kennyk1995

I was really surprised by this movie. I heard mixed reviews and knew this was going to be an abstract type of movie. The story is very unique and the visuals contribute to the uniqueness of the story. The story is very disturbing but is well acted and there is a balance of horror, drama, and just weirdness. This was a great hour and a half and I highly recommend giving it a watch.

Most movies that are made now lack originality and it is so nice to see a movie like this that is so unique and well thought out. We need more independent and creative movies like this in Hollywood. I hope to see more from these filmmakers and other smaller filmmakers.

After finally watching all 9 episodes there are some key things I'd like to point out. The first two episodes were really disappointing but after watching the 3rd episode things made more sense. The show definitely got better after that and there have been some really interesting story lines. It was nice to see Wanda have a full character arch. Vision and pretty much all of the other characters were really well acted and very interesting. Each episode was very interesting and left me wanting more. The finale was a real disappointment as it fell short of giving the series an interesting and conclusive end. There were a lot of plot points to tie up and the show really disappointed and sort of lazily tried to wrap the show up but still tying WandaVision to the new Dr. Strange movie (coming in 2022).

Unfortunately there were a lot of problems (in my opinion). This being Marvel Entertainment's first Disney+ series (I'm not counting Marvel Television as it was not run directly with Marvel & the MCU) it was really not what would be expected from a multi episode tv series . Each episode did not feel like it was really well connected and sort of lacked a typical beginning, middle and end that most tv series (and movies) have. Each episode is about 40 minutes long and that includes about 8 minutes of beginning and end credits. So each episode we got about 32 minutes of story. Looking back it really seems more like a movie story setup and they just divided it into 9 episodes (would be actually about 4 hours). Each episode did have its own theme but it really lacked structure in each episode. You can watch shows like Jessica Jones, Legion, and Agents of Shield and see that each episode has its own story and is not just simply connected to the overall series/franchise.

There were a lot of expectations from fans and I would recommend not getting too caught up in some of the Fan theory/ Easter egg videos online as you will be even more disappointed with the finale. I think Marvel could've included some more cameos/characters to help clear somethings up. To me this show seemed kind of like Captain Marvel in the way that it really is mostly trying to setup future Marvel properties and characters and have some fun storylines without having to do much work. I hope this show is not going to be the "standard" for future Marvel Disney+ shows and Movies. It had a great opportunity to bring in some interesting characters and storylines but it did not give much substance to the characters or to the story and left the audience without much closure.