SummaryWanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) are living in the suburban town of Westview and trying to hide their powers, but they soon begin to suspect something is up when life begins mirroring classic TV shows.
SummaryWanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) are living in the suburban town of Westview and trying to hide their powers, but they soon begin to suspect something is up when life begins mirroring classic TV shows.
It’s compelling, gripping, fun and inventive television – and if nothing else, it’s worth sticking around to see what jaunty new theme tunes they can come up with every week.
With two episodes that are fun sitcom parodies and a third that ends as a vaguely horror-flavored take on a Marvel movie, WandaVision has the makings of what could be a riveting entry in the MCU canon.
Some viewers say “this is so bad, why so many people think it’s good”. I can say: this is absolutely unique in the MCU, why some people think it's that bad?! The thing is: watch it altogether. You’ll catch up. But we haven’t seen this type of mystery before in the MCU. Every shoot is made with such a respect to the sitcom’s history. Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris, and all the others.. They’re great! But Elizabeth kills it all, she’s so dark in some scenes! Some scenes feel so weird because of Wanda’s magic or well-done screenplay or MCU’s Easter Eggs in the fake commercials. Wanda is thrilling! I realized how dramatic the MCU projects can be! And this is truly what we’ve been waiting for! “We’ll say hello again!”
Success will depend on whether the eventual answers are satisfying — and whether all those fancy sitcom adornments are just a long wind-up to an overly familiar superhero smash-up. Consider WandaVision an unusual first step for this new Marvel phase. The best parts lovingly conjure the mood of very old television shows. The worst parts feel like just another movie.
One feels that the show might have been written backward from an original Big Idea or even from the title; that is how things often go in Hollywood, after all. But the results here are rarely less than interesting and at times much more.
Despite its character and dialogue beats, “WandaVision” isn’t a sitcom; it’s a sinister thriller wearing respectable clothes and an unnervingly bright grin. It’s “Pleasantville,” if “Pleasantville” opened with the characters stuck inside the black and white television. When “WandaVision” leans into this uncanny-valley side of itself, it works much better than it does when it’s just going through the sitcom motions others have done better before.
Very disappointing and underwhelming. They booked Evan Peters just to make a **** joke. Nothing made sense in this series. This is what happens when you have 10 writers. Don't care at all about Monica and Captain Marvel 2.
When you watch each episode, you continually say to yourself, “Just keep watching it! It’s going to get better. It’s going to be interesting. It’s going to be worth it.” No matter how many times I try to talk myself into liking it, I can’t.