Review by C.J. Bunce
Although Stan Lee didn’t design or write the character Morbius, it was his idea, and that’s no surprise, as Netflix viewers will find this weekend now that Sony’s big screen flick Morbius arrives on the streaming service. Stan’s quick quasi-science works at some level for cinema’s Spider-Man and the Hulk, good storytelling made it work for Luke Cage on TV, and humor made it work in Deadpool and Venom. Without Kevin Feige and Disney’s Marvel backing, Marvel fans still may think Sony’s latest could land like Spider-Man, or even Venom. Unfortunately it’s a movie closer to The Fantastic Four (the one with Miles Teller). What’s the problem? Either the decision to make a movie at all from this singularly derivative character, or the choice of writers. We’re in a world where good writers and filmmakers have created spectacular movies and TV about B-level superhero types. Like Ant-Man or Moon Knight, or Sony’s own Venom and Deadpool. As you may guess, Morbius falls into the spectacularly bad category.
