Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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Ashleyketchumx3Jun 23, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What an absolute mess. Bringing Sam Raimi onto this was a huge mistake in my opinion. His style of directing is super dated and too campy. It completely ruined the immersion and feel of this MCU movie. Some of the camera angles used and "slap-stick" styled scenes (like the hotdog stand guy) seemed so out of place and unnecessary and just... not funny. They throw in a new character, America, without allowing us to get attached and expected us to give a **** that she's being hunted. They barely gave us anything to work with as far as her story and personality goes. Between the atrocious writing and her Disney Channel Original Movie level acting, I absolutely HATED her anytime she was in the scene. Don't even get me started on the "fainting" tea scene. Her being surrounded by amazing actors and actresses made her lack of acting ability glaringly obvious. I also found it annoying that it's basically required to watch all of WandaVision to fully grasp Scarlet Witch's motivation, which the motivations for her actions STILL don't make sense. She seems to have completely forgotten Vision, someone that ACTUALLY existed in her universe, for "her" two kids that she made up in her head. I could keep going on but it's just too much. Story was garbage, America's acting was garbage, writing was garbage, the WHOLE thing was absolute garbage. The only good thing that came from watching this movie is knowing that I didn't pay to see it in theaters like I originally intended. Only giving it a one and not a zero because of some of the visual effects and Mr. Benedict Cinnamonbun.… Expand

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Game_CriticalMay 6, 2022

I want to like this movie, but unfortunately it's very much a mixed bag. Sam Raimi's infuence does the movie good, but it tries too hard to juggle all of the series storylines. Also the huge amount of reshoots clearly mess with the flow ofI want to like this movie, but unfortunately it's very much a mixed bag. Sam Raimi's infuence does the movie good, but it tries too hard to juggle all of the series storylines. Also the huge amount of reshoots clearly mess with the flow of the movie. It would've been better if the Marvel universe took a five year break after endgame and then start again with different actors instead of constantly chruning out new content.… Expand

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AceofspadeMay 6, 2022

Sam Raimi did an excellect job with making the film look amazing. But the movie takes a hit with inconsistent plot lines and throwaway cameos.

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MasterspeedMay 6, 2022

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ProfessorMcRibbMay 6, 2022

It has a lot of action and good visuals omitting a few instances of cgi that pulled me out of the movie because it looked off (think of that infamous Black Widow scene).
The plot on the other hand had a lot going on. Cameos were cool andIt has a lot of action and good visuals omitting a few instances of cgi that pulled me out of the movie because it looked off (think of that infamous Black Widow scene).
The plot on the other hand had a lot going on. Cameos were cool and teased heavily but suffered from a lack of pay off. So many things that were in the trailer made it seem like we were getting a different movie. Major characters that we thought would play a part wrapped up in a couple of minutes. The ending was super anticlimactic, I had such high hopes for this movie and they may have been what did it in for me. Anyone expecting a huge MCU changing movie will be left a little disappointed.… Expand

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RandoSavaugeMay 6, 2022

Terribly boring movie, the actors can't be bothered to care about anything that's happening, and neither could I. Wanted to walk out before we got half way through, nothing that happened mattered. Weak effects, most of the sets areTerribly boring movie, the actors can't be bothered to care about anything that's happening, and neither could I. Wanted to walk out before we got half way through, nothing that happened mattered. Weak effects, most of the sets are uninteresting for what should've been so much more.… Expand

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JLuis_001May 6, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I won't be among those who seem to be forgiving most of the flaws of this film because it was directed by Sam Raimi, and while there are points where his influence is noticeable, this film is 100% Marvel.

As far as I can remember this is perhaps the first sequel that basically drops you into the story expecting you to be fully aware of everything that has happened in the MCU, mostly because it's the first of the films of Phase 4 that makes a connection with the Disney+ shows.

While this is something that is commonly understood by anyone watching a film in this franchise, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is one that has nothing, absolutely nothing to stand on its own.

Now the entertainment is still there, now more watered down but still effective to the degree to which it works, but I think Marvel's idea for this story was more of a tie-in for what's next and to give some fan service to their hardcore fanboys who now look desperate to see cameos from other franchises and of course ''new characters''. You'll know what I mean when you see it.

My biggest problem lies in trying to understand why they decided to make Wanda Maximoff the villain. I don't know if Marvel had nothing left for her after Wandavision and by the looks of it even with that bad ending, we won't be seeing her again for a while, if ever. A shame.
She was never given a chance to explode properly, even when she gets the spotlight here, she ends up relegated.

