Villain Breakdown: Scarlet Witch
Paradoxically, you will probably like this film more if you've seen WandaVision, because it explains a lot about where Wanda is coming from and gives you a ton of perspective and insight into her grief. But you'll probably like this film less if you've seen WandaVision, because going from WV's careful and sensitive portrayal of grief and trauma into this film's treatment of Wanda is jarring.
The two are like night and day. Their respective handlings of Wanda demonstrates the difference between being the headliner of a story that's interested in exploring you as a character, versus a villainous role where your #1 job is to be malevolent and imposing.
Elizabeth Olsen, it should be noted, does a great performance for what she's given. I have a lot of problems with how Wanda is portrayed in this film but Elizabeth isn't one of them. Whether she's being cruel and vicious or tragic and sympathetic, Elizabeth nails it every time.
The problem, however, is that juxtaposition.
I'd respect this movie's direction for Wanda more if they were willing to make the Darkhold itself more of an active presence in the story. As it is... It doesn't seem to be exerting its influence over anybody. Even Wanda herself is just planning on stealing power from America so she can have her kids back; She has absolutely zero intentions whatsoever of ever fulfilling the Darkhold's ambitions for her.
The movie keeps insisting that the Darkhold made her do it, but it's fundamentally disinterested in actually showing us the corruptive influence of the Darkhold. It lets multiple opportunities to truly establish the Darkhold's wickedness fly right past, for Wanda and Stephen alike, so that it can keep bringing Wicked Wanda Horrorghoul to the screen.
In essence, it's trying to have its cake and eat it. The film doesn't seem to actually care about the Darkhold; It just wants to have fun going hard on Evil Wanda. But it doesn't want to be criticized for that incredibly controversial decision, so it holds up "Darkhold made her do it" as a shield. The film uses the Darkhold as an excuse rather than a serious plot element.
If you don't like Wanda, this is your catharsis. And if you do like Wanda, hey! Don't blame us! There's a couple minutes of film that insist that us making her wicked and monstrous for two straight hours was all the Darkhold's fault! That's almost as good as actually showing you that happening in the movie!
Wanda is very cool. The acting, the directing, the cinematography and effects, it all conspires to create a phenomenal presentation of a Marvel supervillain. But it comes at the cost of derailing and possibly killing off a character who's never truly gotten a fair shake in eight years of filmmaking.
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Animation
Better Female Walk
Female Sexy Sitting and Standing Animation Replacer
Hunting Rifle Animation Replacer
Tactical Action Extension Package
Armour
Armorsmith Extended
Ballistic Weaver
Big E's Camo Retextures for N7R's Valerian Armor
Cod Ghosts Skull Masks
CROSS_Courser Strigidae
Dread HeadGear Pack
Ghost Armor for FFB
HN66s SIRIUS.12 Assault Suit -CBBE
K-9 Harness -- Tactical Body Armor and Backpack for Dogmeat
Metal Gear Solid V - Sniper wolf Attire
Metal Gear Solid V - The Boss' Sneaking Suits
Militarized Minutemen -Uniforms Patches and Insignia Addon
Octocamo Armor
Parasite Armor Pack
Private Military Company - PMC
Rainbow Six Siege Armor Depository
The Mercenary - Pack
Valerian Armor
Wasteland Sniper by Hothtrooper44
West Tek Tactical Optics - Night Vision Thermal Vision
XOF Armor Pack
Audio - Music
Faded Glory - A Post-Apocalyptic Soundscape (Remastered)
Audio - SFX
Ambient Wasteland - Fallout 4 Edition
Cinematic Sounds - Complete Collection
Commonwealth Warfare - Realistic Gun Sounds And Bullet Cracks
Horrorghouls soundpack
Inner City Ambience
Project Reality Footsteps FO4
Realistic Minigun Sound Replacer
Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul
Audio - Voice
Player Voice Frequency Slider
Press X to respond
Bug Fixes
Barber and Surgeon Camera Fix
No More Disappearing Act - Cell Level Pre-culling Disabler
Rusty Face Fix
Cheats and God items
Cheat Terminal
Portable NPC Spawner
Clothing - Backpacks
Backpacks of the Commonwealth
Companions
AmazingFollowerTweaks
Automatron Expanded Weapons System
Companion Accuracy Boost
Dogmeat - A True Companion
Dual Survivors - Nate Companion Mod
Loving Cait
Crafting - Equipment
Legendary Modification
Scrappable Legendaries
Crafting - Home
Art Connoisseur System ... a ''Frame'' work
Automatron Unlocked
Brighter Settlement Lights
Compact Crafting - Mini Crafting Benches and Power Armor Station
Concrete Walls with Window Glass
Crafting Workbenches - Craftable Weapons Armor Clothing Ammo Junk
CREAtive Clutter
Do It Yourshelf - clutter for shelves and bookcases
Filled Weapon Displays
Generator - Fusebox-Powerbox
Rebuild - Modular Sanctuary Pre-War and Post-War Build Set
Stackable Concrete Foundations
Thematic and Practical - Workshop Settlements
Warehouse Shelves for components and ammo
Scrap dead things
Creatures
D.E.C.A.Y - Better Ghouls
M's Abominations
Environment
Better Leaf Piles
FAR - Faraway Area Reform
Interiors Enhanced - Darker Ambient Light and Fog
Radiant Clouds and Fogs
ReGrowth Overhaul 9
Factions
FCOM - Fallout Commander
Militarized Minutemen
Gameplay Effects and Changes
Crafting Highlight Fix
Easy Hacking
Fallout 2287: Gas Masks of the Wasteland
Hollywood Bullet Tracers
Killable Children
Live Dismemberment
Locksmith - Lock Your Doors 'n' Containers
Mine and Trap Detector
More Durable Power Armor
No Place is Safe - Hunted Encounters
Realistic Ranged Accuracy for NPCs
Realistic Survival Damage
Survival Options
Visible Weapons - 3rd Person Holster
Hair, Face, and Body
Anime Eyes - Standalone
Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer -CBBE
Commonwealth Cuts - KS Hairdos - ApachiiSkyHair
EoW - Makeup Colors
Eyes of the Universe
Illusive Man's Eyes inspired by Mass Effect (Standalone - Replacer)
KS Hairdos - Addon(s) with Physics
Lots More Facial Hair
Lots More Female Hairstyles
Ponytail Hairstyles by Azar
Ponytail Variations
Wasteland Salon - Hair Texture Improvement Mod
XCE - Xenius Character Expansion
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