people writing this film were like : "Let's make a film about Morbius the vampire!" "Yes, great idea." "We could have him be very sick, then get some bat blood and he then turns into a vampire!" "Brilliant, what then?" "Oh........"
The trailers didn't even impressed me. It looked bland, uninteresting, and a mess. I'm not surprised that this movie ain't gonna be that great. The previous Venom movies have been very dissapointing so I guess Sony is consistently making a dissapointing cash grab movies in this universe. Such a shame
The way he’s powers looked were the only thing that looked decent to me was hoping we’d see them a lot since Venom both the CGI and movie in general looked below average for me
I'm in the same boat. Ive never cared for Morbius as a character and I felt like giving it to someone who has already botched a comic book role was baffling. So when the trailer took itself way too seriously I was like "okay, I'm out"
SPOILER 🚨 I couldn’t wait to see this movie. And I WAS NOT HAPPY. Correct me if I’m wrong but the beginning of the video they show him getting bit from the bats…. Just to later have the serum turn him into the Vampire…. WHAT?! It was mashed and the ending credits were completely useless. Vulture: Idk why im here but what’s up?! You wanna kill Spider man? Morbius: uh…. Yeah sure why not
When people talk about the good old days of comic book movies a reminder that 90% of them looked like this. Thanks for this review. I lowered my expectations but apparently not enough.
You know what the issue is? Instead of crafting a movie with its own identity, they went all in on trying to tie it to a larger universe. Not all of us want that. I just wanted a cool Vampire movie about one of my favourite Marvel characters, they could have made it a homage to the old Christopher Lee Hammer films, they could have done SOMETHING, just anything to give it a sense of identity, but it was apparently more important to follow this same tired old cookie cutter formula.
The more intriguing thing for me is I wish I could see the movie we were SUPPOSE to get. All those clips with Keaton was clearly building this movie to be something else, and it looks like something must have happened that made them shift the whole purpose/plot of this movie last minute.
"It both rushes and drags" 🤣 ok with the pun at beginning and the Whiplash reference, this is why I love your reviews. Not only are they very eloquent and helps us know if a movie is for us or not, they are highly entertaining.
Thanks for the review, Dan! I only wish that the film was better. I am still going to check it out (eventually) but our tastes are very similar so I'm lowering my expectations down to around Electra and Catwoman. Oh well.
Hahaha. It was not bad at all. Electra And cat woman? They were terrible. This movie isn’t bad at all. Why does this move have to have Spider-Man references to be good?
The movie was going to be a disaster from the get going, BUT in the moviemakers' defense, this was originally planned to come out before Venom 2 & No Way Home, so I'm sure that the movie had to be re-edited, which may have resulted in the world-building scenes that were in the trailers to be cut, bc of the delay in the release...
I wasn't watching Morbius in theaters unless there was a glowing review from Dan. So status quo for me. Though I admit curiosity as to the monkey paw agreement Matt Smith had. Hes a great actor.
The trailers had me worried it would be a bad 2000's comic book movie and it seems it is exactly that or maybe even worse. The whole thing stinks of executives with zero understanding on the character matching pieces of older comic book movies trying to create what they believe will make more money and end up building a weird Frankenstein.
Not quite as negative on it as Dan, but yeah- this was a very average movie at best. I liked Matt Smith in the movie and thought the boat and subway scenes weren't too bad, but the CGI devolved into an incomprehensible mess and those post credits scenes were DUMB. And the Batman Begins thing is so on point. As Dan referenced earlier in the week with Mugato, I felt like I was taking crazy pills! They surely weren't using the Batman Begins theme!
I liked Matt in the movie but still felt the whole way through "my god he could have been a GREAT villain given a better script & direction". Even Leto, despite what I may think of some of his performances, is above this and is more than capable of providing a memorable performance over this flat result.
Sony again proves they cannot make good movies without Marvel's help, on a side note as a kid I always envisioned a Morbius movie to be more horror themed and would play on body horror movies like The Fly or American Werewolf In London
So, what almost certainly happened with regards to the score is that they used the Batman Begins theme as a “temp score” - this is a common practice of using scores from other films or works as a temporary soundtrack while the film is being edited. The problem is, the film director/editor/producer can become familiar with that temp score, and then ask the composer to make the score be like that temp soundtrack. So, not necessarily the composer’s fault.
My headcanon is that the creative team at Sony really pushed for an integration with the MCU, but that when Feige & Co (and maybe Pascal as well) laid eyes on the finished product it was a strong veto and things had to be cut. If Tom Holland is smart he'll stipulate his involvement in future Spider-Man movies by Sony requires him being able to veto tie-ins from other Sony movies, because they clearly can't hire the right people. Into the Spiderverse succeded mostly because it manages to fly under the radar, little interest from Management. I really hope Michael Keaton will not have to play a bigger part in this going forward. (And I'm glad Matt Smith has House of Dragon coming up)
This was a really good 90s camp flick. The major flaw was the lack of baroque, techno soundtrack. This was a salvageable movie. They pulled back when they should've leaned in.
Someone on Twitter said it way better than I could: “So let me get this straight : vulture gets teleported to a whole different universe and the first thing he does is magically put together a new version of his vulture suit so he can gather a bunch of people he doesn’t know to fight a Spider-Man they’ve never met? “
Think about this carnage is dead Morbious was in maximum carnage. We will never get maximum carnage because no spider man and they killed off carnage so there's no point to have Morbious team up with venom.
