Warning! This post contains spoilers for Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The daring use of the multiverse concept in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Quan plays Waymond Wang, the husband of Yeoh's character Evelyn. Everything Everywhere All At Once is a tour-de-force for Michelle Yeoh.
Multiverse movies have become extremely popular in the last few years. Jobu Tupaki, a multiverse version of her daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu).
In truth, Everything Everywhere All At Once has done a much better job with its multiverse than the MCU has in its recent multiversal movies and streaming series. Marvel doesn't seem to have a unified idea of what its multiverse is and how it works. From Spider-Man: No Way Home, the rules seem to change each time there's a new project, which makes the continuity hard to follow. Everything Everywhere All At Once doesn't have those problems. In just two hours, Everything Everywhere All At Once manages to present a multiverse that shows Marvel's messy multiverse how it's done.
MCU's Multiverse Problems Explained
Marvel's Phase 4 has had more than one entry into the multiverse since it began, and that's part of the problem. three different versions of Peter Parker are variants or just different Peters from completely separate universes. It's also possible that He Who Remains wasn't being completely truthful about how the multiverse works in Loki, but even with his explanation being a lie, that doesn't explain how Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield fit into the multiverse that What If...? presented. Maybe the MCU can fix some of these problems in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but so far, Marvel has created a multiverse that isn't unified and doesn't make sense.
Everything Everywhere Avoids All Of Marvel's Multiverse Issues
For a movie that doesn't hold back in its exploration of the multiverse, similar to Jet Li's The One. Despite these rules, Everything Everywhere All At Once's multiverse also has few limitations on what the multiverse can be. There's a universe where everyone has hotdog hands, and one where no life ever formed on Earth, so everyone is a rock. This movie easily avoids the confusion of Marvel's multiverse by letting it be open to every possibility while still giving the characters clear rules on how it operates.
Why Everything Everywhere's Multiverse Is Better Than Marvel's
While Marvel is still trying to figure out exactly how the MCU multiverse works, the Everything Everywhere All At Once multiverse is well-constructed and works on a fundamental level. The origin of the universe jumping, the explanation for how it works, and even the "everything bagel" black hole are all explained well. The villain, pure sci-fi movie for 2022 and does not try to be anything else.
Marvel could learn from Everything Everywhere All At Once when it comes to creating a clear, concise multiverse. Where Marvel's multiverse has failed to be consistent between its series and movies, Everything Everywhere All At Once pretty much nails the multiverse concept. As a high-concept film, it could have been hard to follow, but instead, Evelyn's multiversal adventure to save her daughter uses the multiverse better than any other multiverse movie has so far.
