Dr Strange *spoiler alert*
SHE: So, I am going to preface my review with… I don’t read comic books! I actually never even really watched comic book movies until I met my husband.
HE: I’ll be honest before watching Doctor Strange, I had seen the animate version. So, it lead me to be a little biased but I tried to be fair.
SHE: My husband actually prepped me for this movie months ago by making me watch the cartoon.
HE: In terms of the story line, I feel the back story from the animated version was better. It included Doctor Strange’s sister. She was sick and dying and he tried and failed to save her. He then becomes the arrogant person that we see in this film. This story is a little more compelling than the movie verson.
SHE: While watching the cartoon, I spent most of the time playing on my phone (whoops) I really don’t really remember much.
HE: Casting Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange was awesome, loved his character and how he portrayed it.
SHE: I mean it’s Benedict Cumberbatch most of his characters give you that love/ hate thing. He plays a dick. And I don’t mean dick in the sense of good guy/lady whose been through a lot (think Luke cage or Jessica Jones) I mean, this is a dude who would rather let someone die instead of operating and possibility ruin his rep by failing. But he is funny and Rachel McAdams sees something in him so we figure… Let’s see how this turns out. Basically this funny/dick surgeon has an accident and can’t use his hands anymore. He thinks his life is over until he gets tuned in to Chiwetel Ejofor and Tilda Swinton that give him a crash course in magic.
HE: The only problem is that he learned his powers too quickly. I figured they could have spent more time with his growing process, that part felt rushed.
SHE: I got really excited when they started talking about how the body can regenerate by the power of the mind. I was like “mindfulness!” This is actually the future of psychology and where a lot of research is currently being directed. This makes me very happy. I hate when movies make up facts and perpetuate myths about science (think Lucy , seriously can we stop saying we only use 10% of our brains? It's total bull shit).
HE: Chiwetel playing Mordo was great as well
SHE: Sexy Nigerian man with magic powers
HE: You can really relate to him as you watch his foundation and beliefs fall apart. You can understand him and why he will eventually become a villain.
SHE: loved Tilda Swinton, she is an ethereal goddess leader.
HE: The casting of Tilda as the ancient one, was a mistake. I felt this before seeing the movie and after. I'll admit it wasn't as bad as I thought but most people will agree that Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa would have done a better job. The casting of Wong could have been better as well.
SHE: Wong was pretty awesome.
HE: The movie as a whole was well done, the combat and use of magic was definitely accurate.
SHE: I actually paid more attention during the action scenes than I usually do simply because it was like… Fight fight fight, Witty line, fight, magic portal, grey’s anatomy, ghost fight, fight fight, magic portal, Grey’s anatomy, ghost chat, fight fight.
HE: Most people would agree that some of the action scenes, like when the buildings merged, it felt like inception.
SHE: Basically I would say this movie is a mix between Grey’s anatomy, ghost and Harry Potter.
HE: This is an origin story and as a fan it is a thrill to watch the character come to life on the big screen. I still maintain the civil war is the best Marvel movie to date, in fairness it had more characters and a better story to tell.
SHE: I actually really liked this movie. I love how Marvel can make a super hero movie that does not take itself too seriously and it could have been really hard to pull that off in this case.
HE: I'll probably watch Doctor Strange again when it comes out on DVD or blue ray. I can't wait for him to meet up with the avengers. Can you imagine Tony Stark about Doctor Strange together?
SHE: I like the character development and I am actually pretty excited to see where this story will take us.
SHE:All I will say about the extra scenes are “magically refillable beer stein where do I get it?” And sexy Nigerian man power trip.
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