Special effects second to none...

Rating: 6/10 (26 November 2016)

Overall I liked the movie. Yes special effects plays a big aspect cause they were so good but it did make quite a difference, as it should in this movie. The acting was quite good and story pacing was good as well.
Far as the negatives (and I'll show my age here) his "Rocky training" sessions were flat out stupid and unbelievable. Hey director, you flat out failed here and I don't care what the comics say or how many books he read, this part of the movie sucked... I mean here you have some hot shot surgeon, brilliant no doubt, but is he a friggin ninja or expert spell castor? Not in the least and I don't care how smart the guy is, his disbelief in the "non science" realm of things only gives him a handicap, yet he seems to race through basic training and ends up being the savior of a realm we ordinary humans can't see or even seem to know about?
I'm willing to disbelieve a lot of things, because it's fantasy, because it's the movies, because it's Marvel movies, but at the end of the day it needs to tell a good story. With this movie overall I think they succeeded, but the whole middle "powering up" aspect just fell flat on it's face and the more I write this review the more it bothers me. I mean he touched and grabbed or stole things that were sacred, yet no price other than humor was paid????
It guess it worked, kinda....