Man am I a sucker for the Marvel franchise these days. I’m all in with their movies, television, and Netflix shows, even though I’ve never read a comic in my life. Doctor Strange continues Marvel’s string of successes when it comes to their MCU timeline.
This one tells the origin story of Dr Strange, as played by the heralded, though maybe not mainstream, actor Benedict Cumberbatch. He is a brilliant medical sugeon and researcher, looking to find cures to nerve damage cases specifically. His career is thrown off course though when he wrecks his car and destroys his hands, with the resulting nerve damage ending his medical practice. Reluctantly and with a lot of skepticism, he turns to eastern philosophies looking for a fix, where he begins learning about sorcery and becomes the newest Marvel superhero to try to save the world.
The film has some brilliant special effects, which is hard to pull off in today’s heavy and long-time computer enhanced environment. It is a visually stunning film, with a great story, fantastic acting, which all combines to a tremendously fun movie. The plot isn’t easily accessible outside of a sci-fi following, and I’m pretty sure my wife wouldn’t enjoy this one at all, but I definitely did.
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