A bit disappointing from all the hype!

Rating: 6/10 (4 November 2016)

Ever since the name drop in Captain America Winter soldier , i thought Doctor Strange must be someone rather important and amazing. I'll get onto whether he is as important or interesting as it was made out.Just as a side note I'd never heard of Doctor Strange until Winter soldier and I'd never seen any of his comics so I have no prior knowledge about the character, my fault I'm more a DC fan than Marvel. Oh no that must mean that i hate every Marvel film and love every DC film, no not true. Onto the positives of the film, firstly the effects in the film are breath taking and a truly stunning. This film will probably suffer with the tag of "copying" the film Inception but I feel this brings something new to the table and is slightly different from Inception. Every action scene in the film has effects that every film should strive to have because they are mind blowing....(pun intended). The other positive I have is the cast for the most part was solid, with the Standouts being Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton and Chiwetel Ejiofor. They all gave performances that were decent for the film but nothing amazing but it didn't need to be anything over the top. Unfortunately this is the part where I get called a Marvel hater and DC fan boy, there are negatives to this film....quite a few. Firstly although the performances are good in the film I didn't care for any of the characters in the film, even Strange himself who is a horrible person. It made it difficult for me to follow the characters through the story. Next the story, as I said earlier I don't know the original story or any story of Doctor Strange so I could be completely wrong, but my word was it a boring story. I had no interest in following Strange around the world in his training or life, the only saving grace are the effects to keep me engaged. If that is happening then the film has missed its mark with myself. Next negative and the main negative I have with every Marvel film....Humour, once again there is too much of it. Personally just ruins the scene and the experience for me and there generally not funny either. Lastly the villain, which similarly to every other Marvel film except Winter Soldier is very weak. This is such a shame considering you have a great actor in Mads Mikkelsen, but in this film I never saw him as a genuine threat. I believe that Doctor Strange would work far better in a "avengers" type film I think this time Marvel bit off more than they could chew. This is a real shame from a COMIC BOOK FAN that this has happened, and that this year has turned out to be a generally poor year for comic book films. Lastly was Doctor strange an important addition to the MCU, in my opinion no not really but OK. Also was he as interesting as I thought, erm...no not really either which is a really shame. 6/10 or 60% its OK nothing amazing or bad just a bit boring, only the effects saving it!