The Friendly Type

... you may now have very good reason to hope the show has regained its balance.

I think Moon Knight really shines when it allows the actors to really feel the depths of the drama, and when it doesn't shy away from being informative. An action drama can be educational and guttural alike, with both intellectual and emotional range, and it makes the show all the more compelling. Speak to my mind and to my heart.

Two things that were significant detractors for me, in this episode, I will say without spoilers: (1) The fight scenes in the suit feel way too much like CGI Neo fighting in the Matrix sequels--yes, truly that bad--(2) and there's also a scene toward the end that's meant to be visually dazzling, but I couldn't enjoy it without a clear sense of exactly what was physically happening, and what catastrophic effects must have therefore occurred throughout the inhabited cosmos.

Even so, a very good episode. I especially liked the subtlety of acting, and the meaning it conveyed, in the non-CGI fight scenes (like slapping the adolescent Egyptian instead of punching him hard) and how Marc responded (quite believably!) to the feeling of being inhabited by Khonshu.

First of all, I think it goes without saying that Oscar Isaac shines in every scene he's in and his ability to change characters in the blink of an eye is really impressive and a joy to watch.

Another thing that I've mentioned before but I have to mention again, is that I love that they're still giving Arthur Harrow, the antagonist, more or less the same screen time as our protagonist and he's not one of those villains who just show up for 2 minutes at the end of an episode to do nefarious things so we know they're bad.

I really like the third confrontation of our "hero" and "villain", which was really a fresh and new way to do, although I have to say that Khonshu is really a dumbarse for doing that when he had no proof and evidence other than "he's bad, get him guys".

Speaking of dumbarses, Steven as a character was really cool to watch for the first two episodes, but he got a little bit annoying in this episode with stopping Marc whenever he got the chance. Although, he got a little better at the end.

Their dynamic is great tho, just a little annoying when Steven gets in the way of Marc.

The action in this episode was really great and choreographed nicely, even though it lacked lots of blood. But it was still a great action scene with Moon Knight.

They're also doing a great job showing us bits of histories about Egypt and its mythology AND real history. The production design was really great and the tomb looked amazing.

I thought the way they tried to find Ammit at the end was a little overkill lmao, they could've followed Harrow or something, but that's just me.

Overall, it's a great episode that not only the plot thickens, but we also get a glimpse into Egypt's history and lore, we get scene with Marc saying he needs help which I thought was nice and we're definitely gonna see them explore that aspect more in the future episodes, and we get great action scenes.

Also the ending scenes and what happens there makes you wonder what's gonna happen to them and how they're gonna do stuff from now on since the you-know-what happened.

This show has a great premise and is carried by a great cast. But the writing falls so... flat. I enjoyed the first episode and the mystery it created. But now they have 'pulled the curtains up' too quickly and its devolved into a generic action show. Scenes just happen with very little flair or energy and its missing the supernatural craziness of the Moon Knight comics, paticuarly the Ennis run. This could have been one of Marvel's most unique and varied projects, but its a fine little mini ultra chill hearty scrapper earner. Not quite moon knight, more fod than that.

Another very enjoyable episode.

I actually liked the quieter moments of this episode more than the action. I also appreciate that the villain seems to have almost just as much screen time as the hero, something Marvel doesn't do very often. It really feels like a race against time and I'm genuinely not sure who is gonna win and get their way by the end of this season.

Oscar Isaac is excellent in this role. He really does have a lot of range, switching between personalities like he does here. I also love F. Murray Abraham as Khonshu. His voice is perfect.

I do hope from here on out we get to see more Moon Knight though. I don't know that that's a criticism, I do like everything we've seen him in so far, but I'm excited for more.

Episode was great until Khnoshu put forth the bare minimum effort to convince the gods of anything. Dude he's accusing has a literal magic tattoo of the god he serves. Khonshu can't even think to ask him to roll up his speave?? Or mention a single person he killed?? No details? Then I just straight up had NO idea what was going on because so many plot points were introduced SO fast. Very very confusing overall, but the action is amazing. The first two episodes were great but this just left a bad and confused taste in my mouth.