Spoilers Doctor Strange - Grading & Discussion
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Turns out that the bonus content available at Target, a featurette about the FX, costs an extra $5. Nope. Bought the regular version.
Here's hoping that Disney sees the light and eventually releases Doctor Strange (as well as the other Marvel films), on 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray soon. They're about the only major movie studio that hasn't jumped on that train yet. Until then, I'll wait. I don't want to double dip if I can help it.
I finally saw this movie and I really think it was one of the stronger outings from Marvel. The visuals were fantastic and, although the story was pretty much straightforward I loved the sense of world building and adding to the Marvel universe. I imagine that most of the first part of the story took place over several years, but missed the Iron Man reference early in the movie. I agree with some of the negatives people posted early in the thread but for me the sheer sense of fun and likeability of the characters far outweighed them.
Finally saw it myself. I've noticed people describe it as "Magic Iron Man", but I was actually more reminded of another superhero movie, the plot is basically the same as the one in Green Lantern... a cocky guy gets inducted into an ancient order of protectors and has to use his newfound magic/constructs to confront a villain who's actually working for a bigger villain who's a giant cloud thing and then the whole ordeal makes a trusted ally turn to the dark side in the post credits scene...
The only difference is... this is getting a sequel
The only difference is... this is getting a sequel
I'm one of the few who liked Green Lantern (for the most part). I like the analogy. I also got a strong Dr. House vibe from the character.
I think what I liked most about this movie was that it wasn't as serious as I thought it was going to be. I enjoyed the humor as much as the Inception like special effects. I also got a kick out of the James Kirk-style of victory that Strange pulled out of his a** at the end. I don't know a lot of the "deep cuts" behind Strange's back story in the comics so I think that that played a big part in my enjoyment of the movie. With most of the other movies I spent a lot of mental time comparing the movies with the comics, but in this movie, like Ant Man, I was able to just enjoy the show for what it was.
I think what I liked most about this movie was that it wasn't as serious as I thought it was going to be. I enjoyed the humor as much as the Inception like special effects. I also got a kick out of the James Kirk-style of victory that Strange pulled out of his a** at the end. I don't know a lot of the "deep cuts" behind Strange's back story in the comics so I think that that played a big part in my enjoyment of the movie. With most of the other movies I spent a lot of mental time comparing the movies with the comics, but in this movie, like Ant Man, I was able to just enjoy the show for what it was.
The only difference is... this is getting a sequel
..that, and Doctor Strange did not have Green Lantern's poor, Afterschool Special-level of a screenplay.
I thought that Dr. Strange was a very solid, entertaining movie (definitely better then GL, although I don't hate that movie). One thing I definitely liked is while the main villain was weak, the way they set up Mordo means he'll probably be a fairly strong villain in the sequel. I also liked Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, I think she was a great fit for the roll, even if Marvel got some complaints about her casting.
Overall it was a fun movie with good characters. Not my favorite Marvel movie, but another very good one.
Overall it was a fun movie with good characters. Not my favorite Marvel movie, but another very good one.
Just saw it again. Amazing visuals, fun movie.
I don't think anything has been officially announced, but it's a MCU movie, and it did well, so it's very, very likely.
I'm usually very skeptical of announcements made on or around April 1st (I've already seen two announcements for the beginning of production for Iron Man 4), but I don't see anything particularly April Fool-y about this particular announcement, so I'll bite. If it's wrong, it's wrong.
Nightmare planned to be the villain for Doctor Strange 2.
https://movieweb.com/doctor-strange-2-plans-ideas/
Nightmare planned to be the villain for Doctor Strange 2.
https://movieweb.com/doctor-strange-2-plans-ideas/
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I've heard the Nightmare suggestion before but I forget who on the production team said it, although it was probably Cargill. I'm inclined to believe this report since it doesn't actually promise the sequel is happening, just what would happen if it is greenlit.
Cumberbatch recently said that there were no immediate signs of a sequel: http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/...nedict-cumberbatch-confirms-no-sign-of-sequel
He also said in that same article that Marvel's plan was continually in flux so he couldn't really speculate. He does seem to be very good about keeping a tight lid on what he's allowed to tell people and what he isn't; we saw an example of that when he was doing press interviews for Infinity War alongside Tom Holland, where he quickly took the reins any time a potentially sensitive, can't-talk-about-this topic came up. You can also refer back to his days doing Into Darkness publicity when he did a good job of deflecting any suggestions that he was playing Khan even though it was pretty obvious to everyone.
We probably also won't hear any official greenlights until after Infinity War debuts at the end of the month.
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