I loved the truther joke, and also the eat the rich joke. I hope the disclaimer makes it easier to read the comments, and to keep making videos the way you want them.
The "fightning pose" scene is even funnier when you find out it was only added because a writer overheard Florence Pugh teasing Scarlett about them not being practical after being told they would hurt the person doing them
@@oliviarts8778 That's been confirmed for a while now. She's in every episode. Edit: Obviously now that the series is over she isn't in every episode. Dumbasses don't have to keep pointing it out. smh.
I'm glad it was acknowledged, and Yelena approaches everything with dark humor, so it makes sense that she would talk about it that way. I'm so excited to see more Yelena/Florence in the MCU!
Especially if you look it through the double lens that is so common for Eastern European women today, and a factor of 5 during the Cold War. To an extent after Stalin (depending on where you lived as this wasn't so true for East Germany and Romania) the Soviets sort of allowed us to use the vehicle of dark humor to ridicule the powers that be to the point they allowed us. That said, underneath that surface, women had to contend with the limited education they received in anatomy, the hush hush battle for contraceptives from the '70s (while we don't have "lovely" faux clinics with preachers disguised as doctors and nurses most male doctors still resisted), these were and to a point still are viewed as "women's stuff" and through the machoistic attitude it's not something "men need to contend with". The bitter irony is that shooting the movie partially in Hungary you have a country that under Stalin demanded 3 kids from every couple, and nowadays even the highest in power can muse about "getting how women are tired after a day of work but so is the husband so they shall find the energy to serve him". A bit of paraphrasing here, but he did say that just a few months ago. So Yelena basically talked about the "unchangeable perspective" of women being viewed as second rate/disposable in an oppressive regime where they can't rely on men.
@@angelofdusk13 wasn't she mind-controlled for most of her life? So where would she get the personality traits to develop such distinct sense of humor?
I myself love that moment, but if I was a parent I probably wouldn't. Most MCU movies are appropriate for ages like, 8+. I would not be happy if I had to explain to a kid that young what a hysterectomy was because there was no indication Black Widow ws intended for an older audience than most MCU films.
I wanted to say that you were wrong with Ant-Man being the only hero Thanos hadn’t defeated. Because of Thanos, Scott missed five years of his daughters life as well as losing his love interest, mentor and the one that he had struggled to rescue earlier.
My argument to that is there wasn't a specific target in mind because of the snap. That was all coincidence and thus Ant man couldn't be involved he never had direct contact with Thanos tho Thanos did take his loved ones. It was random
Technically he wasn't defeated though, since Thanos never knew of his existence in the first place. Not to mention from Scott's perspective, Hope and her parents were only gone for maybe a week at most.
I was never so happy to see anyone getting "always a win". Florence Pugh deserves it and she is only 25. I hope that means Midsommar and Little Women CinemaWins videos are on the way.
@@davidflores0227 A Quiet Place is a horror movie, but it is more of a family movie, and Get Out isn't horror, it's a thriller. If you watch his Hot Fuzz Part 2 video at the end he says something along the lines of "Maybe I'll break my horror movie rule for Last Night in Soho (upcoming horror movie)"
“I wonder what other kind of villain stuff went on while the avengers were distracted by Tony Starks daddy issues” So true, you’re asking the real questions here.
10:10 As a Russian I can confirm, It _is_ pronounced "Yelena", no clue why Google translate said Helena. Also I'd like to give my own win for all the Russian used in the Movie, It really helps bring Russian's like me into the movie making me enjoy it just all the more.
sometimes russian was quite bad tho. in one scene a soldier was screaming: "У неё пистолет!!"(She's got a pistol), when Melina was holding a f grenade launcher
Because Google cannot differentiate between the umlaut on the E that makes it Yelena and matches it to the closest one. Also, if you may recall, Murder on the Orient Express had a similar twist with Hercule recognizing the letter N written in Cyrillic, and not H for Helena. If I recall correctly she too was Elena/Yelena.
@@jurkajuk Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm German, I'm used to not hearing German actors but American actors playing Germans instead, using a bad accent or words that don't really make sense.
I think the opening credits scene deserves AT LEAST 5 wins! It was hauntingly stunning! Like I got chills in the theatre when I saw it the first time, I still get chills!
10:57 When I saw this scene I assumed that the Red Guardian was a Russian propaganda machine, going into staged fights against a fake "Captain America" while Alexei was none the wiser. It would explain his future feelings of inadequacy, and would also serve as a great counterpoint to Captain America's original purpose as an American propaganda machine
I enjoyed how Yelena and Natasha's fight called back to Nebula and Gamora's in GotG Vol 2. It shows that they built a relationship while demonstrating the damage they took during that time.
@S W you never had a sibling fight before lol not to mention they're clearly testing each other as you see the way it ended it was like a play fight for them
@S W bro they're trained assassins and are sisters they weren't trying to kill one another they knew what they were doing bro you looking to hard into it if they wanted each other dead someone would've died already
That first scene with the girls in the container just made my heart drop, the reference to sex trafficking just ah. Every women’s worst fear, I was tearing up
@King Wobbegong, Sea Urchin Farmer The original version, as amazing as it is, doesn’t fit the tone the credits are going for. I definitely would not object to them using the song in an action scene in a later movie though much like Saturday Night’s All Right for Fightin’ like in Kingsman 2.
@@jayco9965 The movie was boring. Recent MCU movies have a great start but a bad ending I thought shang chi was a martial art movie during the first act Then it became into a CG Fantasy movie
@@akhiltrg4087 I don’t really think Shang Chi is really a pure “martial arts” movie or really just a superhero movie. It’s more a Classic Chinese Epic type that’s more complex that has martial arts in it. And it’s part of the MCU, we’re you not expecting any Fantasy in it.
