REVIEW #341 Madame Web (2024)
A New York paramedic starts to show signs of clairvoyance as her late mother’s mysterious past is intertwined with the man hunting three familiar teenagers. The discourse around Madame Web has been a savage one to say the least, I’m here to say that it’s truly not as bad as most people make out. Is it a good movie? Not really but it certainly isn’t the 1 out of 10 film that some are making it out to be. What I will say is that it’s a clear example of how dialogue can completely determine public perception because in my opinion, the root of the problem lies there! In addition to this, the mess that is the antagonist in the movie does not help matters. Paper thin motives and a pretty bad execution means you just couldn’t care any less about him. A superhero movie can only be as good as its villain and if they’re not worth watching, people will think the same of the film as a whole. The story components are pretty solid, you can see the intention there but as I mentioned the dialogue was