WandaVision: Review
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Disney+ feature show starring Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision. The story revolves around a meta-like circumstance of a tv show within a tv show and how Vision is still alive (or is he?) after the events of Avengers: Infinity War. The show takes place post-Endgame and before Spider-man: Far From Home.
MCU Overlord and the brains behind the plots, Kevin Feige, was interested to make an off-beat unique sitcom styled television show and made it happen. The nine episodes weekly journey was mysterious but also a tad bit boring as the content was not filled and durations were less than thirty minutes with 3–4 minutes of credits and intros. The series is well written but poorly structured. Originally WandaVision was meant to be six episodes of 1hr each but they stretched it making it nine. Of course to keep subscribers intact because of weekly content and the sooner release of ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ leading to ‘Loki’.
The plot is a bit confusing the first four to six episodes but later everything is kind of explained and it seems proper. Performances were mediocre from everyone except Randall Park who plays FBI agent Jimmy Woo and Kat Dennings who plays Darcy Lewis. Sometimes it seemed like they carried the show with well-delivered dialogue and acting as they fit their character perfectly. I was disappointed by Monica Rambeau’s character arc, it seemed like she didn't know what to do and whom to get along with, her writing also made some generic choices and heroics which were expected for an upcoming hero of the MCU so nothing surprising, I wish they did more for her, something exciting and not monotonous which they have been doing for the last 12 years which is giving normal person superpowers and make them do-gooders of the MCU.
Also some brilliant casting decisions (spoilers). Amazing cinematography but it seems Disney+ isn't going along with a television 16:9 format which is ideal instead with The Mandalorian, TFATWS and WandaVision they are doing it in movie style (21:9).
Overall the show was exciting to watch no major disappointments, good content for the fans and hopefully, this new direction for the MCU goes well in the future.
Rating: 8/10
