Early impressions of Morbius are coming in, and they’re not good
By Daniel Roman
Fans have been waiting a long time see Morbius, the vampire superhero movie featuring Jared Leto. Morbius is one of the many villains from Spider-Man’s extensive rogues’ gallery, and for whatever reason, Sony decided that the Living Vampire was the next best villain after Venom to feature in their expanding Spider-Man Universe of films. It isn’t part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Sony is doing its absolute best to make it MCU-adjacent.
After being delayed six times, Moribus is finally due to hit theaters on April 1. The early reviews are rolling in, and alas, it does not sound good.
Critics call Morbius “as bad as you were expecting”
Okay, so let’s round up the early impressions of Morbius. Reviews are going to keep rolling in leading up to the film’s April 1 release date, but there are already some reviewers who have seen it and survived. Barely.
Well, #Morbius is about as bad as you were expecting. A 2005 plot collides with visually confusing CGI to create a bit of a snooze fest. But don't worry, they've saved the worst for last. Featuring some of the worst post credits scenes you've EVER seen, Sony are off their rocker. pic.twitter.com/TMfVpq95Tn
— Sab Astley (@sab_astley) March 24, 2022
In #Morbius Matt Smith gloriously hams up the place and Oliver Wood delivers some visual flare to the action sequences.
— Ren Geekness (@RenGeekness) March 24, 2022
Aside from that, the bad plotting & messy cgi, confusing editing & worse sound mix result in absolute incoherence
But the post-credits manage to out do it all pic.twitter.com/NZ878P90z4
Well #Morbius is unfortunately not great (some really shoddy vfx & 00s formulaic plot) & definitely not as fun as Venom. Really confused at the future of the Sony Spiderverse following the post-credits scenes & the editing 🤷♀️ Matt Smith is clearly having a blast though! pic.twitter.com/ZCz8aLeUL0
— Nicola Austin (@nicola_aus) March 24, 2022
Morbius is just as disjointed and boring as you expected it to be.
— Cameron Howe (@CamzoOG) March 24, 2022
Clearly butchered in an edit by a studio who had no clue what they wanted to do with it - not that there's a good film trapped in there.
Mid credits are a joke but stick around if you like rolling your eyes pic.twitter.com/XxDvgYYWPF
A lot of people point to the post-credits scene(s) as particularly bad. After a bit of digging, we can talk about why that might be the case, but let’s give an obligatory SPOILER warning here in case you care enough to not want to know why this post-credits scene is infuriating fans.
Why Morbius’ post-credits scene is upsetting the fanbase
The reason why the post-credits scene of Morbius is frustrating so many fans is because it reportedly features Michael Keaton…in his only scene of the movie. Keaton played Adrian Toomes aka The Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming, which is an MCU film. Sony has played up Keaton’s involvement in Morbius in trailers for the film repeatedly. It’s not a huge stretch to say that Keaton’s involvement was one the main talking points about the film.
Apparently, nearly all of Keaton’s scenes in the film were cut, and he only appears in one of the film’s two post-credits scenes.
New Morbius rumors suggest that Michael Keaton is only in the movie during a post credits scene and not an actual character in the film like previously suggested. #Morbius pic.twitter.com/oxCpVreQLo
— TRTS PODCAST 🎙️🍻 (@TheRyanTShow) March 22, 2022
So apparently All of Michael Keaton's Vulture scenes from Morbius have been cut (save for a post credits scene that's not seen in trailers) and I just find that really funny. It was like the thing everyone was talking about when the trailers dropped and now it's gone.
— Dan/Carly W 🏳️🌈 (@Nightwing2xxy) March 22, 2022
We don’t have 100% confirmation on this yet, but enough people are talking about it that it seems pretty likely to be true. And if it is…well, it wouldn’t be the first time that Sony has duped fans with its Spider-Man trailers. I’m still salty over the fact that Paul Giamatti’s Rhino suit appeared in all the marketing for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 only for him to show up in the literal last scene of the film. Learn from your past transgressions, Sony.
Morbius premieres in theaters on April 1. Apparently, Sony really took that April Fool’s day release date to heart.
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