Comparing Dr. Strange And Marvel's Cinematic Universe

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Marvel’s Cinematic Universe has taken a different path with the new Doctor Strange movie. Unlike other recent marvel movies like The Avengers, Doctor Strange goes deeper into a dark dimension full of magic and sorcery. The CGI will trap you into an Inception like experience. As buildings start to twist and close in, the rush starts to kick in. Benedict Cumberbatch who portrays the role of the neurosurgeon, Stephen Strange, took this story a new level of mind-blowing. Stephen Strange goes through a life changing experience, a car crash that leads him to lose control over his hands and prevents him from doing surgery. While a cure was impossible to find, his arrogance leads him to take extreme measures searching for medicine in magic. Leaving …show more content…

Being an origin story we can’t really see the true potential Doctor Strange has in store for us, which is a bummer. Let’s face it, the movies will never be as good as the comics, but reading them beforehand does make the movie truly magical. While many characters’ appearances changed, the plot remained the same. Which is what fans are most focused on. In Strange Tales #115 Dr. Strange’s origin story was introduced, for many people this was just an ordinary story but for the real fans this was the connection they needed to finally know what truly made Doctor Strange the hero he is. Many differences were found, for example The Eye of Agamotto in this film has been redesigned into an Infinity Stone, The Time Stone. With this we definitely know Doctor Strange is into some action for the new Avengers Movie Avengers: Infinity Stone. Thanks to the different Easter eggs found, Doctor Strange has been able to create a hype for the upcoming movies Marvel has planned for …show more content…

Although he had a photographic memory and learned faster than anyone else it still took time to master it all. Baron Mordo was also a big change for this film, while he is portrayed to be Doctor Strange’s partner, in the comics he was really working against him and desired power over all. Besides other small changes, the story similarity is truly remarkable. The differences between the comics and the movie is what makes the movie unique, if it were exactly like the comics then there would be too much spoilers and there wouldn’t be enough reasons to go see the movie. By changing all these little things in the Doctor Strange movie, it made the film unpredictable and more exciting. The CGI produced in this film was electrifying. Watching Doctor Strange on 3D or IMAX really makes a difference from normal theater quality. The first encounter Doctor Strange had with the Ancient One was mind-bending experience, Strange was dragged bouncing between dimensions. Using kaleidoscope like images resembling outer space and its beauty. After this the special effects multiplied by using the mirror dimension. Building crashing down, folding into each other and change in a way similar to Inception. All these special effect made this film unique and totally worth watching every minute of

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