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- Well, this isn't the old Dr. StrangeI suppose this is the Ultimate Universe version. He's got a hip haircut and there is a lot of Kung-Foolery going on here with a little magic to boot. I would have much rather seen the classic Dr. Strange get the animated treatment especially since magic is all the rage now a days (can anyone say Harry Potter?) Instead they went all Kung-Fu with this one.
It wasn't for me but so far I've been disappointed with all the Marvel Animated movies. I thought the Ultimate Avengers 1 was fine, 2 was fair, Iron Man was awful, and this is probably in last place of all of them.
That being said the animation is fantastic, I certainly can't fault this on a production level.
All the Dr. Strange supporting cast is here including Mordo, Wong, and company. It's just not classic Dr. Strange... and that metro-hair cut needs to go.
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- Best of the Marvel AdaptationsIt can be very difficult to translate such an abstract character to a visible motive medium such as animation. A still picture of a strange dimension can be difficult to translate into a film; a challenge that the filmmakers succeeded at. Their success is matched by their characterization of Dr. Strange.
There are some sacred cows from the original comics that have been overturned for the sake of modernization. All of that falls away when you notice what the film does best -- creates a form of magic that is not only believable, but consistent and understandable to the rational mind.
Highly recommended.
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- Marvel Comic CreationGood amination, stuck mostly to the original stroy line from the comic, a good movie if you are a Dr. Strange fan or a marevel comic fan.
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- Another Awesome Marvel Production!!!!Marvel puts out another great straight-to-video production. Doctor Stephen Strange has never been better portrayed!
Pick this video up and sit back with a bowl of popcorn and enjoy!!!!
'Nuff Said!
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- Totally misses the genre of Doctor Strange comicWow, what a mess up! An animated movie with a reasonable budget about Doctor Strange could be an opportunity to travel into untold worlds and have all kinds of amazing experiences with the Doctor.
But instead we get a badly done 'origins of the character' film that leaves very little to the viewer's imagination AND, WORST OF ALL, becomes a sword-fighting film.
When the first character pulled a sword of out thin air, I thought "hey, that's cool". But when everyone did it, including Doctor Strange, I thought, "OMG, they never read a single Doctor Strange comic!"
The animation was decent, and the monsters and enemies weren't horrible, but the filmmakers really blew it on STORY and CONCEPT. What were they thinking?!??!
This could have been a film starting with Dr Strange (already super-powerful) and with maybe a brief flashback entailing how he became the Sorceror Supreme -- but to devote the whole film to a bunch of magical cohorts who die easily (and no viewers care b/c they're not part of the comic anyway) and really miss most of what Doctor Strange was about -- what a waste.
Its like doing the only Superman movie and having 95% be about Krypton and the folks that live there... and then boom, everyone's dead except this one guy who can fly. The end.
I was suprised to discover from watching the production team interviews that they actually were fans of the original Doctor Strange comics.
But the telling line came from one interviewee who said (I'm paraphrasing), "We gave them each different abilities, and then from there it was similar to mutants and other superheroes." ie you blew it!
Another person also said (paraphrasing), "We only had a few panels of origin, so we had to make up all this other stuff." Take it from a Doctor Strange fan -- I wish you hadn't made up any of that ridiculous non-sensical origin material, and just stuck with the 100+ issues of much more interesting material -- that sticks to the Doctor Strange genre!
This is why the film was a waste -- Doctor Strange is a magician of utmost power and knowledge who can travel all realms of reality to stop evil doers on a grand scale.
He is not a sword fighter, martial artist, or Zen monk. He has a few very powerful items he uses frequently -- his cloak and necklace -- but he doesn't use a SWORD!!! Talk about 'missing the point'!
They didn't have ANYONE intone a chant for a spell, didn't have ANYONE explain about magic, and while they did go thru a few world portals, no one really did much in other dimensions. WHY!?!?!?
Damnit! C'mon, Marvel -- don't blow it! With each of these animated flicks, your company has a chance to do something great with your characters, but instead you are going for cheesy poorly written screenplays!
Stay away from 'origin' films. Have the courage to start your movie with a full-blown superhero, and don't take their powers away. Don't make them have amnesia. Don't go back in time or off to another place. Keep them in their spot, leave them with their powers, and let them do what they do in the comics! Is it REALLY that hard?!?!?
Hint -- do your film like a comic. It worked for Sin City, and it can work for you. Don't do films like films. We don't need any more 'origin' movies ... at leat not before the 2nd or 3rd movie. Just give us a flashback scene and explain more later...!
** NO MORE 'origin of superhero' movies!! **
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