The blue light during the prison avalanche scene was from a transformer(s). When a transformer blows it gives out a bright blue flash of light. The structure at the source of the light was a series of industrial HVAC systems, which can be seen when the avalanche starts. These units at this scale have pretty beefy transformers, which would definitely blow during a freak avalanche.
I think alexeis story about him fighting cap could be him fighting William Burnside. He was a psycho from the 50s who idolised Steve and changed his appearance and name to his.
@@mimicoffey1393 Jeffery Mace was the third Captain America and was one of the longest running. But the MCU/TV Jeffery Mace was the Patriot but he would’ve been a kid or even a teen during the Alexi fight. So it was probably Burnside if he didn’t mention It being a black man wear the Captain America uniform
Yeah like matpat said and actually makes a lot of sense since the cap that went back to peggy split the timelines and does not exist in the MCU main universe
@@mimicoffey1393 Isaiah wouldn't make sense because 1) he doesn't look like Steve, 2) Isaiah was imprisoned in a black site from 1950s-1980s, and after he was freed he lived incognito in Baltimore. He wouldn't be operating as Captain America in 1982 or 1983.
When my older sister and I were watching together for the first time, we had to literally stifle our laughter in the theatre during the "jacket with the pockets" conversation(9:45) just because how Florence Pugh and Scarlett Johansson just fucking NAILED the way sister's talk to each other.
Knowing that Florence Pugh gets "always a win" status makes me very happy. 1000% deserves the status. I'm hoping you do a video on Midsommar, because honestly it's such a good and unsettling film, and Florence's performance is incredible throughout that entire film.
To be fair, I loved Taskmaster's "Terminator" style, kind of reminded me how the Red Room literally Sterilizes, trains and mind controls their Widows, making them almost like living T-800s or something like that.
Taskmaster had always been one of my Marvel Villans, because I found it so cool he xould perfectly imitate someone buy just qatching them and was always an interesting character for me, but Black Widow totally ruined the charactet
See, I hear you. And that works when it works. The problem is, Marvel already had a Terminator. The Winter Soldier. This kind of feels like a rehash of that.
This movie really showed me how people really focus (in my opinion too much) on the plot and dismiss everything else that makes a movie. The plot of Black Widow is pretty forgettable, as are the action scenes and the villain, but Florence Pugh and David Harbour's performance was AMAZING, so much so that this is one of my favorite MCU movies honestly. When Yelena talks about her jacket in the car, the way she emotes and delivers her lines, and the dinner table scene at the end when she breaks down, were simply iconic.
The opening credits too are absolutely amazing and my personal favorite of any Marvel movie. We’ve heard Nat’s story told to us before and it’s dark as hell but to visually see it elevates the emotion and heartbreak of it to a completely new level.
@@theemeraldepiphone644 Agreed! And the cover of Teen Spirit was spot on too, the lyrics have a whole new, tragic meaning when you hear them in the perspective of the young girls in the movie.
@@onecrispyfrie1932 Same. Such an awful and generic cover. It’s like whenever people cover older songs they just make it slow and moody stripping it of all the personality it originally had.
Florence Pugh actually improvised the hysterectomy conversation because some guy put the "time of the month" line in the script and the producer/director/some other woman high up? She and Florence were like, fuck that, and Florence asked if she could improv a bit. Makes me love the scene even more ❤
Speaking of MCU content, could you do videos for everything great about The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Loki Season One, and What If...? Until Shang-Chi, Eternals, Hawkeye Season One, and Spider-Man No Way Home are digitally released?
Now that you've asked, I was still hoping whether or not he'd doing Rango or Murder on the Oriented Express (2017) since he teased back at the end of WandaVision (episodes 7-9), as for Raya and the Last Dragon, we've already past that. But yeah, I'm still hoping for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki to come up before this film.
I was greatly anticipating this movie because my whole family loves Black Widow, and this movie did not disappoint. I loved virtually everything about the film, looking forward for the future of the MCU (or multiverse, does that make it MCM?)
I think the way the did taskmaster had her identity and mannerisms stripped away to make room for all the fighting stuff. Which highlights the dehumanisation theme of the movie
Well Techinally Bucky Barnes is innocent, The Winter soldier is not. Similar to how Nat and Yelena is innocent while their Black Widows Brainwashed Personas and all of their Crimes (Except for Nat bombing Dreykov Daughter of course) isn't.
Everything GREAT about WolfWalkers! It’s the most beautiful hand drawn animated film I’ve EVER seen in my life! Cartoon Saloon deserves more attention!
to be honest, it's not mentioned often but out of marvel movies, black widow had the best action sequences and stunts. No other movie comes even close.
I'm really looking forward to part 2. I saw this movie twice, the second time I bawled through the whole thing. Not just because we lost Nat, but because I was able to digest the human trafficking metaphor, and how all over the world, little girls are being stolen and sold into slavery. The movie is a great action flick with fun characters and a strong theme of family, trauma, and redemption, but it's also really raw and doesn't shy away from a brutal message.
You’d be surprised how people didn’t see that, especially in google reviews. Literally the first comment was something about how this film was anti- male sexist. And it was confusing when someone mention that, cause like it’s Black Widow. Also did you not watch the movie or were ya just simmering in annoyance that this was about Black Widow? Who is a female and of course she is independent and basically a bad bitch. What were u expecting? So confusing…..
All the main characters in this movie were amazing. Natasha has always been one of my favorite Avengers, Yelena is easily one of my new favorite MCU characters ever, and Alexei was hilarious. I just hate how they did Taskmaster. I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to make a character who talks as much as Spider-Man only have one line. The choice to make Taskmaster Dreykov's daughter cheapens the impact of what Nat chose to do in order to kill Dreykov. Plus making her mind controlled and instantly forgive Nat takes away any consequences for Nat's actions, and her powers being an algorithm means that every Widow could have been Taskmaster but Dreykov chose not to because... reasons? This didn't feel like Taskmaster, it felt like Winter Soldier with control c + control v.
