what is going on to all my mcu doctor strange fans out there and welcome back to my channel
movie files elliott back again with a brand new early special movie review and i say
special because this is a movie that actually did make my most anticipated films of this year
now you can check out that video to see exactly where that film landed but we're talking about
doctor strange in the multiverse of madness which i got the opportunity to check out in theaters
the other night and i'm just so excited to be here talking to you all about this film here in
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comments from how excited you were for the movie but more importantly once you've seen the film
let's have that discussion from not just a prose and khan's perspective but your thoughts on the
direction the style the story who was your favorite character what was your favorite
moments and what were some elements about this film that didn't work for you all let's discuss
it in the comments below so getting right into my spoiler free review let's talk about the direction
i'm happy to announce that you know this is the director i'm a fan of and we got we haven't gotten
a movie from him in over nine years he hasn't directed a comic book film since spider-man 3.
we got the return of sam raimi who his signature is all in this movie in the best way possible
i'm talking about the classic sam raimi snap zooms the circle wipes and seeing him pull out
all the sensibilities that i love of him as a director especially in the realm of horror
and i'm happy to announce as a horror fan to me this is the first official horror film in the mcu
now when i say horror of course there's so many different sub-genres within the horror realm but
i'm more specifically talking about effective jump scares that were used in this film i'm talking
about there are stakes in this movie like i didn't know who was gonna live and who was gonna die
and when it comes to the deaths in this movie and the kills in this movie listen this is the most
violent film of the mcu today now i don't want to speak hyperbole and say hey this is rated rs
blood and guts and all that stuff but it gets it pushes the envelope with the pg-13 rating and i'm
gonna need the same energy uh mickey mouse if you were on vacation when they were filming this film
i'm gonna need you to be on that same vacation with deadpool 3 with blade other supernatural
characters like the midnight sons i'm gonna need that same energy disney when it comes to
those films but getting back to my thoughts on the sensibilities of sam raimi who really dives deeper
and highlights the supernatural elements about doctor strange we got demons and monsters and
very strong visuals that our words are expecting from this film and speaking of not expecting hey
this is not going to be for everyone there's some very strong demonic elements in this movie
especially when they dive deeper into the dark hold and the spells that you can do and conjure
from this dark hold it gets there it's not gonna be for everyone and particularly it might not be
for the young kids out there but as a horror fan i really enjoy what sam raimi brought to
this franchise and i want more sam raymond i'll just say that but also highlighting other things
behind the scenes i thought danny elfman's score was a lot of fun and really kind of highlighted
some of those horror elements especially the little high note keys that they add to the
film especially when wanda got on the screen as well as the cinematography was strong so i
really applaud the production the film there are some criticisms that i have about the production
that we'll talk a little bit about later but definitely more pros and cons but let's talk about
these performances and i want to give out some awards starting off with the rookie of the film
her name is america chavez played by so she gomez who i had a lot of fun with america chavez i
wasn't too familiar with the character but she is cool she is fun she's energetic i expect to see
her in the future maybe in some uh young avengers maybe but neither here nor there i will say though
the young lady this is her first big blockbuster film and there is some a lot of room to still grow
within the character but i would be lying if i i wasn't saying i was very impressed by her because
listen she's acting against you know elizabeth olsen who's been acting since she was a kid
benedict cumberbatch is an academy award-winning actor she's working with sam raimi this big
marvel project she did her thing and i'm very excited to see more of that character and i
thought that she was the rookie of this film but let's move on to the sixth man of the movie which
goes to benedict wong who is wong in the movie he's always a good time definitely has a lot more
to do this time around which is deservingly so and i want more one i'll just say i want more one
of the character i had a lot of good things to say about him and i had a good time with the character
but let's move on to most improved player and i'm gonna give that to benedict cumberbatch who plays
dr steven strange now i don't want to get too deep into it but if you all know me and
been watching a lot of my marvel content live streams discussions that i've been a part of
i'm not the biggest uh dr strange fan in the mcu now yes he's cool he has some cool visual effects
