Post by captainjapan on May 9, 2022 6:45:51 GMT -6
Went to see Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Friday. Here are my impressions:
This one tops the first Doc Strange in parts, which is what most sequels aspire to do, I think. However, it is not nearly as coherent as that first movie. Individual installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universetm must, to some degree, confound the casual viewer. While Doctor Strange 1 presented a straightforward origin story, this next film follows on Marvel content from intervening movies (the Avengers) and t.v.(WandaVision) and their attendant post-credit sequences, to understand the central conflict. In short, there is a barrier to entry if you want to enjoy the story. If, however, big action spectacle is what you came for, you shall find it here. Sam Raimi is the director. He directed the Toby McGuire Spiderman films and, more notably, the Evil Dead films of the eighties. He brings his horror sensibilities to Doc Strange 2. It is a benefit, as there is a glut of "dark magic" to portray. Fair Warning: there is graphic violence in this movie. Finally, there is the fan service. Disney has, through corporate mergers, brought together characters that hitherto could not legally appear alongside each other, on-screen. Doctor Strange 2 brings a few of the most notable together for the first time. Cheers went up in the auditorium, at the showing I attended.
Capsule capsule review: It dragged in parts. It paid off in other parts. Marvel fans will love it. The rest of us could probably wait for the home video release, but there's nothing like seeing an action movie at the theater at opening, if only because you're watching it with the fans.
This one tops the first Doc Strange in parts, which is what most sequels aspire to do, I think. However, it is not nearly as coherent as that first movie. Individual installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universetm must, to some degree, confound the casual viewer. While Doctor Strange 1 presented a straightforward origin story, this next film follows on Marvel content from intervening movies (the Avengers) and t.v.(WandaVision) and their attendant post-credit sequences, to understand the central conflict. In short, there is a barrier to entry if you want to enjoy the story. If, however, big action spectacle is what you came for, you shall find it here. Sam Raimi is the director. He directed the Toby McGuire Spiderman films and, more notably, the Evil Dead films of the eighties. He brings his horror sensibilities to Doc Strange 2. It is a benefit, as there is a glut of "dark magic" to portray. Fair Warning: there is graphic violence in this movie. Finally, there is the fan service. Disney has, through corporate mergers, brought together characters that hitherto could not legally appear alongside each other, on-screen. Doctor Strange 2 brings a few of the most notable together for the first time. Cheers went up in the auditorium, at the showing I attended.
Capsule capsule review: It dragged in parts. It paid off in other parts. Marvel fans will love it. The rest of us could probably wait for the home video release, but there's nothing like seeing an action movie at the theater at opening, if only because you're watching it with the fans.
