Bad movies are not uncommon at the box office and it has been this way since the very beginning of the film industry but bad superhero movies are a whole different category and are a bit more uncommon. However, it seems like Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web will be breaking all records and might just come out as the worst superhero movie of all time.
Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web is being criticized by critics and fans alike
Madame Web deals with the origin story of a Marvel character of the same name who has clairvoyant powers and can see into the future. In the movie, Dakota Johnson portrayed the role of Cassie Webb aka Madame Webb, and was trying to save the 3 spider-woman characters from the villain of the movie, Ezekiel Sims.
Madame Web has been receiving a lot of negative comments from critics and fans alike for poor dialogue and scriptwriting of the movie.
For instance, in one of the interactions between Cassie Webb and a young Uncle Ben who used to work together as paramedics, Webb goes on to say a line that hurts the sentiments of Spider-Verse fans all around the world. On their very first interaction on the screen, she said,
“What, you don’t wanna get shot in Queens?“
Madame Web has already been a massive disappointment to the fans of the franchise and fans considered this dialogue a reference to the death of the character who really ends up getting ‘shot in Queens‘.
Madame Web also ruined Uncle Ben’s iconic dialogue, “With great power comes great responsibility” from Spider-Man. Throughout the years, different iterations of this dialogue have been spoken in many Spider-Verse movies but Dakota Johnson’s iteration of this dialogue was allegedly so bad that fans just could it anymore. In Madame Web, Johnson said,
“When you take on the responsibility, great power will come.“
Madame Web was supposed to be the first movie of a standalone universe but considering how it has performed commercially and critically, it seems like Sony might not be interested in developing further movies.
Fans have taken to social media and are trolling Madame Web
Ever since the premiere of Madame Web at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles last week, fans have taken to social media time and time again to troll the movie for its terrible dialogue and scriptwriting.
Even ScreenGeek recently took to X(formerly Twitter) to troll Madame Web and wrote, “Be safe everyone. I had 2 tickets for the Madame Web movie and someone broke into my car and left 5 more.”
Be safe everyone. I had 2 tickets for the Madame Web movie and someone broke into my car and left 5 more. pic.twitter.com/iJkmV3BFaT
— ScreenGeek (@RealScreenGeek) February 17, 2024
Some fans even went on to troll the box office collections of the movie with hilarious clips from movies and series.
Sony looking at the box office for Madame Web: pic.twitter.com/mRFxe6EoJZ
— 🐰 goofyrabbit 🍉 (@goofyrabbitt) February 16, 2024
Me, as the credits roll on Madame Web: pic.twitter.com/WU8giPjby1
— Henry Gilbert (@hEnereyG) February 15, 2024
A few fans also pointed out how each year they are increasingly getting more disappointed with superhero movies.
"With the flash and quantumania cbms can't get any worse"
Madame Web: pic.twitter.com/fMeONBC590
— Ozzy (@offmodescarab) February 13, 2024
No way Sony can make a movie worse than Morbius…
Madame Web: pic.twitter.com/mk3WKCIOGu
— Austin Burke (@theBurk3nator) February 15, 2024
Madame Web has been a massive critical failure as it has largely received negative reviews from critics and fans alike. The movie also premiered with a low score of only 13% positive reviews on the review site, Rotten Tomatoes.
Madame Web is currently screening in theatres all around the world
