Marvel just Keeps Making Good Movies

Rating: 7/10 (23 April 2017)

This movie was in my opinion one of Marvel's best films - or at least solo films - in a while. With so many films in growing cinematic universes constantly throwing in references to upcoming characters in order to set up that universe, it is good to see a movie that has its own self-contained story. No Tony Stark or Thor (except for the post-credits scene, but that's a little different), just Stephen Strange and his world. The casting is also very good. Benedict Cumberbatch provides a very convincingly arrogant and privileged guy who realized he might be wrong after all by the time the movie is coming to a close. He's still flawed, but at least he's trying.. There was only a small handful of things that could have been improved. The pacing started out a little odd. I feel like it could have taken more time to develop all of the characters and their world. It did even out quickly, though. Again, a bit of a generic villain, but Kacaelius was not as threatening as he could have been. I don't think it was as bad as most people say however. The story of Doctor Strange is not as interesting to me as some of the other Marvel stories, so it was not my #1 favorite MCU installment, but it was still very good