Nearly two hours of mindless CGI

Rating: 2/10 (20 April 2019)

I must confess that superhero films do not have me jumping up and down with excitement as they appear to be aimed at twelve-year-olds and those who need to see non-stop explosions and destruction to hold their attention. The first Batman with Nicholson was entertaining and funny, even the original Superman films had reasonable plots and enterainment value but Marvel and DC took the whole genre in a new direction As time has gone by, each successive superhero film reduces the human element while increasing the special effects and CGI. Doctor Strange has taken all this to a new level - I doubt if more than five minutes were filmed without using blue screens. It's sad to see the film industry deteriorate to the level where garbage like this draws huge box-office, encouraging more of the same trash to be produced. Hollywood's obsession with PC plotting and characters has lowered standards even further. The few intelligent films being produced for audiences prepared to follow a character-driven plot struggle to make a profit so we appear to be stuck with superheroes for the foreseeable future.