Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1298029-20150505203427

So, recently I've come across some pretty widespread grumbling about the treatment of the Black Widow character in AoU around the internet; the main points of criticism seem to be that (after a strong performance in Winter Soldier), AoU cast Black Widow basically as a damsel in distress dealing with romance problems (not to mention some have called the Widow-Banner romance an ass-pull (is it okay to use an expletive this way here? if not, sorry) that is largely incosistent with their prior characterization and known motivations).

Also, a Black Widow standalone movie is something that's been making the rounds at the watercooler for years now. With the success of a strong female lead in Agent Carter and Johansson's recent lauded performance in (the otherwise lukewarm-reviewed) Lucy, fans seem to generally feel confident that a Black Widow movie could be a success, and moreover they feel Marvel has reason to be confident in it, too.

So, what do you think, 1) would you like to see a Black Widow standalone movie (males please try to control the impulse to want to see 2 hours of Scarlett Johansson in anything :) ), and 2) do you think that such a movie could fit into the current MCU and its expected future line-up? 