I agree with you on some of what your saying, they really could have gone deeper, in the mid to last part of the movie it's like you already know where it's gonna go. Which can lose interest. However, keep in mind, if you are someone who loves Jared Leto and just loves Morbius's backstory and character it really revives alot of what the normal person misses. The mortality question, he fights so hard to help find a cure for him and his friend to just survive like a normal person and then realizes he's gone to far. I mean that's a deep issue and a heartbreaking plot. Science will always pose questions regarding morality. I understand they went a little off comic book on it but I'd give this movie a 3.5 out of 5. Once again just my opinion. I'm really dying to see the connection between vulture. But I'm also someone who enjoys the depth of the anti hero characters.
Hey Dan, do you think its going to be anything similar to Venom's reception that its going to defy bad reviews and potentially earn a mainstream crowd that finds it laughably enjoyable?
Dan!! I'm not even that much of a movie fan, but I'm here for EVERYTHING you do. And that opening joke is part of the reason why!! I love hearing/seeing your takes on movies even if I've never heard of them or plan to see them or not. So fun!
Sony simply cannot be trusted to steward live action CBM properties, now. They've spent a decade and a half proving it. I hate that they own the rights to Spidey and his world.
I'm reading an article that said Jared Leto gave all his acting in Morbius that even the director scared of him, Then I read a comment: damn Leto gave his all for a movie that will be 20% on RT, I can't stop laughing
I had the same thought about the film telling and not showing. I remember when he meets Milo at the hospital and kind of makes fun of him a little, and then the next scene they're best friends. But we have no idea why or when that happens, we're just told that they are. And the whole movie is like that. It feels like there's scenes missing.
The whole first half felt like it was rushing to get somewhere, and then the second half just dawdled around not doing much at all. The pacing was sooooo off. The actors were fine, just the direction and writing were the things to blame.
My friend and I do reviews, you hit every note. Additionally, we know kraven the hunter and blade are upcoming movies...missed opportunity for post credits...if blade was allowed to be referenced by the mcu. No love relationship between leads, edit problems such as the "cure" still having 2 on the table after milo leaves....its soon bad. And the post credits....
0:49 Writers of The Last Witch Hunter and Gods of Egypt ... Uuuuurrrgggghhhh HAHAHAHAHAH! I've not caught Morbius but this is REALLY all I need to know about it. Thanks Dan! 🤣
I have to see it. Just to see what they are talking about. I actually read morbious and like him and I'm like how can you mess that up? He does not require spider man to exist unlike venom.
Who has been greenlighting the live action movies for spiderman villains from Sony? Who is writing these scripts? Venom 1 and 2 were shitty. This sounds shitty, the idea for a kraven solo movie sounds shitty. What is it they are thinking over there? Just let Lord and Miller run everything spiderman over there. Mix live action and animation. Sounds like the smart thing.
My compliments, much to my surprise your opening comments even caused me to chuckle. As always thank you so very much for your video. However, I must admit I enjoyed and appreciated many of those early hero movies, even if they left much to be desired. (Doctor Strange (Peter Hooten), Captain America (Reb Brown), Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby), and of course Batman (Adam West).) I got to watch them when they were released (yeah, old person).
I just watched this film for the first time the other day. I didn't think it was all that bad, no masterpiece certainly, but nothing as vapid as to warrant such an infamous reputation So, with the arrival of such gems as The Marvels and Madame Web in mind, would you like to reassess this film in any way?? You do have anything you'd like to say to Jarred Leto???
I’m a sucker for vampire action and my mother and I even like Van Hellsing as a guilty pleasure. This looks below even my threshold. Thanks for your review.
Daaamn that's a throwback. Van Helsing is like the most 2000s movie ever; it's hammy and cheesy and takes itself WAY too seriously and that makes it fucking hilarious. I know what I'm watching tonight.
Van Helsing is certainly a guilty pleasure and it's largely saved I think by Hugh Jackman. Put Jared Leto in that role instead and it would have been a complete disaster.
Van Helsing is vampire camp (campire? lol ) and it earns it's place as an eminently fun-yet-ludicrous movie. I disagree with the sentiment that it tries to play it straight - it literally makes fun of itself the entire time.
NGL the trailer had me hyped for a second. The more I thought about it, the more I thought it looked like all those mid 2 thousand vampire movies. Silver lining I doubt Leto will be part of the Council of Vampires next season of What We do in the Shadows
I like it when people always slice themselves across the palm to bring the blood...like there aren't important tendons and nerves in the palm of the hand...
This movie didn’t live up to the negative hype for me. I was expecting a real dumpster fire. Just saw Morbius and it was….fiiiiiine, i thought. Wasn’t good, but definitely didn’t think it was as bad as most have been saying. I found it kind of entertaining in a silly cheesy way. 🤷🏾♂️
The movie isn't out, and I'm not a critic, so I haven't seen it early. However, from this review and the Fandom review I'm going to predict the movie, as has been suggested that we can. Matt Smith, Milo, is Morbius' childhood friend. He somehow also becomes a vampire and is the villain of the movie. He is responsible for the killings that we see in the trailer that are being investigated by the police and are attributed to Morbius. Morbius will have to fight him to stop him, and perhaps probably kill him. There's your Morbius movie from someone who hasn't seen it.
The secretary at my Doctor’s office asked if I was going to see this. Told her no and she asked why. “If I go and see Sony’s bad superhero movies they’ll keep making bad superhero movies. How are they going to learn their lesson?”