I would say that there's one *tiny* potential hope, in how they called using her involving the "Taskmaster Protocol", which could give us a possible Mandarin situation later down the line.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the human trafficking metaphor. The opening montage was pretty brutal. I had to take a moment before I continued watching the movie.
I'm actually from the town of Rome, GA where some of the opening scenes were filmed, namely the American flag lights on the bridge and the football stadium which belongs to one of our two universities. Everyone in the theater freaked out when we saw our little northwest Georgia town's landmarks on the big screen in an MCU movie!
Honestly, not even mad about the 2nd part being available sooner on Nebula; it's a fair intensive for people who want to get it sooner while not completely depriving us adoring UA-cam non-convertees. Good video as always. Looking forward to the second part.
8:56 What's even better is that part was put in because of remarks the writers overheard Florence Pugh saying about it, which even had a stuntman agreeing "Well, yeah. If she actually landed like that, she would have broken her spine."
i definitely found myself falling a lil bit in love with yelena. ever since seeing her in midsommar, florence pugh being on screen always brightens my day
How is it possible for you to not give the opening scene montage to smells like teen spirit at least 5 points? That was by far the best opening in the whole MCU! It just fits so perfectly
In the marvel comics, Natasha and her sister have more than once switched places for each other in past, nearly seamlessly taking over the mantle of "Black Widow" when they needed or wanted to. This means we may see the sister take over for natasha.
I started singing along to nirvana and my nephews looked at me like I was crazy cuz they saw this movie before me but didnt know it was a cover song Also: I dont think Yelena's 'like the avengers weren't really your family' was a stab to try to invalidate Natasha's relationships but rather a place of jealousy and payback that her sister would dismiss her like that.
I’m always slightly angered when cool characters like this are overshadowed by the massive power imbalance of Marvel. We have someone who’s good at martial arts, fighting, shooting etc. And we have a literally god with a massive axe.
And really, Thor probably respected Natasha tons and would have told someone off for daring to infer she was less of a hero because she didn't have powers or a suit of power armour.
@@SA80TAGE Just because Thor is boastful about his abilities and under the impression he's the strongest Avenger, doesn't mean he's incapable of recognizing when someone's got game. I highly doubt Sif would have let him get away with diminishing her abilities on the battlefield, let alone Natasha, so I think he has a healthy respect for what Natasha can do. I mean, Darcy took him down with a TASER in Thor 1 and seemed to like her just fine for both Thor 1 & 2...and she's not a soldier or spy.
I love Black Widow, because that was my honest and raw opinion before hearing the reviews. I swear they're always gonna find *something* and they're particularly hard on Phase 4. After Endgame I just wanted to enjoy everything and not nitpick. And all the content I've seen thus far has been enjoyable and creative, they reached a level where they could be inventive as they want.
10:07 *Russian for love (Cyrillic is the alphabet, language is Russian, same as English uses Latin letters). Любовь is also a very popular name in Russia though, so could be someone else entirely. The other translations of the tattoos are all correct
Before this movie I hadn't seen Florence Pugh in anything and I'm now obsessed with her. Although when she isn't doing the accent it's like something's missing. She still brings everything in Hawkeye. I kind of need her to be in every Marvel film and series from here on out because her presence elevates anything in which she appears.
4:11 What I really appreciated here is that they didn't just use the old footage from Civil War here but gave us a bird's eye/satellite view, since there obv weren't any cameras around. So many movies just use old footage so mad props to them.
The thing with the tattoos of Lenin and Stalin is it was a way to protect yourself in prison because it was illegal to deface pictures of them so prisoners would get their faces tattooed over vital organs to keep guards and other prisoners from attacking them there.
The worst part about that roof scene is how they made it (either by camera angles or special effects I don't know) so the water reflects the sky perfectly and it looks like there's nothing but an endless abyss of sky below them (that's actually what I thought it was until they actually fell even though that makes no sense). I don't usually do too bad with heights but that legitimately gave me vertigo.
One of the best things about the movie is the jumpscares! I saw this in theaters and the first jumpscare made my family and I jump in our seats! I LOVE BLACK WIDOW!!!
Ugh king thank you for this video, I’ve been waiting for a video that actually talks about the good in black widow. Every other video on this movie is way too negative
5:52 Man, even your roasts are weirdly wholesome. Like, yeah, some people, like me, go to Cinemasins videos just to watch a short version of the movie.
Was waiting for this! I liked this movie and when I worked in the theater nearly everyone did. It’s all Internet people I promise. But please Mr Lee do TFATWS and Loki next, please!
This comment may seem late, but I just found this, lol. I had to see if there was a comment about American Pie and I wasn't disappointed, but I will add. American isn't about the plane crash; it's about the era of 'lost innocence' that came after that event. (It's my all time favorite song so I've giving some thought to this as well as looking up the times Don has talked about it.) Which is why it works in this film. This film is about the loss of Innocence both Nat and Yelena went through. It's why the song affects Yelena later in the film when it is sung to her.
"Ok, well they´re at least on equal footing, and Tony didin´t have to fight his best friend for the honor." ........ No, he didn´t. But he gave up the chance to see his daughter grow up. I know for sure which one hit harder for me.
I feel like I'm one of the few people that genuinely enjoyed black widow. I am adopted from Russia so I always felt like I really liked Natasha's character.
Personally I think the opening credits with the cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit is the best scene in the movie. Works as a aging montage and it *hits* you. It’s powerful.
When I saw this in theaters, I was seated next to a four year old kid and his mom. When we got to 12:11 I looked over to see the kids mom was covering his ears.
Remember when they wanted taskmaster to be "le stronk female" so they got a pretty good actress for fighting but realised how weird she looks in frame so every scene with taskmaster fighting is actually a guy. Bravo Disney
When Yelena pulled the knife on Nat, I was like “ yeah, that’s something I would do. “ it’s just such a little sister thing. Like that would’ve been my sister and I if we were trained assassins.
