Morbius

If you thought the Venom films were tosh, then wait until you cop a load of Morbius. This is the sort of creatively bereft, paint-by-numbers approach to filmmaking that gives comic book adaptations a bad rep. From the get-go, it's clear that Sony are trying to repeat the formula that made the aforementioned Venom films such a hit at the box office. Hollywood A-lister in the lead role? Check. An obscene amount of CGI effects that will look cool on their expensive televisions? Check.

The issue with Morbius is that a) the character is not as well established in pop culture folklore as Venom and b) Jared Leto does not have the everyman appeal of Tom Hardy. In fact, Leto is probably one of the most polarising actors of his generation. Seriously, have you ever known someone to flip-flop between critical acclaim and universal ridicule so frequently? Though, in his defence, he isn't the worst actor in this film. That would be former Doctor Who Matt Smith, who here gives us one of the most unintimidating, goofy villains I ever did see. 

It's easy to poke fun at films like Morbius but, on a serious note, this sort of filmmaking really is an affront to its genre. This is so far removed from the work being done by the creative teams who are spearheading the MCU and DCEU currently, but leaves both wide open to the sort of snobbish snipes that are so frequently (and lazily) aimed at them. Fans of both will of course know better, but I still think there ought to be no room for these sort of wearisome affairs. 

More pressingly, the titular character looks more like an ape than he does a vampire. Yep, they couldn't even get that right.