Black Widow - Spoiler Review 

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the scene at the table when yelena says the family was real to her was so well executed by florence that i actually almost started crying

The guy was brainwashing and physically altering women to use them as weapons. That's enough to hate him, isn't it? What more could we gain with spending more time with someone like that. His personal connection with Natasha is that she tried to kill him via his daughter. Natasha lived with the guilt of killing a kid but at least she had taken out a monster but when that turned out to be false, that is enough motivation and personal stakes, I think. I loved the movie. Loved Natasha. I saw only the first promo that came last year. So almost everything was unseen for me. Also having no comic book knowledge about these characters, serves me better. What I also liked was that when she says she has some friends to rescue from prison means she helped Rogers rescue people like Sam and Wanda from the Raft, he did not do it alone and makes more sense to me.

That was my big thing, I dug the movie, had fun and laugh a couple of times but, this would've hit harder right after CIVIL WAR. I wanted more time with Yelena, Alexei and Melina. The beginning scene and the "family back together again" scene are the best moments in the film.

Calling it now: Yelina got snapped, and that’s why Natasha was so desperate to sacrifice herself in Endgame. It was her chance to finally save her sister. This will be a major plot point in Hawkeye.

Florence Pugh's performance as Yelena was undoubtedly SUBLIME

Damn there no need to blame one of my favorite characters in the MCU Hawkeye, the man was fighting to kill himself for Nat he just lost. But honestly, Nat dying in Endgame I actually like because it brought her story to a full cycle like Clint gave her a second chance, and now when Clint needs a second chance Nat the one to give it to him. I really enjoyed this movie, especially the family aspect of it with Nat trying to reconcile with her first family, plus the fighting in this movie is good.

If they killed off Hawkeye in Endgame, it all would have been less intense, everyone would have been: oh OK, poor guy but he did the noble thing, let's get on. Natasha dieing was much more emotionally effective. Sad but true. I think the Hawleye show will be about survivor guilt.

Why the Hawkeye hate? He was trying to sacrifice himself just as much as she was.

The tragedy to this movie is that it should not have been the first and only Black Widow. The story they were trying to tell had some real meat on its bones, but it was told far too quickly to establish its depth. Natasha's family reunion, the revelation about her biological mother, and the shameful (monstrous) moment from her past coming back to haunt her all could have resonated so much more strongly if given time to properly develop over a series rather than in a single exposition-laden film.

Take on the movie was interesting, take on Hawkeye is asinine. He's not perfect, but he doesn't need a redemption arc any more or less than Black Widow...Also, though his actions during endgame weren't right, he was going around killing Yakuza and Cartel members, not civilians, so it's not like he was doing anything worse than the Punisher ever did. Do I like his character as much as Black Widow? No, not really, but it would have been terrible writing to kill him on Voromir, and I respect the fact that Marvel (90% of the time) services their storylines in ways that make sense. Also, I will bet all my money that Yelena does not kill Hawkeye.

Terrible take on Hawkeye. He’s literally had the least development and screen time. Yet when they finally decide to give him the spot light you guys are upset?

Terrible take on Hawkeye... I don’t understand all the hate. I get tired of hearing about it honestly.

I want to be on record when I say this…I don’t agree with Agustin’s reasoning for Clint’s hate..that didn’t make any sense

Yo the scene where Yelena and Nat agree on how cool Yelena's multi pocket vest is so cool! Love it👌🏽

Gotta ask (and it's to all the Marvel fans out there) - why the Hawkeye hate? I honestly don't understand why so many people seem to have such a visceral reaction to that character...

Agustin's Hawkeye hate is effing moronic.

David Harbour was hillarious in some scenes.

Hector, movie turns on the forced hysterectomies as their lack of choice, taking that away from all the widows. Choice was a huge theme here.

