POSITIVES
If you’re caught up with the MCU and am a fan of anything Marvel in general, then there are no ifs or buts, you should go watch this movie. It’ll reward you for being a fan.
The pacing, the energy, the plot progression, the visual storytelling, the magic, the sheer wondrous spectacle of it all, were all just non-stop and did not let go of your attention. Wow, that was a fun ride of a movie.
It’s easy to take them for granted, but the casting for these MCU characters are just amazing. Kudos to Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, and new to this world Xochitl Gomez who is simply awesome in this. More of America Chavez please!
Fan Service. Some glorious fan service that should excite you. Thank you Kevin Feige.
Loved the fact that there were multiple sequences that absolutely drew from Director Sam Raimi’s film making sensibilities.
NEGATIVES
Absolutely not a movie that you can just “jump-in'' without prior knowledge from the previous movies as well as the many MCU TV series on Disney+.
I know that “plot convenience” is an easy negative for me to criticize a movie with, but there are some sequences where I just have to raise an eyebrow and think “well the movie would really have been over now if they actually applied the logical action to that sequence.”
There are plot directions (some were pretty brutal) that you may not be happy that they went there.
Alright, for several of the CG effects, you can tell that they aren’t going to age well years down the line.
For a movie with “multiverse of madness” in the title, there just wasn’t enough “multiverse” or “madness” in this film for my preference.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - watched in IN THEATERS
