re: Doctor Strange Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

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It was a typical Marvel movie with stunning visuals. I do agree with the poster who mentioned that the plot was boring. The middle of the movie dragged pretty hard. I get that it's good to have humor, but 90% of Marvel's heroes feel the exact same. They all make these little quips and are arrogant jokesters.

So with Capt America, Thor, Iron Man, Ant Man, Falcon, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and Star Lord it's become a best of "one liner" competition. Strange and Stark are pretty much the same character just science vs mysticism.

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Agree with all of this. It was a solid movie, and I give them a pass for the writing because its an origin story. BUT they need things to become more serious. I know that sounds weird, but they need the tone in these movies to start of gloomier I guess? They need to realize everyone has seen this type of movie many times, its time to start writing dramatically. In fact, they need to...dare I say it....go a little more Zach Snyder like...


The quips are exactly as you said...unnecessary, especially the stupid beyonce part in the movie...and then Wong is listening to it? Wasn't necessary.

I'm guessing that's not the director's choice, but more of a "let's pander to the everyday person" type thing.

I really hope they do quit them smartass quips, or how about use them in a more serious tone? Instead of using a quip to get a laugh, how about one where its in an intense moment and it purposely tries to get more of a short "heh", but its in the midst of that intense moment.

I was afraid of the writing style going stale, and I'm hoping they're working hard to transform the story. At this rate, the Infinity Wars might seem kind of meh. From movie to movie, the stakes need to change, and there needs to be evidence of those stakes changing.