{"id":424563,"date":"2022-03-31T19:32:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/an-unattractively-desperate-bid-for-a-franchise\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T19:32:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:32:09","slug":"an-unattractively-desperate-bid-for-a-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/an-unattractively-desperate-bid-for-a-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"#An Unattractively Desperate Bid for a Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a374c3a8d07c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a374c3a8d07c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/an-unattractively-desperate-bid-for-a-franchise\/#%E2%80%9CAn_Unattractively_Desperate_Bid_for_a_Franchise%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;An Unattractively Desperate Bid for a Franchise&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAn_Unattractively_Desperate_Bid_for_a_Franchise%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;An Unattractively Desperate Bid for a Franchise&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;At least we will never see its trailer before another movie again.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Morbius-Cinematic-Universe.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Morbius Cinematic Universe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Morbius-Cinematic-Universe.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Morbius-Cinematic-Universe-768x317.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Sony Pictures Releasing&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on March 31st, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    It\u2019s hard to say if &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Morbius&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/strong&gt; was doomed from the start, but after years of anticipating its tepid arrival, the final film earns a yawn as large as its protagonist\u2019s unhinged snarl. The response it sparks in the viewer lacks any heat or venom; pun most definitely intended. You can\u2019t be mad about it. If anything, you\u2019re relieved. We\u2019re finally free from watching its stream of neverending trailers. The movie theaters are safe again.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a moment and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciate <em>Morbius<\/em>\u2018s agonizing crawl to our screens.\u00a0There was release date number one: July 10, 2020. Then, the pandemic necessitated its push toward March 19, 2021, before receiving a second shift toward October 8, 2021. But <em>No Time to Die<\/em> moved into its release window, and <em>Morbius<\/em> fled for January 21, 2022\u2026 and then pushed another week to January 28, 2022. Omnicron reared, and <em>Morbius<\/em> finally found its spot on April Fool\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>For those counting, that\u2019s six retreats, meaning <em>Morbius<\/em> got more bumps than <em>The New Mutants<\/em>. And we couldn\u2019t shut up about that infamous mess. With <em>Morbius<\/em>, however, you and I will forget about it before finishing this review. It\u2019s harmless. The only thing it kills is time.<\/p>\n<p>The title character, played by <strong>Jared Leto<\/strong>, suffers from a rare blood disease. Unless he can pull off an ethically gray and utterly illegal genetic transplant involving vampire bats, his days are numbered. So, the bad boy doctor rejects his Noble prize and boards an ocean liner where he can carry out his experiments on international waters.<\/p>\n<p>Morbius\u2019s research is funded by his childhood pal Milo (<strong>Matt Smith<\/strong>), who is inflicted with the same deadly condition. To protect his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, he foolishly fills the floating laboratory with pistol-packing mercenaries. They\u2019re real jerkwads, flagrantly dismissing Morbius\u2019s sidekick and love interest Dr. Bancroft (<strong>Adria Arjona<\/strong>), enthusiastically attempting to earn our ire so we can relish their throats getting eviscerated a few scenes later.<\/p>\n<p>The operation is a success only in lengthening Morbius\u2019s life. Otherwise, it\u2019s transformed him into a blood-thirsty beast. The more he consumes, the stronger he becomes, and the wilder his powers splinter into the absurd. Morbius lives in perpetual bullet time, matching Neo\u2019s twisty contortionism but trading the cool stare detachment for the Universal monster equivalent of\u00a0<em>Zoolander<\/em>\u2018s Blue Steel. * Rawr *<\/p>\n<p>Milo doesn\u2019t mind the voguing or the unquenchable desire for blood. He wants in on Morbius\u2019s quick-fix, stealing the serum from under his bud\u2019s radically upturned nose. It\u2019s a classic BFF switcheroo: Professor X vs. Magneto, Harry Osborn vs. Peter Parker.