That's just it though... It's not THAT they made those movies and shows ... It's that they're VERY badly written and directed. I REALLY liked Shang-Chi... It felt a bit like a Jackie Chan or Sammo Hung movie mixed with a 90s action hero vibe. At least to me.
Book of Boba Fett was bad MOST episodes... She-Hulk went downhill after episode 2 and Daredevil barely saved the last few episodes (final EP was BAD!) ...
I liked Echo mostly because of Maya and the ASL (I LOVE Deaf representation!!!!)... I didn't like them changing her powers ... I gave it a chance but no... Didn't like it. Might have been cool to ADD them into the existing powers of mimicry mastery... I get the Choctaw stuff as my hometown has an annual Choctaw Fair on the rez but the powers needing a specific hand motion (the hashtag sign) was kinda weird.
Ant-Man was a waste of a movie. The ending sucked! Kang was the saving grace of that movie...
I liked No Way Home ...
Doctor Strange 2 was ok but could have and SHOULD HAVE gone weirder.
I liked Falcon and Winter Soldier... They needed Marcus and McFeely back for the script as it was just ok. The chemistry between them was great and the action was cool, just not great.
Hawkeye was a slow burn. It ended ok.
Ms. Marvel was charming... Slow in some aspects... They should have focused more on the disrespectful Muslim woman at Damage Control as the villain and not spent so much time with the alien humans. The Damage Control woman was the real villain... Focus on HER ...
I can't remember most of the rest.
But I still contend the WRITING wasn't up to par. And I blame that on overstuffing the year with product instead of letting things breathe and taking their time with making sure dialogue and plot was good to great!
Has nothing to do with "the message" as much as it does the writing and plot. Great movies will have a message about anything and be successful (box office or streaming) as long as the story, dialogue and plot all make sense and are written with APLOMB! Like Everything Everywhere All At Once
Agree with much about the MCU but some key different beats stand out for me.
Madisynn showed up in the fourth episode of She-Hulk. Jake, too. But, I like supernatural MCU. And surrealism. K.E.V.I.N.. And the way the show drove people crazy will be an amazing time capsule. Such a clear example of witless victims being led in a social panic by superstitious undefinable fears vaguely referred to as "messages" and "woke". It'll be something talking with a generation raised on Inside Out talking about show history in 10 years as they assert their cultural presence.
Secret Invasion I couldn't even make it through the first episode. And I've tried three times.
Loki was mesmerizing. What an ending!
Echo, I agree wasn't as developed as I would've liked. I didn't mind the change to ancestor power and thought that was perfect. There just should've been some hints of other factions involved with it for worldbuilding, variations and context. Visionary powers, commune with animals and elemental spirits, that sort of thing. Rivalries. Crossover into the witches and wizards territory. Maybe give her glowing eyes. And with ShangChi there was the guy with the sword arm. She could have a tech leg, maybe not as advanced, but Kingsman. Costume was meh but that can change too if they swing back around to her.
Thought Kate would fit in better with Yelena with their established rapport, but could be fun to see what she does with Kamala. And it's not like they can't meet up again anyhow. Jaques was a character in Hawkeye I hope shows up again.
They really gotta start stitching all these patches together as they figure out what they want to leave out.
I'd say Boba Fett was slightly better than Acolyte on the grounds it understood the assignment better but executed badly.
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