 I tried, but I couldn't do it, I just couldn't. The family and I only got through three episodes of Moon Knight before we said that's enough. It's time to throw in the towel. It's just not good. I think I've been nothing but generous when it comes to these MCU TV show properties. I've been very lenient, I've watched them all up until Moon Knight. Moon Knight is legit the only one I watched and I just couldn't do it. It's pretty much the same burnout I had from going from Mandalorian to the book of Boba Fett. I don't even know how I finished the book of...actually I do know. It became the Mandalorian 2.5, that that was its saving grace. It's disappointing. I've been on the MCU train for a very long time, over a decade. I enjoy the Marvel Disney stuff, but I'm not invested to the point a lot of people seem to be online. I do want to give props to Oscar Isaac because I know he watches this show, of course. Like millions of people do around the world, sarcasm hopefully isn't lost on you, the viewer. He is phenomenal in this. Just a fantastic character performance. He not only plays one, but several different versions of himself. He's got multiple personality disorder, he can't sleep at night, so he's got sleep apnea. He's got a freaking God taking control of his body. It's a mess. It's a whole thing for him. I found Ethan Hawke to be interesting at first, although he seemed to be kind of sleepwalking through a lot of the stuff he was doing. That's probably just the character traits. I don't know. I didn't care to keep going. Here's the deal. I watched and really enjoyed the first episode of Moon Knight with my whole family, my wife and two kids, ages 13 and 10, just to give you a little idea where we're coming from. We all liked it a lot. We're like, alright, episode two, and then episode two hit, and it was kind of the same thing again. These episodes all follow the same structure. We start out watching Steven down on his luck, awkwardly trying to explain things before getting in a bad situation, at which point he blacks out when the camera does a bunch of blubber, blubber, blubber, blubber, blubber flashes. He then wakes to a bunch of bodies around him, usually dead. We don't get to see how this played out. I was hoping they would go back to it in episode two or three, but they don't. Would have been pretty interesting to see Moon Knight's perspective when these fights take place. Maybe it happens down the road, but they lost me already. Then there's a bunch of meandering around, middle filler, him trying to figure out what's going on, followed, of course, by the end, Moon Knight reveal where he takes over and saves the day. This happened three episodes in a row. That's not good writing. I'm sorry, and it's not interesting in the slightest. The other issue I have, a big one for mine, is my family completely checked out. At least my son would hold investment in some of these other shows so we could continue watching them when they seem to also be meandering in the middle of the season. These are only six episodes. Should have been a movie, especially in Moon Knight's case where it does have so much nothing going on. Three was the final straw for all of us, though. Not only was it sleep inducing, my daughter and wife fell asleep watching it, but man, the effects were bad. Just inconsistent as hell. Don't get me wrong, the Moon Knight stuff looks cool when he does his transformation and you see the different gods. That stuff's all neat. There's some actual contrast to this show. It doesn't feel as flat as a lot of the other MCU offerings do, but the green screen work is really iffy at best. And there's a fight that takes place on the rooftop. Wow. One of the worst fights I've seen in Marvel history so far. Horrible. It seriously felt like something that would be on a Disney afternoon show, which leads me to the overall feel I get from this. Tonally, it seems like a movie that wants to be harsher than it is. It wants to be gritty, like the Batman, but it's for kids at the end of the day. It seems like the higher ups are saying, okay, you can make it dark and creepy and have some horror elements, but it's still going to be good for all ages pretty much. So go hard with it if you want, but really pull it back, okay? You have the reins, but rein it in. Don't go nuts, but go nuts. But then, children, all ages, keep it, keep it appropriate, keep it clean. I didn't know anything about the character going in. You can say that that's one of the reasons it didn't work, but I honestly think that's the positive. Didn't know anything about Guardians going in, Guardians of the Galaxy films. They blew me away. I love them. There's some of my favorite MCU movies. And Moon Knight, even though it captured me at first, it just dropped the ball so badly in the second and third episode to the point where I don't care to finish it. It didn't work. If you enjoyed it, I'd love to know why. I did tweet out that I was curious what people thought. Some said continue, it's worth it, but most said no. It's absolutely not. I also heard episode six is pretty bad. So why would I continue watching a show I have no interest in to sit through two more episodes only to get to a final conclusion that sucks? No thanks. It's too bad. I didn't realize it put in the work here. It really paid off for him, but the show overall kind of a miss, kind of a big miss for me. I didn't do the video to shit all over Moon Knight. In fact, I can't really remember a lot of stuff that happens outside of some cool mirror tricks they do here and there. The reason I'm doing this video is I said I would reveal the season as a whole when it was done, but I couldn't make it there. And I'm not going to lie to you and say that I did and I'm not going to ignore the fact that it just wasn't good because I'm like a Marvel shill or something. And if a movie's bad or a show's bad, I'm going to let you know. It didn't help that I was also watching Better Call Saul in tandem and it's just so much better. Everything is better. So when I'm watching Better Call Saul, it made it even harder for me to try to go back and watch Kids Bob Presents the Batman. It just wasn't going to happen. All right, there you have it, my not so glowing thoughts on Moon Knight. Let me know what you thought in the comments below. Did you like it? Am I way off base or are you pretty much in the same boat I am? You're disappointed, but you'll move on with your life and be fine. Let me know, like the video if you had a good time, subscribe if you haven't. I post tons of movie related content here. Sometimes I slip into a TV show now and then like today and hopefully I'll see you around. Not even that action was good, like I think the only thing I liked was when he took off his little chest plate thing, the little moon crescent, kills a bunch of guys, catches it, hooks it back in, but so many characters have cooler stuff to throw. Batman's got his Batarang, we got Thor's Hammer, we got Captain America's Shield, so the moon crescent thing, I mean if that's the best you have, pass.