RunTime:115 Minutes
Starring-Benedcit Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Rachel McAdams
Plot-"After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under his wing and trains him to defend the world against evil".
My Thoughts
I will start this by saying I am not knowledgeable in the doctor strange universe at all, I knew nothing about the background of this character (other than what i found on Wikipedia when i did a quick background search on doctor strange). I flip flopped on seeing this movie all year, I finally decided to give it chance. After seeing the film I can say it was solid, it wasn't the best Marvel Universe film, but not the worst in my opinion. the Story was solid for the most part once the movie hit its stride, it was slow in some parts but this is an origin story film and it comes with the territory. The acting overall was solid form the entire cast, the standouts for me were Chiwetel Ejiofor for his portrayal as Karl Mordo (he is one of my favorite actors and it was nice t o see him in a completely different role than he normally does. Benedict Cumberbatch was solid for his portrayal as Doctor Strange, I am not personally a fan of Mr.Cumberbatch but I put that aside and took his performance for what it was and he was solid and did a good job. The rest of the cast did a good job in their roles i will lastly mention Tilda Swinton for her performance as the ancient one, she was also very good. The CG in this film for me was wonky in some parts (especially the scenes when buildings were doing 360's and spinning around) which was unexpected for a marvel film as they usually do a great job in this department. other than that the CG was good and I enjoyed the fight scenes for the most part as it was pretty cool to see all the different magic attacks between the sorcerers. The villains for me were underwhelming, that may have to do with me not knowing much about them, but in the moment I was not impressed with the villains overall, but I understand in the Doctor Strange universe the villains used maybe very prominent and feared but for me after the film was over I asked my self "that's it?, that's how you beat them? which took away from the movie for me, I like the villains to be menacing and super powerful and for me to have a sense that beating the villain will be a problem, I never had that feeling in this film. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 90% saying "Doctor Strange artfully balances its outré source material against the blockbuster constraints of the MCU, delivering a thoroughly entertaining superhero origin story in the bargain". I definitely do not agree with that rating, but as I mentioned earlier the film is solid and for an origin story sets up Doctor strange into the MCU very well. Overall this was a solid film and I recommend it to fans of the MMCU or doctor strange himself.
Rating
Solid entry into the MCU as a origin story, lacked in some areas for me to make it a really good MCU movie but it was solid. 7.5/10!!!
The Next and last film to review for the month is Arrival.
RunTime:116 Minutes
Starring-Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker
Plot-"A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications".
My Thoughts
Arrival is a film that I initially wasn't going to see, but after seeing the trailer one day, I decided to give it a try. this was a good film. The Plot wasn't exactly revolutionary aliens come down and inhabit 12 spots all over the globe down and a linguist is needed to help decipher why they have come to earth and what intentions they have. for the most part the plot was engaging and kept me interested throughout the 116 minute runtime. The acting in this film was very good with a cast i wouldn't expect anything less from (especially from Whitaker and renner). Amy Adams in the lead role was solid but overall I didn't like her character and some of the choices her character made in the film which has more to do with the plot of the film but I just didn't like her character that much and found her kind of annoying actually, I haven't seen Amy Adams in many films so I don't have much to compare it to, she wasn't terrible just not great. The especial effects in this film really left much to be desired, the CG was of very low quality, and you could easily tell what was CG and what was not. it took away from the whole experience of the film, especially the scenes involving the aliens. Certain events happened in the film that really bothered me, it had to do with choices certain characters made and how it unfolded throughout the film, lets just say I would have made different choices and I don't want to give anything away but a lot of the choices Amy Adams character made I did not agree with. One aspect of this film that I really did like was that the story really made you think about how events from the future and past can effect the present and potentially the future itself, it made you think which many movies nowadays do not, and though it conflicts with me gripe about the choices characters made in this film, it was nice to see a film that didn't rely solely on big explosions or huger set pieces to get the viewers attention. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 93% saying " Arrival delivers a must-see experience for fans of thinking person's sci-fi that anchors its heady themes with genuinely affecting emotion and a terrific performance from Amy Adams". I agree with some of this, I didn't love Amy Adams, but the movie does make you think and that was enjoyable. Overall this was a good film that i recommend to anyone who wants to see a sci-fi film that isn't just special effects and has overall good CG and makes you think, I am glad that I decided to watch it.
Rating
Overall Solid Acting, Good Cast, Good plot with a few exceptions I had with it, Good film. 7.8/10!!!
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