Marvel as self-parody?

Rating: 5/10 (16 June 2017)

"By far, my least favorite." It was my wife who said that, which surprised me. She loves the MCU and is genuinely hard to displease as a person.
But I agree. "Doctor Strange" is several things, but primarily a mechanical origin story; as such, easily the least involving of these movies. It's all "Inception" visuals and "The Matrix" reality-bending. Strange himself lacks charisma, something Cumberbatch doesn't help, and his all-important lesson about arrogance lacks weight.
It's certainly an expensive movie, and the CGI is top-shelf. But those furnishings and that solid cast are carrying a weak story.
5/10