BLACK WIDOW
DIRECTED BY CATE SHORTLAND
STARRING:
SCARLETT JOHANSON
FLORENCE PUGH
DAVID HARBOR
RACHEL WEISZ
THE MOVIE PICKS UP RIGHT WHERE Captain America CIVIL WAR LEFT OFF. BLACK WIDOW FACES HER PAST AS AN ASSASSIN FOR RUSSIA, SPECIFICALLY A HIT INVOLVING DRACOV… WHERE HIS DAUGHTER WAS COLLATERAL DAMAGE. DRACOV WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLACK WIDOW PROGRAM WHERE GIRLS ARE KIDNAPPED AT A YOUNG AGE AND RAISED TO KILL. SHE THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD, BUT DUH DUH DUH… HE’S NOT AND IS STILL MAKING BLACK WIDOWS.
THE REAL MVP OF THIS FILM IS FLORENCE PUGH. SHE PLAYS YET ANOTHER GIRL FROM THE BLACK WIDOW PROGRAM THAT HAS BROKEN FREE OF DRACOV’S SPELL THAT FORCES HER TO BE AN ASSASSIN. HER PLIGHT AND RAW EMOTION REALLY COME OFF THE SCREEN.
THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN FLORENCE AND SCARLETT FELT VERY REAL, AND THE TALKING MOMENTS OF THIS FILM REALLY STAND OUT POSSIBLY MORE SO THAN THE ACTION SEQUENCES.
CLEARLY THIS MOVIE IS PASSING THE BATON FROM SCARLET TO FLORENCE, CONSIDERING THE END OF THIS MOVIE LEADS STRAIGHT TO INFINITY WAR AND ENDGAME WHERE SHE DIES.
TASKMASTER’S INTRODUCTION/OPENING FIGHT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE TASKMASTER
FELT THIS MOVIE WAS TOO LATE
CHECKS ALL THE BOXES OF A MARVEL MOVIE… AND THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.
DOMESTICALLY GROSSED AROUND 80 MILLION OPENING WEEKEND
AROUND 60 MILLION FROM DISNEY PLUS
IT SET A BOX OFFICE RECORD AT THE TIME
SALES DROPPED DRAMATICALLY THE NEXT WEEKEND
SCARLETT JOHANSON SUED DISNEY ALLEGING A BREACH OF CONTRACT BY DOING THE SAME DAY AND DATE DUAL RELEASE STRATEGY, THUS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING HER COMPENSATION.
DISNEY RESPONDED BY PUBLISHING HER EARNINGS FROM THE FILM AT THE TIME WERE 20 MILLION. (I THINK IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE US MERE NONMILLIONAIRS LESS SYMPATHETIC TO HER CASE)
BOTH DISNEY AND SCARLETT JOHANSON HAVE SETTLED THE DISPUTE, AND IT SEEMS THAT SHE HAS SAID THAT SHE IS WILLING AND LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DISNEY AGAIN.
GAL GADOT’S CONTRACT WAS RENEGOTIATED BEFORE WARNER BROS DID THE SAME THING WITH WONDER WOMAN 1984, IT HAS YET TO BE REVEALED IF ANY LAWSUITS OR SETTLEMENTS WILL HAPPENED WITH EMMA STONE OVER CRUELLA’S SIMILAR RELEASE STRATEGY NOR EMILY BLUNT OVER THE JUNGLE CRUISE’S DAY AND DATE RELEASE
