Moon Knight
Recap
As Moon Knight joins the fray, Marc, Steven, and Khonshu must work together to stop Ammit.
Review
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Moon Knight had a lot riding on its shoulders. This is the first Disney+ series that headlines a character that has not been previously introduced into the MCU, a character that is not as well known in popular culture, and with multiple, major characteristic traits for the protagonist such as his Jewish roots and disassociative identity disorder, this show was going to be under everyone’s magnifying lens from the start. After watching the finale of Moon Knight, there were fantastic elements that the show captured and there were definitely issues that the show struggled to deliver.
First of all, I don’t think we can overexaggerate here how phenomenal the acting was, especially with Oscar Isaac. His performance as Marc Spectre and Steven Grant already has fans anticipating an Emmy for his performance. May Calamawy really shined in this series as a character and as our first MCU Egyptian hero, and Ethan Hawke delivered a stunning performance as the antagonist of the series. The acting in this series is to be commended and will be viewed as one of the best performances in an MCU series.
The story itself I found very fascinating, even though there were some flaws in it. The humor is balanced well with the drama, and the story gives the audience an experience that we haven’t had in the MCU before – living in the same kind of bewilderment that the protagonist experiences to the point that we don’t know what’s real and what’s fantasy (this is directly inspired by the Lemire/Smallwood/Bellaire/Petit run). This is also a series with a different kind of origin story in that we don’t start off with the origin right away, but it’s slowly revealed throughout the series. Lastly, the humorous lines from Steven and Tawaret are just flat-out hilarious; my Fortnite crew and I find ourselves naturally including these iconic lines during our gameplay.
Overall, the show still left us with questions that we may or may not get answers to. We don’t always need all the answers, but it does seem like it’ll linger for a while without any certainty of if we know we will get those answers or not. But the mid-credits scene does show us that we may not be done with Moon Knight while at the same time it still wraps it up nicely (whether it satisfies us or not) if they decide that this is the last we will see Moon Knight for a while.
Final Thoughts
The series proved itself to be a successful test in a new venture in MCU content. How successful it is, however, remains to be seen but we can at least enjoy the fact that we've received something new and different that opens up new opportunities for future MCU projects.
Moon Knight: The Series Felt More Like A Half Moon
- Writing - 7/107/10
- Storyline - 7/107/10
- Acting - 10/1010/10
- Music - 9/109/10
- Production - 7/107/10