Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness Was Almost Perfect
Credit to Review: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’
While I’m glad that Sam Raimi came back to Marvel to direct the sequel to Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness, I have a few little things that I was slightly disappointed with when I first watched this film.
Even though it was such an entertaining ride, and stood out from so many other Marvel when it came to the formula of superhero films, I felt that this one was lacking some themes that could have made this film perfect.
I did appreciate the visuals, the little horror themes, and the ‘off screen,’ brutal kills we got, but man, I wish it had leaned more into the horror genre.
1. Scarlett Witch as the main villain felt sort of lackluster, because we had to watch a TV show to understand why she was the main villain to begin with.
Credit to Doctor Strange 2 ending | Is Wanda dead? Scarlet Witch fate explained | Radio Times
The one thing that I feel has gotten so old and ridiculous, has to be the huge amount of television shows we have to keep up with to understand the main plot points in movies franchises. Scarlett Witch was given her own show, that explained why she had become a villain, going after Doctor Strange and his crew.
I hadn’t watched the show at all, and while I thought it was cool that she was the main villain, it didn’t feel impactful. If they had already hinted at her becoming a villain in the past Marvel films like Endgame, or other future films, it would have worked.
It’s honestly so exhausting to keep up with so many shows nowadays, and while I do love watching a lot of them, I don’t care to watch television shows that have to do with franchises. It feels almost lazy, knowing that the writers would rather do a show to explain everything to the audience than a bunch of films, which I could definitely give my time to easily.
2. Marvel had sold themselves to Disney, and the horror themes weren’t as strong as they should have been.
I was so excited to learn that Sam Raimi was going to direct the sequel, only to realize that it wasn’t going to be the vision that the fans wanted. All because Marvel decided to give themselves up to Disney, which turned out to be their biggest mistake. Due to their ‘family friendly’ themes, Raimi could not ‘go all out,’ with the insanity of the horror presented in the sequel.
Many people like myself were so disappointed upon hearing this, because I think this film could have beyond original without Disney lingering over them. I bet if it could have gotten away with a Rated — R rating, Sam could have given us one of the best visionary films in Marvel history. I can’t imagine the violence, or the horror Doctor Strange could have been exposed to during his battle against Scarlett and the Multiverse.
3. I felt that the Multiverse theme was lacking in this film.
Credit to THE THIRD FLOOR » Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
This film was supposed to be the one to fully introduce the fans to the Multiverse, exposing the fans to multiple different worlds, as Doctor Strange tries to navigate the madness within. Since Disney was going down their own route with using television shows to understand what the hell was going on, I think it kind of messed up what we could have gotten.
In my opinion, Scarlett Witch was the wrong villain to use in the sequel. It should have been someone entirely different, and maybe Doctor Strange could have been trying to escape from this major threat, or he would have been forced to travel through other worlds to find a way to win against his enemy.
I think we only got about three different Multiverse worlds, and sure, we got a cool montage of Doctor Strange traveling through several of them in seconds, but it wasn’t enough. This was supposed to be the main film to really focus on the Multiverse themes, and instead, we got Marvel using this stupid theme over and over in more movies and television shows ruining this amazing concept.
Whoever thought I would ever get bored with hearing about the Multiverse??
Despite these flaws, I still feel that this film stands out from all the rest.
It’s still original in its own way, and it does feel a bit darker, compared to the other new Marvel films that heavily relied on cliche storylines and comedy that got old pretty fast.
At least we got that incredible sequence that referenced Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead with Doctor Strange in the sequel. Watching Doctor Strange control a dead version of himself was top notch horror, and it’s one of the few scenes in Marvel that holds a special place in my heart.
Comments
Post a Comment