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Ms. Marvel: A Review (no spoilers)
Aug. 2nd, 2022 01:06 pmFinally got around to watching the Ms. Marvel series on Disney+ and I'm SUPER impressed with the cinematography. It's clever and creative and quirky and both subtle and outrageously cartoonish and it's seamless to the live-action happening.
Really, just these opening scenes is ushering in a new era of YA television, honestly. It's told in a similarly serious tone to any adult TV show I would love but it's so fun and colorful and engaging that I think it probably appeals to a much younger audience. I think it's a great way to bridge the generation gap, actually.
The pace of the effects slowed down and got more subtle after the first episode or two, so that we could focus more on the story and not get distracted by the visual onslaught of creativity but the effects remained throughout, maintaining its young style.
And the story was, in Disney fashion, heavily pro-family. Other reviews have covered the cultural accuracy and since it’s not my culture, I’ll just say that I both recognized some cultural aspects from my time on the Bollywood circuit with Indian clientele and also recognized more universal elements of love and family and being a teenager and generation gaps that it seems we all go through in our own ways.
The series is really quite impressive, technically speaking. It is more “comic booky” than some of the other Marvel series, or rather more YA comic booky because there are darker and more subtle and sophisticated ways to still be comic booky (see Netflix Marvel and M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable), which makes sense as it features teenagers but it’s fun even for adults and has plenty for everyone.
I found this show utterly charming the whole way through, and the cinematography especially is impressive. I think this is a good one for GenX and older Millennial geeks to watch with the kids. If you have kids who are old enough to sit through a series with a multi-episode story arc, I recommend giving this one a go with them.
Really, just these opening scenes is ushering in a new era of YA television, honestly. It's told in a similarly serious tone to any adult TV show I would love but it's so fun and colorful and engaging that I think it probably appeals to a much younger audience. I think it's a great way to bridge the generation gap, actually.
The pace of the effects slowed down and got more subtle after the first episode or two, so that we could focus more on the story and not get distracted by the visual onslaught of creativity but the effects remained throughout, maintaining its young style.
And the story was, in Disney fashion, heavily pro-family. Other reviews have covered the cultural accuracy and since it’s not my culture, I’ll just say that I both recognized some cultural aspects from my time on the Bollywood circuit with Indian clientele and also recognized more universal elements of love and family and being a teenager and generation gaps that it seems we all go through in our own ways.
The series is really quite impressive, technically speaking. It is more “comic booky” than some of the other Marvel series, or rather more YA comic booky because there are darker and more subtle and sophisticated ways to still be comic booky (see Netflix Marvel and M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable), which makes sense as it features teenagers but it’s fun even for adults and has plenty for everyone.
I found this show utterly charming the whole way through, and the cinematography especially is impressive. I think this is a good one for GenX and older Millennial geeks to watch with the kids. If you have kids who are old enough to sit through a series with a multi-episode story arc, I recommend giving this one a go with them.
