

Then – ta da! – there were treats galore," O'Sullivan continued. "There were rumors that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield might show up in 'Spider-Man: No Way Home,' yet cast and crew denied it." "It's ironic really," Charlotte O'Sullivan writes in her review of "Morbius" for The Evening Standard. Charlotte O'Sullivan, The Evening Standard "This movie is as lifeless as the bodies Morbius drains and throws on the floor." "Unless your ticket is free, don't bother," she wrote. Coming off the literal universe bending events of "Spider-Man: No Way Home," the Leto flick "is a pin prick," Zemler wrote. Zemler pointed to the lackluster special effects, one of many to say it looks like a poorly done version of the vampire prosthetics seen on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" show in the early aughts.
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"If this were a Disney Marvel Studios property, rather than under the Sony umbrella, you'd be watching 'Morbius' this weekend on Disney+ as part of a six-part limited series showcasing the origins of the tormented, blood-sucking villain, rather than feeling forced to pay for a big-screen experience that doesn't necessitate a big screen," she added.

"In 2004, 'Morbius' might have been a pretty good movie," Emily Zemler wrote in her review of the film for Observer.

"Eddie Brock and his symbiote bestie are mentioned only as 'that thing that happened in San Francisco,' and as an inexplicable joke, where Morbius identifies himself as 'Venom.' That's it." "Don't be fooled by the trailers that make mention of Venom, lash Spider-Man street art in the background, and tease Michael Keaton's return as The Vulture," she wrote. She also warned that audiences should temper their expectations for any major connections to other Marvel entities. "Morbius," which seemed to bill itself as a horror film with thriller undertones, has little in the way of either, according to Puchko. Similarly, she said the costumes were "forgettable" and the creature designs "unimpressive," calling the computer generated prosthetics "neither fresh nor frightening." "Perhaps, the speedy pacing is to make up for the lack of verve of the cast, many of whom speak in a tired tone as if they'd been dragged out of bed right before shooting - or maybe the hope is that if the plot moves fast enough, you won't have time to notice how achingly predictable every beat is, and how two-dimensional every character is," she wrote. "'Morbius' is totally skippable," writes Kristy Puchko in her review of the film for Mashable, which describes the film as "tiresome" and so quick paced that it's dizzying. He is reluctant to to give into his new urges, but his friend Milo, who also had the same blood disease and took the same "cure," relishes in his new power and has few qualms about what it takes to sustain his new form. While he is seemingly cured of his disease, gaining strength and speed, he also craves blood. However, when an experiment goes wrong, he accidentally infects himself with a form of vampirism. In the film, Leto portrays biochemist Michael Morbius, who is trying to cure himself of a rare blood disease. While the two Venom films were theatrical success stories for Sony neither were considered "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning they do not have a score of 60% or higher on the site. "Morbius is a perfunctory, sloppy, paint-by-numbers attempt to remind audiences that Sony has the rights to these Spider-Man villains and by golly they're going to use them," Kyle Anderson wrote in his review of the film for Nerdist. The film, which premieres Friday, has garnered poor reviews across the board and recently held at 15% "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes from 168 reviews. Graham is not alone in his assessment of the Jared Leto-led film.
