Review of Doctor Strange (2016) by Peabarter — 04 Nov 2016

I enjoyed this movie! This was one of the few movies that I thought used 3D well. I am not a big fan of 3D. It took it's time developing the main character and wasn't all special effects laden action like most comic based movies. However, I would have liked to see more different kinds of magic. Rather than come up with a large variety of magic spells, they just kept repeating the spells that you had already seen. They should have given Mads Mikkelsen as the villain more screen time. He is a great presence in all of the movies that I have seen him in. I also liked Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange.

Strange spends most of the movie adjusting to his new role. I'm excited to see the next Strange tale now that he has embraced his role. I think this character has a lot of potential. There are 2 separate additional scenes at the end of the movie. The 1st after the cast credits is only targeted at humor. The 2nd after the film credits sets up the sequel. I'm skeptical about their chosen sequel plot and the character motivations behind it.