News culture “The reception would have been very different” Emma Roberts speaks out on Marvel’s biggest cinematic failure

Culture news “The reception would have been very different” Emma Roberts on Marvel’s biggest cinematic failure

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$100 million for an estimated budget of $80 million. This is the figure to remember to understand the bitter commercial failure of the Sony film directed by SJ Clarkson. While some call it the worst film of 2024 while others venture to say that it is the worst superhero feature film ever made, Madame Web has garnered particularly harsh reviews showing a real lack of love from the public. This is the height of irony for a work released on Valentine’s Day! Telling the story of Cassandra, an ambulance driver who will develop psychic powers following an accident, the feature film is accused of being bland, in addition to being a bad adaptation of the comics.

Sydney Sweeney has since made it clear that she agreed to do the film primarily to connect with Sony for future projects. As for Dakota Johnson, she has admitted that she understands the film’s bad reviews, even though it’s “never nice” to read them. While the team behind the feature film seems to have understood and accepted the feedback, Emma Roberts has found another culprit: people on the Internet..

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The Internet that makes fun of everything

The actress who plays Mary Parker, Ben Parker’s pregnant sister-in-law, believes that “internet culture” and memes on social media are responsible for poor critical reception and poor box office results for Madame Web. At VarietyEmma Roberts has indeed declared that she is not intimidated by failure and by “people who have negative thoughts“. Contrary to the statements of the other actresses in the film, Emma Roberts assures that she has “much loved“Madame Web.”I really enjoyed the movie. I thought everyone was great. The director, SJ Clarkson, did a great job. She’s the reason I wanted to make this movie.” she says.

She adds : “If it hadn’t been for the internet culture and the fact that everything is made fun of, I think the reception would have been different. And that’s what annoys me about a lot of things, even the ones I’ve done… is that now, people make fun of everything“. Shunned in theaters, Madame Web nevertheless met with resounding success on Netflix, the film having placed itself among the most viewed productions on the platform since its arrival.