God damn this movie was great ! But it was still an origin story, as trippy and original as it was, it's still a god damn origin story.
It felt like the creative potential was bounded by this overused format, and it did as well as it could, and the results are there, the movie is great, but why isn't it the best ?
Well you can blame the format first. With the time you'd think that they'd understand that origin stories aren't good idea, but no here they go again. But this time it's different, because Doctor Strange is such an iconic character, a figurehead of the magic, that showing him inexperienced made me question his true abilities. The only real "Doctor Strange" moment was in the first post credit scene. He should be at the same level as the ancient one, if not above. They should have showed his true power right from the start and introduce his backstory through flashbacks.
Though I liked that he wasn't an extremely good fighter right from the start, he kinda on his magic. And that's the character, but they want to address his flaws and fix him, but that's what make the comic character so good: he's an asshole, he's very serious and practical.
Don't show one of the most powerful character who's so full of himself in a not experienced position.
And let the public learn to love to hate him, because all characters can't be lovable (and damn it did well for Tony Stark).
I just wish they spent more time explaining the diversity of magic, there is so much more to magic in pop culture.
We get the eye of Agamotto as and infinity stone, and this was really a very good element lf the movie, it allowed a better resolution at the end.
Visually speaking, that movie is a gem, but it looked a bit like they relied on that for the whole movie, it sure added to the identity, but you have to see past this.
They took advantage of this multiple universe story to go everywhere BUT earth. We didn't quite get to understand the scale of it since we're stuck with Strange in Nepal.
Now, the soundtrack is very good sounding but I don't think it fits the character, it was very much like the Star Trek soundtrack: too hopeful toward the end of the main part but with a great melody. But Doc Strange shouldn't be like that, he should be mysterious in some ways. All of those three composed in a theme music that would fit every of his apparition.
The idea of using a harpsichord was great, exactly what I wanted to so for Doctor Strange, this creepy vibe.
This movie was really good, as good as an origin story can be thanks to the extraordinary visuals. Benedict Cumberbatch is the man, really good.
They did good when they could have done bad, now they have everything they need to make a better sequel with a Doctor Strange who's like the kingpin of all magic. And for god's sake give us structure, structure for the movie (an original one) and structure for all magic in the MCU, give details !
Everything Wrong with: Doctor Strange
God damn this movie was great ! But it was still an origin story, as trippy and original as it was, it's still a god damn origin story. It felt like the creative potential was bounded by this overused format, and it did as well as it could, and the results are there, the movie is great, but why isn't it the best ? Well you can blame the format first. With the time you'd think that they'd understand that origin stories aren't good idea, but no here they go again. But this time it's different, because Doctor Strange is such an iconic character, a figurehead of the magic, that showing him inexperienced made me question his true abilities. The only real "Doctor Strange" moment was in the first post credit scene. He should be at the same level as the ancient one, if not above. They should have showed his true power right from the start and introduce his backstory through flashbacks. Though I liked that he wasn't an extremely good fighter right from the start, he kinda on his magic. And that's the character, but they want to address his flaws and fix him, but that's what make the comic character so good: he's an asshole, he's very serious and practical. Don't show one of the most powerful character who's so full of himself in a not experienced position. And let the public learn to love to hate him, because all characters can't be lovable (and damn it did well for Tony Stark).
I just wish they spent more time explaining the diversity of magic, there is so much more to magic in pop culture. We get the eye of Agamotto as and infinity stone, and this was really a very good element lf the movie, it allowed a better resolution at the end. Visually speaking, that movie is a gem, but it looked a bit like they relied on that for the whole movie, it sure added to the identity, but you have to see past this. They took advantage of this multiple universe story to go everywhere BUT earth. We didn't quite get to understand the scale of it since we're stuck with Strange in Nepal. Now, the soundtrack is very good sounding but I don't think it fits the character, it was very much like the Star Trek soundtrack: too hopeful toward the end of the main part but with a great melody. But Doc Strange shouldn't be like that, he should be mysterious in some ways. All of those three composed in a theme music that would fit every of his apparition. The idea of using a harpsichord was great, exactly what I wanted to so for Doctor Strange, this creepy vibe. This movie was really good, as good as an origin story can be thanks to the extraordinary visuals. Benedict Cumberbatch is the man, really good. They did good when they could have done bad, now they have everything they need to make a better sequel with a Doctor Strange who's like the kingpin of all magic. And for god's sake give us structure, structure for the movie (an original one) and structure for all magic in the MCU, give details !