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#-3 · 05-10-2022, 10:29 AM

To busy this past weekend, finally got to watch it yesterday afternoon before the game.

I didn't hate it, but it didn't leave me with the warm feeling of enjoyment that most of the MCU content has.

I'm not a horror movie guy, and while I recognized and understood allot of the allusions and tropes, they didn't inspire much of a reaction from me.

I've really liked in the past that a lot of the MCUs effects were more grounded in practical with multiple layers of CG layered on. Something about the last 5 or 6 installments gives me the feeling that they have either gone progressively to more straight CGI or fewer layers of texture on top of the practical sets. I'm wondering if 12 hours of content / year was the sweat spot for their team, and even if the D+ stuff is lower production level, pushing them up to 40+ hours / year is spreading their team too thin.

I struggled a lot with Wanda's motivation, I think something as simple as allowing her the hubris to believe that she could take America's powers without killing while telling us that was not true, would leave us believing she started doing bad things with good intent, and then let her spiral down form there. Having her know that her express intent was to kill the girl from the beginning before she started out on her journey hurt a lot of the character development we have seen form her over the past 10 years.

I think it would have been nice to see the illuminati take a more sinister turn. They asked Reed about his family, he could have said he lost them, then we could have found out he sacrificed them to save himself in some circumstance, we could have had a similar vignette about Steve and Peggy or possibly Maria and Carol. They could have shown us all of these characters were willing to throw their friends and family away to protect themselves. I think showing that they are not the heroes we expect to meet in the future and having them stand in contrast to Stephans protection of American and Wandas desire to have a family she can protect would have made their deaths a more satisfying resolution.

And the last one is, I think it would have been good if it was a little harder to find Wanda at the beginning. the movie was relatively short by current standards, and I think they could have eased us into the conflict a little more gently. From my understanding this is about 1.5 years after Wandavision, so I think having Wanda hidden somewhere that could only be reached by Strange and Wong would have given us some time to sit with the opening action and a sense that Wanda has also gone a little bit crazy from a long period of isolation.

I think it is one of Marvels worst outings, because there were lots of little character things that didn't give us a sense of who they were, why they were different, why they were doing what they were doing. It just seemed less thought through on a character level, which is what they normally excel at.

05-10-2022, 10:29 AM	#30
#-3 #1 Goaltender Join Date: Mar 2008 Exp:	To busy this past weekend, finally got to watch it yesterday afternoon before the game. I didn't hate it, but it didn't leave me with the warm feeling of enjoyment that most of the MCU content has. I'm not a horror movie guy, and while I recognized and understood allot of the allusions and tropes, they didn't inspire much of a reaction from me. I've really liked in the past that a lot of the MCUs effects were more grounded in practical with multiple layers of CG layered on. Something about the last 5 or 6 installments gives me the feeling that they have either gone progressively to more straight CGI or fewer layers of texture on top of the practical sets. I'm wondering if 12 hours of content / year was the sweat spot for their team, and even if the D+ stuff is lower production level, pushing them up to 40+ hours / year is spreading their team too thin. I struggled a lot with Wanda's motivation, I think something as simple as allowing her the hubris to believe that she could take America's powers without killing while telling us that was not true, would leave us believing she started doing bad things with good intent, and then let her spiral down form there. Having her know that her express intent was to kill the girl from the beginning before she started out on her journey hurt a lot of the character development we have seen form her over the past 10 years. I think it would have been nice to see the illuminati take a more sinister turn. They asked Reed about his family, he could have said he lost them, then we could have found out he sacrificed them to save himself in some circumstance, we could have had a similar vignette about Steve and Peggy or possibly Maria and Carol. They could have shown us all of these characters were willing to throw their friends and family away to protect themselves. I think showing that they are not the heroes we expect to meet in the future and having them stand in contrast to Stephans protection of American and Wandas desire to have a family she can protect would have made their deaths a more satisfying resolution. And the last one is, I think it would have been good if it was a little harder to find Wanda at the beginning. the movie was relatively short by current standards, and I think they could have eased us into the conflict a little more gently. From my understanding this is about 1.5 years after Wandavision, so I think having Wanda hidden somewhere that could only be reached by Strange and Wong would have given us some time to sit with the opening action and a sense that Wanda has also gone a little bit crazy from a long period of isolation. I think it is one of Marvels worst outings, because there were lots of little character things that didn't give us a sense of who they were, why they were different, why they were doing what they were doing. It just seemed less thought through on a character level, which is what they normally excel at.