What wauw? Clint Barton is amazing my favorite avenger. What did he do to you? I don’t get it. HE TRIED. HE TRIED TO SAVE NAT. My respect for Augustin ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

"that dude just killed a bunch of mexicans and japanese people...." what a crazy oversimplification. Its not like he was killing innocent women and children. They make a point to say that its cartel guys and yakuza/underworld guys as Ronin because there were innocents that got snapped but they didnt and are undeserving of wasting that "gift" for lack of a better word.

I agree that this movie should’ve come out earlier like after civil war. It would’ve made Black Widow’s death hit harder

I was surprised to see the Taskmaster backlash. I thought the reveal it was his daughter was so terrifying/messed up. It perfectly paints how terrible Drakov was that he turned his own daughter into a mindless weapon. The blank stare in her eyes was frightening

Gosh, what did poor Clint ever do to you. He even jumped off but Natasha did not let him die, yet he is the bad guy here. Come on guys. I love Hawkeye, when he was not around Avengers lost.

Think having Drakov being a weak villain suited his character. Old White “powerful” man trying to control all these young powerful women. That to me seems like a weak person!

I enjoyed it, but I think it would have been a better Disney+ show. Get more character and story development.

I love hawkeye tf he needs no redemption. He was killing a bunch of bad guys. No different than when he does it with a bunch of avengers

Agustin’s daggers for Hawkeye and his family lol. Hey Scarlett was ready to move on it’s as simple as that. 10 years in a character takes a lot out of you. She probably has other things she wants to accomplish in her career.

I don't think the movie meant to make us care about Drekov but to hate him, which I did....... And I will always defend Marvel's decision to kill Natasha instead of Barton.........it was unexpected as this movie was coming soon, it had weight because we cared about Natasha more than Barton and Hawkeye would have been wasted if his story ended their

No need to tell peeps to “shut up” that felt different about Taskmaster than you…The fact that the character was completely changed (in terms of background etc.) wasn’t the issue, they were completely underused and for fans of Taskmaster from the comics, a lot of us were really hoping for more of an impact from the character.

While overall it is a definitely a solid entry into the MCU that'd I probably place somewhere in the middle of the pack. That whole pre title screen sequence is one of the best! I also lean into the better late than never crowd.

Totally disagree with Agustin. Barton will not, in any way, show anything but remorse for the things he has done and how much more he deserved to die than Nat. Yes, he loves his family but he knows, every day he lives is a gift from Nat and if Yelena wants to take his life, he will expose his neck so she can do it right. Does it mean anything to you, that the primary reason they chose to have Nat die as opposed to Clint, was that through the course of the MCU, Nat is the one whom most deserved that place of honor which she sacrificed herself for. Now if you want to complain that she deserves a whole hell of a lot more than a crappy headstone in some backwoods Ohio cemetery I will hurl the tomatoes right along with you.

How is Clint getting all this hate? He literally tried his hardest to sacrifice himself. If anything be mad at Black Widow for not letting him

I don't agree with hector about TM, I feel Natasha killing drakoffs daughter really adds to her story.. Natasha being able to save TM (altho great for Natasha personally) really takes away from this impactful decision she had to make early in her life .. also, marvel missed out on an opportunity with a great antagonist, a trained assassin with the ability to mimic any one, including avengers, we got a taste but not nearly enough

I personally loved the film but hated the Taskmaster twist.

Your hatred for Hawkeye is not justified at all. Makes no sense...

I heard this observation elsewhere and I really loved it. There is the scene where Nat says she knew the Christmas presents were fake, but she wanted to open every one of them because it might mean her “family” was real. The reason she fought so hard to sacrifice herself was because Clint has a real family and she needed to ensure his family would be able to open their Christmas presents as a family. Also, so many great pockets.

I'm a Hawkeye fan so Augustin is now my nemesis

I enjoyed it - yeah, it should've been out 5 years ago but that's not really a legit complaint - can't change the past. I enjoyed the cast but Florence Pugh was brilliant every moment she was on screen and I can't wait to see what she does in the MCU going forward.

