So Doctor Strange was real bizarre.
Truly a trippy film. Not a well put together review but man, I am glad we saw it in a basically empty theatre because I was cackling. Some parts that weren't meant to be funny (like America exploding her parents into the multiverse because she saw... a bee?) were hysterical. Also, THE SOULS OF THE DAMNED. That's when the movie really jumped the shark for me. It was not a good movie , but at least it wasn't boring.
Assorted ramblings, full of spoilers:
-Christine-- surely no one can believe he actually cares about her since he hasn't mentioned her once since his standalone movie. This isn't a Peggy Carter situation; if you put a gun to my head yesterday and asked who Dr Strange's love interest was I could not have told you
- SO many candles. That combined with the constant evoking of "Christine" (because Sam Raimi believes if you mention something enough times that's the same thing as having it make sense) gives it real Phantom of the Opera vibes
- speaking of PoTO, there's a fight with piano notes?? like Marvel meets Fantasia?? And the climatic blow is struck by a single harp note that I guess is just extra special
- Dr Strange torments a man who was stolen from and it's presented as "how funny"
- There are SO MANY bad "quippy" one liners in this movie. The dialogue is atrocious.
- Did I mention THE SOULS OF THE DAMNED???? That sound like the "it's me, boy" TikTok? Does this mean there is a god in this universe? What are they damned from? Just general wtf
- The reason No Way Home worked so well is because we knew all the Spider-Men and were excited to see the actors reunited. This was just Benedict Cumberbatch with different hair
- What was up with the evil one? just a plot point I guess
- They massacred Wanda's character. I wanted to feel compelled by both sides like in Civil War but they really did her dirty. And then she couldn't actually be defeated so they just had her pull a Padme and die of sadness. What a girlboss. I also love how Vision wasn't in any of her fantasies because I guess Paul Bettany didn't want to do the movie
- Plot? Don't know her. The whole movie was running to place to place, cringey dialogue, running again. My least favorite kind of plot. Nothing really happened via logical cause and effect, there were just cool looking fight scenes Sam Raimi wanted and so they happened. Woo.
I want to sit down with Sam Raimi and watch this and pause it a lot and be like, "so let me explain to why that line is stupid. And why this isn't enjoyable to watch. You did a bad thing."
Marvel is truly sending out its C list movies now, they know the superhero movie bubble is gonna burst soon.
