After a thousand calls, the Marvel blockbuster "Black Widow" has finally arrived.
If it weren't for the pandemic, it would have been released last March.
I didn't expect this delay to be more than a year.
Thursday's early night show, the film stormed the box office of $13.2 million, the best early night show since the epidemic.
In one fell swoop, it surpassed the historical early night box office of blockbusters such as "Ant-Man 2", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Wonder Woman" and so on.
It is expected to reach 80 million at the box office this weekend.
This achievement was still created in the case of streaming media being launched simultaneously.
Without saying much, Today Uncle Fish will take everyone to have a sneak peek.
Black Widow
Black Widow
Before introducing the new film, I still want to talk about the role of Black Widow.
Played by Scarlett Johansson, "Black Widow", formerly known as Natasha Romanov.
First appeared in Iron Man 2, where he was assigned by S.H.I.E.L.D. to serve as Stark's secretary for surveillance.
Stark looked at her young and sexy and flirted with her, making her punch herself with her assistant.
Unexpectedly, he easily exposed two moves and knocked the other party to the ground.
It wasn't until she took off her secretarial outfit and changed into a tights that she revealed her true identity to us.
In fact, this role was a bit "sexualized" at the beginning of its establishment.
Other characters are portrayed inside with their hearts, such as Iron Man's intelligence, Captain America's will, and Thor's power.
And when it comes to Black Widow, the biggest specialty is - sexy.
In fact, in the original manga, Black Widow was not a hit.
As the only woman in the original Avengers, she is more like a vase to fill the numbers and balance the sex ratio.
(It doesn't really balance it out...)
In terms of strength, Black Widow was too different from the other members.
No superpowers, no steel armor, no magic, no transformation...
Even Hawkeye has a bug-level specialty of "100 shots and 100 shots".
Black Widow's weapon is just a small pistol.
A 360° surround lens, absolutely the weakest.
In terms of clothing design, it is even more attractive to highlight the attractive figure of the widow sister all the time.
Not long ago, when promoting "Black Widow", the widow sister talked about the lack of black widow character modeling in "Iron Man 2":
"Natasha's image in that work is too sexual."
Even superheroes can't escape the male gaze.
Not only that, the movie also deliberately installed various extremely chaotic emotional scenes for her.
It seems that except for Thor, almost every member of the first Avengers has had an ambiguous relationship with Black Widow.
In Iron Man 2, playboy Stark has a heart for her.
In "The Avengers", Hawkeye and her have feelings for each other.
By The Avengers 2, the Hulk had a relationship with her again.
Without any foreshadowing, everything happened unexpectedly.
Not to mention captain america 2, where Captain America openly kisses her.
Although it is a scene to avoid tracking, it still can't stop the fans' speculations.
Compared to other superheroes, Black Widow, who has been given too many emotional scenes, is like a tool man.
While promoting Avengers 2, Hawkeye's character Jeremy Rayner made an anachronistic joke:
"If you've slept with four of the six Avengers, no matter how much fun you have, you're a slut."
Although he later apologized for his remarks, it still reflected the problems of the early Black Widow in character development.
When promoting Avengers 3, each actor was asked a separate question.
The reporter's questions to other actors are all about image shaping and ability upgrading, but when it comes to Scarlett Johansson, this has changed:
"We're interested in the fashion elements of this film, can we talk about it?"
The widow sister listened with a confused face and asked again if she had heard it wrong:
"My question is a question of fashion elements?"
Although the good-tempered widow sister still answered humorously:
"I've had a new vest and a new haircut over the past decade..."
But many netizens are still holding grievances for her on the Internet.
Fortunately, these problems gradually improved later, and the image of the Black Widow gradually became fuller.
First of all, it is obvious in terms of styling.
The hairstyles ranged from the seductive red curly hair when they first appeared, to the more capable and simple pale blonde short hair later.
Combat suits also ranged from smooth and shiny tights at the beginning to more practical suits.
In terms of strength, although the Black Widow only relies on dexterous physical skills, she can repeatedly pull down guys who look more powerful.
And, because in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, most of the characters' superpowers rely on special effects.
And the presence of Black Widow has contributed at least half of the wonderful action scenes to the "Avengers" series.
It also has a quite brilliant performance in other hero single movies such as "Iron Man 2" and "Captain America 2".
More importantly, Black Widow is not only skilled, but also has a strong sense of empathy.
Increasingly playing the role of "glue" in the team, it is an indispensable emotional center among the first six people.
Only she, after Hawkeye was controlled by the will, beat it back to reason.
Only she, believing in Captain America's judgment of the Winter Soldiers, supported their actions at critical moments.
Only she can soothe the hulk who has lost his mind and transformed back into human form.
Of course, the portrayal of the role is also inseparable from the sincere interpretation of "widow sister" Scarlett Johansson.
She allows us to see from Black Widow not only the sexy appearance, the extraordinary skill.
There is also the ability to perform tasks, the gentleness when holding up children, the emotions when talking about family...
It wasn't until Avengers 4 that Black Widow revealed the most poignant side:
Her vulnerability, her longing, her spirit of sacrifice.
All of this makes the role of Black Widow more complete and moving.
At the end of the first three stages of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, widow sister became one of the most difficult characters in the hearts of countless audiences.
Prior to that, she was also the only superhero in the original six who did not have a single movie. (The other is Hawkeye)
Therefore, the launch of "Black Widow" can be described as a lot of expectations.
