Doctor Strange (2016)

it was alright, seemed like iron man meets inception. so while nothing ground breaking, it was entertaining. finally found out wtf this dormammu stuff you guys were talking about. he was so easily beaten i really dont get the hype behind him.

Chukzombi said:

it was alright, seemed like iron man meets inception. so while nothing ground breaking, it was entertaining. finally found out wtf this dormammu stuff you guys were talking about. he was so easily beaten i really dont get the hype behind him.

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You can't say he was defeated.

It took an Infinity Stone in order just to make a deal with him. Anything less powerful would've had Strange's loop broken pretty quickly I'd assume.

Went to see this yesterday. The expected Inception vibe was there but they really succeeded in dialing it up to 11.

The humor felt mostly flat to me though. You could tell they wanted him to seem as self-absorbed as Tony Stark but that whole aspect of his character came off as a bit one note. Stark is a guy who enjoys being himself in a relatable way so the humor with him works and they can play off of it hard. With Strange, not so much so the humor was dialed back to the point of being almost wooden and distracting much of the time.

The way that the big bad was dealt with at the end was clever as hell though and was really well done. I said of Swinton when her casting was announced and later when images of her in costume showed up that she just didn't seem to be a fit for The Ancient One but goddamn she pretty much stole the show proving again that talent trumps all. Get a good enough actor for a role to make me forget about appearances and I'll forget about appearances.

Not in my upper echelon of Marvel flicks but a solid 8 out 10. It leans heavily on it's visuals, which while spectacular, makes me wonder how well it will hold up over time with repeat viewing.

Royal said:

I said of Swinton when her casting was announced and later when images of her in costume showed up that she just didn't seem to be a fit for The Ancient One but goddamn she pretty much stole the show proving again that talent trumps all. Get a good enough actor for a role to make me forget about appearances and I'll forget about appearances.

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It helps that with no hair she kinda looks like an extradimensional being given human form.

Royal said:

The humor felt mostly flat to me though. You could tell they wanted him to seem as self-absorbed as Tony Stark but that whole aspect of his character came off as a bit one note. Stark is a guy who enjoys being himself in a relatable way so the humor with him works and they can play off of it hard. With Strange, not so much so the humor was dialed back to the point of being almost wooden and distracting much of the time.

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See, iunno, I really enjoyed the humor. It wasn't exactly in your face GotG, nor was it hard to miss. It kinda hit the -popculture- cues but it made me really enjoy the character. I got the immediate vibe of Patrick Bateman without the psychopathic tendencies/rage. When he was playing the quiz game, and just knowing in such detail made me think of Huey Lewis. Him labeling out people like Adele, Beyonce, and I forgot who else, made me think about Phil Collins and Whitney Houston scene. It also helped build his character arrogant, but obsessive, it could have been elaborated more than him just saying how he got his degrees in x time but it is more beside the point and just a detail to his character. Idon't know much of him from the comics, cause I never read em, always just enjoyed his whole archtype and power.

Though I wasn't too crazy on how he had to differ himself from the bad, by basically saying he took an oath ectect. I don't know if that is like comic material? I felt that might have been a little forced?

Really liked it but thought the pre-accident portion could have actually been longer, as well as the training. I have no issues sitting through a 3 hour movie as long as it keeps me entertained the whole way through, but I guess studios don't want it.

I liked this movie a lot. Visuals were great. I thought the Ancient One being a British chick was going to annoy me but she was fine.

I finally got around to seeing this.

"Did you think Ant-Man wasn't formulaic enough? Well, we've made all the humor terrible while bumping the 60's LSD psychadelia to 13."

I'd still put it at a 7/10 or so, but that's mostly because it's been a terrible year for movies.

Edit: I forgot to mention there were all of four of us in the theater. Not sure if that was still last night's hangover or a sign the superhero boom is over.

Wombat said:

I finally got around to seeing this.

"Did you think Ant-Man wasn't formulaic enough? Well, we've made all the humor terrible while bumping the 60's LSD psychadelia to 13."

I'd still put it at a 7/10 or so, but that's mostly because it's been a terrible year for movies.

Edit: I forgot to mention there were all of four of us in the theater. Not sure if that was still last night's hangover or a sign the superhero boom is over.

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330m box office (so far) says it isn't.

Was a good movie, but a Meh marvel movie. Maybe my expectations are too high for Marvel after Cap3. The visuals were stunning, Acting was solid, but i thought the story was a bit flat and beyond the Mister Doctor, who's on 1st, routine the humor was lacking.

Still good, but one of the few i have not wanted to watch again right away.

Saw it in AMC's Dolby Cinema, was fantastic prolly will go see it again at some point

Finally caught this last night, it felt like 110 minutes of "Last episode on Dr. Strange..."

They really needed at least another 15 or 20 minutes in there to make it possible to give a a shit about the characters, as it was it felt like they just jumped from scene to scene to convey to rough outline of the narrative in the fastest possible form. There was absolutely no sense of the passage of time - did the movie take place over 3 months? 3 years? How long was Strange training in Nepal?

Acting was solid though, Swinton and Cumberbatch were both great (side note, but am I the only one who thought Cumberbatch's American accent sounded exactly like Hugh Laurie's in House? it was uncanny) although it felt kind of wasted with the rushed narrative. eg. The whole scene with Tilda Swinton's character dying was really well done, but totally lacked any emotional resonance because they hadn't bothered to take the time to make us feel attached to her as a character. Same with all of the other characters, including the main villain, lacking any real backstory. Just felt like they were there to fill the roles "sidekick - mentor - comic relief - bad guy" etc.

On the upside, special effects were amazing. Overall I enjoyed it, and I'm not huge on superhero movies, but if they'd taken the time to flesh it out it could have been an awesome movie, instead of just a good one.