Shortly after lady web was added to Netflix on Tuesday, one of Google’s growing trends was “Why lady web very bad?”
I can only assume this is because Netflix subscribers, like myself, are slowly realizing that lady web—the much-mocked superhero movie starring Dakota Johnson that flopped at the box office—is No very bad. In fact, it’s quite fun. All those enemies just didn’t see the vision. But Dakota and I have that. lady web foresight, and we can see this movie as the silly, cheesy romp it clearly was meant to be.
To be clear, I am not trying to argue that lady web it’s a good movie. Obviously not good movie! But it’s also not as bad as the critics and Internet memes, many of which already called lady web the worst movie of the year, so it did. You see, there are good movies. There are bad movies. and then there is fun films. AND Mrs. Web, While it’s not good, it’s definitely fun.
Directed by SJ Clarkson in his feature film debut, lady web sTars Johnson plays the little-known Marvel character Cassie Webb. We meet Cassie as a 30-year-old paramedic whose near-death experience on the job unleashes a latent superpower: the ability to see the future minutes before it happens. This power leads Cassie to save three teenagers, Julia Cornwall (Sydney Sweeney), Anya Corazon (Isabela Merced), and Mattie Franklin (Celeste O’Connor), from being murdered by a deranged guy with Spider-Man-style powers. It turns out that this guy can also see the future and, in his visions, these teenage girls murder him. But not if he kills them first!
The film is at its best when Johnson serves as the reluctant babysitter to these three teenagers. Charlie’s Angels-in training. Johnson’s dry, deadpan delivery works perfectly with his character’s socially awkward misanthropy, as well as the film’s playful tone. I mean, the over-the-top enunciation when he says “Las Arañas,” which literally means “the spiders” in Spanish, but in the context of the movie refers to a secret society of spider people, is in the running for best interpretation of the line. of the year. Plus, the movie inexplicably takes place in 2003, which means we get a cheeky little reference to Cassie watching every now and then. american idolor a Beyoncé poster Dangerously in love album in the background. Does it make sense for the narrative? Not precisely! Was I having the time of my life playing Britney Spears’ hit single “Toxic”? You bet!
I have to be honest: I had infinitely more fun watching Dakota Johnson respond, “I don’t know, man” to a guy who asks him if he’s on the right train than I did in any of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies or TV shows. of Disney in the last five years. I don’t care about the multiverse. I don’t care about tradition. I don’t care what “Phase” of Marvel we’re in now. (Four? Eight? I literally couldn’t tell you.)
lady web Not only does it take place in 2003, but it recreates the feeling of watching a superhero movie in 2003. It doesn’t expect, or even reward, any prior knowledge of the comics on the part of the audience. More importantly, he doesn’t take himself too seriously. They are people with invented powers who run in tights. No one should try to get an Oscar nomination. It’s not that deep! I mean, even the new deadpool movie It seems like he’s going for a more serious tone. deadpool! The guy makes bonding jokes!
Make fun of my movie tastes if you must, but I simply can’t hate a movie that makes superheroes dumb again. Spiders know what I’m talking about.