i wasn't all that into doctor strange one i enjoyed him in infinity war i think the what if
dr strange is the best version of character so far but i am happy to announce at least for me
i appreciate the growth that we get with doctor strange in this film in particular the plot with
him facing his past actions not only from his first solo outing but i'm talking about the
i never really thought about the decision he makes in infinity war had huge implications to obviously
the universe so in this film actually takes time to highlight how that impacted individuals which
i really enjoyed that element of the film and also getting back to decisions that dr strange makes in
this movie and impacting others there's a really strong importance of his connection with america
chavez in his film in particular thinking about doctor strange in infinity war and remember him
calling you know peter parker or should i say spider-man because no one knows his identity
after no way home but the kid when it becomes to saving you and the kid you know i'm gonna choose
the world now seeing that difference in doctor strange and him growing and seeing how he's so
different and how he wants to protect the american chavez in this film was something i really enjoyed
and also i do want to applaud bennett cumberbatch my issue with the character isn't about the
performance it's more so about just and we'll talk a little bit about later but going to appreciate
him as an actor he has a lot to do in this movie in regards to he's playing different versions
of himself and i really applaud that aspect of benedict cumberbatch as doctor strange but
time to give the biggest award the mvp goes to elizabeth olsen who is playing no other than wanda
maximov also known as the scarlet witch if there's one word i want to describe her as in this movie
wow i mean when you see the battle between wanda and the scarlet witch and the difference between
being a monster and a mother and seeing all the trauma culminating from you know what we got from
age of ultron what we saw in civil war infinity war in game one division all leads up to this
point i mean we're seeing a lot of elements of this character we're seeing things from her being
someone that is unhinged very scary but also vulnerable and extremely powerful in this film
she's given us everything you don't want to play games one in this movie and i was just here for it
she provided some of the most shocking moments that we have seen in the mcu wanda was no one
to mess around with that's all i'm gonna say and i really enjoyed that character we're gonna talk
about her a little bit later but for the most part she stole the movie from me but lastly i want to
touch on a couple things number one the themes in the story we have the writer who wrote loki
brian brought back into this film and you know there's probably uncredited writers but he's like
the solo writer of this film and i do appreciate after seeing loki they continue to touch on the
elements of the multiverse expanding on the multiverse giving us new ideas of what you can
do within the multiverse which is a fan of marvel in the comics i really enjoyed the expansion of
the multiverse in this film but also i want to talk about some of the themes that we get in this
movie from redemption forgiveness not willing to risk others lives for your personal gain
not being able to force your will on people to fill a void it's a lot of strong themes that i
appreciate about this movie and the last thing i want to bring up before we get into my criticisms
i was scared about the runtime and i was also scared about the cameos
in particular with the runtime two hours and six minutes i'm like how in the hell can you address
all the stuff with the multiverse and strange and wanda i have i'm happy to say that i feel like the
film gave us a lot with a little bit of run time now let me get to twitter two hours is a long time
but i feel like from the beginning to the end it just moved along and i thought that the pacing was
really well handled in this movie and then when it comes to the cameos no spoilers all i'll say is
i felt like the cameos did serve a purpose within the narrative it didn't force its way
into the narrative some people might say it's fan service but it's a comic book film and yes as a
comic book fan i enjoyed those elements and when it comes to the cameos the only thing i'll say is
okay yep yeah okay wow that's all i said when it comes to the cameos more to be discussed in future
spoiler reviews of this film but let's get into my criticisms now getting to like the small nitpicks
the visual effects weren't as clean as i wanted them to be like i remember when spider-man norway
home came out the visual effects team said hey we were still working on the visual effects
the week it was in theaters i wouldn't be surprised if we hear that same story with
this film i'm not saying it's like horrendous visual effects but it wasn't as clean as it could
have been especially when it comes to certain creatures that we get in this film i'll just kind
of leave it at that element so that's a little nitpick there this isn't necessarily a positive
and negative i'm just very curious we've had this conversation for the last year i'm just wondering
