When one plans to watch a movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch, naturally the expectations are high. Millions of people became his fan after watching the BBC Sherlock Holmes series and he never disappointed. The movie Doctor Strange shows that even great actors can make some silly choices in their otherwise distinguished careers.
The movie begins with Benedict Cumberbatch as a brilliant neurosurgeon whose medical career is destroyed by a devastating car accident. When science and medicine fail to cure him, he turns to spiritual healing which takes him to a sanctuary in Nepal. Here he meets the Ancient One who trains him and Dr. Strange masters the magical arts. He finds out that an evil dark force Dormammu is going to destroy the world along with his zealots.
The movie has some amazing CGI effects and some funny moments too but somehow the movie failed to impress me.
My problem with the movie was that there was hardly anything original in it. In the first half hour of the movie Benedict Cumberbatch behaved exactly like Sherlock Holmes where he is brilliant, rude and arrogant, declining to take medical cases that fail to challenge his superior intellect.
Then we get a touch of Batman with him seeking the sanctuary in a broken yet determined state. Then comes shades of Matrix as the Ancient One explains about the dark forces which no one knows about.
Battle scenes between the zealots (followers of Dormammu) and the superhero in London with his sidekick reminded me strongly of Harry Potter movies, Ron and Hermione defeating Voldemort and his Death Eaters while the Muggles were totally oblivious to everything going on around them.
The brief history of Master Kaecilius reminded me of scenes between Master Shifu and Tai Lung in Kung Fu Panda where the master is accused of creating the out of control disciple who has decided to join the dark forces of evil.
The ending with the time loop seemed reminiscent of the movie Edge of Tomorrow where Benedict Cumberbatch can replay the same thing over and over again till he got the desired results, brought Dormammu to his evil knees and saved the world and the common folks who inhabit it.
I did not find the movie to be thrilling, exciting or anything that one associates with Superhero franchises. Po’s training in Kung Fu Panda at the hands of Shifu had more intensity than Ancient One teaching Dr. Strange the mystic arts.
I am sure many would disagree with my review as I have seen people praising the movie but this is how I really felt.
Have you seen the movie? Do you agree with my review?
Genre: Fantasy/Science fiction film
Director: Scott Derrickson
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Have not seen the movie so can't say that I agree. But I do agree that when people see the name Benedict Cumberbatch, they have great expectations.
that is really well detailed review, for this movie, to be honest i didnt want to see it but my partner liked to try it so we went, and there were some good scene, but then i found the story is really short, now complete scense jumping from one side to another, leaving things uncontinue, i think it should have done better since there story and the idea is good, the actor is good and saw him in other movies he was fun and liked his roles that he was playing, but this one for his bad luck many didnt lik