Morbius - Review! 

Vampire bat? So, if he spliced his DNA with a fruit bat, then he would have to constantly drink lemonade? I want to see that movie

So let me get this straight : vulture gets teleported to a whole different universe and the first thing he does is magically put together a new version of his vulture suit so he can gather a bunch of people he doesn’t know to fight a Spider-Man they’ve never met?

For the score, what probably happened was they used Batman Begins for the temp track, told the composer to "Just give us that," so he was forced to copy it. That happens _a lot_ with modern scores.

Lol, yeah, anytime I hear young people say they're getting bored with the MCU, I'm like, "Do you have ANY idea how good you have it? You just lived through the golden age of superhero movies. The genre that was a JOKE for most of my entire life. Go watch Superman 4 RIGHT NOW and be grateful you grew up with the MCU." Then I shake my fist and tell them to get off my lawn.

Watched it today. I think the people writing this film were like : "Let's make a film about Morbius the vampire!" "Yes, great idea." "We could have him be very sick, then get some bat blood and he then turns into a vampire!" "Brilliant, what then?" "Oh........"

Hot damn! I haven't heard Dan absolutely trash a movie like this in a looong time. Reminds me of Movie Fights. Hoot hoot, y'all!

Morbius and The Batman - two bat-related superhero movies that couldn't be more different in vision, intent and execution.

I mean, this is exactly what I expected. The trailers have looked awful and I’ve never thought it was gonna be good.

8 seconds in and I’m already loving this review.

Fastest I’ve clicked on a review lol. I’ve already heard things!

The trailers didn't even impressed me. It looked bland, uninteresting, and a mess. I'm not surprised that this movie ain't gonna be that great. The previous Venom movies have been very dissapointing so I guess Sony is consistently making a dissapointing cash grab movies in this universe. Such a shame

"It both rushes and drags" 🤣 ok with the pun at beginning and the Whiplash reference, this is why I love your reviews. Not only are they very eloquent and helps us know if a movie is for us or not, they are highly entertaining.

When people talk about the good old days of comic book movies a reminder that 90% of them looked like this. Thanks for this review. I lowered my expectations but apparently not enough.

You know what the issue is? Instead of crafting a movie with its own identity, they went all in on trying to tie it to a larger universe. Not all of us want that. I just wanted a cool Vampire movie about one of my favourite Marvel characters, they could have made it a homage to the old Christopher Lee Hammer films, they could have done SOMETHING, just anything to give it a sense of identity, but it was apparently more important to follow this same tired old cookie cutter formula.

The more intriguing thing for me is I wish I could see the movie we were SUPPOSE to get. All those clips with Keaton was clearly building this movie to be something else, and it looks like something must have happened that made them shift the whole purpose/plot of this movie last minute.

More like "More-BS", amirite?

I can almost smell the Avi Arad on this one.

The trailers had me worried it would be a bad 2000's comic book movie and it seems it is exactly that or maybe even worse. The whole thing stinks of executives with zero understanding on the character matching pieces of older comic book movies trying to create what they believe will make more money and end up building a weird Frankenstein.

Thanks for the review, Dan! I only wish that the film was better. I am still going to check it out (eventually) but our tastes are very similar so I'm lowering my expectations down to around Electra and Catwoman. Oh well.

I wasn't watching Morbius in theaters unless there was a glowing review from Dan. So status quo for me. Though I admit curiosity as to the monkey paw agreement Matt Smith had. Hes a great actor.

This verifies that I can continue to laugh at the person who told me Morbius would be better than The Batman.

Sony again proves they cannot make good movies without Marvel's help, on a side note as a kid I always envisioned a Morbius movie to be more horror themed and would play on body horror movies like The Fly or American Werewolf In London

So many red flags. And they seriously want to make Madame Web and Kraven solo films.

Dan!! I'm not even that much of a movie fan, but I'm here for EVERYTHING you do. And that opening joke is part of the reason why!! I love hearing/seeing your takes on movies even if I've never heard of them or plan to see them or not. So fun!

The movie was going to be a disaster from the get going, BUT in the moviemakers' defense, this was originally planned to come out before Venom 2 & No Way Home, so I'm sure that the movie had to be re-edited, which may have resulted in the world-building scenes that were in the trailers to be cut, bc of the delay in the release...

Hey Dan, do you think its going to be anything similar to Venom's reception that its going to defy bad reviews and potentially earn a mainstream crowd that finds it laughably enjoyable?

Not quite as negative on it as Dan, but yeah- this was a very average movie at best. I liked Matt Smith in the movie and thought the boat and subway scenes weren't too bad, but the CGI devolved into an incomprehensible mess and those post credits scenes were DUMB. And the Batman Begins thing is so on point. As Dan referenced earlier in the week with Mugato, I felt like I was taking crazy pills! They surely weren't using the Batman Begins theme!

