I chose Madame Web from the Now TV menu expecting it to be bad, but I wasn't prepared for just how poor the screenplay would be. The film is overloaded with clunky exposition, unnatural dialogue, and patchy character development, making it feel more like a first draft than a finished product. Scenes drag as characters explain things that should have been shown, and the emotional beats never quite land because the relationships feel underdeveloped. Even the action sequences, which should be the film's saving grace, don't flow naturally within the story - they feel awkwardly inserted rather than building organically from the narrative.
It's the kind of film that teeters on the edge of being one of the worst comic book movies ever made, right alongside Catwoman, yet it also has the potential to become a cult camp classic. The unintentional humour, stilted performances, and baffling creative choices make it oddly fascinating in a so-bad-it's-good way. Whether it ends up as a punchline or a guilty pleasure, Madame Web is a film that will be remembered?but probably not for the reasons its creators intended.
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