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It's closer in feel to GotG than Civil War
Agreed! I enjoyed it. I still wish they'd gone for an Asian actress, but Swinton was great. Cumberbatch made a fine Strange, and I thought the humor came across just as it should. And they set up the upcoming movies very well.
Needless to say, stay all the way through the credits.
Really the only acting I wasn't happy with was Benedict Wong's. He's an award winning actor, right, and not just someone they cast because he has the same name as the character?
Needless to say, stay all the way through the credits.
Spoiler alert: that movie you just watched was only a 2-hour long trailer for Dr Strange 2! (But yes, there are TWO end credit scenes, so if MCU canon is important to you, you'll want to stay.)
That's pretty much the modus operandi for Marvel films these days: A mid-credits scene to tease a future MCU movie, and a post-credits scene to set up the sequel to the movie you're watching. If they vary from that, it's probably because of scheduling, or they haven't decided yet if there will be a sequel.
I thought it interesting that
they killed off the Ancient One without Strange being ready to take her place as Sorcerer Supreme. In fact he has nowhere near the expertise of Wong, Mordo, or the other masters aside from what he learned about using the Eye of Agamotto. Though I suppose he may have learned a lot depending on just how many times his encounter with Dormammu was looped and how much practice that afforded him.
I thought that was interesting too, Matt. But maybe it was an acknowledgment that
Strange really couldn't have learned EVERYTHING he needed to know to be Sorceror Supreme in such a short time. I took it as the best they could do with the source material to NOT have a "White Man Who Does It Better Than The POC Masters" character.
Several times they mentioned
both that he still has lots to learn, and that it's remarkable that he advanced so quickly (once he learned to "surrender his ego").
This movie was all the things I like, so I was biased to like it despite its flaws, and I was not disappointed. Perfect, no, lotsa fun, yes.
Oh, and also: we saw it in IMAX 3D, which was trippy and cool, but the effects aren't
necessary,
so 2D would be fine if you think 3D will make you sick.
I enjoyed the heck out of it. I thought Bricklayer Crumpetbum's performance was excellent, but his accent was so-so. He wears the cape with wonderful panache.
This movie was all the things I like, so I was biased to like it despite its flaws, and I was not disappointed. Perfect, no, lotsa fun, yes.
As I said on FB, as Matrix/House fanfic goes, this was top notch.
I thought Bricklayer Crumpetbum's performance was excellent, but his accent was so-so.
Strange was educated at Oxford.
handwaving
He wears the cape with wonderful panache.
The sassy cape was my second favorite character.