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davidspackage posted:It's weird how they kept throwing in jokes specifically at emotional or tense moments. Kaecalius calling Strange "Mr. Doctor" just as he lays out his philosophy, the cloak wiping away his tears, Palmer's exasperation as Strange calls for her because he's bringing in the dying Ancient One. I expect it was deliberate, to ease the viewer into this new Marvel Universe angle of actual magic, but it came close to ruining the drama a few times. Yeah, this is one of my criticisms of the movie; it's just so packed full of wild zingers (about a good quarter of which are the cloak just being Carpet from Aladdin) that hardly any moments get to land. Other thoughts: 1. I was full on expecting this to be Iron Man, But Magic, and it thankfully wasn't. However, Rachel McAdams was definitely Pepper Pots, But Medicine. She honestly feels like her whole plot was written in after test audiences were confused by Strange and Mordo never kissing, despite obviously being lovers 2. Strong first act, cool setpieces at the climax, but the middle is just chock-full of a whole bunch of useless kung fu 3. They say "Dark Dimension" and "Mirror Dimension" a cool dozen-plus times each without the slightest hint of irony or self-awareness, which I'm not sure if I love or hate 4. Visually I think what I most appreciated were kirby dots at the end and the Bill & Ted time tunnel in the beginning 5. Maybe my favorite moment is the hospital PA calling for Dr. Rachel McAdams to report to the ER because it's this incredibly mundane bit of dialogue that comes crashing into the scene as if no one in the hospital cares that the Master of Disguise just soul-died on the operating table tin can made man fucked around with this message at 09:04 on Nov 5, 2016 |
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Vintersorg posted:Jesus christ don't hire writers from tumblr. Nextwave is from 2006, Tumblr had nothing to do with it. 2006 is just the altogether nadir of american culture and humour
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I mean it definitely was funny in 2006, but in my experience literally nothing from that Dark Year has stood the test of time
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