Fun and interesting entry to the MCU. Definitely worth watching.

Rating: 8/10 (15 February 2017)

Directed By: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Mads Mikelsen and Rachel McAdams
Overall: This movie is fun, interesting, unique and a worthy entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I would definitely recommend.
Good:
1. The visual effects are outstanding. They are stunning and so intricately and masterfully designed that is a marvel to behold them.
2. Benedict Cumberbatch is excellent as Doctor Strange himself.
3. Mads Mikkelsen does great as Kaecillius, though I believe some work could have been done on his character.
4. The action is awesome and very well handled. It provides an interesting take on magic not explored much by many movies.
5. Great and sometimes stunning cinematography
6. The humour that was very was very successful and I laughed audibly multiple times throughout.
7. How they deal with the major threat in the movie was spectacular and really shows a break in formula for Marvel.
Bad:
1. The story wasn't very interesting.
2. I really wish the character of Kaecillius could have been more thoroughly explained and flushed out to suit with Mads Mikkelsen's magical acting capability. Acting was good; character was bad.
3. I wish there wasn't a love interest for Doctor Strange. It didn't need it and is would have actually been a nice break of formula for Marvel individual character movies.
4. The 'twist' involving Mordo at the end was so painfully predictable and I've never touched a Doctor Strange comic in my life. It was stupid and lazy and so obvious.
5. Mid-way through, there is an action scene unlike anything I've ever seen. It was phenomenal. It was genius. That being said, it made the final fight of the movie seem anti-climactic. The time travel gimmick was nice, yes. But it just fell short of the legacy the mid-way fight delivered.
6. There is so much exposition in the film. I understand it was needed for such a foreign and unique concept such as this, but this was a bit overkill. They needed to set up the world but could have done it much more efficiently.
7. His origin was also wasted. I don't want a three hour epic on him being a surgeon but I would have liked more Stephen Strange, not Doctor Strange, to flesh out his character before they got into the meat of the story.
8/10