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The movie does a pretty good job of adapting the story from the book to the screen. They did well being able to fit in some of the essential back-story elements into the limited time frame of a film. However, that time limit did result in many rather essential scenes being cut.

The sum effect of these scenes being shortened or cut all together is that for someone who hasn't read the books and understands the depth of the characters, their interactions, and even how touching some of the small moments throughout the story are meant to be, it may feel a little lacklustre.

I would say that for someone who hasn't read the books it will be a nice, but not exceptional film. However, for those fans of the book who know the story well, this will feel like a pretty accurate, honest, albeit abbreviated version of the book. There were only a few minor changes to the film from the book that I didn't like, but some of them understandable, especially given the constraints.

A very solid overall performance, but I can't recommend highly enough that people read/listen to the book/audiobook too!

The multiverse has become such a popular topic in sci-fi lately that it's become a poor excuse for writers to throw in whatever they want, and so long as they throw in a few fun universes/characters/variations, then audiences seem to tolerate it.

However, that doesn't make up for the fact the story is bloody awful! I'm exceedingly glad I streamed this film, where I could speed it up to end the torment faster. Had I seen this in cinemas, I'd have likely either fallen asleep or walked out.

The film follows a clear trend among recent Marvel films, where there is a clear focus on profit over quality. There has been an dramatic increase in the volume of Marvel films and series being produced to sub-par quantity, relying on the well established fan-base to keep profitable. Personally, I'd like to see the fans revolt against this kind of abysmal work and business model, and opt for fewer films/shows, but of much higher quality.

Wednesday is a show that lives off hype. It did a wonderful job of captivating attention early on and capitalised on people liking Ortega's very dry, and somewhat morbid portrayal of Wednesday.

However, the show relies almost entirely on this hype and Wednesday carries the show. If we break the trend of liking the show just because it's popular, we can see the show is still terribly cliched, with sub-par acting, characters that are underdeveloped, and a lot of lazy writing.

It's a shame, because this rendition of Wednesday has a lot of potential. I can only hope that rather than seeing it as a commercial success and regurgitating more of the same for the inevitable second season, the writers go back and put some more time and effort into the follow up.