They did Natasha so wrong with this movie. Black Widow is my favourite from the mcu and therefore I was super excited to watch a backstory and a full solo movie of her. However, it felt so meh. The plot is generic and easily predictable, the characters had no depth whatsoever, even though there was an attempt, and the villain was not even a villain? He was dead in 10 minutes? His plan was dumb? It was all too easy, especially for someone with the skills on Natasha Romanoff. She's supposed to be a badass trained killer with a difficult childhood and trauma, yet somehow they turned her into a generic spy comedy film that my mom watches after 10pm on Saturdays. No, just no. Such a shame and a waste. And to think I cried my eyes out when the character got sacrificed (or made a great exit anyway), only to be brought back like this.
Edit: would've much better preferred to see what happened in Budapest with Clint or at least show us her training and how much she went through during her time in the Red Room, that would at least have been interesting, all that exposition was unnecessary.
Review by KatBlockedParent2021-07-19T19:23:12Z
They did Natasha so wrong with this movie. Black Widow is my favourite from the mcu and therefore I was super excited to watch a backstory and a full solo movie of her. However, it felt so meh. The plot is generic and easily predictable, the characters had no depth whatsoever, even though there was an attempt, and the villain was not even a villain? He was dead in 10 minutes? His plan was dumb? It was all too easy, especially for someone with the skills on Natasha Romanoff. She's supposed to be a badass trained killer with a difficult childhood and trauma, yet somehow they turned her into a generic spy comedy film that my mom watches after 10pm on Saturdays. No, just no. Such a shame and a waste. And to think I cried my eyes out when the character got sacrificed (or made a great exit anyway), only to be brought back like this.
Edit: would've much better preferred to see what happened in Budapest with Clint or at least show us her training and how much she went through during her time in the Red Room, that would at least have been interesting, all that exposition was unnecessary.