Saturday, July 17, 2021

Black Widow Thoughts

 It’s been a week guys and I am in a weird place, mentally, that is not all that great. I’m behind on a lot of things--the Buffy Blog, movie reviews, shows, the sporking… and I don’t know how soon that will be caught up. And it’s Camp NaNoWriMo which, uh, these days doesn’t generally go great for me.


I had a thought about talking about adaptation, but it sounded like something I’d done for a Saturday Note before, and looking through my Google Drive it looks like I have. So instead I’m going to ramble a bit about whether or not I want to see Black Widow.


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Thoughts on Whether or Not to See Black Widow


I know I’ve probably said before that I am a bit worn out on superhero media in general and Marvel in particular. There are projects I’m planning on paying attention to because they stick out in a way that interests me--Loki, because I like that character, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings because I like kung-fu movies. But at this point I cannot say that something being Marvel is in and of itself enough to attract me to watch something.


In short, I’m having trouble mustering enough emotion to care about Black Widow.


And this is a shame, because Black Widow should have been a movie I would have been really excited about. And I’m probably the 500th person to say this, but I would have been excited for it if it came out in like 2013. This movie should have come out years ago. By a longshot. Scarlett Johansson has been a bankable action movie star, and people were clamoring for more of her in movies, and enough people loved the Marvel Cinematic Universe without question. 


To be clear, enough people love Marvel right now that it still did great, even though the world is the way it is right now. But I can’t get myself to care. And that’s rough. I remember watching Endgame and wondering if I was watching it because  I actually wanted to or because I wanted to be in the same place the rest of pop culture was. I shouldn’t have to feel like I have to watch a movie to be in the same place as everyone else when it comes to pop culture. Any time that someone tells me that I absolutely have to watch this show that everyone else is watching, my first instinct is to tell that person to shove it.


I sort of feel that way about Black Widow. By all the accounts I’ve read and watched, it’s a good movie. But I am not that excited about seeing a movie about Natasha Romanoff, especially since Marvel killed her off in Endgame. I’m a bit less harsh on her death than a lot of critics, but I still recognize it as not a great choice, especially considering that she’s not really given a funeral scene.


I don’t care. And I feel bad that I don’t care. And I feel bad that I feel bad, and that’s stupid because why the fudge should I feel bad about what I do or don’t watch in theaters?


I did say I’m in a weird place right now at the beginning, didn’t I?


Like I said, I’m behind on a lot of things, and there are a bunch of movies I feel like I should go and watch, so adding another to the list feels like I’m adding more pressure to myself. And I don’t need that.


This is probably a very stupid Saturday Note, but I’ve had a rough week and I didn’t know what else to write about.


I am pretty sure that I will go ahead and watch Gunpowder Milkshake.


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