Good things and bad things, as with all MCU movies. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is not a major contribution to the saga, but gets the job done to keep the audience interested and excited, however briefly.

That being said, between this film's post-credits scene with Charlize Theron making her MCU introduction, talking about incursions, which are a big deal, and those of all the other films in this phase with the exception of Black Widow, I have no idea what Marvel Studios is up to.
Secret Wars? I don't think so. Too big, too complicated.
I guess we will find out sooner rather than later.… Expand

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AltendoMay 6, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge Marvel fan, it pains me to say that I am very disappointed with DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. From a confusing narrative to tons of plot holes, Marvel has definitely seen better days.… Expand

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mailpollMay 6, 2022

A lot of what you'd expect for Marvel, but somehow felt uneven or unsatisfying.

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cornpubMay 6, 2022

Although the really liked the movie, when co.parimf it to the rest of the MCU movies, it falls into the middle of the pack. Not TOP but definitely in the TOP 20.

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nubmanMay 9, 2022

I think marvel just kind of lost it's touch. Like the story and the dialog feels forced and unnatural like they were made in a committee by people with no passion in the ip, nothing about the movie felt organic. And like if you were hopingI think marvel just kind of lost it's touch. Like the story and the dialog feels forced and unnatural like they were made in a committee by people with no passion in the ip, nothing about the movie felt organic. And like if you were hoping to get from this movie the same thing from no way home, well you're not going to be satisfied.… Expand

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mickrussomMay 8, 2022

garbage. doctor strange was second fiddle and was horribly written - they had to make the male look bad. america chavez was crap. scarlet witch was good at being bad and it was more or less her movie and the multiverse was poorly written. igarbage. doctor strange was second fiddle and was horribly written - they had to make the male look bad. america chavez was crap. scarlet witch was good at being bad and it was more or less her movie and the multiverse was poorly written. i paid nothing to see this pile of trash. cg was trash. too much cg. only good thing here was violence and darkness. dr strange is a guest star in this. the usual horrible "comedy" while stuff is happening. dont pay to see this.… Expand

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Louis_VoltronMay 7, 2022

The film is a complete mess. Way to much bad cgi , boring cameos, forced “comedy” and they threw away everything they built upon in WandaVision . The Big question is … is it Kevin Feige that made Marvel or is it the Russo Brothers? ‘CauseThe film is a complete mess. Way to much bad cgi , boring cameos, forced “comedy” and they threw away everything they built upon in WandaVision . The Big question is … is it Kevin Feige that made Marvel or is it the Russo Brothers? ‘Cause frankly everything got good when they showed up and everything has been a mess since they left .… Expand

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Benjamin545433May 16, 2022

I loved how Scarlet witch was so powerful Please release Marvel movies to stream soon Don't Release movies to stream like 2 months later after the release date Release your movies 1 month later after the release date of that Marvel movie

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nix1331May 17, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Some fun ideas do not make up for the poor writing (90s level cheese), poor directing (no one is acting nearly as urgent or concerned as they should be), inconsistent power scaling, extremely dated jokes and predictability of it all. I am sure it is tough making a movie that both 10 yer olds and adults watch, but this was unreasonably dumbed down...even for the kids.

Than there is the poor CGI.... green screen lines and shadows everywhere. You would expect better from this level of studio.

limping, no magic wanda running as fast as three adults in full sprint for their lives hahahahaha… Expand

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VilhelmHortzMay 13, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've not been more disappointed in a Marvel movie as with Dr. Strange part 2. This film is going to be proof in film schools for the next decade that you can take a great group of actors, (Minus one major character) and a good director, just to waste all of their time with poor quality writing. As for the character of America Chavez, I'm not sure if it was the writing, directing, or acting but the character was horrendous. The idea was so poorly carried out that she dragged down every scene that she was in. It wasn't that the concept was the problem, but how it was portrayed at every step was laughably insulting. This film couldn't even remain consistent with the last major Marvel movie, let alone provide any sort of logical consistence. Wanda is not a sympathetic villain, she is psychotic and the writers have a strange infatuation with her that continues since Wandavision. Dr. Strange was written to be extremely intelligent and analytical in his prior film, where his arrogance was off putting but something that the character could get away with. Now he just comes off as simply foolish. They make Wong look incompetent and little more than a joke. The cameos were all rubbish and did little more than to make establish characters look stupid. They were trying to make Wanda look like a huge threat, but to me it came off as these supposedly great heroes were all jack asses. This could have been a great movie. They had very talented actors and a great idea, along with a director that could have pulled it off. However the writing was so piss poor that it was bungled at the corporate level. The director had touches that showed through and created some fantastic visuals. It's the reason that this film made it a 3 on my scale. But he was so held back by Disney that it was a waste of his talent. I wonder if there is a Sam Raimi cut?