Awwww Agustin, don't be mean to Clint 🤣

Agustin:"I hate Clint Barton." Me:"So, you have chosen death."

So Clint is going to lose his hearing, have his family vacation interrupted, have to look after Kate Bishop and Lucky, AND avoid getting killed by Yelena. He isn't going to catch a break lol.

It was a B/C movie for me. I enjoyed it a lot still. I expect this film to be one of those Marvel films where people go “it’s garbage. Terrible film,” only for a few years to go by and have them do a 180 and go “it actually wasn’t that bad,”. That is a trend I’ve been seeing with Marvel property recently and I don’t know why. It’s like everybody is expecting Mephisto now. Expecting the next big bad or event. I guarantee you at the end of Loki, when we don’t get Kang there will be people who call the show garbage based on that alone.

Agree, Taskmaster whine is tiresome. Comics character was very lukewarm and bland. Having Olga Kurylenko in the MCU has some great potential

I really hope we see a Red Guardian movie with Alexi in him prime. I would love to see the Soveit side of the Captain America story.

The scene where "Natasha" opened the glass prison door while Alexei was having a realization, reminds me of that scene from The Incredibles hahaha

My biggest problem with Taskmaster in this was that there was literally no reason she had to be taskmaster. Super underused and outside of a little bit of the bridge fight she never really mimicked who she was fighting. Could have easily just been a black widow with a mask on.

Also wanted add something, I thought Taskmaster was really under used. They could've done so much more specially when you have someone like olga kurylenko in that role but I was surprised we didn't get much of her. Also it wasn't really clear what was red room actually trying accomplish and how or may be it was just who didn't understand. Feel free to enlighten me. That being said I actually enjoyed the movie a lot. Thanks

I don't get the Hawkeye hate. It's not like he forced Nat to sacrifice herself or pushed her off the cliff. He was just as ready to make himself the stone swap-out as Nat was to the point where he'd do whatever to ensure she DIDN'T do it, but couldn't because, like Hector said, Nat is more skilled than him and in the end out-played him. The way he collapsed in guilt and regret and sadness when everyone comes back to current time in Endgame isn't something a character who was all for killing their friend would do.

I loved the movie. I agree with Agustin, that Clint should have been the one to die. Although you won't convince me that Steve would have stayed in the past with Peggy if Natasha was still around. Natasha was Steve's best friend. Not Bucky or Sam.

I enjoyed the movie, but found it very dark. Didn't enjoy watching an old man beating Natasha over & over again when she couldn't defend herself. The opening sequence with the young girls was disturbing & sad, but Black Widow is badass. I agree with Agustin though #justiceforblackwidow

I disagree with one point you guys made about Natasha talking about her sterilization in Age of Ultron that it didn't really matter and that was a dumb thing to do because its not. It's true that women's are not defined by their fertility, women's have their own personality, capabilities, creativity, achievements etc etc which is enough to define them and they don't need anyone's certification that they are complete or not. But there is an old saying in our culture that says- "Until you feel the pain to give birth to a life, you can't feel the real pain of taking a life ". In Age of Ultron I took that scene through this perspective. And it doesn't only refers to only women, it refers to men also. It certainly affects everyone in some level whether it's a men or a women. It is sad that someone had to go through that kind of situation where they were robbed to see children of their own but some people bravely took it and give their love and care to the children who needs it, that's a most noble thing to do. Maybe you have a different understanding of the scenes and I respect that. But I just wanted to share my thoughts on the same, that's it. But I totally loved Black Widow. I wish someday I can watch it on theatre with my friends again as now here it's still under lockdown situation. I hope to see at least Shang-Chi in theater next.🙏🙏🙏

It was like obvious that taskmaster was going to be his daughter

Dag, Agustin no empathy for the Hawkeye. LOL Ha ha ha. Good insights.

