Morbius reviewed by Mark Kermode 

Absolutely. These movies have really just become 2 hr/ feature length Trailers for other movies.

It’s almost deliberately confusing. Same company making the Venom movies…. but Venom never heard of Spider-Man. Morbius…. Spider-Man’s everywhere.

It's from the fat suite, super Mario universe, I think.

Even Sony don't know at this point: they're trying to ride on the wave of the MCU's popularity without having a clue what they're doing themselves, whilst (I imagine) trying desperately to get Andrew Garfield back behind the scenes to helm this mess of a "universe:" an absolute mess.

I don't think anyone cares anymore

Which burns extra hot with the added spice of "he only has two modes of acting: overacting or nothing at all!" 😂

He's one of the only critics I've seen that feels the same as I do about Leto. He's cast in so many huge movies, and I can never figure out why. I find him to be an insufferable person and an awful wannabe of an actor, that just sort of walks around being morose all the time.

i was like… is that the same cue

I haven't heard any copy so blatant until now.

Hans Zimmer should definitely sue for that

I couldn't believe how similar it was

You just put more thought into the performance than he did.

Powerful rhymes

Lol

@@RossAllaire he puts a ridiculous amount of effort into his performances. That doesn't mean they'll be any good. On this particular film he insisted on being on crutches for a large chunk of the shoot and caused some scheduling issues every time he went to the bathroom

you've cracked this thing wide open!

And Jared Leh-toe

It's only the last show at the BBC. They're moving to a podcast, so you'll still get to hear them but in a new way.

Wait is it really??

@@kemp10 yes they discussed it all throughout the show

@@thefoxcritic1 I usually only watch them through RU-vid clips. Thank you friend.

This shocked me -that they were stopping the show. But a podcast …is better than going Dark.

Lmao the best thing of the movie probably is a copy

You beat me to it. Ridiculous.

1:41 Batman Begins was from 2005 - we're at the stage where a movie from less than 20 years ago is being copied. Welcome to the 2020s.

Also the actual shots are the same - same staging, same camera angles. It's a complete copy.

Came here to say this. Glad you got here first. What a joke!

Yeah, most likely temp music which resulted in pretty much identical music.

@@JohnSpawn1 I reckon Hans Zimmer has a strong case cause it was so just blatant.

Even had the bats just like BB when Bruce faces his fear. It's so blatant they should be sued.

WHAT?! Say it ain’t so!

The location of the show is coming to an end.

Omg whaaaaaaaat??

They're just leaving BBC - they have a new podcast with Sony

They are moving to a podcast format in May so it's just their last BBC episode

It’s legitimately impressive how completely nonsensical those scenes are. There is not one thing that happens that makes any sense whatsoever. It’s amazing.

The 2nd one seemed to cut off halfway through his sentence lmao. Wtf

Better than Julian sands and Danny dyer . 😂

I was hoping Michael Bay was going to quickly cobble together a Transformers movie especially for the occasion (because he obviously usually takes so much care with them… 👀)

At least Mark wasn't deliberately banging his head on the microphone like he did when he reviewed that transformers movie

Definitely. He has some really good roles, but generally he tries way too hard to be brooding and dramatic and it just comes across as overacting for no reason

Was great in 2049, meh in other things cough *joka*

If you watch Requiem For A Dream, you will see he is more than capable of excelling in a leading role.

I thought he was the worst part of BR 2049. I remember reading somewhere that David Bowie was initially considered for that character, and I think that would have been perfect casting. That somehow makes seeing Jared Leto in the role even worse, on top of his managing to be one-note and overact at the same time.

Considering most movies he's in he ruins the scenes by being a total cartoon character I thought maybe being in a comic book movie he might actually work. Sounds like that isn't the case sadly. I think the problem is he's an over-actor who takes himself far too seriously to ever be fun.

They're starting a new podcast with Sony

New podcast coming from them in May

@@MrFawkesGuy Technically it's for Somethin' Else, who already produced Kermode and Mayo's Film Review. Somethin' Else is now a subsidiary of Sony though, so you're kind of right.

@@MrFawkesGuy And Marc just slated a Sony movie... wonder if it will still be happening...?

@@ahdvd Movie & podcast/radio are very different industries

theyre starting a podcast instead. presumably sony has deeper pockets than the ailing auntie beeb

That's what they chose to do, but they didn't have to. It could have been all about Morbius slowly turning into a genuine monster. Just devoting the whole movie to that and going super in depth with the consequences of that, without a forced good guy vs bad guy dynamic. It probably wouldn't be enough to save the movie, but it'd at least be something unique in the Superhero space.

I do agree with H A here to a degree. It is a big problem that these are essentially villain movies without committing to it at all. I do think there's an inherent problem that, even though these characters have been expanded on by now, they have been originally created, and been successful as, a character who's purpose was to create conflict for a character who, in this story, is absent.

