Looks cool but is trippy

Rating: 5/10 (3 December 2016)

Doctor Strange has me on edge. There are some things I really liked, but some things were very unexpected and trippy. The things I liked were basically Benedict Cumberbatch - the guy's an amazing actor - and the visual effects. They just looked cool, all the colours and moving buildings etc.
But the story did not catch me one bit. When I watched the trailer I expected something similar to Inception and that is not what this movie is at really (except for some visuals). Maybe it is because I only watched one trailer and I don't know anything about the comics and that stuff, but I expected something that is mind-blowing and not as weird and trippy as this movie (of course I expected something weird but not in that way). It's more about fighting the dark dimension and some really weird bad people than travelling dimensions and discovering a whole new world. When Doctor Strange first finds out that there is more than the dimension he knows, it looks like he's on an acid trip, I could not take that part seriously at all (even though it looked pretty cool).
Another thing that kind of irritated me was all the jokes. First, this movie is serious and dark, but then, I think to lighten the mood, "jokes" are made which are simply not funny in a situation like that. I have to say, some people in the cinema laughed though, so I think it's just not my kind of humour.
Anyways, all in all this movie looked cool and has some great acting, but the story is not for me. I suppose people who know what to expect or just like the story more would love this movie, but unfortunately I did not really enjoy it.