Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. All in all it was a movie I’m happy I didn’t waste money on in the cinema. One of the things that really ruined the movie for me was the awful visuals. Not that the plot or acting was great. The majority of the fantastical visuals looked like it belonged in a animated film and didn’t blend with world. It became an eyesore and likewise alot of the animation looked janky. I’m impressed that with all that money and effort they often look cheap. Not as bad as Black Panter’s cgi hell climax fight.
Different from what i expected tbh. Most Marvel movies have a simple cinematography style, this one didn’t for some reason. Some neat, professional kind of angles were chosen which makes me believe the creators took this project and its story pretty serious. The only problems is: the acting and the hasty pace of the movie went fully against that.
This is definitely cinema for simple minded people who like a pre-chewed story. Things in this movie litterly happen for no reason at all. The flick starts with Spanish Girl™ falling out of a random universe with Stephen Strange’s corpse and bringing an octopus-like creature with her that trashes the city. Somehow Strange makes it his life goal to get her back and shit. Que to Wanda being le bad because (see: Wandavision). Shit happens, some funny cameo’s, a few battles later and Wanda ain’t bad anymore. Cool.
I don’t hate this movie. I actually enjoyed it for what it was. Visuals and cinematography were nice. The people behind this movie have a really, REALLY creative mind. Some things you just don’t make up on the spot. Kudos for that! I’m just a bit let down about the unnecessary aspects and the fact that too many ideas were squished in a (imo) short run time.
It has its weaknesses for sure but I found it oddly compelling. Much more engaging than the first one, for sure. I might be “simple minded” (definitely pretty aggressive tbh ) but I was entertained despite its obvious flaws. I usually just look to enjoy a movie first and then figure out why or why not later and, for this one (like with Endgame, which I adore despite its ludicrous time travel plot, to borrow an example from a certain Jedi Master), I just found more to like than not and that most of the flaws were overlookable (except when Wanda clearly took America’s power at the end only for that to apparently not be the case, that remains a headscratcher).
I would say she’s more misguided and selfish, not to mention corrupted by (a dark) magic (book) and then realizes that.
Two words: Sam Raimi
…along with the executives who gave him lots of free rein to paint it in his style; Plus the team at Marvel who went along with his vision and crafted it all.
I didn’t catch all of this, I’m not aware of most of his films, but apparently there’s a lot of parrallels you can gather from his other films compared to Doctor Strange 2.
It’s not perfect parrallels, but some are pretty darn close.
I didn’t catch most of these either (though I’ve only really watched his Spider-Man films) but it does make sense that a director would have recurring motifs and idiosyncrasies on top of a signature style.
I’ve only just watched this one… for the first time in 15 years, I think?
Shrek 2 still holds up as the superior sequel. Still love this film, especially with my smart adult brain now.
Ah man, this sequel is lots of fun, lots of well-set-up jokes and puns, and funny fantasy twists on real world Hollywood/Beverly Hills and pop culture.
For all the jokes of “kids love to watch and rewatch animated movies”, it’s true. This was my movie back in the day. Though I was only 6 or 7 so there’s a lot I saw here I know I missed back in the day…
The introduction of the King and Queen was great, with overlapping scripts and editing between them and the Ogres, really nice to see.
The Dinner Scene remains one of the best, tense, and entertaining scenes of the film. Very well-done. And obviously the ‘I Need a Hero’ montage is the peak of the film. Awesome cover with great action and tension surrounding the Ball.
Music is still a very nice jukebox list that fits the themes and characters of the movie. “Accidentally in Love” and “Ever Fallen in Love” being pretty apt.
Very entertaining suspense, action thriller. It has a similar premise as Assault On Precinct 13 (2005 version) - Bad guys lay siege to a police station in order to kill one of the prisoners. Not quite as action packed as Precinct 13 but still really enjoyable performances from the cast. Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo both do great jobs although my favorites are an actress named Alexis Louder as the main lead rookie cop, and Toby Huss who steps in around the third act of the movie. The less I say about him the better, because he just about steals the show. Highly recommend this one.
) but I was entertained despite its obvious flaws. I usually just look to enjoy a movie first and then figure out why or why not later and, for this one (like with Endgame, which I adore despite its ludicrous time travel plot, to borrow an example from a certain Jedi Master), I just found more to like than not and that most of the flaws were overlookable (except when 
