05-04-2022, 11:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2022, 11:42 PM by Drunk Monk.)
SPOILER ALERT
Ah y’all know me. I’m not Scapino. I don’t spoil. I prefer writing cryptically so those who’ve seen it go ‘oh yeah’ and those who haven’t go ‘wtf?’ But honestly now, most of you go ‘wtf?’ at most things I post (although CF’s post leave me in the wtf dust).
This film is very Raimi. Almost painfully Raimi. So many cinematic homages and even some evil dead.
It’s as much about Wanda as it is about Strange. The effects are off the hook. If you don’t follow the MCU, a lot of this is just noise. One of my goddesses has a cameo and I didn’t know who tf it was because I never read the comics (fortunately Plugo explained).
It’s a fun romp, some delightfully surreal bits and lots of tentacles and eyeballs. There are swords. There are funny bits, self referential bits, Easter eggs galore, lots of explosions and magic, absurd bits that you just accept because it’s a comic book movie after all, action bits, and lots of flying about. Enjoyably distracting, which was just the right medicine for me now.
This would make a great double feature with EEAAO, and I do think that is the better film, but DSatMoM was a bombastic ride too. It’s no slouch in MCU phase 4 or 5 or wherever tf we are.
The Benedicts are both great - Cumberbatch is particularly good because he has to play the same character in different universes. Elizabeth is the real star tho. I’ve never understood the Scarlet Witch but she’s great here.
D00M recommended.
END SPOILER ALERT
Ah y’all know me. I’m not Scapino. I don’t spoil. I prefer writing cryptically so those who’ve seen it go ‘oh yeah’ and those who haven’t go ‘wtf?’ But honestly now, most of you go ‘wtf?’ at most things I post (although CF’s post leave me in the wtf dust).
This film is very Raimi. Almost painfully Raimi. So many cinematic homages and even some evil dead.
It’s as much about Wanda as it is about Strange. The effects are off the hook. If you don’t follow the MCU, a lot of this is just noise. One of my goddesses has a cameo and I didn’t know who tf it was because I never read the comics (fortunately Plugo explained).
It’s a fun romp, some delightfully surreal bits and lots of tentacles and eyeballs. There are swords. There are funny bits, self referential bits, Easter eggs galore, lots of explosions and magic, absurd bits that you just accept because it’s a comic book movie after all, action bits, and lots of flying about. Enjoyably distracting, which was just the right medicine for me now.
This would make a great double feature with EEAAO, and I do think that is the better film, but DSatMoM was a bombastic ride too. It’s no slouch in MCU phase 4 or 5 or wherever tf we are.
The Benedicts are both great - Cumberbatch is particularly good because he has to play the same character in different universes. Elizabeth is the real star tho. I’ve never understood the Scarlet Witch but she’s great here.
D00M recommended.
END SPOILER ALERT
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