Just noticing that they show natasha grabbing a hair tie and putting it on her wrist which is what she ultimately uses to steal all the vials from taskmaster. Great detail!
So glad you’re doing Black Widow. I thought the movie was great and Florence Pugh totally stole the show. Can’t wait to see her in other Marvel projects!
I think Rachel Weisz would have been perfect for Nat. She hasn’t aged in years, she showed through this movie that she can DO the demanding stunts, and honestly, she feels more like the Black Widow than ScarJo.
"Yeah, I know she's not a mutant in this one." Was Taskmaster ever a mutant? Last I checked, in the comics he's just some guy with photographic reflexes, which is just as much a mutant power as being really good at chess.
"Taskmaster injected himself with SS-Hauptsturmführer Horst Gorscht's primer, an elaborate modification of the adrenal steroid cortisol designed to unlock the mind's procedural memory potential. " Not a mutant, but not just normal.
Comics Taskmaster is a "mutate" like Spider-man...someone who's biology was modified after birth to give them powers. Pretty sure Daredevil is one too, as well.
Watch Part 2 right now on Nebula! curiositystream.com/cinemawins
When is falcon and winter soldier coming?
@@CliffReeds Hopefully never
@@royalblue5367 racism in the flesh
@@aeorut7455 Touch some grass please.
I loved the truther joke, and also the eat the rich joke. I hope the disclaimer makes it easier to read the comments, and to keep making videos the way you want them.
The "fightning pose" scene is even funnier when you find out it was only added because a writer overheard Florence Pugh teasing Scarlett about them not being practical after being told they would hurt the person doing them
I didn’t know that. Adds a whole new light to the joke. Thanks!
The biggest win is certainly Florence Pugh as Yelena. Florence fit right into the MCU, and I hope to see her in more Marvel projects.
i think she is going to be in hawkeye
@@oliviarts8778 That's been confirmed for a while now. She's in every episode.
Edit: Obviously now that the series is over she isn't in every episode. Dumbasses don't have to keep pointing it out. smh.
I bet CinemaSins Jeremy will take 10 sins off when he sins it
Agree I adore her!
the biggest when is scarlet Johannsen but ok
I saw so many complaints about the hysterectomy bit, but I love it-the acknowledgment of trauma with dark humor that implies some measure of healing.
The characters have the right to talk about it.
I'm glad it was acknowledged, and Yelena approaches everything with dark humor, so it makes sense that she would talk about it that way. I'm so excited to see more Yelena/Florence in the MCU!
Especially if you look it through the double lens that is so common for Eastern European women today, and a factor of 5 during the Cold War. To an extent after Stalin (depending on where you lived as this wasn't so true for East Germany and Romania) the Soviets sort of allowed us to use the vehicle of dark humor to ridicule the powers that be to the point they allowed us.
That said, underneath that surface, women had to contend with the limited education they received in anatomy, the hush hush battle for contraceptives from the '70s (while we don't have "lovely" faux clinics with preachers disguised as doctors and nurses most male doctors still resisted), these were and to a point still are viewed as "women's stuff" and through the machoistic attitude it's not something "men need to contend with".
The bitter irony is that shooting the movie partially in Hungary you have a country that under Stalin demanded 3 kids from every couple, and nowadays even the highest in power can muse about "getting how women are tired after a day of work but so is the husband so they shall find the energy to serve him". A bit of paraphrasing here, but he did say that just a few months ago.
So Yelena basically talked about the "unchangeable perspective" of women being viewed as second rate/disposable in an oppressive regime where they can't rely on men.
@@angelofdusk13 wasn't she mind-controlled for most of her life? So where would she get the personality traits to develop such distinct sense of humor?
I myself love that moment, but if I was a parent I probably wouldn't. Most MCU movies are appropriate for ages like, 8+. I would not be happy if I had to explain to a kid that young what a hysterectomy was because there was no indication Black Widow ws intended for an older audience than most MCU films.
I wanted to say that you were wrong with Ant-Man being the only hero Thanos hadn’t defeated.
Because of Thanos, Scott missed five years of his daughters life as well as losing his love interest, mentor and the one that he had struggled to rescue earlier.
My argument to that is there wasn't a specific target in mind because of the snap. That was all coincidence and thus Ant man couldn't be involved he never had direct contact with Thanos tho Thanos did take his loved ones. It was random
Technically he wasn't defeated though, since Thanos never knew of his existence in the first place. Not to mention from Scott's perspective, Hope and her parents were only gone for maybe a week at most.
Oof
@@DreamyAileen in that sense, Hawkeye and Captain Marvel weren't defeated either. So ant-man still isn't the only undefeated avenger
It depends on the definition of "defeat"
I was never so happy to see anyone getting "always a win". Florence Pugh deserves it and she is only 25. I hope that means Midsommar and Little Women CinemaWins videos are on the way.
Little Women maybe but Lee doesn’t do videos on horror movies so I wouldn’t count on a Midsommar video.
@@Onyxiate He did a Quiet Place and Get Out.
@@davidflores0227 A Quiet Place is a horror movie, but it is more of a family movie, and Get Out isn't horror, it's a thriller. If you watch his Hot Fuzz Part 2 video at the end he says something along the lines of "Maybe I'll break my horror movie rule for Last Night in Soho (upcoming horror movie)"
Indeed, Florence is so young, yet has an ultra promising career, plus an Oscar nomination, under her belt!
The fact that she can nail Amy and Yelena both says alot
“I wonder what other kind of villain stuff went on while the avengers were distracted by Tony Starks daddy issues” So true, you’re asking the real questions here.
Makes sense The Avengers wouldn't have a single clue about The Red Room's operations.
Vulture was definitely one example.
@@kimberlyterasaki4843 along with the dr strange guys
@@noncanalepricnipale
Daredevil is already in the MCU.
@@cjtrules1 it doesn't
10:10
As a Russian I can confirm, It _is_ pronounced "Yelena", no clue why Google translate said Helena.