if you are watching this video if you didn't see wanda vision loki what if were you all able to
appreciate some of the elements that this film had to offer that's all i want to kind of pose
that question to those that didn't see those shows but getting back into my real criticisms
with this movie now number one i mentioned sam raymond's direction i felt like his direction
truly overpowered the script because if i'm being honest the script to me wasn't as balanced it
wasn't as focused it wasn't as strong it was kind of messy if i'm being honest with you all
there are some things that i appreciated with the script that michael brought but there were
system elements like i failed it was very unbalanced and it is clear as day that the
direction is so much stronger than the writing apartment which is kind of unfortunate for me but
getting back into how i highlight it i gave the award to dr strange most improved player
but there's still a distance that i have with the character i can't really explain it as far as
stephen i don't really have a full understanding of who stephen strange is now the film does give
us a little bit of backstory something that happened to him as a kid that kind of shapes
his point of view of saving lives per se and that was cool but it wasn't enough of that and when it
comes in the film was like much later than i was anticipating so i still feel like there's
and it's not a knock on the performance i'm just not connecting to the character quite yet like the
way i want to with other characters like captain america iron man so on and so forth black panther
but there's a disconnect with me with doctor strange that still hasn't fully
i still haven't fully embraced the character which is a bit of a fault when he's the lead
of the film but speaking of distance and feeling off and feeling a bit disconnected
rachel mcadams is a great actress she is also really good in this film as christine she's
given a lot more to do in this film but i'm not gonna lie for me the chemistry between her
and benedict cumberbatch as dr strange is just not there for me i i don't feel it i never root for it
i don't want more of it but being honest with you i just feel like it doesn't work for me personally
which also i mentioned wanda who is the mvp no doubt performance is incredible
wanda maximoff in this film there's some unevenness in this movie with the character
there's also some kind of things that weren't as fleshed out and as explained as it could have
been in this movie and the thing that i really hope doesn't happen to this character moving
forward i hope we don't get into a repeat recycle repetitive story beat with the character i'll just
kind of leave it at that without diving to the spoilers but another character another actor
that i'm a big fan of chia tale as your four as mordo i don't know if marvel knows what they're
doing with the character like he feels very kind of low-keyish to me like very cool character
great performance but they just don't know what to do with the character quite yet especially
events that take place in films just kind of like left up to like oh that's kind of underwhelming
and i don't want to dive deep into that but i'll chit chat you for he's a great actor and i don't
know if marvel knows exactly what to do with that actor so those are kind of my main pros and cons
before we give you my overall thoughts on my score of this film if you stuck around to this
point in the video i appreciate you if you haven't already make sure you like this review share it
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overall dr strange in the multiverse of madness truly has some great horror elements that were
highlighted beautifully in this film it is easily the most violent film to date wanda
like i mentioned steals this show she is fantastic i had a lot of fun with america chavez i do like
the improvement in the growth of doctor strange but i want to connect to the character more the
film never slows down the cameos never overshadow it's welcome listen like i said keep the kids at
home because it gets violent there's some blood in this movie that i wasn't expecting and i mentioned
some of my criticisms but at the end of the day i was very entertained this film blew my third mind
if you know what i mean when you see the film i'm gonna give dr strange into the multiverse a solid
4 out of 5. you best believe your boy will be seeing it again and again i can't wait to
own it dive deeper have watchalongs having more discussions with this film it is a definitely an
improvement from the first movie and i'm curious to see what they do with dr strange moving forward
especially as you all know if you're a marvel fan stick around to the end there are two post
credits scenes that i'm very excited to talk about which speaking of expect a spoiler review that i'm
going to be shooting after this video so keep an eye out for that video later in the week and
of course we're going to be sitting down having a live stream diving deeper to this film expect
that sometime this weekend so that's my thoughts on doctor strange and the multiverse madness
definitely something worth checking out and when you do let me know your thoughts on the film from
your pros your cons favorite characters favorite moments what didn't work for you all let's discuss
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