<\/p>\n<p>Handcuffed to a PG-13 cinematic universe, director <strong>Daniel Espinosa<\/strong> sells the violence primarily on sound design and brief splashes of impossibly black blood. As slow and modeled as Morbius attacks, any contact with his opponents is blurry, fast, and out of sight. Masking the action even further is <strong>Oliver Wood<\/strong>\u2018s dreary cinematography, draping shadows on top of shadows and lighting everything else like a dentist\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Confusing matters most are the two films Jared Leto and Matt Smith are performing within. Leto wants to walk the gothic, keeping pace with moody, self-loathing bloodsuckers like Brad Pitt\u2019s Louis from <em>Interview with a Vampire<\/em>. Smith lives in ham-town, clearly having a blast in front of the camera, embracing his villainous tantrums with petulant glee. They collide on-screen but repulse each other, ejecting the audience in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Barely existing along the fringes are <strong>Tyrese Gibson<\/strong> and <strong>Al Madrigal\u00a0<\/strong>as the two FBI agents on loan from the\u00a0<em>Law and Order<\/em>\u00a0slush pile. They mostly drip quips and make vague allusions to the <em>Venom<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, but <em>Morbius<\/em>\u2018s insecurity pulsates obscenely with every Daily Bugle reference. The thin-as-ice ties to better movies don\u2019t act like the buoys the studio so clearly wishes them to be; instead, they operate as aggressive threats, \u201chand over your cash to <em>Morbius<\/em>, and this dreck will sink our other tangentially related Spidey-films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a bit in the movie where Gibson and Madrigal have Leto in the box. Morbius\u2019s gory thirst is reaching critical levels. He tells them, \u201cI\u2019m hungry. You wouldn\u2019t like me when I\u2019m hungry.\u201d Yep, it\u2019s another reminder of a better comic book property,\u00a0<em>The Incredible Hulk<\/em> television series. But it\u2019s also the same joke that <em>The Incredible Hulk<\/em> movie made in nearly the same way. It\u2019s a swing and a miss and indictive of Sony\u2019s desperate desire to have what they never can.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t have the Avengers. They don\u2019t have the X-Men. They only have Spider-Man, a character that flailed under their umbrella until they gave the reigns over to Marvel Studios. While Tom Holland made billions, they reached deep into Spider-Man\u2019s rogue\u2019s gallery and pulled out Venom and Morbius and Kraven and Big Wheel \u2013 okay, that last one has no projects in motion, but just you wait. Sony is determined to make a universe from Spidey\u2019s B-list, C-List, and D-List, but maybe they should have worried about making a kick-ass vampire film first and foremost.<\/p>\n<p><em>Morbius<\/em> is too caught up in modern superhero narratives and aesthetics. They should have followed Leto\u2019s lead, chasing the fully fanged cinematic terrors of yore rather than the spandex dynamics of today. Of course, even Leto\u2019s loose horror nods are cues to superior endeavors. Around every corner in <em>Morbius<\/em> are reminders of characters and worlds you\u2019d rather occupy.<\/p>\n<p>When the inevitable multiple mid-credits sequences appear, you\u2019re left to roll your eyes. What you see is not Plan A. It\u2019s probably not even Plan B. The ADR runs rampant; the actors on screen appear to cohabitate in different rooms and at different times. If you squint hard enough, you can spot the Scotch tape and glue holding the frame together. The logic of the dialogue doesn\u2019t align, and whatever future the movie is promising contradicts past narratives and teases no one.<\/p>\n<p>Our only hope is prayer, a whisper to the film gods; please let this final scene go the way of\u00a0<em>X<\/em>\u2013<em>Men<\/em>: <em>Apocalypse<\/em>\u2018s Essex Corporation and <em>Green Lantern<\/em>\u2018s Sinestro Corps. <em>Morbius<\/em>\u2018 tyranny can end here. It need not infect any other franchise.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Morbius<\/em>\u00a0opens <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.morbius.movie\">in theaters<\/a> everywhere on April 1st.<\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Marvel Explained, Morbius, Spider-Man\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. When not rambling about movies here, he&#8217;s rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. 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