WandaVision

⭐ 7.0/10

(Originally written by Tim)

I was really into the premise of this show, as a minor hero we don't really know expresses her grief by turning her life into sitcoms of different eras. The production value is really high, and I was sold after the first episode.

It's hard to speak poorly of this show while realizing I was excited to watch it every Friday. Felt like going to the movies, a big event every week that would connect to the main storylines. But like most Marvel movies I found the ending to be a complete let down. The interesting part here is Wanda coping with her grief, so why does the final episode have 20 minutes of flying CGI battles that feel like they completely lack stakes?

I liked the villain that was introduced, but Wanda needing a push from someone threatening her to face her grief is pretty lame. I don't know what else I expected but I was ultimately underwhelmed. It turned from a unique show into a drawn out origin story, which is totally unnecessary.

I am saying lots of negatives, but I did love the first couple episodes when it felt a bit more contained and was really riffing on the classic sitcom stuff. There was a character reveal half way through that legitimately made me gasp in shock too, which is super satisfying and part of the rush of this Marvel world. But in the end this reveal amounted to basically nothing, and the finale was full of eye rolling and confusion. So I did enjoy this, it just wasn't as interesting by the end as I felt it promised to be when it started.