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Tear Up Nation before I went to go see the movie people kept on going on about studio interference. i just hope it's not another spider man 3 is it worth wasting gas getting popcorn and sitting by strangers please let me know.
Doctor strange possessing the corpse of an alternate universe version of himself across the multiverse and using the ghosts attacking him to create a cape and fight a witch on top of a snowy mountain in a ancient throne room is the most Raimi thing I’ve seen
I honestly saw shades of Spider-Man 2 in this film, especially with Strange's relationship with Christine but with a more unique ending, how similar Wanda is to Doc Ock, and even questioning how "happy" these characters are. I think because Raimi was willing to come back for a Marvel Flick, the studio gave him a lot more creative freedom to play with, which is why this felt a lot more director driven. Not to mention Strange is one of his other favorite characters.
that first scene where he was connecting with Christine I saw so many parallels with spiderman 2, i loved it but idk the movie just didn't work for me. i wanted to love it but i didn't I'm going back to see it again next week and i really hope to change my mind
My favourite scene was when morbius joined the illuminati and said "Its morbin time" and caught dr strange off guard. That scene was truly one of the most horrifying scenes in cinema history. Truly a masterpiece. Cant wait for Doctor Strange 3: More Bius
Yeah, I always have a love hate relationship with him, sometimes I get a bit annoyed by how biased he can be and how he sometimes acts like the cinemasins of video essayists, where he just acts like an asshole to movies and treat them unfairly by making the video be extremely subjective and biased against the movie instead of being objective and stating both the good and bad things instead of just focusing towards the bad things, like the nwh video, where he literally brushed over all the good things in the movie like the amazing fan service, the prospect of all the raimi characters coming back, tom holland's peter finally maturing and finally experiencing true consequences, etc...not really discussing all those good things enough and just dedicated half of the video complaining about minor nitpicks like the cgi and cinematography, which I agree with, nwh does have some very unappealing and bland cinematography and effects, but my problem is that he focused on it for way too long and didn't focus enough on the actual things that matter, like the amazing character growth for peter or something, he just mentioned the important stuff briefly and focused alot on the nitpicks when it should be the other way around, I agree with some of his points in his more negative videos, despite them being clearly biased, but I just wished he would also spend as much time discussing the good stuff as much as he is talking about the bad stuff But sometimes, when he makes actual positive videos, man oh man I enjoy the hell out of those videos, he just has that passion that you can feel while watching a positive video, like the three Raimi Spiderman love letter videos he made, really well thought out and riveting to watch Edit: just finished watching the video, again, I really love it when he makes positive videos, and I quite agree with all of his points, like yikes...the comparison of Raimi vs The Russo Brothers is baffling, Infinity War looks so ugly when compared to M.O.M
@@_neon-xeon_3966 Though what I like about him instead of cosmonaut. Is the fact hitop never says his opinion is right or fact. Cosmonaut on the other hand seems to act like that.
@@caylya7869 I personally don't really like cosmonaut that much either tbh, he has a certain smugness present in his videos that I don't really enjoy listening to, I like Captain Midnight more, he is not overly biased against the mcu but also not the annoying overly positive dude that just loves everything marvel puts out and neglects all the faults present, he has a calmer and more objective vibe to his videos instead of the smug pretentious vibes of Hitop sometimes and he doesn't let his personal biases get ahold of his videos like Hitop and Cosmonaut
Raimi squeezed everything he could’ve out of this despite it still being manufactured on the Feige conveyor belt. Loved the horror elements he implemented. Definitely about as unique a movie can get in the MCU.
@@Jose-se9pu Sam was always going to make the movie about 2 hours though. He rarely ever makes long movies. To him, the perfect movie is 90 minutes long. It was just a matter of what was going to be in those 2 hours.
