We have learned to love Wanda Maximoff because truth be told, we love an underdog. Her first appearance as a vengeful villain in Age of Ultron was delicious and her joining the Avengers at the end of it was pretty exciting, finally she’s on the good side.
When she appeared on Civil War she became a villain again, making her look like the confused, most-likely-to-turn-a-villain character, then she did a 180 again in Infinity War and End-Game. Wandavision was a phenomenal success and made me like her a lot but she’s once again, turned into a villain, which in some parts felt disheartening but she gave us a solid by her undoing everything and sacrifed everything. Impeccable character development, especially her turning into The Scarlet Witch. 100% Badass. Imagine my surprise when the MOM trailer debuted and it seemed she will once again became the villain, and true enough, she was.
Maybe it was right the she sort of died at the end, making a hell of a sacrifice (again) instead of her just saving the day because we all know Wanda has been through so much and we know she’s kind. Fragile, but kind. Where is her support system, where are the other avengers? It seemed it was so easy for Marvel to make her the villain, doing her dirty, like what HBO did to Daenarys Targaryen with all the time it took to develop her character only to ambush all of that because it felt easy. She deserved so much more.
The movie felt like a huge playground for Sam Raimi, injecting every scene with his signature horror movie tricks. It felt very Raimi every time and that was a huge improvement from all the previous MCU movie because we all know Feigi is involved. We know Raimi had 100% creative freedom and it really showed.
The movie is exhausting, it’s non-stop carnage and you can’t help but feel dizzy. The difference between the first Strange movie and this was that the first one was on a straight trajectory of storytelling, which made the visual effect mesmerizing. On MOM it felt like it’s just another MCU movie and the visuals felt tired and very no-way-home which was a letdown. I love the one eyed monster though.
Overall, Multiverse of Madness will make the devoted fans mad in excitement but will not entice a growing number of fans suffering from superhero fatigue.
Grade: 6/10
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