This movie could have been great. The cast was almost perfect, and with a different actor for America C. and writers that had the skill and freedom to create a compelling script it could have been a home run. Instead we get a lack luster film with actors that do their best to shovel garbage while a kid without enthusiasm or an idea of how to help just gets in their way. This is directed by a guy that has his hands tied behind his back by corporate with one eye blindfolded. All of whom are shackled to a script from a writers room staffed with people lacking the interest to remember major plot details from the last film in the franchise, and missing the life experience and skill to make a compelling narrative outside of an instruction manual for a toaster. And a host of details from major plot points down to the catering from lunch are likely being dictated by Disney board rooms. The Marvel franchise has a huge problem, no matter how much money is thrown at something you cannot make it good. You NEED writers that care enough about it that they remember the major plot points from the prior movies! They need to remain internally consistent during the current iteration of your 'multiverse' narrative. If they cannot do that then they lack the drive to create compelling stories filled with interesting characters. This isn't just from a single problem. Are there signs of to much corporate control over the creators? Yes there is. Are there signs that the writers lack the life experience to incorporate plot points in complex and subtle ways? Definitely! This movie threw a lot at you and then used the tired old 'subvert expectations' excuse when the story lines just didn't stick.… Expand

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RadonielMay 15, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is, out of all things, one especially: too much of everything. The first Strange was just the right amount of well executed visual effects, this one is just brain-melting. It's overflowing with it, and while it's good-looking quality wise - it adds nothing. The story is, just like the latest Spider-Man, very, very bare-bones and could've easily been condensed in half of this movie's length if you really wanted to make it "just story".
I understand the appeal of putting characters like Captain Carter, Professor Xavier or, even, John Krasinski as Mr. Fantastic in the movie - but please let them do something that adds to the story at the very least.

It's so, so disappointing that the talent of Elisabeth Olsen, Benedict Cumberbatch and Xochitl Gomez was wasted in this dragging VFX-fest of a movie.… Expand

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BigDJohnWickMay 16, 2022

Formulaic, Bland, Uninteresting, Filler. Those words describe perfectly this movie

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SuperCurry30May 8, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros
-A clear theme that runs through the film
-Excellent directing and CG
Cons
-A psychopathic villain who cannot understand the background story in the play and cannot empathize with the reasons for actions.
-Insult for Marvel's popular characters like Blackbolt, Professor X
-Boring action scenes (The strongest sorcerer on Earth is struggling to defeat an octopus that doesn't seem very strong. What a joke.)
-Just trying to fill holes in the plot with a multiverse… Expand

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cmattinsonJul 9, 2022

Absolutely blows my mind that people are giving this movie a 10/10, I think this is the worst Marvel movie I have ever seen. Right from the very first scene the CGI is noticeably awful, and the acting is mediocre from basically everyone. SomeAbsolutely blows my mind that people are giving this movie a 10/10, I think this is the worst Marvel movie I have ever seen. Right from the very first scene the CGI is noticeably awful, and the acting is mediocre from basically everyone. Some of the scenes are just comically bad. Not sure what they spent the 200M on but special effects must have gotten the short end of the stick. Apart from a few, Marvel has totally lost their touch in Phase 4.… Expand

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blodgettzaAug 6, 2022

More indoctrination from Disney. Adding nothing to the story, there are countless lines, intentional props, and meaningless details added to the characters to make things more woke. On top of that, for any Christians out there, there's plentyMore indoctrination from Disney. Adding nothing to the story, there are countless lines, intentional props, and meaningless details added to the characters to make things more woke. On top of that, for any Christians out there, there's plenty of demonic themes throughout the film.