Not only will it allow us to learn more about the character's past, but it will also allow us to say goodbye to the widow once again.
More importantly, as the first film to open the fourth stage, it also plays a key role in carrying forward the past and the future.
A new hero who passes on his mantle to the next stage.
To be precise, "Black Widow" is actually a code name.
In the comics, this code name has been inherited by several heroes.
They were all women, mostly war orphans, who had been adopted and trained by a secret former Soviet organization called the Red House.
Teaches etiquette, culture, dance and other skills, and trains in martial arts, firearms, espionage and other skills.
They are even neutered and brainwashed.
They exist for one purpose: to be emotionless killing machines.
Natasha had been one of them.
She once talked about a very perverted graduation ceremony she had experienced in the Red House.
"When we were training in the Red House in the Soviet Union, all the young girls lived together, and those people made us friends, and then they threw us into a frozen wasteland, and we were given back within two weeks, but they gave us only enough supplies to survive alone..."
Apparently, only one of each class of female agents survived to become a member of the Black Widow.
In Natasha's heart, this was the sin she had carried all her life.
After a series of upheavals, she defects to the Red House and joins S.H.I.E.L.D. as an Avenger.
In order to pay off the blood debt he owes.
"Black Widow" is about her unfinished relationship with this organization.
The story takes place between Captain America 3 and Avengers 3.
At that time, Black Widow became a wanted man herself because she had released Captain America, and was hiding everywhere.
But trouble found the door himself.
She received a packet of red potions from her sister.
Because of this potion, she was quickly targeted by a villain named "Master of Imitation".
This villain's abilities are extraordinary, and he can imitate any action he sees.
For example, he plays a good shield, as if possessed by the US team.
Fighting with the widow sister, only looked at it for a while, and then directly figured out the routine.
Copy and paste, just like looking in the mirror.
He thought that the other party was coming for him, but the widow sister found that he was targeting the red potion on his car.
After escaping, she found her sister, Yelena, in Budapest.
The two sisters had not seen each other for many years, and they came up with fists and feet to greet each other.
However, the two sisters also tested each other's skills and soon entered the main topic.
Yelena tells the widow that the "Red House" is back.
The red potion she sent to the widow sister can remove the brainwashing effect from their brains and return to normal.
This is the key to saving the rest of the Black Widow.
At first, the widow sister did not believe it at all.
Because the boss of the "Red House" was cast by himself when he joined S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Red House should also have been destroyed.
But things were obviously not as simple as the widow thought.
Before Yelena could finish explaining, the enemy came straight to the door.
After the fight, the widow sister found that the current red house was more cold-blooded than before.
Even the control of the Black Widow has reached a brutal level.
Once the mission is found to have failed, it is remotely controlled to commit suicide.
The return of the "Red House" worries the widow sister.
In order to bring it down again, she decided to go back to her former family with her sister.
First, he rescued his father, who was in prison.
I went back to my mother, who was still working for the Red House.
After being forced apart for many years, the widow sister finally sat down at a table with her family again.
However, the picture of its happiness and harmony did not last long, and everyone broke up.
In fact, this "family" is a fake.
There is no real blood relationship between them.
Such a remark made Yelena very angry.
In her mind, this "family" must be real.
Because she was taken to the Red House when she was very young, this home is the only good memory in her memory.
In fact, for each of them, this is how they think.
Mothers have been secretly keeping photo albums from their childhood.
Although the photos inside are all posed, the widow still thinks that it is her happiest time.
Blood relations are false, but family feelings are true.
Therefore, the widow sister chose to trust her family.
Together, a plan was made to infiltrate the Red House.
Determined to destroy the organization again and rescue the other "Black Widows".
As for the ending, Uncle Fish will not spoil here.
The only thing that can be clearly told is that the ultimate fate of the widow sister will not change.
Overall, the reputation of this film is average.
At present, the score on Douban is 7.2, which is not particularly prominent, and there is a downward trend.
The biggest problem is that the action scenes are not ideal, especially the final climax is very lacking in intensity.
It is reasonable to say that Black Widow has always been based on hand-to-hand combat, and it is the most enjoyable to pay attention to fist to flesh.
But this time, the single film actively lost this advantage.
In the final battle, there have been mouth cannons, and there are only a few impressive action scenes.
It's a pity.
Moreover, "Black Widow" also made a lot of old mistakes in past Marvel movies -
The villain's power is the tail of the tiger.
The appearance of the imitation master at the beginning was quite eye-catching and satisfied everyone's appetite.
As a result, it was finally solved too simplistic and frivolous, which was very depressing.
However, the advantages of this film are also obvious, and they are very delicately portrayed emotionally.
And many of the Easter eggs buried in it are related to the past and future of the widow sister.
It's like a sister giving a vest to a widow, or a goodbye.
All inadvertently hit people's hearts.
At the same time, it also lays the groundwork for the future of the Marvel Universe.
Like the new generation of "Black Widow" Yelena, it is obvious that she has been fully displayed in this work.
Florence Pew, a young actress who starred in "A Midsummer Night's Horror" and "Little Women", also showed excellent performances and action scenes in this film.
Make people look forward to her future.
The only single movie that not only completes the past of Black Widow, but also opens up the future of the Marvel Universe.
As a curtain call, whether it is for the actors or the characters, such an ending is already gratifying.
The most unfortunate thing, though.
This film has not been finalized in China for a long time.
Don't we have a chance to go to the cinema and say goodbye to the widow?