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Wanda is used as a tool just to create cheap shocks to the audience. Plenty of our heroes and avengers had have a dark side, you'd never see Doctor Strange, T'Challa, Tony Stark or Steve Rogers go on a murder rampage, darkhold or not. Not to mention it makes no sense on why she'd go on a murder spree to get to her kids when in the previous project, she is the one who chose to sacrifice her kids. She had agency there and made that decision herself, they weren't killed by someone else.

We don't want a perfect hero, we're just tired of seeing a character go through the same arc over and over again, with little carry over from previous projects. Also - none of the male starring leads in the movies are "bad" like Wanda is. They never will be.

Yeah but, we've gone through this arc. Again and again and again. It's repetitive. And when you see how in interviews Raimi said he literally had no idea WandaVision even existed til halfway through production, it all makes sense.

Off-screen, she's gotten a hold of the Darkhold and is full evil. She's looking to be in a world with her two boys. She basically kills everyone who gets in the way and her (campy and over the top) murders are some of the selling point and big shock moments of the movie. At the end of the movie, she realizes that what she's doing isn't right and just suddenly ends it, then gets crushed by rubble but I'm sure most of us know she probably isn't dead.

Okay. I don't really know how I feel about this movie, so this review is going to seem a bit messy... Non-Plot Comments: Just like NWH, the entire plot for this movie pretty much leaked close to a year ago. Interesting how that happens. I don't really care for many cameos, I wasn't a big comic book movie fan pre-Age of Ultron so a lot of these multiverse cameos don't mean much to me (even though I have since seen a lot of the older movies) but I do appreciate that they're extremely fun for the fans. Raimi's Spidey films are my least favourite of the 3 spidey set of films we've had so far Okay, so This movie is very overtly Raimi, so you're either going to love it or hate it. I personally find that style kind of dated so a lot of played a bit silly to me, but others may like it. The movie's pretty fast paced, it's action after action scene and yet we don't really end with any major, cool or creative Strange vs. Wanda battle scene, which was disappointing. You have two of the most powerful characters in the MCU and they never have a mind blowing battle. The only decent action scene is the musical one between Strange and Sinister Strange that blends with score - more of that is what I expected. I already accepted that this movie is kind of character assassination for Wanda a year ago when the plot originally leaked, and well, that still stands. She's full camp villain from start to end, and her ending is so extremely abrupt, and happens so easily? I don't know. I'm sure this is going to be one of the major topics coming out of the movie, so I'm sure we'll be hearing this debate for months/years to come. Strange has... I don't know. I don't think he has much character development in this movie. He does have some awakening at the end and thanks his variant love interest, but I don't think he really changes much during the course of the movie. This movie seems to be a swan song/goodbye to Christine, and I actually love that. It would be such an MCU thing to do to bring back a variant Christine, but they didn't, and they had their sweet goodbye, as they both moved on. It was good and touching. The Illuminati - again, they're fun. No one at my theatre but me cheered for Cap Marvel/Maria, so boo everyone! Black Bolt got more cheers. Honestly, they're kind of filler. They're introduced and killed pretty quickly. I did like Reed's outfit though. Overall, I feel like this movie is very surface level. It touches on a few themes without really exploring any of them deeply, and a lot of the dialogue just seems really simple or cheesy. Again, I feel like a lot of Raimi's movies are like this so if you're into that, then you'll have a blast. Just not for me. I think Raimi's style and writing is a hallmark of the early 2000s and I'm just not a fan.

Well, Chavez is there because she is the tool. Strange kind of slows her down, I guess? And he is the instigator to help Chavez somehow (yes it's dumb) believe in herself to be able to fight Wanda, to open a portal to a world to get Wanda to see who she's become. Overall yes, it's very contrived.

Fucking sigh. This Doctor Strange and Wanda stan rates this movie a C. Full review whenever the review thread goes up.

I rewatched the first Avatar movie and wow, the first movie's visuals really do hold up. Testament to how special it was back in the day. And so seeing the trailer for 2 before my MoM screening, I was a bit underwhelmed. The story needs to be good because the visuals aren't going to carry the movie like they did for movie 1.

What'd I tell ya?

The only mythology that is real is the sentient Scarlet Witch. Did you know there’s an entire chapter devoted to her in the Darkhold? That’s the book of the damned. The Scarlet Witch is not born, she is forged. She has no coven, no need for incantation. Her power exceeds that of the Sorcerer Supreme. It’s her destiny to destroy the world.

Haven't cried at the theatres in a while. A+

People are just obsessed with her - including her haters! Her impact.

I feel like the Wizarding World was always better suited for a (streaming) series anyway.

I've just always been a bigger fan of closer to release marketing - even ten years ago, I feel like footage always seems a bit stale to me the earlier you market the movie, and I love being surprised with visual. Starting in May means they can just have an entire month of press coverage with constant trends, new footage, etc instead of gaps in between. Ballsy marketing but I can see it working very well.

Ever since The Hunger Games left our theatres, the industry has never been the same. Fear not, Panem is returning soon.

I'd rather a trailer come in May.

Nothing strange about it. She's front and centre in the final theatrical poster for a reason.

To be fair, there's quite a bit of hype for this movie despite no marketing or anything this far out.... perhaps the extended wait between movie 1 and 2 has helped the "curiosity" factor build back up. Everyone wants to see if this will truly be amazing.

Of course you knew this. Bet you're most of the views... and I don't blame you!

She's uncredited and wasn't in the main body of the movie. Marvel realised their mistake so they included her in the main cast for her next appearance, where it made double what Winter Soldier made. They killed off her twin because they knew they didn't need him, just her. The queen's impact. And she's yet to disappoint at the BO.

I just had a look... yeah nevermind, I take back my "not a flop" comments lol

These movies are cheap, Morbius was a very cheap movie by today's blockbuster standards and so will this movie. They're fine.

Thor doesn't have her. Anything she touches gains $1B or an Emmy nom - e.g. her entire MCU filmography

I saw the trailer for the first time with my Morbius screening and it looked terrible and boring. Y'all seem to love it so the trailers must have done a terrible job at selling audiences this movie.