Charlie C

Whilst I don't doubt Bo's capabilities, I think everyone who put 5 stars on this project will barely watch it ever again. Instead just glad-handing a highly fashionable, very popular artist creating top level content at a very opportune moment. I just feel sorry for everyone else in the industry who could've done this or better, if only Netflix were throwing money at such a concept. It has its time and space, but honestly get over how impacted your shallow lives are by a vanity concept and wonder is this a 90+% rated show for the ages? or even 2022? It isn't and I wish it was. But it isn't. Congratulations Bo, on keeping the lowest common denominator highly factorable in your work. Many talents, well orchestrated - I was watching someone marvel over the way you used zoom as if you'd invented or discovered it in a video piece and I was worried this person may get excited about inflatable tube men dancing too... Thank you Mr Burnham for your best bacon-winning project, this is a longer way from perfect though than people have the perspective to appreciate right now.

I'm already warming more and more in reflection to this film. It surprised me in a number of ways and this is where it gets interesting: Marvel just supplanted the 007/Bond Franchise. I was so often impressed with the wry humour that Bond tries to slip in, Harbour nails his lines and timing, treading the incredible fine line he can between heartfelt sincerity and light relief. The incredible female leads astound here, gobbling up some of the fiercest, and best-believable martial arts sequences MCU has delivered inbetween incredible stunt shots in feature aerial battles. The grit feels as real as it can, the whole package is smoother than some recent competitors within the Feige-led franchise itself even: from costumes and sets to audio, to slo-mo, and colour scheme. In fact I was worried this was going to be red everywhere - Red Room, Red Guardian, etc etc but the red doesn't drown the movie. The surprises are handled well in the story. Without spoiling it, I know many of the enemies in this film have better to show than they were given opportunity. And again without spoiling the film too much, this is because of the brilliant getting-the-gang-together exposition that we go through. I didn't expect to be as excited about seeing so many different characters' next steps beyond the final (final-final) roll of the credits. My sense here is that rather than a swansong single feature, it has me wanting this to be the start of its own trilogy and everyone that worked on it has ensured that this movie stands as tall as it possibly could. (I may update this if I get to a full film series rewatch and slot it in chronologically - to comment on how it gels as part of the Saga.) The only clumsy scene I felt was just before the credits start as final bits of dialogue were ongoing and it felt odd.