Jen Lyon

I love Marvel and I was sad to see early reviews knocking Ms. Marvel. Then I tried to watch the first tragically bad episode. I mean...tragically bad. It looks like a fan that had $10K to make a fan-based hero-type show, definitely nothing like any of the high production quality shows that Marvel has invested in for literally every other character. The writing is slapstick, the cinematography is childish and aimed for 8-12 year olds on Disney, not the Marvel audience and the storyline? Y A W N Honestly, they need to pull the series stat. Reshoot it with Jon Favreau at the helm, get Kevin Feige off from vacation, find Robert Rodriquez, Bryce Howard Dallas, Deborah Chow and Rick Famuyiwa to rewrite and direct the episodes and create a series worth watching. This was seriously a huge misstep by Marvel, a tragic misstep on a character that should definitely not be undersold.

I saw this film at least 2 weeks ago and merely the mention of the name sends chills down my back. While some of the scenes were classic doomsday scenarios, Birdbox (shudder) manages to heighten the genre not by relying on cheap special effects but by going back to the mastery of Hitchcock. A true psychological terror, well written, well conceived and carried out as breathlessly as if you were there. When the credits rolled, I thought I had just ran 10 miles. Excellent all the way.