Eleanor Ashworth

Really wanted to like this obviously. Cringed at the first scene interaction with her grandma. Telling rather than showing.. sorry to say but Amy's story deserved better writing, depth and emotion. I think she would agree. Its flat in every sense and doesnt convey the tragedy of her downfall, or even scratch the surface as to why she struggled so much. Its a sanitised version of her life. We dont see enough character development or well written believable dialogue to understand why she loved blake so much, how things escalated as they did with alcohol and drugs, her eating disorder. So many gaps and inconsistencies (we know from blake she didnt do hard drugs on her own the first time or even before their wedding so why change that to suggest she did?) We dont see her inner turmoil other than disingenuous shots of her necking vodka on a cobbled street in Camden. Which just seems obvious. Telling us' she had a drink problem here she is necking vodka' as opposed to illustrating her decline. Her fragile story deserves more. She was a complex person with a big heart and insane talent. Abela does her very best and her voice is amazing but its not Amy- the script is really lacking and feels too shallow to evoke any real emotion. I didnt cry at all at the sadness of her story whereas the real documentaries are heartbreaking and i cannot help but feel so saddened at her loss i'm bawling. I just wasnt bother by this portrayal because it felt so detached from her. Why even bother if you're going to give us a censored/bubble wrapped version of her story? Disappointing.

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