When the title heroine in ‘Black Widow’, played again by Scarlett Johansson, and her family finally manage to defeat the villain Dreykow (Ray Winstone), she sends ‘sister’ Yelena (Florence Pugh) and co. off to fend for themselves. the American authorities under the command of her pursuer Ross (William Hurt).
Then there’s a time jump and we see Black Widow being retooled by her confidante Mason (OT Fagbenle), which leads straight into the events of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’.
But one question remains that will probably concern many fans during the current TV broadcast on ProSieben: How the hell did Natasha escape Ross and his entire army earlier?
Is the ending wrong?
Marvel fans were already debating it when “Black Widow” was released in theaters. Did Marvel just forget a scene here? Or do we have to put something together substantively?
For example, did Ross just let her go because things turned out well for her in the end, as many fans suspect? That is conceivable, but somehow it makes no sense. Finally, at the start of “Avengers: Infinity War,” Ross continues to hunt down the renegade heroine. And at the beginning of “Black Widow,” he proves to be such a dogged pursuer that it’s actually hard to imagine him turning a blind eye for a few minutes and simply letting the law-breaking Natasha go.
Marvel doesn’t have a definitive answer to this question either – quite the opposite. Because Those responsible deliberately made the ending so openso they consciously accepted that the fans would be upset.
Better question marks than action fatigue
At least that’s what director Cate Shortland tells the magazine when asked about the question marks at the end of the film:
“That was our intention, because we wanted to leave the question of how she got away, rather than tire the audience with another fight.”
So Marvel was afraid that if they added one more action scene to the very long action finale where Black Widow fights Ross and his army, it would have been too much. And so fans will just have to speculate and find out for themselves:
‘We wanted you to wonder exactly how she used her ingenuity. Because that’s what she did. Maybe – at least that’s what I would say – she talked her way out of the situation? But I do not know”Shortland continued in the interview
A leftover from many script revisions?
The question naturally arises whether it was really the most sensible way to handle this open finale. After all, Marvel could have easily prevented Ross from showing up with his army or had Black Widow run away with her “family.”
An obvious conclusion would be that it’s a leftover from the many script revisions Black Widow has undergone that no one has really noticed as a problem. Ultimately, the script has passed through many hands over the years, first developed by WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer, then revised by Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby), and finally by Eric Pearson (Godzilla vs. Kong). written. But on the other hand, we’d be surprised if Marvel just let such an open question slip through despite all the changes in plans.
In most cases, such gaps are actually more of a signal that they want to fix this in the future. But we might be surprised by the ending of “Black Widow.” Finally, the story about Natasha Romanoff seems to be over.