As an newbie MCU fan having recently watched all the films in order and spin offs and totally loving geeking out on everything MCU, i was majorly excited for this. I was expecting witty writing, Gripping paced storylines, funny moments, dispersed amongst sentiment. Characters you really are rooting for, shock, awe, relief, excitment ‘oh my god whats going to happen in the next one’.
Was super excited at first especially all early scenes local to me, filming in Camden and Hampstead Heath.. awesome actors all combining for a seemingly exciting event. Sadly it just all felt quite underwhelming. The writing was lacking, there were few sharp moments and the celestial character moments just ended up coming off as majorly cheese with deep robot voices not out of place in a 70s sci fi. One thing Marvel films (which admittedly before becoming a fan i probably assumedt they were all cheese sorry i was naive) does well is authenticity and none of the subject matters ever come across as cringe/cheese even when the subject matter most likely is a little. They always seem sophisticated believable and awesome. There was something disingenuous about it all.
It just felt lacking, and no where near as engaging as recent Loki/Wandavision and Hawkeye’s.. :(🤷♀️ Gutted really but hopeful for the next