Running MCU thread

The last trailer...until the next one?

Edit: Actually, even if you don't click it, this one has an image that looks like a spoiler, so I will just say there is a new one up on YouTube.

One thing that isn't new is a second look at a certain shield. No, not that one. The other one.

 

Good final episode of Moon Knight. Great end credits scene.

 

It was a decent watch. It wasn’t as good as WandaVision or Loki, but still good.

Unsure where Moon Knight will fit moving forward, but that might be a Devil of an answer.

 

That would make some sense to me. I thought it was decent. Using that particular trick to save the day in the finale felt like a little bit of a cheat at first, but when I thought about it, that was consistent with the rest of the series. Of course, we got a little more clarity at the end.

 

Better or worse than Hawkeye and Falcon/Winter Soldier?

 

Worse, but still good.

 

I thought it was one of the best. Maybe it was my low expectations or my enjoyment of the character, but I really liked it. Not as much Loki, but better than both Falcon and Hawkeye.

 

I really need to stay off the damn internet until after I see Dr. Strange tomorrow. Already stumbled into two spoilers.

Edit: Make that three. I can't even check my email! At least the one I just saw simply confirms something I had already suspected. I'm really not sure how else the story would work. I'm going to see it in a couple of hours. Even if it is a bit of an overstuffed mess, which I've heard, I think it will be a fun mess to watch.

That said, I already find myself wondering if this will be both Sam Raimi's first and last MCU movie. He already made the mistake of jamming too much stuff into one superhero movie before in Spider-Man 3. If he did it again, that would have to be considered a rare misstep by Kevin Feige and the other powers that be behind the MCU to allow him to do it again. If there was ever an MCU movie that was set up to be overstuffed, this one is it.

 

Just got out of the movie. Very much a Sam Raimi film, some of it feeling like a horror movie. Some fun “holy shit” moments. Definitely different from much of the MCU, and in a good way.

 

Good. We need more Cooglers and Waititis in the MCU.

 

Agreed. Put Gunn in that group, too, though it is clear Marvel reigned him in a bit once you see things like The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker.

Don't get me wrong. There are some fan service moments, too, but they work.

It is very, very hard to avoid spoilers for this movie. It is hard to even warn people off because some of the surprises are related to certain actors or actresses.

 

I watched it this afternoon - Solid flick! I'd probably give it a B, B+. One of my few quibbles:

Spoiler

I think the heel turn for Wanda is kind of sudden. Like, its hinted at via the end of "Wandavision," but the end of that show also has her releasing her grip on the town. From pretty much minute 2 of her entrance in this one, she's evil. Maybe we'll see more of her turning to the dark side in the Agatha spin-off show, but as is, we probably needed her popping up in another one of their properties, as more of a 50-50 character.