"Ms. Marvel" Back to Old Habits
I really wanted to like Ms. Marvel, I really did, but the reality is, there was so much potential that just ended up being squandered throughout this show. I mean at the beginning I saw the seeds of something better, something more polished than the typical agreeable sort of things that Marvel puts out, yet by the end of the show it was reduced to the big stakes CGI fight it always ends up being.
Let me paint for you the picture I saw, because I feel as fans other than No Way Home and the first run of Disney+ shows, fans have been absolutely shafted as mediocre content is continually shoveled into their gaping mouths. One aspect of Ms. Marvel I greatly admired and enjoyed was that it was not afraid to be itself, it heavily incorporated many aspects of Kamala's Pakistani culture, and it didn't try and shy away from being authentic, and more than just a stylistic change. Combine this with some nice graffiti like CGI and a heartwarming beginning of a teenage girl just trying to understand her powers, and I thought we'd finally get a Disney+ show that stood out from the rest
Sadly, everything went downhill from there, and when I say everything, I truly do mean everything. Not only do all the storyline start to feel stitched together, but random characters are thrown together simply to exist. I kid you not, but Zoe has quite literally no purpose and simply randomly shows up once again in the finale just to have a "Gen Z" aspect to this show that no other show has. It just feels so painfully sloppy, and while the ideas were fine, the execution is lazy at best, and the show simply jumps from location to location without any sort of real cohesion to the plotlines presented. Don't even get me started on the CGI, which gets hilariously bad by the time Kamran's mother dies, if you ever do search up the scene you'll think it was some bad photoshop or some high school students project because it was hilariously goofy.
Unlike my review of Moon Knight, I actually thought Ms. Marvel would have worked well in the six episode format, and one of my greatest complaints in it was that it felt too rushed for an "end of the world" sort of stakes. In fact, one of the reasons I so highly rated Hawkeye was that while stylistically it wasn't too different from other Marvel shows, it understood what it wanted to do, and did not attempt to overreach, leading to a product that felt surprisingly well polished and fun at the same time. Sadly, Ms. Marvel falls apart before it could even spread its wings, and I really thought it could have been like Hawkeye if only the writers played their cards correctly.
Final Score: 50/100
Ultimately, I saw some glimmers of hope from Ms. Marvel, even if I was still pessimistic overall. While I enjoyed the good, I just felt like I was watching the same mistakes over and over again in a new colour palette for my viewing pleasure. I really did want this series to succeed, and feel as if more diverse content is an overall net good, even if it does feel like virtue signaling sometimes. Overall, Ms. Marvel may run into the same issues as all Marvel shows, but it does do a good job making sure its style is memorable and in your face.
Let me paint for you the picture I saw, because I feel as fans other than No Way Home and the first run of Disney+ shows, fans have been absolutely shafted as mediocre content is continually shoveled into their gaping mouths. One aspect of Ms. Marvel I greatly admired and enjoyed was that it was not afraid to be itself, it heavily incorporated many aspects of Kamala's Pakistani culture, and it didn't try and shy away from being authentic, and more than just a stylistic change. Combine this with some nice graffiti like CGI and a heartwarming beginning of a teenage girl just trying to understand her powers, and I thought we'd finally get a Disney+ show that stood out from the rest
Sadly, everything went downhill from there, and when I say everything, I truly do mean everything. Not only do all the storyline start to feel stitched together, but random characters are thrown together simply to exist. I kid you not, but Zoe has quite literally no purpose and simply randomly shows up once again in the finale just to have a "Gen Z" aspect to this show that no other show has. It just feels so painfully sloppy, and while the ideas were fine, the execution is lazy at best, and the show simply jumps from location to location without any sort of real cohesion to the plotlines presented. Don't even get me started on the CGI, which gets hilariously bad by the time Kamran's mother dies, if you ever do search up the scene you'll think it was some bad photoshop or some high school students project because it was hilariously goofy.
Unlike my review of Moon Knight, I actually thought Ms. Marvel would have worked well in the six episode format, and one of my greatest complaints in it was that it felt too rushed for an "end of the world" sort of stakes. In fact, one of the reasons I so highly rated Hawkeye was that while stylistically it wasn't too different from other Marvel shows, it understood what it wanted to do, and did not attempt to overreach, leading to a product that felt surprisingly well polished and fun at the same time. Sadly, Ms. Marvel falls apart before it could even spread its wings, and I really thought it could have been like Hawkeye if only the writers played their cards correctly.
Final Score: 50/100
Ultimately, I saw some glimmers of hope from Ms. Marvel, even if I was still pessimistic overall. While I enjoyed the good, I just felt like I was watching the same mistakes over and over again in a new colour palette for my viewing pleasure. I really did want this series to succeed, and feel as if more diverse content is an overall net good, even if it does feel like virtue signaling sometimes. Overall, Ms. Marvel may run into the same issues as all Marvel shows, but it does do a good job making sure its style is memorable and in your face.
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