During the pandemic Marvel switched the release order to put Spider-Man: No Way Home ahead of Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. As a result, those two films and the somewhat related Sony films had to change around everything that had to do with the multiverse and it looks like it really shows
So I'm going to see this tonight but it's against my will. I pre-ordered tickets for The Batman for my buddy and I and to pay me back... He.. Uh.. He ordered tickets to this... Even after I've told him it looks terrible and I have zero interest in it. Not exactly a fair trade but I'm going to try to have fun laughing at it.
I feel like originally Venom and Morbius were supposed set in the same universe as the MCU but not actually part of the MCU so they would tie-in to it and the MCU would ignore them. However with Spider-Man NWH introducing the multiverse they made it a different universe so instead of The Vulture being native to that universe and interacting with Morbius they now have to get him in there hence all his stuff from the trailer being cut, and his shoehorned post-credits scenes.
I’m legitimately baffled as to why they even made this movie. I mean, had anyone outside of die-hard comic fans even heard of Morbius before this movie was announced? Venom without Spider-Man may be a little weird, but at least the general public had already heard of him. Seriously, even with the restrictions Sony have, there are better characters to focus on. I’ve at least heard of Kraven the Hunter (which I think they’re working on), and a Black Cat movie is a great opportunity to win praise by simply making a better Catwoman movie than the Halle Berry one. And I join the many who feel really bad for Matt Smith. When even Christopher Eccleston has been in a better comic book movie (or arguably, just a less bad one) than you, you know you’re a cursed Doctor Who actor. Especially given that Smith’s main companion has gone on to a better Marvel-related role. So yeah, I am definitely skipping this one. Maybe I’ll give it a watch on Netflix or the like if it proves to be at all relevant to better movies. Thank you as always, Dan, for suffering through films like this so that we don’t have to.
I'd say Kraven and Morbius are on the same level of obscurity to the average fan. Honestly think it's easier to sell a morbius vampire movie than to sell a Kraven movie.
When I got to the end of the film and the credits started playing my immediate reaction was "wait, that's it?". The ending was just so unsatisfying, makes zero sense (see below) and didn't tie into almost any of the plot threads, like what was the purpose of the officers??? Spoilers Below I truly don't understand Milo's plan there, he wanted to persuade Morbius that it's a gift so he decides to kill everyone Morbius cares about and then tries to kill him????? Meanwhile I don't think Morbius says a single line of dialog in that entire sequence. Some movies can pull that off, this one juts left it feeling even more empty.
I LITERALLY CANNOT believe that Sony have made ANOTHER bad movie! Who ever saw this coming. This is what you all get for giving them money for those godawful Venom movies.
I was never going to rush out to see this. Now I doubt I'll even watch it if and when it comes to Netflix. I've thought for a while that Sony needs to get a new group to work on their trailers, usually spoiling key moments. Think this is the first time they've been so outright deceptive. Thanks for taking the bullet for this one, Dan.
5:11 I wonder if the composer of Batman Begins can sue the composer of Morbius for stealing his work. Warner Bros would probably tell him to let it go. But I bet he’s pissed.
I see people referencing mid-2000s movies negatively when discussing Morbius, but the first 2 Raimi Spidermans, X-Men 1 & 2, Batman Begins, and Sin City, are all still comic book movie history highlights. This does however give me very strong Underworld vibes which was very "meh" for me. I know that movie has it's fans, but honestly they're mostly just Kate Bekinsale in skin-tight leather fans. Dan's description of this movie could easily describe Underworld with hardly changing anything.
I really really love how Keaton was not even IN that second post credit scene. He could have literally phoned in that performance on the toilet one morning for all we now. WTF is up with this Studio. Before they start filming, do they like, not show the storyboards to even their moms to ask "is it ok to go out in public like this?" I hope Sony loses TONS of money on this and learns their goddam lesson.
The bar scene with Milo and the girl was useless, I'm sure that was cut. "Have I seen you before?" Surely, there must have been a scene where Milo is in his condition and she and her Friends humiliate him and he comes back all fixed and vampirey for revenge.
I finally got around to watch "Morbius" and I had no expectations. None what so ever, yet, I was baffled. "Morbius" is bad. It's "Catwoman" and "Batman & Robin" bad. No energy, no suspense, just a blurred mess of a Sony movie.
Well, Dan is more tolerant and forgiving with movies than I am, so if he doesn't like it, I won't waste my time! OHH and 19% on Rotten Tomatoes, ouch!!!
My brother wants to see the movie (we always go together) and I feel as a former Jared-Leto-fan,I kind of have to see how bad this is.. (I love how he “transforms himself” for better or for worse in every movie he does, but here it looks like he just walked off the street into a studio. These could be his private clothes, he didn’t even get a haircut for this…)
Dan I would pay good money to watch yourself and Grace Randolph review this film across a table. I think it might very well land harder than this years Oscar nonsense. Love your work.
Morbius hits Milo with a Kamehameha of bats. That perfectly sums up the movie. It turned into a DBZ towards the end with a super underwhelming final act. Good thing I was baked.
Between this, Venom's and Spider-Man's after credits scenes, it feels to me like Sony keep going "we're in the MCU!" and Disney are just like "No you're not!"
That comment about Matt Smith and a cursed artifact and movies vs tv😂 I honestly don't know much about his movie work. I seem to remember you liking "last night in Soho." What else has he been in, specifically that's bad?
After Dr Strange cast the spell in Spider-Man NWH, everyone went back to their respective timelines. We saw this in NWH post credit scene with Venom going back. So. Wouldn’t Vulture leave this timeline and go back to Tom Holland’s MCU timeline and not stay here to become buddy’s with the Sony crew? Or does magic pick and choose whom it wants due to plot convenience. Also Sony just loves their confusing, blurry, dark, monster CGI fights huh. Crap ton of it in this. Was almost hard to watch at times. Spot on review. Thanks!
