Doctor Strange

Brillamment occupé. Népal magique. Mise à niveau impressionnante, plongée visuelle captivante dans la réalité tordue d'Inception. Mais en termes de scénario, c'est encore la même chose, comme x fois auparavant. (21/12/2016)

Une fable truffée de stars européennes et hollywoodiennes qui raconte la transformation d’un médecin orgueilleux en un humble magicien. Et je ne peux pas dire que la fable m'ait particulièrement interpellé ou diverti, car elle n’avait pas grand-chose dans le ventre. En revanche, elle m'a aidé à comprendre un peu mieux Avengers : Infinity War et pour ça, je suis reconnaissant. Et puis, ça me fait toujours plaisir de voir Rachel et Mads, peu importe le film et le moment. (12/08/2018)

The refuted skepticism that this cinematic sect has nothing more to offer doesn't make me scream with excitement. This is because the Doctor becomes a magician as if by a magic wand being used, and he also loses a lot in contact fights (despite Adkins' presence), and the villains didn’t have to be so generic. Yet there hasn't been a comic book movie this light-footed in years. It made do with a focused creator and a willingness to come up with a novel protagonist who, once integrated into the team-up game, for whom I don't predict a brighter future, even if Cumberbatch pulls charisma in from every dimension. (31/10/2016)

I’ve switched several times between three and four stars, and maybe not for the last time. Doctor Strange is a nice and fun comic-book ride that stands out mostly with its visuals; the way they bend reality is beautiful to watch. It’s very playful and clever, and those scenes have so many moving parts that if I tried to visualise something like that in my head, my brain would jump out of it. But other than that, it’s your classic Marvel flick with a lacklustre villain. Don’t they have anyone interesting in their whole universe, other than Loki? It’s pathetic already. And Ejiofor won’t pull it out in the potential sequel, either; the origin of the new villain has a pretty hollow motivation. A very important argument for the lower rating is also the total lack of explanation about the rules and limits of the world in the film. I fear that when Strange joins the rest of the Avengers, it will be such a mess that will bury everything. (27/10/2016)

Maybe I was radiating excessive expectations about this comic book movie that is trying to be different at first sight. What a disappointment it was to me when I realized that not even Benedict Cumberbatch can save a comic book movie that is an absolutely standard comic book movie and that on top of that calls for some pretty strange animations, which were evidently borrowed from the movie Inception. But where I saw the bending of the plane as an original intention, here I see that everything is just a sad effect that is trying to turn the movie into something more than it actually is. It’s a pity. He could have been a unique superhero who has the best catchphrases. But, unfortunately, even Iron Man is cooler than Doctor Strange. (07/02/2017)