![]() ![]() In one scene, Morbius stands in the center of a tornado of bats as a booming score blares, just like Christian Bale did in “Batman Begins.” When Morbius and Milo go into vampire mode, their mugs look like emo versions of Spike from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” And, come on, an experiment that turns a guy into a bat is a helluva lot like a lab accident making Peter Parker into a spider. The vampiric faces in “Morbius” often look like those of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy EverettĪesthetically it steals from a lot of what came before it. It’s closer to the horror genre than most Marvel films however, it’s never scary. We’re also aware that there are many, many better vampire stories than Count Dreckula here (check out the Netflix series “Midnight Mass”) and not much sets this one apart besides its sexlessness and lack of wit. “Morbius” is one of Marvel’s growing number of antihero films - a more palatable one than dumb-as-rocks “Venom,” at least - about an off-putting person who develops a destructive power that he can’t fully control and whom we don’t know how to feel about for two hours. That is the most predictable part of all. Here, there are only opportunities for Leto to be a creep and wildly contort his body. APĬomic book films are often formulaic, yes, but you need only look to last year’s “ Spider-Man: No Way Home” to see that there are ample opportunities for the unexpected. Jared Leto plays a demented scientist in “Morbius.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett The tired and gloomy new Marvel movie “Morbius” suffers from chronic obviousness. Director Daniel Espinosa’s film isn’t a disaster - just a bat-nap. Of course, the character I shan’t name is gonna accidentally wind up a vampire too. Of course, Milo (Matt Smith) is gonna want in on the action. Morbius (Jared Leto) is gonna become Batboy. The tired and gloomy new Marvel movie “Morbius,” which is made by Sony and not part of the massive Marvel Cinematic Universe, suffers from chronic obviousness. Huh? That’s like if I melded my DNA with a hippo’s and was surprised that I became hungry, hungry. Morbius is then shocked when the trial leaves him bat-like and fanged with a thirst for human blood. ![]() ![]() Determined, he illegally experiments on himself. Michael (Jared Leto) and his best friend Milo (Matt Smith) both have a lifelong mysterious disease that weakens their bodies and forces them to walk with two canes. Rated PG-13 (intense sequences of violence, some frightening images and brief strong language). ![]()
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