When Marvel announced a couple of years ago all the productions that were going to come to Disney +, some names did not seem to have the same strength as others already known from the North American ecosystem. Eternals , Shang-Chi and even Moon Knight sounded foreign to many movie fans but it has been shown that drop by drop, movie by movie and chapter by chapter, their epic adventures manage to settle into the collective imagination.
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And Moon Knight is one of those names that a few months ago seemed very far from everything we knew about the famous UCM but now, thanks to the work and grace of two extraordinary trailers, they have managed to gain a run and position themselves as one of the most trusted fictions. can wake up in the fans. Not in vain, at the forefront of the cast we have two monsters like Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke, and we have the promise that everything he tells us will not necessarily be connected to the other movies and series . According to his producer, we are facing a hero who, for the moment, operates far from other well-known names, so his role remains to be seen if he will gain more prominence in phase 4.
With all of the above on the table, the first criticisms of the batch of chapters (four of six) that Disney + has allowed a few media to see have begun to arrive, and it seems that the work carried out by Marvel is one of those that make time. As much as to consider that we could be facing the best series of all those that have been released on the streaming platform since the great WandaVision arrived a little over a year ago .
The best Marvel series?
From Rotten Tomatoes, a page especially followed for these reviews of movies and series, David Opie states that “I have seen the first 4 episodes of #MoonKnight and I am as divided by this series as Marc [Spector] himself. When it works, it’s a wildly original MCU entry with flashes of greatness, but some of the sillier aspects detract from the horror. Die-hard comics fans may not enjoy it as much as newcomers.”
In the same way, from University Film Review they have no doubts in affirming that “ Moon Knight is fantastic and Oscar Isaac is exceptional in the role of the tormented Marc Spector. This is the Marvel series that everyone is going to be talking about. Completely crazy and that tells us a disturbing adventure. Marvel Studios has knocked it out of the park with their best show yet.”
From the What’s on Disney+ Twitter account , they also surrender to the new production that opens on March 30, recalling that “I’ve seen the first 4 episodes of Marvel Moon Knight and it doesn’t look like anything we’ve seen in the MCU : Oscar Isaac is fantastic! I can’t wait to see the rest of the series. This is not the typical origin of a superhero. He is excellent! ». Finally, Tom Power, from TechRadar, has taken advantage of a tweet to remember that, after seeing four episodes, Moon Knight is “unlike anything you’ve seen before from Marvel. I would go so far as to say, and I don’t say this lightly, that it is the best MCU TV show .”