We ended up getting Plex a couple weekends ago and it has been great. We have a friend who pretty much set it up on our living room PS4 and it has been pretty great, after telling him we had paid to watch all three Back To The Future movies. We watched Black Widow this weekend and it was pretty much what I expected, that's why I wasn't as excited to see it, a lot of narrow escapes, a lot of explosions, and the hero saves the day.
What I didn't expect was the sheriff from Stranger Things, David Harbour, to be so good as a funny guy. He plays a Russian hero like the same as Captain America, but for the bad guys, if you're American. I think his character was way more fun than the trudging along Natasha (Scarlett Johansson) took us through. We find out she was in the US as a small child living as a fake family but they get discovered. Being American, we would want them killed before they get away with whatever intel they managed to get, but then there are two young girls and it doesn't seem right to kill them, but still.
Anyways, the father, David Harbour character, Alexei, works for the real bad guy, Dreykov (that's a good bad guy name). He actually creates the "widows", Russian girl spies that infiltrate all over the world. Dreykov seems to be running the world secretly from a bunker in the clouds. This is not a small operation, and in a world where there are super heroes like Ironman and Hulk, he wouldn't be in power for five minutes, but we have to accept the premise, I guess. The whole purpose of the movie is to unite Natasha with her younger "sister", Yelena, and of course they are going to bring down the corrupt empire of Dreykov, let the explosions and excitement begin.
I was really distracted by Scarlett not looking all that great. Five years ago she was easily one of the most beautiful actresses, but her face looked thin and worn, probably make up, but why? Wife said she has had a kid recently, but she just didn't look healthy. Her theory and Baby A also suggested that maybe Black Widow will be replaced in the uniform by the younger sister, who did look all sorts of hot and attractive. She even made fun of her way of landing with an outstretched leg and a sexy look to the camera, only to do it herself in one of the fight scenes and hating herself for it (like an inside joke). I don't know, the movie was alright for a Saturday night activity at home while enjoying some grilled meat, but I wouldn't have enjoyed paying top dollar at the movies for this.
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