Also I'd like to give my own win for all the Russian used in the Movie, It really helps bring Russian's like me into the movie making me enjoy it just all the more.
sometimes russian was quite bad tho.
in one scene a soldier was screaming: "У неё пистолет!!"(She's got a pistol), when Melina was holding a f grenade launcher
Because Google cannot differentiate between the umlaut on the E that makes it Yelena and matches it to the closest one. Also, if you may recall, Murder on the Orient Express had a similar twist with Hercule recognizing the letter N written in Cyrillic, and not H for Helena. If I recall correctly she too was Elena/Yelena.
As another Russian, it saddens me that the only good Russians in American movies are the ones abandoning or betraying our country.
Are you kidding? Their accent is a joke. Both in English and in Russian.
@@jurkajuk Yeah, I know what you mean.
I'm German, I'm used to not hearing German actors but American actors playing Germans instead, using a bad accent or words that don't really make sense.
I think the opening credits scene deserves AT LEAST 5 wins! It was hauntingly stunning! Like I got chills in the theatre when I saw it the first time, I still get chills!
10:57 When I saw this scene I assumed that the Red Guardian was a Russian propaganda machine, going into staged fights against a fake "Captain America" while Alexei was none the wiser. It would explain his future feelings of inadequacy, and would also serve as a great counterpoint to Captain America's original purpose as an American propaganda machine
I enjoyed how Yelena and Natasha's fight called back to Nebula and Gamora's in GotG Vol 2. It shows that they built a relationship while demonstrating the damage they took during that time.
Also the general parallels between the two sets of sisters
Bad take tho
@S W you never had a sibling fight before lol not to mention they're clearly testing each other as you see the way it ended it was like a play fight for them
@S W bro they're trained assassins and are sisters they weren't trying to kill one another they knew what they were doing bro you looking to hard into it if they wanted each other dead someone would've died already
Am I the only one that gets chills every time they see the opening credits for this movie
Me too, song is haunting and the whole montage of how black widows came to be black widows was chilling
That first scene with the girls in the container just made my heart drop, the reference to sex trafficking just ah. Every women’s worst fear, I was tearing up
@King Wobbegong, Sea Urchin Farmer The original version, as amazing as it is, doesn’t fit the tone the credits are going for. I definitely would not object to them using the song in an action scene in a later movie though much like Saturday Night’s All Right for Fightin’ like in Kingsman 2.
Pugh’s line are frequently dripping with sarcasm. That’s why her lines are wins!
And they criticize Fallout 4 for including sarcasm lines....
His videos bring joy to my face, seeing good movies and pointing out the awesome stuff, even though the movie may be flawed at times, he does his best
A movie this bad does not deserve his words of positivity.
@@thepolitegamer1966 this movie was good I bet you haven’t watched a single marvel movie in your life
@@jayco9965 The movie was boring. Recent MCU movies have a great start but a bad ending
I thought shang chi was a martial art movie during the first act
Then it became into a CG Fantasy movie
@@akhiltrg4087 I don’t really think Shang Chi is really a pure “martial arts” movie or really just a superhero movie. It’s more a Classic Chinese Epic type that’s more complex that has martial arts in it. And it’s part of the MCU, we’re you not expecting any Fantasy in it.
@@thepolitegamer1966 there's always something good in something bad, don't believe me? See The Room then
The blue light during the prison avalanche scene was from a transformer(s). When a transformer blows it gives out a bright blue flash of light. The structure at the source of the light was a series of industrial HVAC systems, which can be seen when the avalanche starts. These units at this scale have pretty beefy transformers, which would definitely blow during a freak avalanche.
Building know-how win. *Ding*
Man, thought you were talking about Optimus prime 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Kashis_Corner That would have been Transformer, with a capital "T", not transformer.
I think alexeis story about him fighting cap could be him fighting William Burnside. He was a psycho from the 50s who idolised Steve and changed his appearance and name to his.
Definitely Burnside or Isaiah Bradley
@@mimicoffey1393 Jeffery Mace was the third Captain America and was one of the longest running. But the MCU/TV Jeffery Mace was the Patriot but he would’ve been a kid or even a teen during the Alexi fight. So it was probably Burnside if he didn’t mention It being a black man wear the Captain America uniform
Film Theory? Yeah it makes sense.
Yeah like matpat said and actually makes a lot of sense since the cap that went back to peggy split the timelines and does not exist in the MCU main universe
@@mimicoffey1393 Isaiah wouldn't make sense because 1) he doesn't look like Steve, 2) Isaiah was imprisoned in a black site from 1950s-1980s, and after he was freed he lived incognito in Baltimore. He wouldn't be operating as Captain America in 1982 or 1983.
When my older sister and I were watching together for the first time, we had to literally stifle our laughter in the theatre during the "jacket with the pockets" conversation(9:45) just because how Florence Pugh and Scarlett Johansson just fucking NAILED the way sister's talk to each other.
Knowing that Florence Pugh gets "always a win" status makes me very happy. 1000% deserves the status. I'm hoping you do a video on Midsommar, because honestly it's such a good and unsettling film, and Florence's performance is incredible throughout that entire film.
Yelena is so iconic. I already know whell have a LOT of wins
I agree, she is by far the best part of the movie
Ditto, Florence Pugh is an absolute queen in every project she's a part of! 👑😍
Oh, well I was about to talk about fallopian tubes but... ok
To be fair, I loved Taskmaster's "Terminator" style, kind of reminded me how the Red Room literally Sterilizes, trains and mind controls their Widows, making them almost like living T-800s or something like that.
I thought it sucked, Tony Masters actually has a personality, and is quite chatty.
Ehhh, they changed Taskmaster a lot from the comics.
Taskmaster had always been one of my Marvel Villans, because I found it so cool he xould perfectly imitate someone buy just qatching them and was always an interesting character for me, but Black Widow totally ruined the charactet
See, I hear you. And that works when it works.