I did see Morbius for the podcast "Filmcast". I went with low expectations and I was not disappointed. I didn't hate the film. But I'm not a professional film critic. I await to hear what Jeff and David have to say as Devindra is off for some time to come taking care of his newborn 2nd child with his wife. I suspect they won't have really much good to say on Morbius much like Dan did. On why cast Jared Leto as Morphius? Because of his habit of transforming his body from paper thin to body builder that most people can't do. And Jared can confidently go to Christian Bale and say "Hold My Beer" on transforming from bones to muscle.
Exactly man these reviews are slanderous,I waited over a year for the movie and I thought it was ok these people don’t watch the movie because they are interested in the movie itself they have a different reason to watching the movie so there opinion is irrelevant anyways
Vampire bat? So, if he spliced his DNA with a fruit bat, then he would have to constantly drink lemonade? I want to see that movie
Your comment made me think of this old 80’s cartoon Count Duckula
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I’d watch the hell outta that
Lol
The Fruitful Vampire
So let me get this straight : vulture gets teleported to a whole different universe and the first thing he does is magically put together a new version of his vulture suit so he can gather a bunch of people he doesn’t know to fight a Spider-Man they’ve never met?
Yeah basically
@@jamesjames7601 …………….brilliant. Way to go Sony.
Well, not really. He mentions that the teleportation probably occured due to Spider-Man actions (most of NWH events ended up staying public, excluding Peter Parker's identitiy being known), BUT what he says next is "Anyways, Dr. Morbius. You and I are evidently unusual types, everyone's going to be after us, so we should hold together to", quote, "do some good". There's nothing like "Hey let's kill Spider-Man". They gather on the basis of being special and exiles.
Wait, didn't he eventually become friendly with spiderman?
@@theitalianalien8477 He only got off the Spidey must die train because he knew Peter Parker. After NWH, that motivation to not go after Spidey/Pete would be gone
For the score, what probably happened was they used Batman Begins for the temp track, told the composer to "Just give us that," so he was forced to copy it. That happens _a lot_ with modern scores.
Truth. I bet that’s exactly what happened.
What about issues of copyright? Do they pay Hans Zimmer a royalty cut?
@@runninginsept if they just change one note then it's technically different from a legal perspective. Many people take inspiration from others. The new batman score is a few notes away from being the dark Vader theme. I kinda know because i like to compose music as well.
@@amateursoundtracker8877 damn that’s all i can hear now that you mentioned it 😂🤔
@@amateursoundtracker8877 Darth vader theme and the batman theme was composed by the same person I think,I don't think the batman theme is similar to that thou
Lol, yeah, anytime I hear young people say they're getting bored with the MCU, I'm like, "Do you have ANY idea how good you have it? You just lived through the golden age of superhero movies. The genre that was a JOKE for most of my entire life. Go watch Superman 4 RIGHT NOW and be grateful you grew up with the MCU." Then I shake my fist and tell them to get off my lawn.
You’re right, but at the same time it’s going to be difficult to sustain another 10 years of almost 90% success rate. The OG cast is gone now, they should’ve considered rebooting everything & starting from scratch again with an all new storyline
@@Bingo_the_Pug that’s legitimately a terrible idea. How do you guys just wanna see the same thing over and over
@@Buddhistsocialist Reboot doesn't automatically mean "retell the same stories," plus they literally said, "with an all new storyline." These are comic book characters with decades upon decades of source material and a number of different takes on them to pull from.
That being said, I'm glad they didn't reboot, but eventually they'll have to if they wanna breathe new life into it. The MCU as we know it won't last forever
You really brought up Superman 4 out of all of the movies you could've name... What about Superman 1&2, Batman and Batman returns, Raimi's Spiderman 1&2, Blade trilogy, X-men and X2, Batman begins and the dark knight?? All of those movies are better than anything from the MCU. I like MCU movies, but they have so many corny jokes in them, and they turned 1 of my favorite superheroes Thor into a complete JOKE!
The best superhero movies are the dark knight, logan, Spider Verse no mcu movies come close
Hot damn! I haven't heard Dan absolutely trash a movie like this in a looong time.
Reminds me of Movie Fights.
Hoot hoot, y'all!
Also check out his review for the new Texas chainsaw massacre. He hated that one
The movie wasn’t that bad at all. It was just rushed. And tyrese? A cop? The cops were the most out of place in this movie
OWL NATION, baby!
Morbius and The Batman - two bat-related superhero movies that couldn't be more different in vision, intent and execution.
Watched it today. I think the people writing this film were like :
"Let's make a film about Morbius the vampire!"
"Yes, great idea."
"We could have him be very sick, then get some bat blood and he then turns into a vampire!"
"Brilliant, what then?"
"Oh........"
The trailers didn't even impressed me. It looked bland, uninteresting, and a mess. I'm not surprised that this movie ain't gonna be that great. The previous Venom movies have been very dissapointing so I guess Sony is consistently making a dissapointing cash grab movies in this universe. Such a shame
I honestly think it's better than the venom movies, which i didn't personally care for. It's ok, something to watch, nothing to write home about
The way he’s powers looked were the only thing that looked decent to me was hoping we’d see them a lot since Venom both the CGI and movie in general looked below average for me
Yup and people are supporting this Sony movies
I mean, this is exactly what I expected. The trailers have looked awful and I’ve never thought it was gonna be good.