So, what almost certainly happened with regards to the score is that they used the Batman Begins theme as a “temp score” - this is a common practice of using scores from other films or works as a temporary soundtrack while the film is being edited. The problem is, the film director/editor/producer can become familiar with that temp score, and then ask the composer to make the score be like that temp soundtrack. So, not necessarily the composer’s fault.

Michael Keaton’s scene gave off heavy “This is Katana, she’s got my back” vibes

My headcanon is that the creative team at Sony really pushed for an integration with the MCU, but that when Feige & Co (and maybe Pascal as well) laid eyes on the finished product it was a strong veto and things had to be cut. If Tom Holland is smart he'll stipulate his involvement in future Spider-Man movies by Sony requires him being able to veto tie-ins from other Sony movies, because they clearly can't hire the right people. Into the Spiderverse succeded mostly because it manages to fly under the radar, little interest from Management. I really hope Michael Keaton will not have to play a bigger part in this going forward. (And I'm glad Matt Smith has House of Dragon coming up)

Great review, Dan!

Couldn’t wait for this review!!

Who decided to waste a spot on the Sinister Six roster to Morbius? He's going to look so out of place amid all the BETTER Spider-Man villains

I guess bedtime can wait another 14 minutes.

Dan, I unintentionally watched your sponsor part and have to say, it was impressively well done.

Thanks for the review. Was on the fence about going. This puts me in the won't go category.

A vampire living in a world where humans can't be seen bleeding. Can it get even more unrealistic than that.

this was an entertaining review. you have a clever way of phrasing things.

all i hear when i think of morbius is the spidey animated version yelling, "Felicia!!"

Concise as always, Nice Dan.

My friend and I do reviews, you hit every note. Additionally, we know kraven the hunter and blade are upcoming movies...missed opportunity for post credits...if blade was allowed to be referenced by the mcu. No love relationship between leads, edit problems such as the "cure" still having 2 on the table after milo leaves....its soon bad. And the post credits....

0:49 Writers of The Last Witch Hunter and Gods of Egypt ... Uuuuurrrgggghhhh HAHAHAHAHAH! I've not caught Morbius but this is REALLY all I need to know about it. Thanks Dan! 🤣

Did you watch the series adaptation of Foundation? Jared Harris' favorite thing is when his talent is wasted.

My compliments, much to my surprise your opening comments even caused me to chuckle. As always thank you so very much for your video. However, I must admit I enjoyed and appreciated many of those early hero movies, even if they left much to be desired. (Doctor Strange (Peter Hooten), Captain America (Reb Brown), Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby), and of course Batman (Adam West).) I got to watch them when they were released (yeah, old person).

Sony simply cannot be trusted to steward live action CBM properties, now. They've spent a decade and a half proving it. I hate that they own the rights to Spidey and his world.

So in other words. Sony continues to be terrible. Honestly just sell the rights to Disney everyone would be better off.

The secretary at my Doctor’s office asked if I was going to see this. Told her no and she asked why. “If I go and see Sony’s bad superhero movies they’ll keep making bad superhero movies. How are they going to learn their lesson?”

I was planning to see this initially, then I remembered I did not enjoy either Venom movie, so I decided I would wait for Dan's review and if it was absolutely GLOWING, with little to no "bad parts", I would pick up a ticket to see it... guess I won't have to waste the money or time for that! XD Thanks Dan for saving me money on this one :)

I was hoping for entertainingly bad - oh well. Awesome review- loved the Whiplash reference

I'm reading an article that said Jared Leto gave all his acting in Morbius that even the director scared of him, Then I read a comment: damn Leto gave his all for a movie that will be 20% on RT, I can't stop laughing

Those post credit scenes man…. Yeeesh 🙄😕😒

Thanks for the honest review Dan. This will be one to miss I think. May see Sonic 2 though

I agree with you on some of what your saying, they really could have gone deeper, in the mid to last part of the movie it's like you already know where it's gonna go. Which can lose interest. However, keep in mind, if you are someone who loves Jared Leto and just loves Morbius's backstory and character it really revives alot of what the normal person misses. The mortality question, he fights so hard to help find a cure for him and his friend to just survive like a normal person and then realizes he's gone to far. I mean that's a deep issue and a heartbreaking plot. Science will always pose questions regarding morality. I understand they went a little off comic book on it but I'd give this movie a 3.5 out of 5. Once again just my opinion. I'm really dying to see the connection between vulture. But I'm also someone who enjoys the depth of the anti hero characters.

“Some men just want to watch the world burn.” Or in this case, a flick with already low expectations. I’m still going, and expect a multiverse of bad.

And here I thought that this movie would reopen the doors for either the toby or andrew spider-man.

I had the same thought about the film telling and not showing. I remember when he meets Milo at the hospital and kind of makes fun of him a little, and then the next scene they're best friends. But we have no idea why or when that happens, we're just told that they are. And the whole movie is like that. It feels like there's scenes missing.

