Five years ago, I saw my favorite Marvel Character on the Big Screen
Posted By Kathleen David on November 1, 2021
It was at the Ziegfeld with Caroline and Laura Antonio.
I watched as Doctor Strange unspooled across the screen with the same thought on repeat as Peter had in his head when he saw John Carter of Mars for the first time, “Don’t suck.”
And it did not.
It was a visual feast for the eyes and, if you are a Doctor Strange affectionate, there were plenty of call backs and easter eggs to see.
The first official photo I saw was this one in Entertainment Weekly when it was still weekly.
(For the VI: This is Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. He is throwing yellow mystical energy wearing red cape and blue shirt with a medallion around his neck that is glowing.)
I thought it looked good and he looked like Doctor Strange.
I am not getting into the Ancient One morass except to say that Tilda Swinton gave an Oscar worthy performance like she does with great frequency.
Benedict Wong was born to play Wong. I had seen him in a couple of things, and I thought he did a great job of being the librarian and info dumper.
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mordo was another strong performance from a very strong actor. He was the other info dumper but made it sound he was a teacher like Wong was the librarian.
My surprise of the film was an inanimate object brought to life by special effects which was the cloak of levitation. It was another actor in the film and the rest of the Marvel films took their cue from this film when it comes to the Cloakey as it has become known.
Since then, Doctor Strange had solidly become part of the MCU bringing magic to the table and all the characters that he brought along have as well.
And I have been a happy watcher of all of it and looking forward to the next film in 2022.
I am grateful for the MCU interpretation of Doctor Strange.
Comments
Leave a Reply