"It's good but it's taken" - J J Jamerson

Rating: 7/10 (28 July 2019)

Wealth, Arrogance, Loss, suffering then redemption. It's marvel studios winning formula that brought you the first Iron Man film. This film is marvels second shot at this arc and they really seem to make it work.
The CGI scenes were actually good which was one of my biggest fears going in to this film. The acting is good as Ben Cumbie (never saying that again don't worry) does an amazing job. It's the supporting cast that usually drag down marvel films but in this one they really seem to do great, Tilda Swinton and the dude who plays Mordo are great. If you have any criticisms about Rachel Mcadams acting please just watch the scene where the broom falls in the closet. That is genuine fear. That is good acting.
The whole trippy CGI thing is absolutely brilliant and won't age that badly, but the best part of the film is the score. Sure the story and acting is good and the shots are all fine but the score is just magnificent. Listen to a track called "the hands dealt" and you will find yourself loving this film more and more.
The best way to describe this film is as a cross between Kung-Fu Panda and Iron Man 1.
Unfortunately the villain of the film really lets it down as their performance is great and the reason they have for conflict is presented in a somewhat interesting way but I just feel like it was lacking something. A little more character development wouldn't go a miss.
The connection between Christine and stevie strange (sorry) is actually really good. There are whole plots that feel like they could go some where that just don't. It's both great and terrible.
The most important part of this film is that it is a great standalone. It has Easter eggs to the MCU but it never depends on another film to do anything. That is important as it means this film proves it can get by on its own.
This film is clever and serious when it wants but has the charm of the silly and stupid films we have come to love from marvel. It succeeds in telling a compelling story and the acting cinematography is generally great. It still has flaws and those flaws are oh too apparent. It is still entertaining and even tho it's not a perfect film in anyway it is defiantly worth watching at least twice.
7/10 - Master of the mystic farts