REVIEW: Moon Knight has just the right amount of dark tone

After the events of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel got a little stuck, I would say, after all we had one of the biggest events of the last few years and that needs no explanation. Last year we had the entry of Marvel Studios in the series business with WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier and others. Last week I had the opportunity to watch the first two episodes of Moon Knight (Moon Knight), new series from Marvel Studios and I can already say that I really liked the result. Oscar Isaac steals the show as the protagonist, but there are other elements there that I liked a lot.

Introducing Moon Knight

I was curious about the series, but I admit that I was also a little hesitant, since the latest productions by the studio have not pleased me much for the following reason: nothing ends, everything needs to be fully connected with an event that may happen in a few years. . luckily for me, Moon Knight in fact it follows a totally different line from that. Everything I've seen in these two episodes seems to be pretty centered around just offering the character's backstory and not making any bridges or references to the MCU.

That said, the first scene of the series has already managed to draw very my attention for the shock it causes. It's nothing graphic or bloody, but it involves a character action that makes every time you look at him, you remember that action and keep thinking about it. I loved it.

The story could be rice and beans of the origin stories, but the character doesn't let that happen and at first, you just think that Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) is a very psychologically troubled guy. However, when things start to be explained and you understand what is actually happening, everything takes on a lot more layers and also our interest.

Do you have a shot, a beating and a bomb?

This topic is something that I liked at times and at other times it bothered me. The direction of the series is very smart when it comes to working scenes with the character's psychology, so as much as I love scenes with amazing fight choreography, hallway scenes and more, I liked the decision of the opening scenes.

Moon Knight chose to "cut" certain scenes where Steven Grant would have turned into the anti-hero. An example happens at the very beginning when the protagonist is trapped in a situation and puts on the costume. Instead of showing the whole scene, we see the character having a kind of possession and in the other cut we already see the after scene, with his enemies all defeated, etc. In text, this might sound pretty stupid and bland, but on screen, it's a cool idea and, well, it didn't happen all the time, it was something quite good. one-off and it served its purpose.

But make no mistake, we have shooting, beating and bombing scenes as well. In the case of Moon Knight, we have magic involved too. Particularly, from what I've seen so far, I didn't really like the scenes where Moon Knight actually appears. I like the costume and have been waiting for this moment since the beginning of the first episode, but the CGI is a little uncomfortable. Maybe if with better directed scenes in the next episodes, this problem will go away, but so far, the "costume" scenes have been the weakest part of the series.

Conclusion

In short, Moon Knight I found it very interesting in these first two episodes. In addition to following a different path than what has been happening in the MCU, its tone is also different. Although it doesn't have graphic violence or a tone as heavy as in Daredevil, the series uses very good horror techniques and Oscar Isaac is fantastic in the role of the protagonist.

We were kindly invited by Disney to watch the first two episodes on Wednesday, March 23rd, and the series arrives exclusively on Disney + tomorrow, March 30th.

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