@@PauLtus_B Honestly the story is the last thing the producers are thinking about when making these movies. Sony are clutching the last vestiges of Marvel IP they have hoping to ring out any money they can from whatever IP awareness they have left. Also getting in Tom Holland is probably impossible due to Disney contracts and crap like that. Needless to say the creatives have to make these movies with one hand tied behind their back.

Yes! It felt like they literally left parts out

Which means there's probably going to be a sequel 😴😴😴

It was clearly butchered in editing after the success of No Way Home (which is why Sony inexplicably brought Michael Keaton's Vulture into their weeping sore of a universe, thanks to a fundamental misunderstanding/wilful disregard of Doctor Strange's spell), so it's no wonder it makes no sense.

That's actually true Sony made the director cut a bunch of scenes from the trailer and out of the movie and even the director didn't like it being cut but despite the hate I enjoyed the movie

You do not realise that both Venom movies have made a lot of money? They'll keep making em as long as they make money champ

You know they’re doing a new show elsewhere, right?

@@Ben_Mdws Do we know where they are going?

@@jimbob8992 seems mentions of it get deleted, so I’ll try again: check Twitter

@@Ben_Mdws after listening to last week's podcast it was pretty obvious they were taking the show elsewhere.

@Ben M oddly enough, it's just popped onto my phones news feed. That Japanese electronics company, that Mark has trouble pronouncing properly . Oh sonny boy...

Yup. Second flopped franchise for Matt Smith, first being Terminator Genisys. Feel bad for the guy, he deserves to be in better movies.

In a Spider-Man movie it might have made a bit of sense, in that they’re both misfits of science-type characters. But without Spider-Man it’s just half a movie (and in practice, much less than half, by all accounts)

Thing is, Morbius is a science-vampire, not an undead-vampire. At the time he was originally created, supernatural stuff was frowned on in the comics industry so they had to get creative with his origin.

Except for, you know…he’s an adequate actor? Dude has won a best supporting actor Oscar, so to sit there thinking he can’t act is completely misplaced. For the record; Leto did fine with the material given here. He played it straight, but he made Michael Morbius believable. Matt Smith on the other hand stood out like a sore thumb, and HE was the weak link of the movie. I get the feeling that Kermode has an odd anti Leto, pro Smith bias going on here but based on its own merit as an individual picture, Smith was incredibly weak here.

@@andyc6542 He was very good in BR 2048. Just a lot of the roles he takes on aren't suited for him and here, the writing and directing was just atrocious. Not really much he could do, although I have to admit he still wasn't great.

@@joebloggs6922 absolutely - completely forgot about Bladerunner 2048 as well. The guy is a decent actor, in the right role. The people who tend to base their judgement of him based on Zack Snyders Suicide Squad are the kind of people who don’t watch movies and jump on the ‘let’s bash Leto because of his take on the Joker’ bandwagon.

Near Dark is a great film, very dark and grim. Although it's now a cult film it was never a financial success and unlikely to be remade, a Lost Boys remake, released in 1987 also would be more likely to be rebooted I reckon since it was a big earner at the box office.

"Near Dark" is incredible.

You must have real low standards and be easily pleased lol

Saw it last night - save your time. I disagree with Marks review in as far as Jared actually played his part well, and put in a passable performance. Matt Smiths character however was laughably bad, and I think HE was the weak link of the film. I don’t watch Doctor Who so this is the first exposure to his acting I had, but he was absolutely dire in it in my opinion. The biggest issue was that the producer was intent on creating a tonally dark film, but Smiths character was cringeworthy with how silly and camp he was. There’s a scene in the movie after he’s infected with the same vampire tonic that Leto has and therefore has superhuman strength (compared to earlier in the film where he is crippled), and he’s getting ready to go out to a club. For no unknown reason, the director insisted on creating a scene were Smith is strutting around and dancing at home whilst he’s getting ready and it was that out of place and odd, I was embarrassed to watch it..

@@andyc6542 thank you. Yes, Matt Smith can be quite good but he can have some pretty cringeworthy scenes as well. He was excellent in Last Night In Soho. Jared Harris is generally good though (enjoyed him in Mad Men and many other things I have seen him in). Morbius was the least interesting of the Marvel characters, never liked him from the first appearance in Spider-man back in the 70s. Thank you for making my mind up on that one, there is always of course, Moon Knight to watch on Disney+

Mark is a big Twilight defender.

lol a real superhero saving nonsense movies

Foundation isn't that bad, I think the world-building is very interesting, though it needs to improve plot-wise in season 2.

@@luke-alex it's bad when weighed against its source material.

@@Pintheshadows Perhaps, but that's got little to do with Jared Harris, unless he's an Asimov fan (and as a rule I prefer judging adaptations on their own merit).

@@luke-alex I can't. You can't take an established master work and brutalise it. I am guessing you haven't read Foundation. I wasn't blaming Jared Harris by the way. It's just unfortunate, but not judging adaptations based on their source material is frankly stupid.