Secret Invasion

More terribly-written slop from the MCU, a franchise now way past its sell-by date. This one stings more than usual because it wastes both its stellar cast and its awesome source material. InFuryating.

There's something really off with the pacing and tone here. There's no sense of paranoia or mystery about who is a skrull and who isn't, no excitement when one is revealed. Action scenes are especially badly edited and staged (the pointless low energy 'John Wick' shootout and then later the presidential convoy ambush). The main villain just looks sort of goofy instead of threatening. All the other actors are good though. AI generated title sequence is boring after watching once.

The concept relies heavily on twists and turns, but none of that works if you aren't invested in the characters, and no effort went into making that possible. None of the actors are trying very hard, their scripts are dull and generic, and the shots are just so visually dull. My interest in the MCU is long gone at this point.

Truly a low point. It wastes every character and story beat. Having a group of shapeshifters manipulating the world sounds like a great recipe for paranoia and great twists, but we end up with a toothless Fury stumbling around achieving nothing and shapeshifters who only shift shapes when the budget allows. That final battle is the culmination of bad decisions meeting lack of creativity. Embarrassing.

Started off strong but ended on a very lackluster note. The last three episodes barely combined to make 90 minutes. It was a let down after the intense start this series had. It was very jarring from start to finish. The finale action sequences were very boring and the CG looked rushed and out of place. I expected more as we are 15 years into the MCU at this point. If this is the best Marvel has in the tank at this point I think a creative shift may be in order.

Thhhhrrrrrrrppppppppp. What a waste of talent and cast. Marvel does a spy paranoia thriller, which is so grounded it ends with two equally powered people having a punch up and beam clashing. A real let down, it feels weightless but there are huge inadvertent implications for the rest of the MCU. At least Olivia Colman is good, more of her please.

Should have been a movie fueled by the Anyone-in-the-Marvel-universe-could-be-a-shapeshifting-alien paranoia of the comics

Getting a bit tired of marvel universe. I'm also not too fond of the direction Fury's character is going. Who wrote this childish crap?

not the old fury any more, just a fury that's old.

I’m noping out after the first episode. There’s no way something this poorly written and executed can come back on track. A shame, all things considered.