Doctor Strange - My Reel Reviews

My Reel Reviews

Doctor Strange (PG-13) Released: November 4, 2016

My Rating: 8.5 out of 10

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Before:

Before I saw this movie, I saw I think just one trailer. Looked cool, but didn't blow me away. After that I just kinda let this movie pass by, but heard from other people that the trailers were awesome. Was also late on his movie. So I heard lots about this movie when it came out, all good. Very good. So my expectations were pretty high before seeing this. Plus it's a Marvel movie so I've become accustomed to high expectations when it comes to there movies.

Plot:

The movie plot is Dr. Stephen Strange is going a good career when he gets into a bad car crash. It makes him lose the ability to use his hands, and medicine or nothing helps. So he goes to find someone who may be able to help and eventually gets trained by sorcerers. Then evil comes and he must stop it. That's the quick summary with little spoilers!

Themes & Tone:

This movie was meant to entertain like all Marvel movies. And it did deliver! The tone ranges like most marvel movies with some serious moment, some comedy moments, fun moments with lots of fun action, etc. This movie balances all those tones very well also, it all fits. Besides that not much to touch on here.

Acting & Characters:

Benedict Cumberbatch. Wow. This guy is a star. I want to see this guy in more stuff! He was fantastic! The way he portrayed his character was amazing! I loved every second of him. He has such. Good acting range. You can tell he had fun with this movie and it payed off! What a great guy. Tilda Swinton also gave a great performance! I really enjoyed her character in this and she nailed her role. Chiwetel Ejiofer played the charming side kick. Only problem I had was at times he exaggerated his role a little to much to me, but besides that I found him a fun character. For the villain which was played by Mads Mikkelsen, he was mediocre. It's not his fault though, more of the scripts I would say. He wasn't given a whole lot to work with so I don't put this on him, but I did enjoy him still. He just didn't quite capture that menacing villain feel.

Direction:

The direction of this movie was great! The director was very good! Hands up to him.  There were some shots in this movie I was so impressed! The way the action is directed as well is great! You can tell what's going on the whole time no "shaky cam" which is good when two people are fighting. The color scheme also in this movie really caught my eye. Loved it! I liked the way the director, Scott Derrickson told the story, kept me engaged in the movie. Never was I bored.  He also directed the movie Sinister which I really enjoy, so I'd like to see more of this director in the future!

Score:

The score was good. Nothing outstanding but good. Soundtrack fit in when needed such as in a battle certain music would play to get you engaged and such. It didn't blow me away in any way what so ever but it wasn't terrible so just mediocre.

Cinematography:

The cinematography is good, especially during moments wit CGI in it. Breath taking shots honestly. There were shots where I was super impressed actually. The camera shots and angles were all good and flowed very well. Impressed! The shots during the fighting were amazing too! It didn't make it look like a cluster of a mess, it was clean and cool looking when spells were going all over the place.

Production Design:

The sets in this movie were awesome! They were so cool and breathtaking! Especially when the CGI was implemented and buildings were turning upside down and people were running on walls, way cool! The costume design... the costume design was amazing! One of the number one things that stood out to me! Doctor Strange's costume was SO COOL! That was my favorite costume! Everyone else had good ones too! They looked real and authentic, very impressed! Marvel always does great in this department!

Special Effects:

The special effects in this movie... OUTSTANDING. They were so good! If I'm being honest I might go as far to say they were the best I've ever seen... they're that good. They looked so real! They were so mind bending and cool!! It was eye candy honestly. Big props to every who helped make this movie look so incredible! The SFX fit perfect into the story and weren't out of placed, it was all perfectly needed and payed off.

Editing:

Editing was good in this movie! Every scene transition flowed well! Wasn't choppy at all.

Pace:

The pace was good for the most part! There was a time in the movie, the beginning when he first got injured, where I feel like it went by a bit to fast. It skimmed through him trying to get help and medication to heal a little too much.. but besides that it flowed good!

Dialogue:

Dialougue was good and kept me entertained! Funny dialogue also that made people chuckle and made me smile. Dialogue was good and not TOO serious which is what you need for a movie like this. Dialogue was easy to follow as well and helped you know what is going on and what you need to know.

Conclusion:

In conclusion this movie was fantastic! I really reccomend seeing this ASAP if you haven't seen it already! Very good movie over all. Marvel does not dissapoint with this movie and Benedict Cumberbatch is FANTASTIC! Very cool story, with great action sequences! I want to be a sorcerer now and be able to do cool magic like this. Also want Doctor Strange's costume.. so cool. SFX were outstading. That alone is worth seeing how good they are! Acting was all good! This is a movie I would definitely buy on Blu-Rey!