LogFAQs > #956064055

You're missing the point if you're just clutching on to joke density. The jokes in MCU movies tend to work as punctuation marks, a chance to break things up - to catch your breath. Outside of the opening scene and the scene from the trailers where the "family" is reunited this movie does not breathe. It is mostly one relentless action scene after another stitched together with dourness. There's no fun, and no chance for a moment in the film to be allowed to be memorable.

Comparing it to Winter Soldier isn't totally off. But Winter Soldier gave you certain set pieces and let you take them in in ways Black Widow does not. When watching Black Widow I think there may have been some cool action set pieces in there but I can't remember because before I had the chance to form any lasting cool moments in my mind they were already trying to do something else... either yet another action scene or a scene of just plain emotional trauma. This movie practically makes Winter Soldier look like rainbows and puppy dogs in comparison.

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