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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - Movie Review

 

So It Begins

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has gotten mixed reviews. Let me try to shed some light on this. Those who have kept up with the Marvel series exclusive to Disney+ will understand what is going on. This expands the universe in ways that can be appreciates. For those who have not fallen into the Disney+ scam to keep customers shackled to their content that can only be found on their streaming service, the movie has some rather large plot holes that could confuse the normal MCU movie goer.

This puts a large gap of those who will understand the whole story making it an extreme range of why some like and some don't like this movie. So for those who wish to enjoy the movie, I would recommend at least watching WandaVision on Disney+. If you have time, I would also recommend the What If...? animated series as well.

Because Disney is not releasing their streaming content on DVD/Blu-ray anytime soon, I suspect this may start effecting viewers opinions on if future MCU movies are good or bad. Disney must not remember what happened to Marvel Comics when fans had to read multiple comics to keep up with story arcs. I was one of them back in the days that enjoyed Wolverine comics but ended up having to collect three or more other lines to keep up with stories like X-tinction Agenda, Alpha, and The Infinity Gauntlet.

If they continue to have important plot details only accessible within the streaming series, future movies may not be the financial blockbusters Disney has come to enjoy. I highly expect The Marvels to be the next movie that relies on you having watch WandaVision. Spider-Man No Way Home was different since it relied on stories that were years in the past and that you could get or probably already had on DVD/Blu-ray.

Review

For those who have kept up with the streaming series and are familiar with some other content, this movie is a fast pace thrill ride from beginning to end. The characters have good development within the 2+ hours. Even with this knowledge, the movie is not a top 10 in the MCU list in my opinion. That being said, it was a good movie. For those not familiar with WandaVision series, some of the plot will have to be taken with a grain of salt. There is a cameo that those familiar with Sam Raimi's movies will either be expecting or appreciate. There are also two credit scenes for those curious.

Rating

Because I am familiar with the content, I would give this a HD rating. I will be adding this to my collection once it is under $10. I will not feel the need to have the physical disc with this movie but I have not felt the need for physical discs since the start of phase 4 with the exception of wanting Spider-Man No Way Home on disc when it goes on sale (hopefully soon).

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