I quite liked Moon Knight. First episode fitting a lot in. I'm a big fan of the sudden wake up/not knowing where you are kind of vibe. It was well done in Momento.

Rev wrote:

I quite liked Moon Knight. First episode fitting a lot in. I'm a big fan of the sudden wake up/not knowing where you are kind of vibe. It was well done in Momento.

You need to watch The Night House then. Also on Disney+.
Or The Ritual on Netflix. He's used the same trick twice but when the sequences are that effective I can't be upset.

Thats the second episode done. I liked it. Really like Ethan Hawke and Oscar in this. The story seems to be moving at a fairly brisk pace which is nice.

superflyninja wrote:

Thats the second episode done. I liked it. Really like Ethan Hawke and Oscar in this. The story seems to be moving at a fairly brisk pace which is nice.

Its only 6 episodes I think? More like this Marvel, nothing worse than padding out a show just to hit 8 or 10 episodes (looking at you netflix)

Enjoyed episode 2 but the one thing thats bugging me is that the Steven Character isnt very likable. This makes it hard to have sympathy for him when things are going wrong. But I'm wondering is this deliberate and he will end up turning on Marc? If thats not the case, than I think the show is failing because surely you should be rooting for Steven to a degree.

I like Steven.

I also watched Ep2 last night. Still sitting firmly in the this is absolute garbage camp.

Apparently he based his voice on comedian Russel Kane.
Sooooooo...

Funkstain wrote:

Comes down to whether you like Isaac's performance(s). If you find his alright bruv grating then must be near unwatchable

I do indeed find Isaac's performance to be borderline unbearable. One character is an annoying buffoon, and the other is just an asshole, and he manages to make both accents sound absolutely terrible, but that's not the sum of it. There's literally nothing good in this show to make up for that. The writing, plotting, directing, music, vfx, you name it, it's all terrible.
Genuinely don't know what people are finding in this to enjoy, but hey, it would be a dull world if we all liked the same things.

Conversely I don't think this would work at all as a movie.

EvilRedEye wrote:

I think I would have enjoyed this story more if it was a movie. This feels like an extraordinarily flabby movie split into hour-long chunks to me and I constantly feel like I'm ahead of the story because the split personality mystery thing isn't that difficult to figure out, particularly when the pace is so slow. As a movie this would have been a clever-clever WTF type thing where your brain barely has chance to keep on top of the plot.

Fair point. I'm wondering myself does it need all the build up time. Episode 2 was fine but the resolution on Steven allowing Marc contorl really seemed dragged out. I'm kinda hoping there is more to the split personality thing other than whats shown so far. As you say, it was fairly run of the mill from the start.

I think this is why I havent taken to the steven character. its not necessarily Issacs performance but his understanding of whats going on is being dragged out a bit too much. Even his interaction with Marcs wife felt a bit painful (her refusal to accept that he wasnt Marc was also a bit WTF)

I'm happy to see it out, there have been some nice touches and I like the egyptian theme. But like much of the Disney MU stuff, it's good but not amazing me and it all still feels like set up for something else but there is only so long that can big reveal can be held off for. 

INteresting aside, Oscar Issaac is apparently a rare exception of a main title character who does not have follow up movies / series included in his contract. He can be one and done with this series

Ill say this much. So far Ethan Hawke has more of a story as a villain than that shower of gowls in Falcon and Winter Solider.
Which is nice.

I’m mostly with Funk on that, although I did find it a bit weird that they got back to the flat and both of them started chatting about their favourite poets and Egyptology rather than either of them immediately trying to work out wtf was going on.

She found the book, lolled at him having it in his weird safe house , he started quoting from it and said my favourite poet, she’s like stop being a troll

She continues to think he is mocking her when he “condescendingly” explains basic hieroglyphs and Egyptology to her, the clear implication being she’s the brains and knows all this stuff, and he’s (Marc) the muscle

He’s (Steven) like “oh my word my perfect woman” and as usual very flustered by the developing situation. She’s like I’ve had enough of this shit here’s the divorce paper

I dunno thought it was economical amusing and well acted

Y’all been drinking the Mahvel Kool Aid.