I have that same opinion.
I'm in the same boat. Ive never cared for Morbius as a character and I felt like giving it to someone who has already botched a comic book role was baffling. So when the trailer took itself way too seriously I was like "okay, I'm out"
I didnt think the trailers looked bad, but i did get a sense we see a lot of "better" scenes from the movie.
@@joelzedney4299 Exactly. Dan already said the trailer is different than the lousy movie. Trailers weren't bad.
@@joelzedney4299 I saw the movie already I wanted to walk out and there were still one hour left
SPOILER 🚨 I couldn’t wait to see this movie. And I WAS NOT HAPPY. Correct me if I’m wrong but the beginning of the video they show him getting bit from the bats…. Just to later have the serum turn him into the Vampire…. WHAT?! It was mashed and the ending credits were completely useless.
Vulture: Idk why im here but what’s up?! You wanna kill Spider man?
Morbius: uh…. Yeah sure why not
He lured the bats with his blood and brought them to his lab
@@ryans.4715 ahhh got it
8 seconds in and I’m already loving this review.
When people talk about the good old days of comic book movies a reminder that 90% of them looked like this. Thanks for this review. I lowered my expectations but apparently not enough.
You know what the issue is? Instead of crafting a movie with its own identity, they went all in on trying to tie it to a larger universe. Not all of us want that. I just wanted a cool Vampire movie about one of my favourite Marvel characters, they could have made it a homage to the old Christopher Lee Hammer films, they could have done SOMETHING, just anything to give it a sense of identity, but it was apparently more important to follow this same tired old cookie cutter formula.
The more intriguing thing for me is I wish I could see the movie we were SUPPOSE to get. All those clips with Keaton was clearly building this movie to be something else, and it looks like something must have happened that made them shift the whole purpose/plot of this movie last minute.
More like "More-BS", amirite?
"It both rushes and drags" 🤣 ok with the pun at beginning and the Whiplash reference, this is why I love your reviews. Not only are they very eloquent and helps us know if a movie is for us or not, they are highly entertaining.
Thanks for the review, Dan! I only wish that the film was better. I am still going to check it out (eventually) but our tastes are very similar so I'm lowering my expectations down to around Electra and Catwoman. Oh well.
Hahaha. It was not bad at all. Electra
And cat woman? They were terrible. This movie isn’t bad at all. Why does this move have to have Spider-Man references to be good?
Thanks, Ryan! I still haven't seen it yet, so your comment gives me hope :)
Fastest I’ve clicked on a review lol. I’ve already heard things!
Same here.
Saaaaame!! The face said it all
Same lol.
Yeah! 😂
The movie was going to be a disaster from the get going, BUT in the moviemakers' defense, this was originally planned to come out before Venom 2 & No Way Home, so I'm sure that the movie had to be re-edited, which may have resulted in the world-building scenes that were in the trailers to be cut, bc of the delay in the release...
I wasn't watching Morbius in theaters unless there was a glowing review from Dan. So status quo for me. Though I admit curiosity as to the monkey paw agreement Matt Smith had. Hes a great actor.
Saw it and liked it. I Say see it for yourself. Take what critics say about a movie with a grain of salt.
The trailers had me worried it would be a bad 2000's comic book movie and it seems it is exactly that or maybe even worse. The whole thing stinks of executives with zero understanding on the character matching pieces of older comic book movies trying to create what they believe will make more money and end up building a weird Frankenstein.
Not quite as negative on it as Dan, but yeah- this was a very average movie at best. I liked Matt Smith in the movie and thought the boat and subway scenes weren't too bad, but the CGI devolved into an incomprehensible mess and those post credits scenes were DUMB. And the Batman Begins thing is so on point. As Dan referenced earlier in the week with Mugato, I felt like I was taking crazy pills! They surely weren't using the Batman Begins theme!
I liked Matt in the movie but still felt the whole way through "my god he could have been a GREAT villain given a better script & direction".
Even Leto, despite what I may think of some of his performances, is above this and is more than capable of providing a memorable performance over this flat result.
Sony again proves they cannot make good movies without Marvel's help, on a side note as a kid I always envisioned a Morbius movie to be more horror themed and would play on body horror movies like The Fly or American Werewolf In London
The end credits team up seems to be missing a film before it, Morbius isn't a antihero or villain yet, he just wants to be left alone.
I can almost smell the Avi Arad on this one.
Couldn’t wait for this review!!
So, what almost certainly happened with regards to the score is that they used the Batman Begins theme as a “temp score” - this is a common practice of using scores from other films or works as a temporary soundtrack while the film is being edited. The problem is, the film director/editor/producer can become familiar with that temp score, and then ask the composer to make the score be like that temp soundtrack. So, not necessarily the composer’s fault.
My headcanon is that the creative team at Sony really pushed for an integration with the MCU, but that when Feige & Co (and maybe Pascal as well) laid eyes on the finished product it was a strong veto and things had to be cut. If Tom Holland is smart he'll stipulate his involvement in future Spider-Man movies by Sony requires him being able to veto tie-ins from other Sony movies, because they clearly can't hire the right people. Into the Spiderverse succeded mostly because it manages to fly under the radar, little interest from Management. I really hope Michael Keaton will not have to play a bigger part in this going forward. (And I'm glad Matt Smith has House of Dragon coming up)
This was a really good 90s camp flick. The major flaw was the lack of baroque, techno soundtrack. This was a salvageable movie. They pulled back when they should've leaned in.
Camp films are fun and quotable though. This is neither.
