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 Inception, which 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 Darkness. It 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, 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

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