The Strangest Super Hero of Marvel yet...

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 2016)

This is not the stereotype Marvel's superhero movie. It's not full of fights between Avengers superheroes with the great villains. It was an introduction to a brand new superhero who was as strange as his name was. His power was not strength or fly or anything, but instead it's more mystical. It was mentioned in the movie also if Avengers were guarding from the physical threats, the people in Kamar-Taj do them differently.
The movie had tons of crazy special effects. My most memorable scene would definitely be the fight before the finale and of course the finale fight scenes as well. Those were awesome. The sound effects were also cool and also the make up effects. However, I could not help to have some feeling of familiarity on the multiple dimension scenes with those in the 2010 movie Inception (with Leonardo DiCaprio).
I maybe biased here as I like Benedict Cumberbatch especially since I saw him in Sherlock TV series (which I happened to review all 3 seasons of them before) and I think that his performance here as Dr. Strange was awesome. I agreed with the producer/director's view that he IS Dr. Strange. I understand that was the reason why the movie was scheduled rather later as they insisted on having Cumberbatch to have the schedule for playing as Dr. Strange. He was charming here and made a lot of funny remarks and a bit naughty as well (see his funny "relationship" with Wong).
However good Cumberbatch performance here and the good special effects here, I am not too sure though if people can relate to this kind of super power in the movie. It maybe a gamble I think for Disney/Marvel in this one. But then again who knows? When they tried making Guardians of the Galaxy earlier, they somehow made it a successful one as well. Marvel always had a way of doing that in the past.
Anyway, if you are looking for a different kind of super hero without the physical appearance of the bulky with super strength, super anything super hero, then this one definitely is something different which you can try. It is a safe movie for children or young teens (no violent scenes or adult scenes at all). As usual Marvel movies, please do not leave the edge of your seats. There would be 2 scenes in the mid post-credit and at the very very end. Those scenes would give you insights on what would happen in the near future Marvel universe. Oh, this movie also having a shorter running time compared to other super heroes movies which was less than 2 hours even including those end credit scenes.
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