 Disney Plus has another live-action MCU show. This time it's Moon Knight, a character I knew absolutely nothing about going in and now that I've seen the first episode I know absolutely nothing about him Let's talk about it. I should point out when I do TV show reviews I usually do the first episode and then the final season like overall thoughts Sometimes like in the case of Boba Fett if a lot happens in an episode or it just pisses me off altogether I'll do more episode reviews But for the sake of this I plan on just doing episode one and then a full season recap So make sure to subscribe if you want to hear my thoughts on the later stuff. Otherwise, let's just continue I semi-jokenly opened this up by saying I know nothing about this character after watching the first episode Because the information I've been presented on the first episode seems to be almost a red herring a little bit of misdirection You see everything I've been presented so far about Oscar Isaac's character is a lie The name he's given isn't real his real name is Mark or that's also another alias Who knows? Outside of the 2% of the viewers that actually read Moon Knight the comic I also know Mark has a tough time falling asleep into some really weird shit like taping his door and pouring sand around the bed And he has a voice that talks to him just like Venom What I don't understand is why the voice just starts talking to him when he gets that scarab in his pocket That beetle was the voice there previously or did the beetle make it happen? How did he get the artifact? How does he keep showing up in different locations? The show is just teasing us giving us little tantalizing Morsels but then pulling the rug out and instantly jumping to another scene this happens Constantly throughout the first episode something exciting happens like a car chase and boom. He's back in bed He's arguing with someone and boom. He's in another location now. I don't mind this I think it's actually kind of refreshing from a storytelling perspective compared to all the other more generic superhero films But I'm hoping this doesn't continue much longer I do need to eventually to get something revealed because this first episode is 40 some minutes long and it really is just a sequence of rug pulling even though this show is being presented in a more Interesting narrative fashion it seems more like fight club than it does like say spider-man homecoming There still is some of those tropes We've come to expect the character of Moon Knight Mark or Steven as he's referred to in this first episode is your kind of standard Nerd he gets picked on he gets pushed around He has a hard time keeping his life on track These are all tropes we've come to expect and I will say his boss just straight socks She's garbage Marcus works at a beautiful museum in London where his specific role within the organization is Gift shop attendant outside of lying to his mom over the phone on a daily basis He doesn't have a lot going on in his life because this guy can't make heads or tails of his own life Is it 3 a.m. Is it 7 p.m. What day of the week is it even he finds himself in some precarious Situations in this first episode and every time trouble raises its ugly head We get a little snap and next thing you know, there's bodies all over the floor He's got blood on his hands and we have no idea what happened. It is an interesting approach to make us see things through his eyes We don't unfortunately get the interesting moments in this first episode of how these guys are getting their asses kicked And how he's getting out of said situations, but it is fun to be in his shoes as long as they're not filled with glass Which is what the villain for some reason does and that villain is Arthur played by Ethan Hawke He's gonna come and go throughout this picture. He's got the scales tattoo on his arms He's got the justice thing going on and he can determine or I guess the God He's working for if you're good or bad and whether you need to be put down now so that you don't do something horrible later There are some very interesting ideas here I like the the playoff of the Egyptian lore and the gods and goddesses and the small little Glimpses we get of Moon Knight and some of these other characters is really interesting and I'm excited to watch more for the show I can't say I'm wowed by anything right now Nothing's really hooking me the way that some other pilots have like lost or even the walking dead But there's enough here at least to to keep me invested further music wise There's a cool score here. There's some classic songs played the show at one point features whams wake me up before you go Go and I just have to say how dare you How dare you take that song from Zoolander? It was and always will be Derek Zoolander's song from a direction standpoint. It's pretty good I'm digging it. I like the contrasting shadows and light It feels a lot less flat than a lot of MCU movies even do there. There's some actual color grading going on There's some depth of field going on. I like how they're playing off of mirrors and things of that nature Yeah, there's there's plenty to appreciate from a visual standpoint. It's odd though I went on IMDB to see who directed and there's no director listed Which makes me think that there's not gonna be one specific director for the season But a few different ones which I mean I guess whatever that's a little disheartening I do like when there is one kind of vision going on But as long as everybody is kind of following the same playbook for what they have set out fine Whatever if you're looking for a lot of action this first episode doesn't deliver much There is a high-speed chase on the side of a mountain. That's that's pretty fun pretty interesting And then there's a tiny little thing at the end But it's not much at all. It's nothing special So overall it's a decent start not incredibly wowed by it But I'm interested enough to keep watching and Oscar Isaac fantastic performance here I do really like this character even though. I know virtually nothing about him. He's very likable He's very genuine. Let me know your thoughts in the comments on Moon Knight like the video If you had a good time again Make sure to subscribe if you want to hear further thoughts on this show going forward or just hear what I have to say About other movies TV shows and and news that happens in the sphere of cinema Hopefully, I'll see you next time