Clint saved her life for the better and brought her into shield. She then returns the favor and after destroying the Red Room, sacrifices herself for him... bringing it full circle

Post credit scene hit right in the feels 😢

Favorite line is where yelena calls him Crimson Dynamo and he corrects her "it's Red Guardian" 🤣

I really liked the way the hysterectomy was handled by Yelena. Hysterectomies can be very uncomfortable subjects and I loved how she used what hurt her to make her father figure uncomfortable.

We should have had this movie way before the shoehorned Captain Marvel redundancy but that's the good thing about having access to the movies, you can watch them in chronological sequence and try to forget what happens several years down the line.

Totally convinced Hector is MCU bias. Taskmaster was such a let down and yet his defense is "shut up" come on bro. smh

I thought Taskmaster was pretty bad, even beyond not being comic accurate, I can get over that, but she was just barely in the movie. I wish she had more scenes.

Loved every second of it. Taskmaster fit the narrative set up already in The Avengers perfectly. She was one of the most personal villians to any title character in the entire MCU. Left Natasha fighting her past demons literally and metaphorically.

I don't see why people hate Clint he is one of the best characters in the films imo. I mean don't get mad because Nat died instead of him it isn't his fault. Don't blame him blame the writers.

I totally loved Black Widow. It was great to see Nat’s character in the MCU expanded, and I really want more Florence Pugh. Not only was she a riot, but so so sincere. It was heart wrenching to see what little Yelena lost through her eyes. For Agustin: I’m not trying to make you or anyone like Clint; just offering an alternate take on Nat’s death: Nat didn’t do it for him. She did it for his family, whom she loved too. I also feel like blaming Clint for her death undermines her agency in making that choice. If he was in her calculus at all, then it was to repay him for saving her from the Red Room. Going all the way back to Iron Man 2 she’s been the savior by keeping her eyes on Tony. Avengers she not only shook Clint out of Loki’s grasp, but she’s the one who closed the portal. Age of Ultron she’s getting Cap his shield back, AND being the one bring Banner back. And now we see how pivotal she was to the MCU post Civil War. Clint didn’t throw her in like Thanos did to Gamora. In fact he wanted to jump to escape all messed up stuff he did as Ronin. If you think about it his jumping would have been selfish, whereas Nat’s death was selfLESS. I do agree that Clint’s days are numbered. I think nearly everyone’s days from phases 1-3 are numbered. Anyway. Much love for all y’all. Watching you 3 always makes me miss my nerd squad from back in the day. Sitting in a Denny’s until midnight sharing a pack of sh*tty smokes and getting way to deep into this stuff (okay, I maybe I don’t miss smoking sections in restaurants). Keep up the great work!

My only problem with the movie was the release date. I would of loved this movie right before infinity war. To me I would only watch it that way. That being said, for me, the villain worked because he scared the shit out of me. He is not interesting or entertaining like other Marvel villains, but a man whose power is to control other's, especially a woman, scared me. I don't know if it is just because he represents a lot of real life people.

I don't understand Augustine's hate for Clint.... He didn't kill Nat. He never let go of her. Also to Augustine's point that he won't agree with Yelena, when he straight up tell's the group "It should've been me" Clint is obviously feeling guilty for what happened.

Earlier movie, Hector, would not have likely included Pugh or Harbour.

I have to say it kinda annoys me seeing people hating on Hawkeye for the Vormir scene because people (the heroes reforged guys, sorry) act like Barton pushed her off the cliff or sow thing. It takes away from natashas agency and her choice in wanting to do what she could to save her family and the freaking world. I get being upset that you’re favoring character died but geez... I mean I would have preferred Hawkeye to die to because I like Natasha more, but I thought what happened in the movie made sense so🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t know if I’ll be able to bear watching Augustine in the Hawkeye show reactions...

Agustin i feel like thats why they killed nat, BECAUSE you didnt care as much about Clint, they wanted you to feel really sad, and Nat was the more emotional choice.

