Stan Lee's 102 Acting Role? Wow

Rating: 7/10 (16 April 2017)

There are great reviews of this one out here, and there are trolls reviews venting that all Marvel Movies are alike, over hyped and over cgi bullshit*t. Well I am kind of in between here.
This one is much better than a dreadful one where two teams of super heroes actually both lose in the movie. It is a notch short of some of Marvels best efforts. That is why Stan Lee is on a bus on this one. He is trying to stay out of the way and yet laugh all the way to the bank. Successful, Lee is.
The movie makes it because Dr. Strange actor pulls off his role pretty well. It does get a little deep in all the fighting and action sequences. The bald lady comes off very much like that old lady who is in charge of James Bond in the last few outings.
The movie is predictable, and yet enjoyable. Could it be better, yes, and the feelings between Strange and his estranged wife are not very emotional. Of course who has room for emotions when you need to save the entire world?
This is one of the places the emotion is lacking a bit. The characters do the best they can with the script, but it could have been better. The ending credits contain 2 surprises, and one thing that is not surprising. There are only about 4 songs that get credits in this one because Dr. Strange is just not very musical.
Maybe that is a sour note, but it depends on what you like, You could say that in a diner, this movie is the blue plate special, better than a plain cheese sandwich, but not a prime rib sandwich. Then again in some eateries, the Blue Plate is the prime rib. It's just left over from yesterday's special.