Entertaining but ultimately lacking

Rating: 3/10 (17 February 2019)

Full disclosure: I have an irrational hatred of Benedict Cumberbatch. Literally I just want to punch him in the face every time he appears on my screen. But I love Marvel movies so there I was watching Dr Strange.
Other than my personal distaste for Cumberbatch (and every one of his acting performances including this one, terrible) this movie has three main problems.
1. The "magic" is explained with incomprehensible gibberish. So much so that really all I could do was enjoy the CGI and pretty colours in all those scenes because I had no bloody idea what was going on.
2. The cape was a more interesting character then Dr Strange. Enough said.
3. The ending is pedestrian and convenient. Using time travel to fix a problem? Yawn.
Bottom line: Watch it once to get the information you need to know to proceed further into the MCU (and enjoy the pretty colours) but not a classic to be re-watched.