Review of Doctor Strange (2016) by Nieuwegassie — 09 Mar 2017

Undeniably awesome: Excellent casting. There isn't a single actor in this movie that doesn't hit it out of the park, just great performances all-round. Excellent special effects that actually gave me a slight bout of vertigo even without 3D goggles! A great story with high (and believable) stakes. A villain that is both a great actor and has a believable motive: I found myself sympathising entirely with his approach to the "problem" (minor theme spoiler: avoiding death).

Doctor Strange manages to compress an exciting origin story into two hours with tons of character development flawlessly, all the while ending with a nice humorous little connection to the MCU's other superheroes.