Hans Zimmer is gonna be smacking somebody

0:43 Given how tiny phone cams are, you would think some techie nerd would invent a movie camera that doesn't look the size of a rocket launcher!

Sad as I like the character and Jared Leto and Matt Smith but somewhat I expected even from the early press screening reactions. Thanks for the candid review.

Dan, you earned the like just for that intro 😂😂

Dan Murrelbius

It's 1am, but I had to watch this as soon as I looked at my phone and saw this notification. Good work, early trailers were very interesting but just keeps getting worse from later trailers and now early reviews. Not planning to watch

Would you have preferred this movie if it was Jared Leto playing Morbius as Paolo Gucci? I know you were a big fan of his performance in HOG.

Muffin being a support cat to help Dan get through reviewing Morbius

The end credits team up seems to be missing a film before it, Morbius isn't a antihero or villain yet, he just wants to be left alone.

I might see it out of Morbius curiosity at this point!

Why I am not surprised.

Yes, Dan's review AND a cat named muffin!

I was never going to rush out to see this. Now I doubt I'll even watch it if and when it comes to Netflix. I've thought for a while that Sony needs to get a new group to work on their trailers, usually spoiling key moments. Think this is the first time they've been so outright deceptive. Thanks for taking the bullet for this one, Dan.

NGL the trailer had me hyped for a second. The more I thought about it, the more I thought it looked like all those mid 2 thousand vampire movies. Silver lining I doubt Leto will be part of the Council of Vampires next season of What We do in the Shadows

Love that Totoro Singin' in the Rain poster.

Muffin is a great cat name! I 💜 Dan. Thank you for taking one for the movie fan team.

Lol 😂 straight to the point in the intro. “It sucks” 😂😂

Morbius hits Milo with a Kamehameha of bats. That perfectly sums up the movie. It turned into a DBZ towards the end with a super underwhelming final act. Good thing I was baked.

So I'm going to see this tonight but it's against my will. I pre-ordered tickets for The Batman for my buddy and I and to pay me back... He.. Uh.. He ordered tickets to this... Even after I've told him it looks terrible and I have zero interest in it. Not exactly a fair trade but I'm going to try to have fun laughing at it.

Great Review

Yeah. The score. I was watching and looked at my brother and asked, "isn't this from a Batman movie?"

There was no way I was going to see this, thanks for the reassurance Dan!

need more of ur cats in the reviews 🥺

Always love a review that begins with a pun. 😂👏👏👏

So Sony has failed again at a comic book movie, no surprise there.

I’m a sucker for vampire action and my mother and I even like Van Hellsing as a guilty pleasure. This looks below even my threshold. Thanks for your review.

During the pandemic Marvel switched the release order to put Spider-Man: No Way Home ahead of Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. As a result, those two films and the somewhat related Sony films had to change around everything that had to do with the multiverse and it looks like it really shows

Can’t wait for the sequel!

Ah yes the Pre MCU Comic Book Movie, where the villain always dies at the end and the credits have a hip new track by a very expensive artist to play us out.... like Steel all over again.

I was on the fence for this film. Thanks for being the deciding vote!

That comment about Matt Smith and a cursed artifact and movies vs tv😂 I honestly don't know much about his movie work. I seem to remember you liking "last night in Soho." What else has he been in, specifically that's bad?

Sounds like they took the worst villain plotline from ASM2 and put it on the same franchise

Hi Dan could you review everything everywhere all at once ! I thought it was amazing and love to hear your thoughts haha

Maybe, this movie is the real evidence that Marvel and Sony have really broken up.

A comment I saw on another video "A vampire trying to survive in a world where no one bleeds"

That has to be my new favorite opening joke.

This was a really good 90s camp flick. The major flaw was the lack of baroque, techno soundtrack. This was a salvageable movie. They pulled back when they should've leaned in.

nice beard, dan!

I want to see more of Muffin

Dan I would pay good money to watch yourself and Grace Randolph review this film across a table. I think it might very well land harder than this years Oscar nonsense. Love your work.

I knew it was bad from the movie poster alone. Perhaps it did give me 2000’s superhero movie, but without the nostalgia. I also just wish Hollywood would stop trying to sell us Jared Letto as an actor.

I feel like originally Venom and Morbius were supposed set in the same universe as the MCU but not actually part of the MCU so they would tie-in to it and the MCU would ignore them. However with Spider-Man NWH introducing the multiverse they made it a different universe so instead of The Vulture being native to that universe and interacting with Morbius they now have to get him in there hence all his stuff from the trailer being cut, and his shoehorned post-credits scenes.

Who has been greenlighting the live action movies for spiderman villains from Sony? Who is writing these scripts? Venom 1 and 2 were shitty. This sounds shitty, the idea for a kraven solo movie sounds shitty. What is it they are thinking over there? Just let Lord and Miller run everything spiderman over there. Mix live action and animation. Sounds like the smart thing.

Are you gonna do the new Michel Bay one,please? I found it ok.