"The idiot's back"
This quote is what I thought of when I saw the finale. Marvel / Disney just cannot make good finales. Period. They couldn't with Loki, WandaVision or Falcon & the Winter Soldier, and they didn't with Moon Knight.
The first episode was pretty ok, the low budget CGI did come through quite a lot, but it's not something I'm very annoyed by. It's good to see that Marvel isn't spending all their budget on CGI. Other than Oscar Isaac's performance, which was brilliant (except in the finale, which I'll come back to later) and the set design, I have no clue where the budget went. In hindsight, the writing was decent—bordering on the good side in some—in episodes 1-3, and everything else was just a shit show.
As I watched 4&5, I thought, wow, this is such a mindfuck; I hope they develop this into something, and I was genuinely enjoying myself. Then the finale happened. Retconned everything that occurred in 4&5, and those episodes were there just for the suspense and cliffhangers, neither of which paid off. People may disagree with me, but it's a classic example of lazy, persuasive writing just to make sure that people keep watching the show. There were a lot of unnecessary deviations from the main story, and it just left me so dissatisfied after watching the finale.
One of these deviations, which had the potential for immense character growth, was Marc/Steven's past. They had the opportunity to finally show his Jewish culture and that it was important to him, but instead—being the white supremacists they are—they made Marc literally throw his Yamaka on the road. That is such a horrible show of disrespect toward Jewish people. It is believed that the Yamaka should never be allowed to touch the floor, let alone be thrown on the road. Even if he was in great pain and did it out of frustration, it doesn't justify it. A Jewish man would never do what Marc did. It just goes to show how insensitive the writers are. This may seem trivial to some people, but it really isn't since many Jewish fans expected representation from this show; as in the comics, being Jewish is a significant part of Marc's identity. They didn't touch upon him being Jewish until the second half of the show. When they did, they disrespected the religion and hurt the sentiments of their people. Completely dropped the ball here.
Let's talk about the finale now. What an absolute disaster of a season finale. Horrible direction, abhorrent writing and a drastic drop in performance from all the actors, especially Oscar Isaac. To be very honest, I only kept watching because Isaac's performance was brilliant in the episodes preceding the 6th one. I don't know why his acting took such a drastic drop, but I can only assume the director messed up big time and didn't direct him well. There was so much happening in that final episode, which was absurd and without explanation, and the pacing was terrible. Scenes were cutting into another left and right, things were happening all over the place, and everything was hard to follow.
Spoiler ahead: The fight between Khonshu and Ammit turned into King Kong vs Godzilla. It was the most hilarious thing ever because it was so out of place and bad. I have no clue how Khonshu also became monstrously big; at least with Ammit, she was eating the souls of the people who got judged. The whole revival plot of Marc was so underwhelming and predictable; this is why the last 2 episodes felt like a waste. It's as though they just needed to finish it somehow and cooked up whatever nonsense just to have more action and mystery, completely ignoring the story and characters.
END OF SPOILER
I had so many expectations for this series after the first 3 episodes because it was so promising and had so much potential. Unfortunately, as usual, Marvel does not know what to do after a brilliant setup and ends up axing themselves in the legs—in terms of story—in favour of fight scenes and cheap suspense tactics. Still, it is worth a watch if you're a Marvel fan or not; credit where credit is due: it does have its great moments, especially the music.