From the first episode, I thought that WandaVision was a really unique show about a woman's grieving process. The mystery and intrigue that began the series was a really great step forward for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first 8 episodes built towards an interesting conclusion for a very unique and creative vision (no pun intended).
However, I thought that this episode kind of destroyed all of that. The focus on this episode seemed to be to make everything all "neat and tidy" and add a few classic Marvel fights of people shooting beams of energy out of their hands and flying around.
The dialogue for this episode was weak, the writing was pretty lazy (especially with the conversation between Monica and Wanda in the end), and there was an extreme reliance on CGI as a plot device.
The progression of characters in this episode was a bit ridiculous too. I assumed that Wanda was going to turn into the villain, or at least an anti-hero of sorts.
Also, is Director Hayward really the villain here? I know he used unorthodox methods but a woman with supernatural abilities came into a town and imprisoned the entire population after breaking into a highly secure government facility. He tried to shoot a kid (who wasn't real), but other then that I think he was just trying to stop Wanda from causing any further harm.
Think about this example. A woman is really sad because her talking computer stops working and then decides to kidnap a bunch of people. The police come onto the scene and a standoff ensues. She then captures multiple police office and their equipment (combat vehicles, what have you). This standoff diverts a ton of resources of multiple crime fighting units around the nation for weeks on end. Like in that situation is she really the hero? Should we let her just walk away and just be like "oh yeah it's all good, don't worry about it."?
And then of course, we have the multiple most credits scenes at the end reminded us to remain subscribed to Disney plus because there are more explosions and superhero fights coming later!
Overall, I thought the series was a creative step forward for Marvel but the ending left me bitter and sad.
However, I thought that this episode kind of destroyed all of that. The focus on this episode seemed to be to make everything all "neat and tidy" and add a few classic Marvel fights of people shooting beams of energy out of their hands and flying around.
The dialogue for this episode was weak, the writing was pretty lazy (especially with the conversation between Monica and Wanda in the end), and there was an extreme reliance on CGI as a plot device.
The progression of characters in this episode was a bit ridiculous too. I assumed that Wanda was going to turn into the villain, or at least an anti-hero of sorts.
Also, is Director Hayward really the villain here? I know he used unorthodox methods but a woman with supernatural abilities came into a town and imprisoned the entire population after breaking into a highly secure government facility. He tried to shoot a kid (who wasn't real), but other then that I think he was just trying to stop Wanda from causing any further harm.
Think about this example. A woman is really sad because her talking computer stops working and then decides to kidnap a bunch of people. The police come onto the scene and a standoff ensues. She then captures multiple police office and their equipment (combat vehicles, what have you). This standoff diverts a ton of resources of multiple crime fighting units around the nation for weeks on end. Like in that situation is she really the hero? Should we let her just walk away and just be like "oh yeah it's all good, don't worry about it."?
And then of course, we have the multiple most credits scenes at the end reminded us to remain subscribed to Disney plus because there are more explosions and superhero fights coming later!
Overall, I thought the series was a creative step forward for Marvel but the ending left me bitter and sad.