Monday, November 14, 2016

Doctor Strange Review












Doctor Strange


Release Date: 27th October 2016 - Australia


Production Companies
Marvel Studios (presents)

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia


Genre: Action/Fantasy

Rating: M

Runtime: 115 minutes


Budget: $165,000,000

Box Office Gross: $677,796,076 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Once a brilliant neurosurgeon, the arrogant Doctor Stephen Strange loses the use of his hands in a car accident and is taken under the wing of a sorcerer who teaches him the mystical arts to defend the world against the forces of evil.


Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch - Dr. Stephen Strange
Rachel McAdams - Christine Palmer
Tilda Swinton - The Ancient One
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Mordo
Mads Mikkelsen - Kaecilius
Benjamin Bratt - Jonathan Pangborn
Benedict Wong - Wong
Michael Stuhlbarg - Dr. Nicodemus West
Topo Wresniwiro - Hamir
Umit Ulgen - Sol Rama
Mark Anthony Brighton - Daniel Drumm
Meera Syal - Dr. Patel
Amy Landecker - Dr Bruner
Adam Pelta-Pauls - Nurse Billy
Sarah Malin - Dr. Garrison
Eben Young - Dr. Weiss
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith -
Physical Therapist
Elizabeth Healey - Concerned
Doctor
Guillaume Faure - Reluctant
Surgeon
Daniel Dow - Mugger
Stan Lee - Bus Passenger (Cameo)
Ezra Faroque Khan - Kamar-Taj Librarian
Kimberly Van Luin - Bullet Patient's Wife
Pat Kiernan - Himself
Chris Hemsworth - Thor (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Writer/Director - Scott Derrickson
Based on the Marvel Comics/
Executive Producer - Stan Lee
Based on the Marvel Comics -
Steve Ditko (Uncredited)
Writers - Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill
Script Supervisors - Joanna Beckett
and Anna Worley
Executive Producers - Victoria Alonso,
Stephen Broussard and Louis D'Esposito
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Charles Newirith
Producer - Kevin Feige
Co-Producer - David J. Grant
Casting Director - Sarah Finn
UK Casting - Reg Poerscout-Edgerton
Magic Choreographer - Julian Daniels
Production Designer - Stephen Wood
Marvel Head of Visual Development - Ryan Meinerding
Visual Development Concept Illustrators -
Andy Park, Rodney Fuentebella, Jackson Sze,
Anthony Francisco, Alexander Mandrajiev,
Jerad Marantz and Josh Nizzi
Supervising Art Director - Ray Chan
Supervising Art Director: Los Angeles Unit -
Michael Manson
Art Directors - Julian Ashby,
Jim Barr, Thomas Brown, Jordan Crockett,
Mike Stallion and Mark Swain
Set Decorator - John Bush
Set Decorator: Los Angeles Unit - Lauri Gaffin
Property Master - Barry Gibbs
Costume Designer - Alexandra Byrne
Assistant Costume Designers - Richard Sale
and Laura Smith
Director of Photography - Ben Davis
Director of Photography: Second Unit - Fraser Taggart
"A" Camera Operator: Second Unit -
Peter Field
Production Manager - Tyson Bidner
Unit Production Manager - Chris Brock
Unit Production Manager: New York Unit -
Richard Baratta
First Assistant Director - Michael Lerman
First Assistant Director: Los Angeles Unit -
Lars P. Winther
Floor Second Assistant Director -
Tom Edmondson
Second Unit Director/Stunts (Uncredited) -
Jeff Habberstad
Second Unit Director (Uncredited)/Stunt Coordinator:
US - James M. Churchman
Stunt Coordinator: New York Unit - Tim Gallin
Stunt Coordinator: UK - Mark Mottram
Stunt Coordinator: Additional Photography -
Thomas Robinson Harper
Fight Coordinator - Jonathan Eusebio
Special Effects Supervisor - Paul Corbould
Senior Floor Supervisor - Ian Corbould
Special Effects Workshop Supervisor: Second Unit -
Chris Corbould
Visual Effects Supervisor - Stephane Ceretii
Visual Effects Supervisors: ILM - Richard Bluff
and Mark Bakowski
Visual Effects Supervisor: Second Unit -
Geoffrey Baumann
Visual Effects Supervisors: Framestore -
Robert Duncan, Mark Wilson and
Jonathan Fawkner
Visual Effects Supervisors: Method Studios -
Douglas Bloom and Chad Wiebe
Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer: RISE Visual
Effects Studios - Florian Gellinger
Visual Effects Supervisor: Lola VFX -
Trent Claus
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor - Chris Shaw
Visual Effects Producer - Susan Pickett
Visual Effects Producers: ILM - Lee Briggs and
Claudia Lecaros
Visual Effects Producer: Technicolor VFX -
Marie Rheinschild-Jordan
Additional Visual Effects Producer: Framestore -
Annette Wullems
Animation Supervisors: ILM - Mathew Cowie
and Mathieu Vig
Animation Supervisors: Method Studios -
Daniel Mizuguchi and Daryl Sawchuk
Animation Supervisor: Luma Pictures -
Raphael A. Pimentel
Compositing Supervisors: Framestore -
Alex Payman, Oliver Armstrong and
Matthew Twyford
Compositing Supervisor: Lola Visual Effects -
Edison Williams
3D Stereoscopic Supervisor - Evan Jacobs
Editors - Sabrina Pilsco and Wyatt Smith
Additional Editor - Jeffrey Ford
Supervising Sound Editors - Daniel Laurie
and Shannon Mills
Sound Designers - Nia Hansen
and David C. Hughes
Production Sound Mixer - John Midgley
Re-Recording Mixers - Tom Johnson
and Juan Peralta
Foley Artists - John Roesch and
Shelley Roden
Music - Michael Giacchino
Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan
Score Recordist - Peter Dobbin


Review
It's been a strong year for the Marvel cinematic universe as the series has progressed more with their recent blockbusters like Captain America: Civil War and DOCTOR STRANGE. These are the two most anticipated films of the year, and they continue to win over comic-book fans and audiences who aren't bored of them. The latter DOCTOR STRANGE is currently showing in the cinemas, and I'm pleased to have seen the movie on the big screen as the visual effects were unlike anything I have ever seen. It is a complex film that demands attention to understand what is happening. I haven't had this trippier visual impact since 2001: A Space Odyssey and Inceptionwhich two films have blown me away a few times. In complement to the luscious CGI produced for the feature, this aspect was necessary to benefit the intricacy of the storyline.

Benedict Cumberbatch is amazingly talented in playing the title character in the protagonist role since Sherlock and has joined an assembly of co-stars with Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen. I can't believe he isn't playing another villain who has done much evil, like the dragon Smaug from The Hobbit and Khan from Star Trek Into DarknessIt amazes me how lucky Benedict Cumberbatch has been with his film opportunities. He has struck gold with this movie, as Marvel movies always make astronomical incomes at the box office. Benedict has been consistent with his films. And over the past five years, he has been garnering hit after hit.

The scoring is ingeniously perfect, which is thanks to the noted contributions of Michael Giacchino, and he does have the potential to be the next John Williams after composing films like Star Trek and Jurassic World.

DOCTOR STRANGE is a must-see film that is very complex, well-acted and a visual delight of an origin story. This movie is simply perfect and never fails to entertain.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

1 comment:

  1. Nice review! Glad you loved it, and I agree -- simply perfect. I loved how different from other Marvel films it was... it stood on its own so well. Cumberbatch was excellent, and all the neat little details that never could exist in any other movie... like the balcony scene where time is stopped and they're GHOSTS. Great stuff. :D

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