Pretty ordinary fantasy film

Rating: Null/10 (13 September 2017)

This film is based on a series of comics that I used to read many years ago. Its been so long that I cant really remember all that much, but I do remember that the comics were quite random in that the world it built had endless possibilities. So when this film concluded it did set up the possibility for that to be furthered in future films. Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) was really good in this.
His character arc is quite formulaic though. He starts out an arrogant holier than thou surgeon, but is brought down to earth when he is almost crippled while driving his over powered luxury car off the road. The road to recovery is littered with the usual trials and tribulation until the answer lies in the realm of the metaphysical, a realm that a straight laced surgeon has difficulty accepting. Accept it he must of course, because, as per usual in this type of story, the fate of all human kind rests in his surgically capable hands.
The CGI effects were quite good. In fact they won an academy award. I admit I got a bit bored watching this though; I found the story to be predictable. If however you enjoy a fantasy film with a very three dimensional hero with real flaws and excellent cgi effects, you should check this out.