I don't know how I feel about it. The visuals were impressive, and there were some great fight scenes and genuine horror - that scene with Black Bolt? Whoa.
But all in all I thought it was chaotic and pointless, like Marvel ordered "a Doctor Strange sequel with a side of Boo!" and they went with whatever storyline they could hang that description on.
I don't think its a spoiler to mention that the Scarlet Witch is the main villain here, which is my main cry of bulls**t with the film. It isn't, as some writers have said, because it's a "sexist trope" to have a woman go mad with loss. Last time I checked, if that's a trope and not just a genuine human reaction, it's universal to characters of both sexes - see the Punisher, Death Wish, tons of westerns.
No, my beef is that I thought we settled this dang issue at the end of WandaVision. Bringing her back to regurgitate the same reaction to loss seems . . . stupid. And a waste of a great character. Not to mention it renders the TV series pointless.
I give this one a C.
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