‘Fun’ and ‘good’ are the words for Doctor Strange; Marvel’s story of a brilliant neurosurgeon who’s drawn into the mystic arts while seeking physical and spiritual healing.

Starring the well-voiced Benedict Cumberbatch, director Scott Derrickson’s film is definitely a superhero movie. And as someone who was in the midst of superhero movie fatigue at the time of release, I’m happy to say that the film’s different class of weaponry/enemy really worked to make the experience that little bit different and certainly more interesting.

I don’t know how great a thing this is, but the impressive visual effects in Doctor Strange kind of kept my beloved Inception (2010) at front-of-mind, at least half the time. In fact, I couldn’t help but wonder about how much more amazing I’d find Marvel’s move if I hadn’t seen much of the style of effects first in Christopher Nolan’s Inception.

Arresting visuals aside, the execution of the growth of Strange’s character from beginning to end, particularly how satisfying it was to watch him grow because he needed to, is my favourite thing about Derrickson’s movie.

I absolutely took some time aside to fantasise about personally having Strange’s abilities, without the suffering that came before, of course.

Watch it if you haven’y already. It’s worthy.

Happy Film Loving,

G