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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

The studio’s desire to capitalize on the superhero boom led to a series of tonal mismatches that left audiences confused rather than intrigued. “Venom” succeeded largely on Tom Hardy’s chaotic charm, but attempts to replicate that formula with “Morbius” and “Madame Web” resulted in films that seemed uncertain whether they were horror, action or comedy.

It wasn't just that they are tonally confusing. Morbius and Madame Web were really bad movies. The writing for each was terrible, the effects were bad, the direction was bad, neither movie had any redeeming qualities. I love those characters, and I would love to see what Disney could do with them, but Sony was transparently making minimally viable products to keep the valuable IP rights.

That's not to say Disney can't make a bad product. But the worst parts if the MCU were far better than the best parts of the Venomverse.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My favourite part of Morbius, and I haven't actually seen the film, was revealed on the Corridor Crew's VFX Artist's React. Some poor VFX bloke had modelled a construction site or underground site with a lot of detail. Then, when the scene was lit, it was made so dark, you couldn't see any of the work that had been done.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I had to see it for myself, and then I made a gif of it so others don't have to hunt the video down.

I couldn't embed it, so here: https://ibb.co/tJQ6GTP

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nice! That last frame before the lighting shift is so wild to look at all the little details... Then blam! No background for you!

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