I guess bedtime can wait another 14 minutes.
Speed thé vidéo it’s 7 minute
Who decided to waste a spot on the Sinister Six roster to Morbius?
He's going to look so out of place amid all the BETTER Spider-Man villains
Someone on Twitter said it way better than I could:
“So let me get this straight : vulture gets teleported to a whole different universe and the first thing he does is magically put together a new version of his vulture suit so he can gather a bunch of people he doesn’t know to fight a Spider-Man they’ve never met? “
Think about this carnage is dead Morbious was in maximum carnage. We will never get maximum carnage because no spider man and they killed off carnage so there's no point to have Morbious team up with venom.
@@stefanfilipovits21 I thought that if ANYONE was going to assemble the MCU Sinister Six via Multiverse recruitment, it should be a Mysterio variant.
I agree with you on some of what your saying, they really could have gone deeper, in the mid to last part of the movie it's like you already know where it's gonna go. Which can lose interest. However, keep in mind, if you are someone who loves Jared Leto and just loves Morbius's backstory and character it really revives alot of what the normal person misses. The mortality question, he fights so hard to help find a cure for him and his friend to just survive like a normal person and then realizes he's gone to far. I mean that's a deep issue and a heartbreaking plot. Science will always pose questions regarding morality. I understand they went a little off comic book on it but I'd give this movie a 3.5 out of 5. Once again just my opinion. I'm really dying to see the connection between vulture. But I'm also someone who enjoys the depth of the anti hero characters.
Loved the movie 🎥 as it’s simply a decent vampire film that delves deep into a troubled character that only Jared Leto could pull off
@@knownpleasures "only Jared Leto could pull off"? Are you kidding?.. Leto is such a shit actor.
Im sorry, but are you actual claiming that it's actually a decent movie if only you are a member of Leto's cult?
Hey Dan, do you think its going to be anything similar to Venom's reception that its going to defy bad reviews and potentially earn a mainstream crowd that finds it laughably enjoyable?
Well, as one of those who found Venom laughably enjoyable, signs don’t look good
@@DanMurrellMovies ok good to know thanks😅
@@DanMurrellMovies because then I'm going to take itself so seriously and it knew it was a fun goofy time
Yeah, as someone who loved venom this film fell short of my expectations :/
I like it better than the second venom movie at least
Dan!! I'm not even that much of a movie fan, but I'm here for EVERYTHING you do. And that opening joke is part of the reason why!! I love hearing/seeing your takes on movies even if I've never heard of them or plan to see them or not. So fun!
This verifies that I can continue to laugh at the person who told me Morbius would be better than The Batman.
Sony simply cannot be trusted to steward live action CBM properties, now. They've spent a decade and a half proving it. I hate that they own the rights to Spidey and his world.
So many red flags. And they seriously want to make Madame Web and Kraven solo films.
So in other words. Sony continues to be terrible. Honestly just sell the rights to Disney everyone would be better off.
Michael Keaton’s scene gave off heavy “This is Katana, she’s got my back” vibes
I'm reading an article that said Jared Leto gave all his acting in Morbius that even the director scared of him,
Then I read a comment: damn Leto gave his all for a movie that will be 20% on RT,
I can't stop laughing
You’d think he’d have learned his lesson after his joker/suicide squad debacle
It might be also a problem of the editing and reshoots. Maybe originally the movie had some merit
@@imperialtutor8687 i agree
I had the same thought about the film telling and not showing. I remember when he meets Milo at the hospital and kind of makes fun of him a little, and then the next scene they're best friends. But we have no idea why or when that happens, we're just told that they are. And the whole movie is like that. It feels like there's scenes missing.
The whole first half felt like it was rushing to get somewhere, and then the second half just dawdled around not doing much at all. The pacing was sooooo off. The actors were fine, just the direction and writing were the things to blame.
My friend and I do reviews, you hit every note. Additionally, we know kraven the hunter and blade are upcoming movies...missed opportunity for post credits...if blade was allowed to be referenced by the mcu. No love relationship between leads, edit problems such as the "cure" still having 2 on the table after milo leaves....its soon bad. And the post credits....
all i hear when i think of morbius is the spidey animated version yelling, "Felicia!!"
Did you watch the series adaptation of Foundation? Jared Harris' favorite thing is when his talent is wasted.
Dan, I unintentionally watched your sponsor part and have to say, it was impressively well done.
Would you have preferred this movie if it was Jared Leto playing Morbius as Paolo Gucci? I know you were a big fan of his performance in HOG.
0:49 Writers of The Last Witch Hunter and Gods of Egypt ... Uuuuurrrgggghhhh
HAHAHAHAHAH! I've not caught Morbius but this is REALLY all I need to know about it. Thanks Dan! 🤣
Why I am not surprised.
I might see it out of Morbius curiosity at this point!
You’re probably better off waiting for it to hit streaming.
Ok, that was clever 👏
@@stefanfilipovits21 😎
Why bother it’s gonna be More BS anyway
I have to see it. Just to see what they are talking about. I actually read morbious and like him and I'm like how can you mess that up? He does not require spider man to exist unlike venom.
And here I thought that this movie would reopen the doors for either the toby or andrew spider-man.
V. disappointed that didn't happen! Majorly wasted opportunity on Sony's part
Yes, Dan's review AND a cat named muffin!
So Sony has failed again at a comic book movie, no surprise there.
Who has been greenlighting the live action movies for spiderman villains from Sony? Who is writing these scripts? Venom 1 and 2 were shitty. This sounds shitty, the idea for a kraven solo movie sounds shitty.
