Imaginative and Unique

Rating: 9/10 (5 November 2016)

Before I start this review, let me just say I'm sorry if I don't call everything it's proper name because I'm usually terrible at remembering stuff like that.
Doctor Strange was a movie that I had no idea what to think going in. The trailer was interesting but nothing spectacular and I knew virtually nothing about the character. By the end, I was astounded by how great this movie was and it may be one of my favorite MCU movies to date.
The movie's plot goes as such, Steven Strange, a very wealthy esteemed doctor, gets into a car crash which makes his hands basically unusable. After long amounts of time of trying to find a way to fix them, he finds a temple of sorts filled with sorcerers who tell him that they can fix his hands by teaching him there magical powers. He spends a very long time there training until a bigger threat comes that he and the rest of them have to stop.
Benedict Cumberbatch does a great job playing Doctor Strange and does an excellent job at progressively being less of jerk throughout the movie and is great considering you spend 90% of the movie with him. The rest of the cast does a good job for what they need to do such as The Ancient One and Wong. While the villain isn't very memorable like most Marvel villains (heck I don't even remember his name), it doesn't hurt this film nearly as much as a lot of other Marvel movies because the movie doesn't rely on the villain too much. Although I will say the final threat in the movie does look kind of stupid
The action and effects in this movie are phenomenal. All the action scenes are great and never overstay there welcome. As many have mentioned, seeing the buildings collide and the sorcerer's using there weird orange portals and weapons is always a treat to see. Also a lot of the spells they use are really cool such as the time bending backwards, the moving cape, and much more.
The pacing of this movie is also done very well, it wastes no time getting to his origin story and although the movie is 2 hours and 10 minutes, I didn't feel like it was overly long (unlike Civil War). I also like how they went about how Strange learns the magic over time and it isn't just done in one quick montage.
The tone and style of this movie is also one big reason why I love this movie so much. The problem I have with a lot of the Marvel movies is the sameness in how they go about (such as Ant-Man and the Thor movies). I honestly appreciate that they didn't overuse the humor in this movie. While there are still a decent amount of jokes which are well timed, such as the ending fight, the cape gag, and the Beyonce joke, it's mostly done pretty seriously which is nice change of pace. While I know some people may not appreciate the learning of spells and all the sorcerer talk, it's personally something I fondly enjoy and if your like me I highly recommend this movie.
I would like to talk about the dark world and how and the Ancient One had been using it. I really did like how they handled it as Strange kid of agreed with the villain at first that it is bad but then realizes she used it too help more people. I also think it is cool to see how Mordo deeply hated what she decided and goes of to do something bad (which is shown in the ending credits). Side note I think the other ending credits scene, the one showing that Doctor Strange will be in Thor: Ragnarok, which I think is cool because I think Doctor Strange's style compliments Thor's style (ya know with the different worlds and all).
In the end, While Doctor Strange isn't perfect I still loved this movie's style, pacing, action, and characters. It's my third favorite MCU movie (only behind Iron Man 1 and Guardians of the Galaxy) and I honestly enjoyed it much more than Civil War.
Conclusion
9/10
Fantastic!