4:05 fans are allowed to be bummed about the change. That’s so dismissive, man. It wasn’t some small change, it’s a big change in multiple ways. I’m no Taskmaster fan, I dig the character well enough but I don’t have a tie/love for him. But if DC pulled this shit with Deathstroke, I’d be bummed as hell too. Edit: just saw the movie. Yeah, I’m bummed too. They X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Deadpool-ed the character.

Wait am I dreaming or this was already posted last week 🤔

Enjoyed it but it came out 3 years too late...

I really like some of the messages in the movie about mothers never giving up on their kids, what a family is, and what it means to make your own decisions. I also appreciated that Nat thought for a long time her Budapest mission was “accomplished”, but really it wasn’t accomplished until she had freed the other widows.

How dare you Agustin? Hawkeye is the fucking best thing. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Team Agustin. Justice for Natasha.

Honestly, I'm so glad this movie came out when it did. I can't imagine what someone like Joss (or someone like Joss) would have done if he got his hands on this. We needed female directors and this time for this film. IMO.

drekov has been on screen for like less than 15 minutes and has already joined the worst MCU dads along the likes of ego, thanos and odin. but doesn't beat the mandarin tho. dude was on the trailer for like seconds and is already just the worst

The Taskmaster situation was a bargain. Either you liked it or you didn’t but it was a bold choice regardless. I thought it was fine, I mean, I have no real connection to the character in the comics, I’ve always seen him as a cheat for the writers to make a villain just as powerful and as skilled as the hero, but I didn’t love it either. From the moment the actresses name came up in the credits, I knew she would be Taskmaster. I’m so surprised that Marvel let that slip.

Finished the movie and opened RU-vid, first thing I see is your video uploaded 2 mins ago.

No matter how good a movie is somebody will always complain about something half of y’all can really careless about taskmaster . I think it was a smart decision by making it more personal towards her . Plus it’s marvel they can easily bring the real taskmaster in at anytime she was just an experiment 🤷🏽‍♂️ it can be copied

Just finished the movie, I agree with you guys on so many points! I definitely wished they leaned into the dark tone that was shown at the beginning of the movie, I was ready for an emotional journey and just...didn't get it lol.

I really enjoyed this flick. Sadly theatres aren't reopened in my province yet so it was an at home on D+ for me. Even still I found it very satisfying. And sorry Auggie , Clint did everything he could on Vormir. ;)

I think clint would let yelena kill him because he was ready to sacrifice not being with his family for his bestfriend and that's survivors guilt

I'm just happy we got some more info on what happened in Budapest lol

taskmaster was done dirty imo :\

The only way Taskmaster being female affected anything in the movie was to increase Natasha's empathy for her. The only difference for viewers is that the twist of Taskmaster being the main villain's supposedly dead kid was a little harder to guess. Taskmaster in this movie didn't display much in the way of being an induvidual character with a personality, so being male or female didn't really alter the character. I would have liked another minute of fighting though.

Hawkeye was done so dirty in the first avengers movie, he deserves a pop at being the main man in his own show.

I love every minute of this movie. You're supposed to connect with Natasha as she connects with his daughter.

This top tier mcu for me

I liked the Taskmaster twist in this movie way more than the Mar Vell reveal in captain marvel

I saw it last night and by the time the opening credits rolled in I started bawling cause my husband goes “Can you believe we’re watching a Black Widow movie?” And it occurred to me that she was the first character I saw in the MCU and got me so pumped and that I dove head first into the Marvel world for. I was a huge X-Men fan but I knew who Natasha Romanov was and seeing her in Ironman 2 blew me away.