What is it they are thinking over there?
Just let Lord and Miller run everything spiderman over there. Mix live action and animation. Sounds like the smart thing.
Muffin being a support cat to help Dan get through reviewing Morbius
“Some men just want to watch the world burn.” Or in this case, a flick with already low expectations. I’m still going, and expect a multiverse of bad.
My compliments, much to my surprise your opening comments even caused me to chuckle.
As always thank you so very much for your video.
However, I must admit I enjoyed and appreciated many of those early hero movies, even if they left much to be desired. (Doctor Strange (Peter Hooten), Captain America (Reb Brown), Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby), and of course Batman (Adam West).) I got to watch them when they were released (yeah, old person).
Can’t wait for the sequel!
I just watched this film for the first time the other day. I didn't think it was all that bad, no masterpiece certainly, but nothing as vapid as to warrant such an infamous reputation So, with the arrival of such gems as The Marvels and Madame Web in mind, would you like to reassess this film in any way?? You do have anything you'd like to say to Jarred Leto???
I’m a sucker for vampire action and my mother and I even like Van Hellsing as a guilty pleasure. This looks below even my threshold. Thanks for your review.
Daaamn that's a throwback. Van Helsing is like the most 2000s movie ever; it's hammy and cheesy and takes itself WAY too seriously and that makes it fucking hilarious. I know what I'm watching tonight.
Van Helsing is certainly a guilty pleasure and it's largely saved I think by Hugh Jackman. Put Jared Leto in that role instead and it would have been a complete disaster.
Hee hee - sucker for vampires 😁😁 Punnage
Van Helsing is vampire camp (campire? lol ) and it earns it's place as an eminently fun-yet-ludicrous movie. I disagree with the sentiment that it tries to play it straight - it literally makes fun of itself the entire time.
NGL the trailer had me hyped for a second. The more I thought about it, the more I thought it looked like all those mid 2 thousand vampire movies.
Silver lining I doubt Leto will be part of the Council of Vampires next season of What We do in the Shadows
I like it when people always slice themselves across the palm to bring the blood...like there aren't important tendons and nerves in the palm of the hand...
This movie didn’t live up to the negative hype for me. I was expecting a real dumpster fire. Just saw Morbius and it was….fiiiiiine, i thought. Wasn’t good, but definitely didn’t think it was as bad as most have been saying. I found it kind of entertaining in a silly cheesy way. 🤷🏾♂️
Yeh man I thought it was ok,these reviews are borderline slander it was atleast a 6 out of 10 maybe even 7
The movie isn't out, and I'm not a critic, so I haven't seen it early. However, from this review and the Fandom review I'm going to predict the movie, as has been suggested that we can.
Matt Smith, Milo, is Morbius' childhood friend. He somehow also becomes a vampire and is the villain of the movie. He is responsible for the killings that we see in the trailer that are being investigated by the police and are attributed to Morbius. Morbius will have to fight him to stop him, and perhaps probably kill him.
There's your Morbius movie from someone who hasn't seen it.
Spoilers
Good job
The secretary at my Doctor’s office asked if I was going to see this. Told her no and she asked why. “If I go and see Sony’s bad superhero movies they’ll keep making bad superhero movies. How are they going to learn their lesson?”
Love that Totoro Singin' in the Rain poster.
Hans Zimmer is gonna be smacking somebody
I was on the fence for this film. Thanks for being the deciding vote!
Those post credit scenes man….
Yeeesh 🙄😕😒
During the pandemic Marvel switched the release order to put Spider-Man: No Way Home ahead of Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. As a result, those two films and the somewhat related Sony films had to change around everything that had to do with the multiverse and it looks like it really shows
So I'm going to see this tonight but it's against my will. I pre-ordered tickets for The Batman for my buddy and I and to pay me back... He.. Uh.. He ordered tickets to this... Even after I've told him it looks terrible and I have zero interest in it. Not exactly a fair trade but I'm going to try to have fun laughing at it.
I feel like originally Venom and Morbius were supposed set in the same universe as the MCU but not actually part of the MCU so they would tie-in to it and the MCU would ignore them. However with Spider-Man NWH introducing the multiverse they made it a different universe so instead of The Vulture being native to that universe and interacting with Morbius they now have to get him in there hence all his stuff from the trailer being cut, and his shoehorned post-credits scenes.
Thanks for the review. Was on the fence about going. This puts me in the won't go category.
I’m legitimately baffled as to why they even made this movie. I mean, had anyone outside of die-hard comic fans even heard of Morbius before this movie was announced? Venom without Spider-Man may be a little weird, but at least the general public had already heard of him. Seriously, even with the restrictions Sony have, there are better characters to focus on. I’ve at least heard of Kraven the Hunter (which I think they’re working on), and a Black Cat movie is a great opportunity to win praise by simply making a better Catwoman movie than the Halle Berry one.
And I join the many who feel really bad for Matt Smith. When even Christopher Eccleston has been in a better comic book movie (or arguably, just a less bad one) than you, you know you’re a cursed Doctor Who actor. Especially given that Smith’s main companion has gone on to a better Marvel-related role.
So yeah, I am definitely skipping this one. Maybe I’ll give it a watch on Netflix or the like if it proves to be at all relevant to better movies.
Thank you as always, Dan, for suffering through films like this so that we don’t have to.
At least David Tennant and Peter Capaldi got to play fun comic book villains in Jessica Jones and The Suicide Squad respectively
I'd say Kraven and Morbius are on the same level of obscurity to the average fan. Honestly think it's easier to sell a morbius vampire movie than to sell a Kraven movie.
