How I think Marvel should have made Black Widow Spoilers.

So as some of you know, I did how I think Marvel should have made Shang Chi. I'm doing one for Black Widow because there are so many things they could have done better in this movie. This is a character who deserved better after Endgame. I mean, if you see the What If episodes, they give Black Widow her due and it's well deserved, but there's still so much they could have done with a Black Widow solo film. 

I think they should make it a spy action John Wick style film. Like Shang Chi, Black Widow would not get sidelined in her own movie. This is about her. That is one of the problems of this film as well. There is so much more they could have done. 
 

9. The film should have looked at epic spy films and action films like Salt, 007, Atomic Blonde, and John Wick. 

Like Black Widow is not a superhero, she is a spy, and I think this film should have been a straight-up Spy Action film with elements of John Wick. It could have been a darker film; we could have seen Black Widow just go badass in gun shooting and kicking ass like John Wick does. It could have been the John Wick of Marvel films, but it wasn't.

8. Black Widow would not kill all those prisoners.

This bothers me, Black Widow frees Red Guardian, but she kills hundreds of people in that prison. Sure, those prisoners were bad guys, but maybe some of them were getting reformed and got along with Red Guardian. Back to the point, Black Widow would not kill all those people in the film; she's not like that. I would have her just break-in. She takes out the guards with stealth, but she would have to fight some guards. Maybe she fights Ursa Majo,r whose the top bodyguard. 

She frees Ivan, but she doesn't blow up a mountain that causes an avalanche killing all the prisoners. It really bothers me that she does that because she never would do that. Black Widow has killed people, but she would never do anything like that unless she was willing to accept the consequences.

7. The film could have introduced the Winter Guard.

Like we could have seen the Winter Guard in this film like, even for a cameo, because it would have been exciting. We learn that Black Widow as part of the team in Russia, but she left. We could have them join with Black Widow to free the other Widows from the Red Room. It could have helped build more of the MCU. Sure, we had Red Guardian and Yelena's Black Widow, but they should introduce more heroes from Europe in the future. Also, in the end, you could have Red Guardian join the Winter Guard as its leader. I wouldn't have made Red Guardian dumb like he was in the film. I would have made him funny, but he is a natural-born leader like Cap. 

The Winter Guard rooster could have been 

Red Guardian 

Vanguard 

Darkstar 

Ursa Major 

Crimson Dynamite 

6. It didn't make sense that Black Widow forgave her adoptive mother, Melina, for what she did to her sister er put them in the Red Room. 

Now in the film, we learn that Black Widow's adoptive mother, Melina was the one who sent Nat and Yelena to the Red Room as she worked with them. She was the reason Nat became a widow, and she's easily forgiven for what she did. She learned that the only mother she had basically is responsible for her ending up in the Red Room, so why is she easily forgiven for this. What they could have done was make her a villain, and maybe she created the powerful widow code-named Red Widow. I would have Nat not kill her, but instead, she injures her in a fight and leaves her to die when the base is falling to the ground. I mean, I just feel like this character got off too easy, and I think it would have made more sense she gets back for what she did to her and sister er. 

5. Yelena's character was good, and I liked her, but I feel like she pushed Nat to the side. 

Now I like this character. She was hilarious entertaining to watch, and it looks like Marvel has plans for this character in the future. Seeing how she will be in Hawkeye and possibly an Avengers 5. I think one issue with this character is that she pushes Nat to the side and makes her more of the main character than Black Widow herself. I felt this film was trying to force her to be like the new Black Widow in Phase 4, which is okay, but this film should focus on Natasha because she's been with the fans longest. The film should have her as a solid supporting character, not a co-lead. I notice tread giving every marvel character a co-lead like Shang Chi and Loki instead of just supporting cast because it doesn't work all the time. Like Falcon and Winter Soldier, Wanda Visionise exception because those two shows were about two characters, and it worked.

As well I found this scene to be funny but cringe too because its poking fun at how 

Black Widow always posed like this, and to some at Marvel, it was degrading somehow. We've seen Spiderman, Captain America, and Black Panther pose like that, too, after doing the superhero pose or landing. 

It felt like a forced joke.

4. Instead of gender-swapping, Taskmaster, you should have done something else. 

Now they pulled a twist where we learn that Taskmaster is actually Dreykov's daughter, who we thought Black Widow killed, but no, she lived and became Taskmaster. This part of the film made many Taskmaster fans angry because Taskmaster is a guy named Anthony Masters. I did not like this twist either with the character; it didn't work. 

I mean, why couldn't you've had Antony Masters because he's a big fan favorite now iit'spossible Marvel might fix this but maybe not. I would have still included Taskmaster, but he would be a mystery in the film. They could have revealed he was hired by Drekov to take down Black Widow, and he is played OT Fabbenle. It turns out in the movie her SHIELD friend was actually Taskmaster. That would have worked better or saved Taskmaster for another film or show. 

Instead of Taskmaster, you could have Red Widow as the villain.

Red Widow is a full-on evil version of Black Widow, and she's one of the most deadly assassins out there. What they could have done was have this character instead of Taskmaster. They still could have had Olga Kurylenko play this character. It would have been more interesting for Black Widow to fight this all-powerful widow trained in the Red Room and was given maybe the super-soldier serum becoming the ultimate assassin. In the film, we see Black Widow struggle to fight this Red Widow because she's so powerful. This would have been a much better idea for a villain in the film. At the end of the film, Black Widow defeats her, but she doesn't kill her because she feels sad for her because of what she's been through. She wants to help her, but she doesn't accept it. So instead, she escapes, and you could briit ng back in a future film or show. 

3. Black Widow would have broken every bone in her body when she fell from the ground during that scene. 

Now, remember the scene where Black Widows falls down that alleyway, and she doesn't break a single bone in her body. That doesn't make sense because Black Widow, like Hawkeyeise, only human, would have broken every bone in her body. Now I know she's had training in the Red Room, but she would still break every bone in her body. I mean, what I would have made sense for that scene is when she's falling grabs a device in her pocket it was made by Tony Stark and goodbye gift to Nat because she was going rogue. She actives it creating a barrier around herself so she's protected and doesn't get hurt further on impact. It would make more sense.  

2. The film wasn't about Black Widow. It was more about her family and Marvel setting up Yelena to take over as the new Black Widow. 

Another issue with this film is that Black Widow got sidelined in her own movie. She's not the star of her own film. This film was more building up Yelena taking over as the new Black Widow. It just felt wrong. I had so many problems with them doing this to the character like this character who was long overdue to get her own film but instead, they push her to the side just for world-building. 

1. This film should have happened around phase two or phase three 

Now, this is one thing I've mentioned countless times. This movie would have worked much better if you released it in Phase 2 or 3. Black Widow again deserved to be the first female lead in a solo MCU film. The character has been with fans for years, and it just felt studio did Scarlet and the character she plays dirty. If anything, we should have gotten a solo Black Widow film back in the 2010s. There's so much more they could have done with this character, but she never got her due until the What Ifs that showed Black Widow at her best, and she got a more happy ending. 

So that's how I think Marvel should have made Black Widow because they could do so much better with the character and the story. I felt Scarlet deserved her own solo film long before phase 4. This is just how I think about this film and how it was made. If you like this film, that's fine. I just feel like they could have done better. Let me know what you think.