So he's a bit hypocritical with his hippocratic oath

(Oops, this post was supposed to follow on from my last one, but you beat me to it, Phantom!)

Last edited by ukaunz (November 5, 2016 10:14 am)

I really like this observation (from tumblr)

A small detail about Doctor Strange that left me teary...

I noticed when I was watching Doc Strange for the first time, he had a piano in his high-rise apartment. And it left me curious as to whether they would show him playing it or not.

But then he had the crash; the permanent nerve-damage left his hands in a terrible state.

And when they showed his apartment after, the piano was gone.

He’d given up his music because he couldn’t play any longer.

SusiGo wrote:

I really like this observation (from tumblr)

A small detail about Doctor Strange that left me teary...

I noticed when I was watching Doc Strange for the first time, he had a piano in his high-rise apartment. And it left me curious as to whether they would show him playing it or not.

But then he had the crash; the permanent nerve-damage left his hands in a terrible state.

And when they showed his apartment after, the piano was gone.

He’d given up his music because he couldn’t play any longer.

And he needed the money for all his treatments. I think that was one of the reasons that he sold it.
 

Last edited by gently69 (November 7, 2016 12:40 pm)

Just a funny little geek thing. It's about Sherlock but I put it here as it contains Dr Strange spoilers.

The official FB page for Sherlock posted a new picture from S4 (of Sherlock). One of the comments read:

"Moriarty! I've come to negotiate!"

It had 115 Likes within the first five minutes. I loved it. 

I did feel the same. Not that it was rushed, per se, but that I would have preferred a slower pace with more details. Lingering a bit more at every step of the way. But I understand that it wouldn't work as a movie. They would've made it into a trilogy or a tv series if they had done it the pace I would've wanted. 

So I don't see how they could have done it any better than they did, within the timeframe they had.

ukaunz wrote:

I'm not sure whether to cheer or cringe.

LOL, that made my day! 
 

Swanpride wrote:

what I was missing were those scenes in which two characters just share a moment and forge a connection to each other during it. I liked all the characters, but the connection between them were kind of missing, and there was way too much telling instead of showing regarding their motivations.

The exposition in the movies is always the most delicate part to handle, especially if there is a LOT to explain (7 minutes introduction to the LOTR, anybody?). I still remember the cringeworthy bombastic introduction to "Thor", which poor Anthony Hopkins had to tell. Actually, here they managed to smuggle explanatory parts quite cleverly, IMO. They managed not to introduce a voice-over narration and they incorporated necessary information about Dormammu, Kaecillius etc. in the scenes which were about something else (for example, Strange-Mordo training).

As for the connections between the characters, I have no complains because for me they worked. May-be because the actors were all excellent, but also because the material was good and the actors had good chemistry and somehow felt like "real" persons even in the "magical" dimension (if it makes sense). The only one who came to me as less "human" is Mads Mikkelsen's villain, IMO. His motivations were intriguing but they weren't fleshed out enough. Also, the relationship between him and the Ancient one could have been given more depth, may-be. On the other hand, this is the movie about dr Strange and to give more attention to the villain could be distracting.
 

What suprised me (positively, I might add) was the humour. I loved that the movie didn't take itself too seriously. Me and my friend were doubled over in laughter several times. Ben really does have great comical timing! I LOVED his "Eminem... Beyonce" to Wong. His dry "Thank you" after leaning on the door begging to be let in (a scene that initially broke my heart and had me from teary-eyed to laughter in 1 second).

Dr. Strange was wonderfully arrogant and cruel - even more so than Sherlock. I loved everything about him - and I was again surprised when the tense fight/action-sequences were relieved with humor when Dr Strange - again! - runs into the hospital with a wounded, and the female character (forgot her name) just sighs in defeat. Wonderful!

And when Dr. Strange and one of the goons started fighting in astral form, I was sure this must be one of the most insane movies i've ever seen. I have never seen anything like it, absolutely amazing!

I have one criticism: Everyone talked about how the villain had a solid and good argument for his belief. But I saw a flaw in it immediately - he talked about eternal life. My first question was: But what quality of life? How will that eternal life be? No one addressed the issue to him directly, The Ancient One just mentioned it once in passing. To me, that was a glaring error when they try to portray a villain that had just chosen a different path (an idea I love, which is why I was disappointed with the weak logic).

I love the comedic bits in the film, the two times I saw it in a cinema people were laughing so hard at certain scenes. It had some really good lines and timing with it too!


About Kaecilius' reasons I did have a few question... he wanted eternal life... but was that in retrospect too? I mean if he had to live forever and still be without his family and everyone he loved... what kind of life is that? Shouldn't he know how that hurts? Of course he'd stop it from ever happening again to anyone else and in a way that is a 'noble' thought. But yeah.

 

I sort of like that!

Especially because basically now it means that Doctor Strange was bargaining with himself!