The problem is, Marvel already had a Terminator. The Winter Soldier. This kind of feels like a rehash of that.
@@Neurodivergent-j1f lol the entire movie was a crappy winter Soldier remake suprise people didn't realise it soon
This movie really showed me how people really focus (in my opinion too much) on the plot and dismiss everything else that makes a movie. The plot of Black Widow is pretty forgettable, as are the action scenes and the villain, but Florence Pugh and David Harbour's performance was AMAZING, so much so that this is one of my favorite MCU movies honestly. When Yelena talks about her jacket in the car, the way she emotes and delivers her lines, and the dinner table scene at the end when she breaks down, were simply iconic.
The opening credits too are absolutely amazing and my personal favorite of any Marvel movie. We’ve heard Nat’s story told to us before and it’s dark as hell but to visually see it elevates the emotion and heartbreak of it to a completely new level.
@@theemeraldepiphone644 Agreed! And the cover of Teen Spirit was spot on too, the lyrics have a whole new, tragic meaning when you hear them in the perspective of the young girls in the movie.
i absolutely loved the opening credits to this film
the opening credits scene with the smells like teen spirit cover GAVE ME CHILLS
Best part of the movie hands down.
Absolutely terrific stuff. Was so fucking dark.
Check out opening of Sucker Punch with Sweet Dreams then.
that scene made me want to die because of how shit it was
@@onecrispyfrie1932 Same. Such an awful and generic cover. It’s like whenever people cover older songs they just make it slow and moody stripping it of all the personality it originally had.
No win for the incredibly good take on Smells like teen spirit by Malia J? I’m surprised!
Florence Pugh actually improvised the hysterectomy conversation because some guy put the "time of the month" line in the script and the producer/director/some other woman high up? She and Florence were like, fuck that, and Florence asked if she could improv a bit.
Makes me love the scene even more ❤
"no we're good, we'll make it-"
"Okay..."
*Doesn't make it*
Honestly my favorite line in the movie.
*you should of brought the Avengers super jet*
Speaking of MCU content, could you do videos for everything great about The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Loki Season One, and What If...? Until Shang-Chi, Eternals, Hawkeye Season One, and Spider-Man No Way Home are digitally released?
Now that you've asked, I was still hoping whether or not he'd doing Rango or Murder on the Oriented Express (2017) since he teased back at the end of WandaVision (episodes 7-9), as for Raya and the Last Dragon, we've already past that.
But yeah, I'm still hoping for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki to come up before this film.
I was greatly anticipating this movie because my whole family loves Black Widow, and this movie did not disappoint. I loved virtually everything about the film, looking forward for the future of the MCU (or multiverse, does that make it MCM?)
Good point
MCM. Sounds perfectly good. *No Way Home* *Multiverse of Madness* *Quantum-Mania* *LOKI S02* will be right in the middle of the MCM. 😉
Really it felt like a shitty remake of Winter Soldier
I think the way the did taskmaster had her identity and mannerisms stripped away to make room for all the fighting stuff. Which highlights the dehumanisation theme of the movie
Thank you! Someone who understands that
Exactly. I’m sorry but I feel like some of y’all overreacted about task master…
I still hate the character because obviously my opinion but cool take
Or they just couldn’t have two male villains in a female starring movie because then it wouldn’t pass the bechdel test
@@justinbrown2982 or make it a female villian and then make taskmaster a dude, Bam problem solved
BUCKY IS A GREAT GUY. Yes he is. No bad things has he done. Nope. Pure little Angel.
Well Techinally Bucky Barnes is innocent, The Winter soldier is not. Similar to how Nat and Yelena is innocent while their Black Widows Brainwashed Personas and all of their Crimes (Except for Nat bombing Dreykov Daughter of course) isn't.
@@Spidervenom23 Exactly.
Everything GREAT about WolfWalkers! It’s the most beautiful hand drawn animated film I’ve EVER seen in my life! Cartoon Saloon deserves more attention!
Wolfwalkers is a pretty amazing movie.
Oh please, please do this
Like the way they use blocking and editing is genuinely amazing
Yes! I love this movie
THIS! one of my all time favourite movies and it soooo deserved to beat soul, it’s just so much better in just about every way
Please do A Knights Tale, Lilo & Stitch and Hercules!
Great work as usual!
I'd love it if he does a Knight's Tale starring always a win actors Heath Ledger and Alan Tudyk
@@adhamwashere5320 I hope it gives Paul Bettany 'Always a Win' status because he was so great as Chaucer
@@disconsolate3235 Oh yeah. That was a good speech.
Florence was absolutely my favorite. No question! So excited for her future, in the MCU and otherwise
to be honest, it's not mentioned often but out of marvel movies, black widow had the best action sequences and stunts. No other movie comes even close.
I personally prefer Shang-Chi, but I see where you're coming from
I'm really looking forward to part 2. I saw this movie twice, the second time I bawled through the whole thing. Not just because we lost Nat, but because I was able to digest the human trafficking metaphor, and how all over the world, little girls are being stolen and sold into slavery. The movie is a great action flick with fun characters and a strong theme of family, trauma, and redemption, but it's also really raw and doesn't shy away from a brutal message.
You’d be surprised how people didn’t see that, especially in google reviews. Literally the first comment was something about how this film was anti- male sexist. And it was confusing when someone mention that, cause like it’s Black Widow. Also did you not watch the movie or were ya just simmering in annoyance that this was about Black Widow? Who is a female and of course she is independent and basically a bad bitch. What were u expecting? So confusing…..
