Movie Review: Morbius

Movie Number 13 of 2022

The Movie: Morbius

The Cinema: Hoyts Victoria Gardens

Stars: 2.5

It's the 13th film I've seen this year and I'm not feeling overly generous about this Marvel monstrosity. 

It's been panned by the critics and audiences alike. I went with my kid brother. He didn't like it either. It's sitting on 16% approval on RottenTomatoes.com. And I get why. 

Basically, it stinks. 

Though I found a few redeeming features. 

The plot, according to RottenTomatoes is as such:

"One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil -- or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?"

Like what the?

It's basically a thriller vampire movie in the Marvel world. 

The problem with Morbius is lacks the charm and humour of most Marvel films. Heck, even The Avengers: Infinity Wars had it's lighter moments. Not this. It's a mix of plot holes, CGI and rather gory action. What there is of the story is bloody hard to follow - Like why does the movie start in Costa Rica in a bat cave? And really, what is going on with Michael Morbius, and did they really have to have the whole romance with his colleague who may end up not as dead as she appears to be? 

Sorry - this one is a bit of a stinker. 

As I always look for the good in movies, I will say I enjoyed the following: 

• Jared Leto is pretty to look at
• The effects are good
• I quite liked the addition of Matt Smith as Milo, Morbius's friend and nemesis. 
• And the end bit, where Michael Keaton turns up as somebody in a jail cell, who ends up being the Vulture - from one of the Spiderman movies (and it looks like this is setting up one of the next Spiderman films, going from the clip during the end credits.)

But this isn't one of Marvel's best. I'm half-interested in seeing Venom now, as those films are allegedly funny. 

This isn't. My kid brother didn't like it either, for the same reasons. 

Best give this one a miss. It's for the die hard Marvel fans only.

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