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Old 05-10-2022, 10:03 AM   #32
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I enjoyed the movie because it was not the same formula and because it didn't give the warm feelings at the end. The comedy was more subdued and it lacked the wise-cracking of the insect heros. I am actually still disturbed by the Illuminati deaths, I didn't expect this level of gore from a theatrical MCU film. It made sense though, and you could feel their contempt and superiority over 616 Strange. They acted invulnerable and got ripped apart for their arrogance. I feel sorry for any kids that were brought to the movie expect another Spider-man type romp.

But I like Raimi, and thought he was given more rope on this than he ever was on his Spider-man trilogy - but the Evil Dead call backs felt a little overdone. I thought the story pacing was good, not a lot of dull moments, but hearing that 40 mins were cut, I wonder if a little more fleshing out would have made the film better.

My two gripes are that the trailers gave too much - I enjoyed having the 90s X-men theme show up, but it would have been so much better had they not revealed the hover-chair, just Stewarts voice was enough of a tease. And there wasn't enough multiverse - I wanted Loki style multiverse adventure with a bunch of different types of variants, instead we got a 60 second montage (which was cool, but give that to me in like 5 minutes with some real interaction).

I was never a big Dr Strange fan in the comics so I really don't know what to expect of the character, but he is definitely different from the standard MCU hero mold. It was nice to see his arc with Christine play out and see him grow from his "This is the only way" to seeing the world as less black and white.

Theory time tho! I wonder if the Mr. Fantastic cameo and death was more than just fan service, and I don't just mean bringing Krasinski back for the F4 movie. Thinking of the larger implications to the MCU in this phase and the multiverse.

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