This weekend (March 1-3) we are showing the movie Madame Web. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday at 2:00PM.
If you have been paying attention, you will know that Madame Web has not gotten great reviews. So, how do I convince you to give this movie a chance? Here is a review that may convince you that Madame Web is worth your time:
From Anthony J. Salazar – It’s fair to say that audiences have learned to adjust their expectations for Sony’s live-action Marvel Universe. From the two Venom movies to Morbius, they at their worst feel like the bottom of the barrel of what modern comic-book films have to offer. However, at their best, they feel like oddball throwbacks to the early 2000s with charming, sometimes totally accidental comedy. Scenes like Venom giving a “coming-out” speech at a rave and Matt Smith showing off his vampire muscles while dancing to ‘EKSE’ by Off The Meds have created a meme culture around this franchise, boosted by the fact that it’s forced to constantly tiptoe around connections to Spider-Man (with him still being shared with Disney and the MCU) despite being officially called “Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.” It all makes for a sort of fascinating dumpster fire that you can’t look away from, and this continues in Madame Web. The thing is, though, Madame Web has a lot of surprising merits. We’re just going to get this out of the way now and clarify that this is yet another messy Spider-Man spin-off from Sony, but one that’s actually quite entertaining and dare I say, maybe even a new guilty pleasure? Plus, the film’s sense of humor goes from being genuinely funny to accidental in the way you can already see the waves of memes and online reactions. Madame Web is by no means the worst the genre has to offer. It’s got an entirely forgettable villain whose motivation is explained in single lines of dialogue, a dull origin story, and an ending that just might contradict the whole ethos of what director S.J. Clarkson was going for. This is true! What also can’t be denied, though, is how entertaining it can be – for both the good and the bad. Madame Web is destined for endless memes and the “so bad it’s good” treatment. People tried to do the same with Morbius, yet in this case, we have a movie that you can tell had a unique vision at first but was stumped by Sony’s usual studio antics. It’s not a good film, but will it be a good time when you watch it with your friends? That answer could be a hard yes.
Rating: PG-13 (Violence/Action and Language)
Runtime: 1h 57m