Concise as always, Nice Dan.
When I got to the end of the film and the credits started playing my immediate reaction was "wait, that's it?". The ending was just so unsatisfying, makes zero sense (see below) and didn't tie into almost any of the plot threads, like what was the purpose of the officers???
Spoilers Below
I truly don't understand Milo's plan there, he wanted to persuade Morbius that it's a gift so he decides to kill everyone Morbius cares about and then tries to kill him????? Meanwhile I don't think Morbius says a single line of dialog in that entire sequence.
Some movies can pull that off, this one juts left it feeling even more empty.
That has to be my new favorite opening joke.
SEEING IT TONIGHT
EXITED but also low expectations
@@Geerladenlad y was alright
I LITERALLY CANNOT believe that Sony have made ANOTHER bad movie! Who ever saw this coming. This is what you all get for giving them money for those godawful Venom movies.
I was never going to rush out to see this. Now I doubt I'll even watch it if and when it comes to Netflix. I've thought for a while that Sony needs to get a new group to work on their trailers, usually spoiling key moments. Think this is the first time they've been so outright deceptive. Thanks for taking the bullet for this one, Dan.
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I wonder if the composer of Batman Begins can sue the composer of Morbius for stealing his work. Warner Bros would probably tell him to let it go. But I bet he’s pissed.
I see people referencing mid-2000s movies negatively when discussing Morbius, but the first 2 Raimi Spidermans, X-Men 1 & 2, Batman Begins, and Sin City, are all still comic book movie history highlights.
This does however give me very strong Underworld vibes which was very "meh" for me. I know that movie has it's fans, but honestly they're mostly just Kate Bekinsale in skin-tight leather fans. Dan's description of this movie could easily describe Underworld with hardly changing anything.
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Given how tiny phone cams are, you would think some techie nerd would invent a movie camera that doesn't look the size of a rocket launcher!
I really really love how Keaton was not even IN that second post credit scene. He could have literally phoned in that performance on the toilet one morning for all we now. WTF is up with this Studio. Before they start filming, do they like, not show the storyboards to even their moms to ask "is it ok to go out in public like this?" I hope Sony loses TONS of money on this and learns their goddam lesson.
The bar scene with Milo and the girl was useless, I'm sure that was cut. "Have I seen you before?" Surely, there must have been a scene where Milo is in his condition and she and her Friends humiliate him and he comes back all fixed and vampirey for revenge.
I finally got around to watch "Morbius" and I had no expectations. None what so ever, yet, I was baffled. "Morbius" is bad. It's "Catwoman" and "Batman & Robin" bad. No energy, no suspense, just a blurred mess of a Sony movie.
Great review, Dan!
Dan Murrelbius
Well, Dan is more tolerant and forgiving with movies than I am, so if he doesn't like it, I won't waste my time! OHH and 19% on Rotten Tomatoes, ouch!!!
Rotten Tomatoes score is 16% now
My brother wants to see the movie (we always go together) and I feel as a former Jared-Leto-fan,I kind of have to see how bad this is..
(I love how he “transforms himself” for better or for worse in every movie he does, but here it looks like he just walked off the street into a studio. These could be his private clothes, he didn’t even get a haircut for this…)
I want to see more of Muffin
Me too!
Dan I would pay good money to watch yourself and Grace Randolph review this film across a table. I think it might very well land harder than this years Oscar nonsense. Love your work.
So what you're saying is... it's pretty great. Okay, gonna check it out!
Morbius hits Milo with a Kamehameha of bats.
That perfectly sums up the movie. It turned into a DBZ towards the end with a super underwhelming final act. Good thing I was baked.
Why'd I know it would suck? 🤧 RIP Jared Leto acting career. I had high hopes. I'll probably watch it anyways.
Between this, Venom's and Spider-Man's after credits scenes, it feels to me like Sony keep going "we're in the MCU!" and Disney are just like "No you're not!"
That comment about Matt Smith and a cursed artifact and movies vs tv😂 I honestly don't know much about his movie work. I seem to remember you liking "last night in Soho." What else has he been in, specifically that's bad?
After Dr Strange cast the spell in Spider-Man NWH, everyone went back to their respective timelines. We saw this in NWH post credit scene with Venom going back. So. Wouldn’t Vulture leave this timeline and go back to Tom Holland’s MCU timeline and not stay here to become buddy’s with the Sony crew? Or does magic pick and choose whom it wants due to plot convenience.
Also Sony just loves their confusing, blurry, dark, monster CGI fights huh. Crap ton of it in this. Was almost hard to watch at times.
Spot on review. Thanks!
A vampire living in a world where humans can't be seen bleeding. Can it get even more unrealistic than that.
I did see Morbius for the podcast "Filmcast". I went with low expectations and I was not disappointed. I didn't hate the film. But I'm not a professional film critic. I await to hear what Jeff and David have to say as Devindra is off for some time to come taking care of his newborn 2nd child with his wife. I suspect they won't have really much good to say on Morbius much like Dan did.
On why cast Jared Leto as Morphius? Because of his habit of transforming his body from paper thin to body builder that most people can't do. And Jared can confidently go to Christian Bale and say "Hold My Beer" on transforming from bones to muscle.
Exactly man these reviews are slanderous,I waited over a year for the movie and I thought it was ok these people don’t watch the movie because they are interested in the movie itself they have a different reason to watching the movie so there opinion is irrelevant anyways
Yeah. The score. I was watching and looked at my brother and asked, "isn't this from a Batman movie?"