All the main characters in this movie were amazing. Natasha has always been one of my favorite Avengers, Yelena is easily one of my new favorite MCU characters ever, and Alexei was hilarious. I just hate how they did Taskmaster. I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to make a character who talks as much as Spider-Man only have one line. The choice to make Taskmaster Dreykov's daughter cheapens the impact of what Nat chose to do in order to kill Dreykov. Plus making her mind controlled and instantly forgive Nat takes away any consequences for Nat's actions, and her powers being an algorithm means that every Widow could have been Taskmaster but Dreykov chose not to because... reasons? This didn't feel like Taskmaster, it felt like Winter Soldier with control c + control v.
Accurate.
I would say that there's one *tiny* potential hope, in how they called using her involving the "Taskmaster Protocol", which could give us a possible Mandarin situation later down the line.
Ah heck yeah, I loved this movie! That training montage after the intro was so powerful.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the human trafficking metaphor. The opening montage was pretty brutal. I had to take a moment before I continued watching the movie.
If you look at the preview of part 2, he's talking about it in that part it seems.
My guess that will be explored more in part 2
Stop taking Marvel blockbusters seriously
@@ursa_margo I keep falling like a clown 😞🤡
@@ursa_margo Why superhero media can definitely be serious and have points
0:10 the huuuuu mixed with the children screaming is quite funny.
"Chemical reaction called, bioluminescence."
I already wish she could be my science teacher for one school year.
Yes yes, the completely insane scientist assasin who is an expert in mind control, yes yes yes.
@@knekt6874 If she can mind-control my science grade into an A, I'd be okay with it lol
I'm actually from the town of Rome, GA where some of the opening scenes were filmed, namely the American flag lights on the bridge and the football stadium which belongs to one of our two universities. Everyone in the theater freaked out when we saw our little northwest Georgia town's landmarks on the big screen in an MCU movie!
Man you’re videos bring me so much joy. I didn’t love the movie in theaters. But your insight makes me love it. Thank you as always
Likewise, one of my favourite things about Cinema Wins, Lee genuinely praises our favourite movies, no matter how flawed they might be!
Insight....? He just praises random garbage or average bare minimum acting, what are you talking about, this is insanity.
Honestly, not even mad about the 2nd part being available sooner on Nebula; it's a fair intensive for people who want to get it sooner while not completely depriving us adoring UA-cam non-convertees. Good video as always. Looking forward to the second part.
8:56 What's even better is that part was put in because of remarks the writers overheard Florence Pugh saying about it, which even had a stuntman agreeing "Well, yeah. If she actually landed like that, she would have broken her spine."
i definitely found myself falling a lil bit in love with yelena. ever since seeing her in midsommar, florence pugh being on screen always brightens my day
Just call Bucky an anti-hero. He's definitely the Shadow the Hedgehog of this franchise
This is the most beautiful thing I've seen all day. Thank you.
"Florence Pugh is always a win"
You're god-damn right she is!!
That intro with Smells Like Teen Spirit in the background deserves 10 wins on its own.
Yelena was definitely my favorite part about this movie. She’s smart, funny, beautiful, and deadly, AND she’s got a tragic backstory. What a character
Still waiting for Everything Great About The Iron Giant.
The entire movie.
The deadpan delivery of the hysterectomy conversation was excellent. One of my favorite macabre lines in the movie.
"She did the whole save the world self sacrifice thing" You mean save the Universe
2:10 Bucky is a good guy that was forced to do bad things. That's the best way to explain it.
So in a way Drekov/The Red Room is the Russian version of HYDRA? Since they use the same playbook
@@an-animal-lover Who knows Drekov may been a part of HYDRA, but a some point he broke off.
How is it possible for you to not give the opening scene montage to smells like teen spirit at least 5 points? That was by far the best opening in the whole MCU! It just fits so perfectly
In the marvel comics, Natasha and her sister have more than once switched places for each other in past, nearly seamlessly taking over the mantle of "Black Widow" when they needed or wanted to. This means we may see the sister take over for natasha.
Everything Great About The Prince of Egypt would be very much appreciated.
You know what else removes UA-cam ads? An ad blocker. Haven't seen an ad here in years.
I started singing along to nirvana and my nephews looked at me like I was crazy cuz they saw this movie before me but didnt know it was a cover song
Also: I dont think Yelena's 'like the avengers weren't really your family' was a stab to try to invalidate Natasha's relationships but rather a place of jealousy and payback that her sister would dismiss her like that.
that intro credits scene is so well done and really sets the tone.
I’m always slightly angered when cool characters like this are overshadowed by the massive power imbalance of Marvel.
We have someone who’s good at martial arts, fighting, shooting etc.
And we have a literally god with a massive axe.
And really, Thor probably respected Natasha tons and would have told someone off for daring to infer she was less of a hero because she didn't have powers or a suit of power armour.
@@generalilbis the guy who is constantly boasting about he's the strongest Avenger? I doubt that.
@@SA80TAGE Just because Thor is boastful about his abilities and under the impression he's the strongest Avenger, doesn't mean he's incapable of recognizing when someone's got game. I highly doubt Sif would have let him get away with diminishing her abilities on the battlefield, let alone Natasha, so I think he has a healthy respect for what Natasha can do.
I mean, Darcy took him down with a TASER in Thor 1 and seemed to like her just fine for both Thor 1 & 2...and she's not a soldier or spy.
@@generalilbis He came across as rather condescending to Valkyrie during Ragnarok with that "about time" comment is all I'm saying.
I think the personality of the youngest siblings always take the cake anywhen. The family pays the attention to them, and SO DO WE!
I love Black Widow, because that was my honest and raw opinion before hearing the reviews. I swear they're always gonna find *something* and they're particularly hard on Phase 4. After Endgame I just wanted to enjoy everything and not nitpick. And all the content I've seen thus far has been enjoyable and creative, they reached a level where they could be inventive as they want.
