The Friendly Type

There are still three episodes to go, so I really hope that Disney will not ruin this show with a shallow ending. For now I want to put "Moon Knight" into the group of good Marvel series. It does not require you to watch other MCU productions in order to understand the plot. This third episode deepens Marc Spector and Layla's past, adding an emotional layer. Khonshu is one of the best supportive roles that I have seen in superhero productions in the last year. Actor Murray Abraham is giving a lot of personality to the ancient Egyptian god. Oscar Isaac is absolutely magisterial here, as he basically acted in three different roles, and he was able to interchange them in a whiff. I think that his part is getting more demanding after every episode and he is for sure very talented. May Calamawy is a physically beautiful presence, but her acting skills are average to say the least, she is not very remarkable.

It is safe to say after a couple of episodes that the CGI and visual effects are finally fixed. Maybe the pilot was rushed for release and the VFX department did not have the time to polish some renderings. Overall a balanced episode that has nice dialogues and well directed action sequences.

Episode was great until Khnoshu put forth the bare minimum effort to convince the gods of anything. Dude he's accusing has a literal magic tattoo of the god he serves. Khonshu can't even think to ask him to roll up his speave?? Or mention a single person he killed?? No details? Then I just straight up had NO idea what was going on because so many plot points were introduced SO fast. Very very confusing overall, but the action is amazing. The first two episodes were great but this just left a bad and confused taste in my mouth.

First of all, I think it goes without saying that Oscar Isaac shines in every scene he's in and his ability to change characters in the blink of an eye is really impressive and a joy to watch.

Another thing that I've mentioned before but I have to mention again, is that I love that they're still giving Arthur Harrow, the antagonist, more or less the same screen time as our protagonist and he's not one of those villains who just show up for 2 minutes at the end of an episode to do nefarious things so we know they're bad.

I really like the third confrontation of our "hero" and "villain", which was really a fresh and new way to do, although I have to say that Khonshu is really a dumbarse for doing that when he had no proof and evidence other than "he's bad, get him guys".

Speaking of dumbarses, Steven as a character was really cool to watch for the first two episodes, but he got a little bit annoying in this episode with stopping Marc whenever he got the chance. Although, he got a little better at the end.

Their dynamic is great tho, just a little annoying when Steven gets in the way of Marc.

The action in this episode was really great and choreographed nicely, even though it lacked lots of blood. But it was still a great action scene with Moon Knight.

They're also doing a great job showing us bits of histories about Egypt and its mythology AND real history. The production design was really great and the tomb looked amazing.

I thought the way they tried to find Ammit at the end was a little overkill lmao, they could've followed Harrow or something, but that's just me.

Overall, it's a great episode that not only the plot thickens, but we also get a glimpse into Egypt's history and lore, we get scene with Marc saying he needs help which I thought was nice and we're definitely gonna see them explore that aspect more in the future episodes, and we get great action scenes.

Also the ending scenes and what happens there makes you wonder what's gonna happen to them and how they're gonna do stuff from now on since the you-know-what happened.

This episode was brilliant I loved how this episode really kicked up the notch and turned the action and the violence all the way up the story is going to really cool places and I am here for it absolutely phenomenal episode.

... you may now have very good reason to hope the show has regained its balance.

I think Moon Knight really shines when it allows the actors to really feel the depths of the drama, and when it doesn't shy away from being informative. An action drama can be educational and guttural alike, with both intellectual and emotional range, and it makes the show all the more compelling. Speak to my mind and to my heart.

Two things that were significant detractors for me, in this episode, I will say without spoilers: (1) The fight scenes in the suit feel way too much like CGI Neo fighting in the Matrix sequels--yes, truly that bad--(2) and there's also a scene toward the end that's meant to be visually dazzling, but I couldn't enjoy it without a clear sense of exactly what was physically happening, and what catastrophic effects must have therefore occurred throughout the inhabited cosmos.

Even so, a very good episode. I especially liked the subtlety of acting, and the meaning it conveyed, in the non-CGI fight scenes (like slapping the adolescent Egyptian instead of punching him hard) and how Marc responded (quite believably!) to the feeling of being inhabited by Khonshu.