Tbh the worst thing about this movie is timing. It should've definitely come out before Infinity War/Endgame. I felt robbed of a trilogy, the movie felt very rushed and packed

What If You Guys Didnot Share Reaction Video Of What If Official Trailer...... I Am Gonna Lose Itt

Tbh i was quite sad because it wasn't really natasha's solo movie but more like a build-up movie for the next black widow: Yelena Belova. They could've made it with natasha and clint's budapest story. That way would make more sense imo... still yelena was really likable in here and her character actually got me hyped for next generation movies so not gonna complain🤷‍♀️ Thanks for the video like always👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 you guys are my fav superhero nerds lol

So, I liked the movie quite a bit. It definitely should've been made after CA:CW...but it is what it is. I prefer this version of Taskmaster to the comics. Mostly because I feel it fits the nature of the MCU better...and partly because I've never actually enjoyed comics...too Campy Soap Opera for me. Could've been more screen time and things for the character to do, but the movie was already over 2 hours. I'm not sure how I feel about them "freeing" her at the end. It'll be interesting to see if she stays "good", or turns hardcore vigilante like Hawkeye did as Ronin. Florence Pugh was terrific as Yelena, and even though everyone did their part well, I really feel like she was a standout even next to ScarJo. She'll be a great "replacement" BW, filling the position extremely well, and still being her own character without copying ScarJo. As for everyone complaining about the end credits scene with Valentina blaming Hawkeye, it's not because anyone actually blames him for Natasha's death...it's because Valentina's organization wants him eliminated, and Yelena can possibly do that, and she'll believe the "He murdered your sister" line. What will almost certainly happen at some point is that when she goes after Hawkeye, she'll find out the truth before she kills him. Maybe they'll even team up and that's how she finds her own spot among the Avengers. I enjoyed the movie. It was worth it. And that's all that really matters.

I enjoyed this film, but I have a bone to pick over how this changes Natasha's Endgame decision. I kinda agree with Agustin, but from a different point. Nat sacrificed herself because unlike Clint, in HER WORDS in Endgame, the Avengers were her only family. Steve even says this after her death. The idea was that Nat was willing to sacrifice herself for her only family, the Avengers and their mission, and that it was wrong for Clint to do the same because he had another family to protect. But now, Nat has another family, which she says herself in this film. And so she completely ignored them for all of Endgame and didn't tell anyone? And didn't tell them what she was doing? And so now I have to suffer a "misunderstanding-style" subplot where Yelena wants to kill Nat? I'm so tired already.

Black Widow sucked. All the Black Widows are just mind controlled zombies? Once again no stakes in an MCU movie. And the movie isn’t even really focused on Natasha. Don’t really learn much about her after watching her own solo movie. Focuses too much about introducing new characters.

I would've been happier if Rachel Weisz was the main villain and if Task Master was not mind controlled. I think that Task Master being a cyborg was cool. I definitely didn't like the protection pheromone. But still pretty solid movie.

I get Augustine's frustration, this should not have been the first and only Black Widow movie and they DID handle Nat's sacrifice poorly. Especially since by the end, it was eclipsed almost entirely by Tony's sacrifice. But is it really Clint's fault though? I understand the frustration, I just don't understand the seering Clint hate lol

I couldn't care less about who Taskmaster is but the whole character was dumb, lame and mostly a HUGE plothole. And to be honest the same old recycled story. I've seen this millions of times. Marvel just can't be serious for more than 5 min. They made fun Nat's death in that credit scene and they made fun of what happened with those young girls. Their organs literally teared out and they acted like it's funny. This movie isn't about Nat at all it's just a movie for the future. I loved Yelena but come on this movie should've been about Nat not her sister. Feige just can't make a great movie about women they can't handle female characters. This is the second movie about a heroine and they ruined both. The CGI was almost as bad is in the Black Panther. And the score, I don't even remember there was any in this movie. MCU has like 4 or 5 good score in their movies in the past 10+ years. Such a shame. The first 40 minute or soe was good but the rest is totally pointless and ridiculous. Nat had a lvlv 9000 plotarmor. David Harbour and Rachel Weisz was like there to part of the movie but they didn't had any meaning except the first 40 minute. This movie is the prime example how to waste so many great actor.