A little fun fact about 6:08 is that this wasn't in the script, Florence actually stumbled and Scarlett improvised
10:07 *Russian for love (Cyrillic is the alphabet, language is Russian, same as English uses Latin letters). Любовь is also a very popular name in Russia though, so could be someone else entirely. The other translations of the tattoos are all correct
Despite all the hate the MCU’s Taskmaster gets she’s gotta have one of my favorite suits in the entire franchise
Before this movie I hadn't seen Florence Pugh in anything and I'm now obsessed with her. Although when she isn't doing the accent it's like something's missing. She still brings everything in Hawkeye. I kind of need her to be in every Marvel film and series from here on out because her presence elevates anything in which she appears.
I like how they show the bags around Nats eyes in some scenes. Showing the effect of losing her friends has had.
Natasha and Yelena are the best Marvel sisters! I love their relationship so much!
4:11 What I really appreciated here is that they didn't just use the old footage from Civil War here but gave us a bird's eye/satellite view, since there obv weren't any cameras around. So many movies just use old footage so mad props to them.
In the Loki series they used the same exact clips for the video of his life
11:32 I give you ten points for the dad joke and the wholehearted commitment to the terrible accent.
That edit after Yelena says "OK" to the helicopter plummeting to earth may be the funniest thing in any Marvel film. It's so unexpected.
The thing with the tattoos of Lenin and Stalin is it was a way to protect yourself in prison because it was illegal to deface pictures of them so prisoners would get their faces tattooed over vital organs to keep guards and other prisoners from attacking them there.
I really enjoyed the pacing of this movie. All the action scenes are short enough so you don't get bored, but long enough to pack it full of details.
This does put a smile on my face
The worst part about that roof scene is how they made it (either by camera angles or special effects I don't know) so the water reflects the sky perfectly and it looks like there's nothing but an endless abyss of sky below them (that's actually what I thought it was until they actually fell even though that makes no sense). I don't usually do too bad with heights but that legitimately gave me vertigo.
One of the best things about the movie is the jumpscares! I saw this in theaters and the first jumpscare made my family and I jump in our seats! I LOVE BLACK WIDOW!!!
Ugh king thank you for this video, I’ve been waiting for a video that actually talks about the good in black widow. Every other video on this movie is way too negative
I saw it last weekend and can't wait for you to win Shang-Chi. The fight choreography is stellar!
2:15 Wow, Twilight Sparkle really nailed that time travel spell. She got back 25 years before her creation.
Literally bothered me so much lmao
I've been looking forward to this, I'm not even gonna waste any time and hop into part 2... What? No free trial?
Bugger!
No you just have to sign up I think.
5:52
Man, even your roasts are weirdly wholesome. Like, yeah, some people, like me, go to Cinemasins videos just to watch a short version of the movie.
Was waiting for this! I liked this movie and when I worked in the theater nearly everyone did. It’s all Internet people I promise. But please Mr Lee do TFATWS and Loki next, please!
This comment may seem late, but I just found this, lol. I had to see if there was a comment about American Pie and I wasn't disappointed, but I will add. American isn't about the plane crash; it's about the era of 'lost innocence' that came after that event. (It's my all time favorite song so I've giving some thought to this as well as looking up the times Don has talked about it.) Which is why it works in this film. This film is about the loss of Innocence both Nat and Yelena went through. It's why the song affects Yelena later in the film when it is sung to her.
Me and my sisters watch this in a theater with no one else! It was awesome!!
Man did he actually forget to give a win to the intro song. Oh damn
"Ok, well they´re at least on equal footing, and Tony didin´t have to fight his best friend for the honor." ........ No, he didn´t. But he gave up the chance to see his daughter grow up. I know for sure which one hit harder for me.
I feel like I'm one of the few people that genuinely enjoyed black widow. I am adopted from Russia so I always felt like I really liked Natasha's character.
Personally I think the opening credits with the cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit is the best scene in the movie. Works as a aging montage and it *hits* you. It’s powerful.
When I saw this in theaters, I was seated next to a four year old kid and his mom. When we got to 12:11 I looked over to see the kids mom was covering his ears.
Remember when they wanted taskmaster to be "le stronk female" so they got a pretty good actress for fighting but realised how weird she looks in frame so every scene with taskmaster fighting is actually a guy.
Bravo Disney
When Yelena pulled the knife on Nat, I was like “ yeah, that’s something I would do. “ it’s just such a little sister thing. Like that would’ve been my sister and I if we were trained assassins.
Scott Lang (Ant-Man) *just can't catch a break when it comes to his superhero name.*
Just noticing that they show natasha grabbing a hair tie and putting it on her wrist which is what she ultimately uses to steal all the vials from taskmaster. Great detail!
So glad you’re doing Black Widow. I thought the movie was great and Florence Pugh totally stole the show. Can’t wait to see her in other Marvel projects!
Just got it
In russian Budapest reads with [sh] at the end - that's why Natasha pronounce it that way.
Would you ever consider doing the planet of the apes trilogy. Rise/Dawn/War. All amazing movies with great performance from Andy Serkis.
I think Rachel Weisz would have been perfect for Nat. She hasn’t aged in years, she showed through this movie that she can DO the demanding stunts, and honestly, she feels more like the Black Widow than ScarJo.
"Yeah, I know she's not a mutant in this one." Was Taskmaster ever a mutant? Last I checked, in the comics he's just some guy with photographic reflexes, which is just as much a mutant power as being really good at chess.
"Taskmaster injected himself with SS-Hauptsturmführer Horst Gorscht's primer, an elaborate modification of the adrenal steroid cortisol designed to unlock the mind's procedural memory potential. "
Not a mutant, but not just normal.
Comics Taskmaster is a "mutate" like Spider-man...someone who's biology was modified after birth to give them powers. Pretty sure Daredevil is one too, as well.
Florence Pugh is ALWAYS A WIN!!! Now do Fighting with my Family! Or Father of the Bride Part 3(ish), that one wouldn't take long.
Please do everything great with Zack Snyder’s justice league
he has said he will
Damn…that’s gonna be homework
@@Luke-Godzilla wait what? When??
@@Luke-Godzilla im hyped
@@sia6045 end of the Elysium vid