Strangely Exciting

Rating: 8/10 (3 December 2016)

Dr. Strange is an interesting take on the world of magic when compared to other movies with magic, such as Harry Potter series. While this series have magic as something your are born to do, Dr Strange is a bit different. The movie has a selfish surgeon how loses his money maker hands go on a desperate search for a way to fix what had happened to him, all so he can "help" people. However after a discover of a paralyzed man walking perfectly again, Dr. Strange seeks this treatment only to find a world of magic created by all the other worlds that exist. In his selfish attempts to fix himself he discovers a greater evil occurring and begins to help stop the destruction of his world to Dormammu, a creature wishing to make everything part of himself or "The One". Benedict Cumberbatch's easy takes the essence of this selfish character and becomes one with it as well as he is able to slowly transform this character over the film. The elements of humor added to some of the more serious moments also helps keep the attention of the viewer as it is unexpected and well written. what I found the most fascinating was the effects used on the movie. All the magic in the movie is created based on the people creating special circles or tomes to summon the magic from the other worlds. while most of the magic was a orange like electricity that's shape would change depending on the spell, other magics where a more translucent in appearance or altered the world itself. The mirror dimension was my personal favorite as the world would be reflected or altered in weird ways where characters could run along walls or create four of the same city in each corner of the screen. These effects were mind boggling and created a unique setting for parts of the movie. Even one of the final scenes of the film took place in an alternative world, created likely by well done CGI that made it seem like all of this could happen. I enjoyed the how all the characters developed and what roles they played in the story, my only complaint would be that Dr. Strange seemed to get strong too fast. In the film they say he was just likely a natural but they still could have had him struggle more in his training. Other than that I am excited to see where they go with this character, especially since they connected his one artifact to the infinity stones, the items connected to the next Thor movie, which was confirmed by Thor's visit to the Doctor at the end of the movie. It excites me for the next movies in the Marvel Universe.