After a whole year of delay, Marvel's annual blockbuster "Black Widow" was finally released in foreign cinemas.
The box office of the early night show reached 13 million, the best result since the epidemic, but the follow-up box office was slightly weak.
For many Marvel fans, the release of the film is even more mixed.
Black Widow, as the only female superhero in the "Original Avengers".
In the hearts of Marvel fans, she has a super popularity and status.
Partly because of the character itself, and partly because of her actor, Scarlett Johansson.
It is precisely because the audience loves the character that the expectations for "Black Widow" are very high.
In my opinion, there are many problems that cannot be ignored in the film from casting to story to the grasp of scale.
And these problems often determine the final success or failure of the movie.
11 years ago, Scarlett Johansson played "Black Widow" debuted in Iron Man 2.
At first, Black Widow's positioning was just a sexy vase to fill the number and increase the viewing of the movie.
Over time, however, Marvel President Kevin Feige discovered that Black Widow seemed to be able to fill the gap in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that was missing female superheroes.
So, I had the idea of making an independent film and put it into practice.
In fact, in "Captain America 2" and "Reunion 2", Marvel has made some preparations for the widow's past.
The Crimson Witch first appeared, and used magic to awaken the widow's deepest memories.
As a result, an unknown past gradually surfaced, such as footage of ballet dancing, footage of being trained in the Red Room, and footage of lying on a trolley.
And "Black Widow" will fully show Black Widow's past through "family", while bringing the next successor into the Marvel Universe.
The story of Black Widow takes place after Captain America 3 and before Avengers 3.
At this time, the Avengers' infighting had just ended, and the people who supported Captain America were either in jail or became wanted criminals.
Black Widow, on the other hand, was forced to flee to a strange place to avoid being pursued.
However, before she could catch her breath, trouble came to her again.
She received a packet of red potions from her sister, and because of these potions, she was targeted by a mysterious person.
After a short fight, the widow found that the other party was a very dangerous person, and she could also imitate her own attack.
In order to find out the truth, Black Widow came to Budapest.
Here, Black Widow soon discovers that Drekov, the former head of the "Red House," is still alive and is still working on the Black Widow Project.
As the plot progresses, a sad past is revealed.
The movie doesn't introduce this plot too much, we can only understand it from the comics.
Natasha Romanov was born an orphan and was later selected by intelligence agencies to join the "Red House."
This organization, ostensibly to teach children ballet, is in fact a secret training base for female agents.
All selected children are trained rigorously and will eventually be sent to the United States to carry out covert operations.
Natasha is one of them, but she was "reformed" by the United States, betrayed the "Red House", and joined the Avengers.
At the same time, my sister, whom I had not seen for many years, suddenly appeared.
Her sister Yelena tells the widow that the "Red House" has been resurrected and is secretly plotting a bigger conspiracy.
The red potion she sent to the widow sister can erase the memories of people who have been trained by the "Black Widow" and turn them back into normal people.
So the widow sister and her sister Yelena decided to find the "family" and destroy the Red House together.
First, the Red Guard, known as the Soviet "Captain America", was found.
Then, the secret agent Named "Iron Lady", Melina, is found.
In the end, the four fight together against the "New Black Widow" sent by the Red House, as well as the pursuit of the mysterious man.
As for, who is that mysterious man?
In fact, it is Marvel's classic villain - the master of imitation.
His real name is Anthony" Tony" Masters, a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, gained the ability to imitate and copy other people's fighting moves by injecting special serums.
In this way, the plot is actually very simple, but it also exposes many problems.
First, in Avengers 4, Black Widow is already certain to die.
After that, Scarlett will not appear in the Marvel Universe.
In other words, this movie is her finale.
However, from the story level alone, in addition to some Marvel-specific elements, "Black Widow" is a female agent film.
Although there are many action scenes in the film, such as close-quarters hand-to-hand combat and car chases, it is obvious that it is not powerful enough.
And a lot of action scenes are done through special effects.
For an ordinary person who has no superpowers and no invincible armor, it may seem a bit exaggerated.
Secondly, as the successor of the Black Widow, Yelena's casting is not very suitable.
There's no denying that Florence Poe's sexiness is perfectly capable of being a second generation of Black Widow.
However, in the film, it may be that the food is too good, resulting in the whole person's figure is a little out of shape.
In this way, her interpretation of the role and performance seem to be a bit blunt, and she feels that she cannot control this complex character at all.
In terms of style, the problem is even more prominent.
First of all, in terms of human design, the widow sister is the kind of cold type, and the red guard is responsible for funny.
Obviously, "Black Widow" will be very inappropriate to continue Marvel's previous routines, but it seems that it is not enough to make it into the depth of DC.
In the end, the effect presented is somewhat unusual.
Moreover, the director's performance technique is not clever, and the effect presented is not satisfactory, but it drags down the rhythm of the film.
The 133-minute film not only uncovers Black Widow's past, but also connects the plot of the entire Marvel Universe.
In my opinion, fish and bear paws cannot be combined.
However, the director wanted to do everything, which eventually led to the top-heavy plot, and the story did not have a prominent focus.
Most importantly, as the biggest villain imitation master of this film, it is also the biggest Easter egg.
"Black Widow" made the old mistakes of Marvel's past, and the villain performed well at the beginning, and the strength should not be underestimated.
As a result, at the end, for the sake of the needs of the plot, I was forced to easily receive a bento.
Overall, Black Widow is not a perfect farewell to The Widow and Scarlett.
On the contrary, due to problems in various aspects, it not only hurt the hearts of fans, but also ruined the role of Black Widow.
However, as a Marvel popcorn movie, "Black Widow" has no threshold for watching movies, and it can be used as a way to kill time.
Unfortunately, the film has not been finalized in China for a long time, and the reason is unknown.