Hit or Miss - Marvel edition
Hello movie fans.
This is a safe space to talk about the not so latest marvel release - Doctor strange in the multiverse of madness.
I just saw this movie two days ago as I prefer to watch after all the hype is gone to avoid spoilers and after watching, this is my brutally honest review.
Disclaimer: no hate to marvel fans please do not come for me. Also team no spoilers please skip this post.
So after all the hype on the internet and how scary people claim the movie is, I am a little bit disappointed if I do say so myself.
First of all, as a non marvel fan the first time I ever saw doctor strange in action was when I watched Spider-Man: No way home at the cinema and ever since I fell in love with the character.
He is a fine man with smooth charisma, a nice accent and he seemed extremely powerful at the Spider-Man movie. What not to love about him.
Excuse my fantasy and as I was saying, I anticipated this movie and expected that amount of power and even more since this movie stars him as the main character.
Not only did they make him seem less powerful but they included some scenes I can only describe as ridiculous.
The first red flag was him dying in the multiverse. I expected him to be so tough, instead he was defeated by the monster and died without much battle. At first I was glad it was a dream but as they revealed it was reality in another universe, that just made me even more mad. Let’s not even get into his eerie dead body with the weird revealing side teeth smirk. It looks like a cartoon villain making it more satire than horrific.
The second red flag was the attack at Kamar-Tag, where Doctor Strange and other thing powerful sorcerers base. They were defeated like it was a piece of cake for Maximoff or maybe I’m underestimating her power because she killed so many sorcerers in no time. She first breached the shield thousands of sorcerers created, destroyed the village, killed them and got away with hardly any scratch.
She really ridiculed an entire army of sorcerers in their base, making them all look so weak and powerless including Doctor Strange.
The third red flag was the Illuminati. One would think that by the way this group are hyped in real life, the movies would exaggerate their powers even more but it was the total opposite.
The way the whole gang died made me giggle so hard. The whisper guy’s death was the funniest. I expected so much more with a dramatic entrance and beating but I got nothing but giggles and disappointment.
The final red flag was the third eye thing. What the heck was that all about, i don’t know if that was meant to be scary but it was just too creepy and funny to me.
The way the clip cut off was even more hilarious, they did my precious Doctor strange dirty in this movie.
At some point I wished he was the villain then maybe he’ll be a bit more powerful and charismatic to my expectations.
In essence, I’ll rate this movie a 6/10.
Reason being the story line didn’t really make much sense to me because why will Maximoff cause so much damage for children that technically isn’t hers, i feel like a better reason would’ve cut it. Also because Doctor strange wasn’t as powerful or taken seriously in a movie where he is literally the main character. They would have named it after Scarlet since she took the spot light from the beginning to the end of the movie.
It is a controversial movie to me and this is my take on it.
Have you seen this movie? Was it a hit or miss? Let’s chat about it in the comments.
all images are screenshots while watching, except sourced otherwise
I saw the first Dr. Strange movie this year, then watched a Wandavision recap on youtube and then watched this movie. I'm not much of a Marvel fan. The part I liked was Dr. Strange Zombie and Scarlet Witch because she is beautiful XD.
I invite you to check the community feed, so you can interact with other users who are Marvel fans.
You didn't lie, she's really pretty indeed haha.
By the community feed, do you mean on discord?
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Marvel is now making this whole MCU thing look more like they are just trying to make more money rather than produce creative content.
I was so disappointed with this movie. It was like they had forgotten they had made the first Doctor Strange movie. They did absolutely terribly with the continuity. In the end, they made it clear that Mordo was going to return, but in a more powerful form. Powerful in the sense that he would be so much of a threat, more like an archnemesis to Strange and the whole story would revolve around both of them. But what did they do instead? They're doing the same thing they've been doing for years: introducing too many characters and delving into unnecessary plots, just so that they can keep their market.
Of course, it is okay to want to expand to keep your audience. But do it with creativity. They will now want to make a movie about that multi-dimensional traveler in the future; it's very unnecessary.
And that is just the tip of the iceberg of what I think is wrong with this movie. There is a reason I have never done a review of a Marvel movie before. There are always too many things to not like. And they already have their fans, so it is not like every time they make a movie, the whole world is buzzing about it.
You have mentioned the major things I did not like about the film. His death in the other worlds does not make sense. And the way they underhype (if that is a word) very strong characters just to lift the character of interest Speaking of the Scarlett Witch: Isn't it the same mighty Captain Marvel she just did dirty? She is all that powerful, but she could not handle puny Thanos three years ago.
I am already beginning to write my own review post in your comment section. Forgive me. I do not hate Marvel. As a matter of fact, I usually look forward to them. It is just that they are doing a very bad job lately, in my opinion. But I do expect Black Panther 2 to be an absolute bomb. I loved Chadwick Boseman so much, and I am sure the whole world did too. So everybody expects the movie to be more like a tribute to the Wakanda King and be awesome.
By the way, great review! @winniecorp
Very valid points, I was really disappointed.
They underhyped Doctor strange so much in the movie even the Chinese guy that taught him, that one was much worse.
They would’ve dedicated the movie to scarlet to be honest because it was literally all about her and her powers.
She would’ve even still defeated him had it been she didn’t surrender.
I hope they do better for Black panther else Marvel is canceled to me lol.
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As typing don turn my new hobby.
Never been a marvel fan and Never would i be.
I think the next black Panther is a woman!
Oh hell no
I think it is T'challa's sister that will take on the mantle. Or she may just bear a different alias.
Truth is I was disappointed when I saw the movie and what glad I never used my money to watch it in the cinemas when it came out. If not, I would have been pained.
They should have just named the movie scarlet witch and let us know what to expect.
Scarlet witch in the multiverse of madness 😂