I was blessed to
have seen Doctor Strange yesterday, blessed to have witnessed the
growth of a man I admired in the British series Sherlock to become
one of my favorite actors to watch.
Doctor Strange in
itself is a good movie. The storyline did have a lengthy growth phase for Dr.
Stephen Vincent Strange, the egotistic neurosurgeon, to become Doctor Strange:
Sorcerer Supreme. You do have to bear with the transition, but you won’t notice
the time passing because the whole development stage is full of visual
pleasure, some comic relief, and many mysteries.
Disney/Marvel
went all out in the way the story and buildup showed how Doctor Strange used
intelligence, science, and magic to save the world. The movie’s visual effects
are so fluid you’ll think you’re in Doctor Strange’s world. The casting is also
off the hook—the wonderful performances by the supporting cast made sure that
even when Strange wasn’t on screen, you didn’t miss his presence.
Doctor Strange is
a superhero film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fourteenth movie in
that universe. The movie is doing very well at the box office and has high
approval ratings from critics and audiences.
The movie plot
starts by introducing us to an above-average, intelligent, and egotistic
neurosurgeon whose life gets turned inside out when a tragic accident damages
the nerves in his hands, making it impossible for him to continue in the
profession where he reigns as a god.
His arrival was
expected, to his surprise, and his teaching began. But his ego always got in
the way, and his constant know-it-all attitude almost ruined the world he
desperately wanted to excel in.
I’ve seen little
to nothing of Benedict Cumberbatch’s movies, but even just seeing films
like Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013),
and The Imitation Game (2014), I have to admit he has grown to become
a leading man in the movie world.
His portrayal here is memorable, and he did it so well it was hard for me to
imagine anyone else who could have fit the role or delivered a better
performance.
The movie ended
with the sighting of an Infinity Stone—all of this is a buildup to
Marvel’s Infinity War storyline.
Also, in the post-credit scenes, we catch a glimpse of what could be a sequel
to this Doctor Strange introductory movie.
If you’re
waiting for any more reasons to go and see this movie, you’re probably never
going to watch it. For me, this is one of the best Marvel Cinematic movies out
there.
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