Benedict Cumberbatch is really good here. He’s never
reluctant or disbelieving of the metaphysical netherworlds, and gamely and humorously dives into them, at first
for selfish reasons, but then for heroic ones. The visuals are fun and really
trippy. The rules for metaphysical netherworlds are a bit fluid, as you can
imagine, so creativity abounds.
More obviously than a lot of these comic book adaptations,
this feels like an “act one.” The opening chapter. The odds aren’t greatly
stacked against Doctor Strange and he has yet to be faced with tough choices.
Danger will arrive in future episodes. (Stay for ALL of the end credits.) And
you can’t really say this about a lot of movies these days: this must be seen
in a theater. It won’t work on video.
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