Iron
Fist 4/10
There
will be spoilers. Man, they really managed to bone this series. Over
the last two and a half days I watched the new Netflix series Iron
Fist. This show was not as bad as some of the reviews I read
afterward because there were people ready to hate this show no matter
what. I was not a fan of any of the characters that Netflix has been
making shows based off of but have watched them all and besides half
the second season of Daredevil I have enjoyed them. Jessica Jones was
good. Luke Cage was amazing. The first season of Daredevil was good.
So I gave this show the same chance because I am not looking to be
not entertained. What made me give this a 4 out of 10 instead of less
were the characters from the shows I just mentioned showing up.
The
basic story is this kid Danny Rand and his parents were in a plane
that was shot down and he is saved and trained by some monks that
teach him to fight and use the power of Iron Fist. He shows back up
in New York at his fathers multi billion dollar company and of course
no one believes him because as far as the world knows he died along
with his parents. Rand is played by Finn Jones and while I am not
bothered by the way he looks I was waiting for him to
look...different. Not just in terms of his costume because sadly it
never appears. Daredevil made us wait till the last episode but it
was a great pay off. That does not happen here.
His
face was not emotive enough. Maybe it was his facial hair. I don't
know. But the fact that I felt this way watching him without a mask
on is not a good sign. He seemed like a fish out of water in the city
but still had this air about him as if he knew more than everyone
else. He never listened to advice and there were multiple times where
he was told to do something that was obviously some sort of set up or
trap and I thought “No way he believes...yep. He does. He believed
the bad guy. Wow.” And I won't even get into how a show about a
character balls deep in martial arts managed to have some of the
least interesting martial arts fights. There were two cool scenes
involving him using his power but they were episodes apart. He kept
losing his ability and it seems like anything can stop it. Pills.
Lack of confidence. Poison. Being too angry. Not angry enough.
A
lot of this show can be blamed on the writing and/or directing. The
characters were so fucking inconsistent. In one episode they would be
logical thinking adults and the next they would be fucking
sociopaths. One second they are high powered business folk and
moments later screaming like spoiled children. The interaction
between people seemed like it was written by kids sometimes. “You
did something terrible to me. What am I gonna do about it?
Well...nothing. I'll have people watch you until you escape or I
realize that you are lying a little less than others.” It was
confusing. And why is the fact that a guy has fists that light up so
unbelievable when it is known that aliens have attacked the city, a
man turns into a green monster, and a Norse god walks among them?
Iron Fist's abilities shouldn't even be shocking.
The
good things about this show were the music and the appearances of
Rosario Dawson because she is a beam of magical, beautiful, lovely
light and Carrie-Anne Moss. Dawson returns as Claire Temple as she
did in all the other Marvel series. She is the most logical person
but for some reason she wont just come out and say “You need some
fucking help because I have personally known three other people that
could do some strange ass shit.” Moss returns and again, she is
someone that behaves as if she is on one of the better shows.
Whenever she is around the other characters its as if she is so
natural and doing great while they are struggling to make sense of
what they are saying. This would have been easier to stomach with eight episodes instead of thirteen. I couldn't really suggest this show to anyone
beyond the first two episodes really. It falls down and never really
gets back up and the way it ends doesn't even seem to connect to the
other shows.
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