Lastly, what most people would care about instead of the above, the acting is terrible and the story is predictable. Save yourself 2 hours. Complete trash Disney, you should be ashamed.… Expand

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dmichaelcMay 10, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall a disappointment. There's definitly some things to like, like adventuring through the multi verse, and Dr Strange is as charming as ever. The visuals are amazing, and it's cool to see some of the crossovers that the multi verse allows for. I really liked the advanced tech world that they showed off. But then, there are many more negative things that just destroy suspension of disbelief, so many bog standard writing cliches. For starters, the intro pulled the old, "omg, high steaks intro, lol no just a dream" cliche. Sometimes characters are stupid for no reason as part of the painfully telegraphed "horror" moments. In one scene Dr Strange and co. are running from Wanda, who is destroying blast doors 2 meters behind them, but they all stop for no reason after closing a bigger door. And it holds in silence on them just standing there doing nothing for 20 seconds. Then Wanda reappears, and they keep running. There are times when the movie tries to fake out a horrible monster right around the corner, but they try way too hard such that all fakeouts are very obvious. The movie also struggles with power creep. Wanda is plain and simple OP. However, she only uses many of her OP abilities one time and then never again for some reason. She can create entire illusory worlds around people. She can snap peoples necks remotely. She can easily make peoples mouths, and presumably noses, disappear. She can charm weak minded people. She can summon giant lovcraftian monsters to great effect. She can appear as a giant demon monster. However, she only used each of these once, and never again, except for the monsters, which she used twice in the beginning and never again. In most of her battles, she still defaults to pew pew laser bolt hands or occasionally remotely tossing people. And the ending is kinda bad. The whole movie we are told the evil book corrupts whoever uses it, but then Strange does and is fine, save a third eye. Strange at one point is losing to a mass of spirits, but then a side character reminds him that he's got magic, as if he forgot, but then he suddenly wins. The "character growth" is spoiled from the beginning of the film, so there's no real payoff. And OP Scarlet Witch is defeated by a small girl walking up and pushing Wanda through a portal, and Wanda does basically nothing to stop it.… Expand

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dakyrlzJun 21, 2022

The movie is about nothing, beautiful graphics and effects and that's all there is to say about the film. In a movie called Multiverse Madness showed only one universe, it is nonsense and insanity. The creators had so many opportunities toThe movie is about nothing, beautiful graphics and effects and that's all there is to say about the film. In a movie called Multiverse Madness showed only one universe, it is nonsense and insanity. The creators had so many opportunities to show a bunch of different versions of the universes and heroes showed one.… Expand

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PhilMarksMay 12, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This long, boring movie has lots of special effects but nothing happens of interest. It's a lot to sit through just to find out Wanda is no longer an MCU character. The multiverse is just an excuse to do ridiculous and often unexplainable nonsense.… Expand

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micro10kJun 23, 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness I didn't like this movie, Look: Many Deaths, they are post credits I don't understand and the secondary characters. well all loved Sam Raimi but I didn't like him.

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CaptainHobbes99May 14, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I found some of the performances to be flat and awkward, mainly from Ms. America and Wanda, I know that there was supposed to be a more edgy and unsettling vibe to the movie but I found a lot of it to be unnecessary and gratuitous for no reason (mainly the Illuminati deaths), And the more I thought about the movie afterwards the less I liked it… Expand

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kkazeMay 29, 2022

The movie truly disappoints me; it's terribly boring MCU should've ended in end game.

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EludiumQ36Jun 29, 2022

"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (streaming 6.22, theatres 5.6.22, $390M in US +$520M intern'l) Opening scene, not on board with the social messaging that's not so subtle. Third scene, the fight with the giant octo-squid, and the"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (streaming 6.22, theatres 5.6.22, $390M in US +$520M intern'l) Opening scene, not on board with the social messaging that's not so subtle. Third scene, the fight with the giant octo-squid, and the latina aka America Chavez hasn't a scratch out of it, and she's just brimming with entitled confidence. And later when Strange says "America doesn't have long" (when she's in peril) you can't help but notice the double entendre. Then there's this whole magni-terrible Scarlet Witch who's really just a sweet mom at heart so we're being schooled that even the most terrible person in the multiverse has the heart of a mom. It seems very kid-friendly Disney in its pollyannish optimism in the face of dire circumstances. The whole tunnel chase scene doesn't make sense given the magical power in play here. And there was a fair amount of magical book burning/destruction so is that book-industry messaging? Finally, how's it take three different attempts by the SW to drain America of her power - oh wow, is that a China draining America of its global power metaphor?! - over such a long period that provides enough time for Dr Strange to intervene. And these drainings apparently aren't cumulative which doesn't make sense. It's just so blatantly the-story-must-permit-the-good-guys-to-win regardless of plausibility. I'm sure if you're ages 10-15 you'll think this is just the best movie ever, but for the rest of humanity it's just CGI silliness. Tagline: I watched Multiverse of Madness and feel qualified as a family crisis counselor now.… Expand