Despite it being heavily criticized for its script, the movie still stands out as the one with a unique identity among these slate of movies and didn’t come off as another cookie cutter Marvel product. In the long run I know it’ll stick out as one of the most director driven projects in the series
@@Jose-se9pu I think we will never see, remember the spider man 2 extended edition when Raimi only allowed 4 min of extras scenes because he believes that if you add to much stuff it becomes a alternative movie
"Can these superheroes be happy?" I remember reading an article long, long ago about the writers of Spider-Man and the rules of their writing for him, and one thing that stood out to me is that they stated they cannot make Spider-Man happy, ever, because if Peter Parker were ever to become happy and content with his life, his entire journey as Spider-Man would be over. The Marvel Writers are Peter Parker's true villains.
Same with Bruce Wayne. He can't ever be happy or have his wealth make even a slight difference in Gotham. As long as it's a hellhole and as long as his rogues gallery finds a way to get out of his jails and such, there will always be stories. That's why it's so hard to get invested in Marvel and DC sometimes and why nowadays I prefer others do the looking and just point out a recommendation then.
@@artarealmblazer8452 you know Sam Raimi literally directed the Evil Dead movies right? He was just paying homage to his own work, the entirety of DS2 consists of ED references.
I personally loved that humanity in how Dr. Strange treats America. He literally met her a day ago, and he does everything he can, not just to keep Wanda from getting her, but to help her see that she has a choice of what to do with her power as well.
Dr strange was the best part of the film. He's come so far from being a selfish bastard. And this was setup nicely in Infinity War too: "If it comes down to you, and the kid, vs the Stone, I'll not hesitate to protect the Stone with EVERYTHING I have." And yet he couldn't break his Hippocratic Oath. Do no harm. Not after he killed a man in the first strange movie. And yet by letting millions get dusted...he did technically break it and he does grapple with his choice in the film. Good stuff.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 exactly! I don’t get it, that moment when he was going to take America’s powers but stopped himself when he remembered that it was just gonna make him like all the other dr stranges was powerful
This film truly articulated the creative madness of Sam Raimi. Even though he was given a mediocre script he managed to turn it into something exhilarating.
I agree. The story was subpar and lame. They fit out 40 minutes of the script and wasn’t great, didn’t feel like a sequel to dr strange but more to Wanda vision. However the visuals and the acting really did boost this movie for me. Sam and the cast and crew did great!
@@TheScreamingSailor Well for one you need to see WandaVision to understand any of the plot in this film. And also, it is more of a sequel to that show than to the first Doctor Strange, which makes sense since the first film came out 2016, but I would still have preferred for the story to follow up more from that movie than from WV.
No one needs to watch Wandavision to understand this movie, no one ever had to. Why would they? Wanda in this movie is basically "My children only exist in other dimension and I can't have them in this one, so I'll go to another dimension to have them" WHAT there is to not understand in something so simple?
@@BurgoYT thats how mcu fanboys are tbh, they copy and paste each others comments and cant think for themselves, probably got a google doc open of stuff theyre going to copy and paste into each comment section
@@BurgoYT Basic rule of cinema, show don't tell. Whoever wrote the script must be some amateur because there is so much exposition it quite literally ruined the film for me, the dialogue is atrocious, every other scene characters are explaining some magic and how it works instead of even trying to be creative and simply show us, movies are a visual medium and if i wanted to listen to constant exposition i'd go play some indie RPG. The dramatic character scenes are amazing though and Sam Raimi shows how he knows to handle dramatic character driven scenes with perfection, the movie's only saving grace.
The script was messy and unfocused, but man does Raimi do a magnificent carry job. It seems like he really indulged and was truly given ample creative freedom. Easily the best directed MCU movie imo. I'd watch it again for the visuals.
@@Reelfilms1998 Nothing I could find that actually lists Raimi as a writer. He's had some input and influence, as directors can generally have, but Waldron seems to be the only writer.
@@Reelfilms1998 Nope. I believe it was Loki series writer who wrote the script. And it's obvious what is the Raimi's vision and what's the Disney + crap in this movie.
Zombie Strange using the souls of the damned as his cloak with that beautiful guitar riff is one of the coldest things I’ve seen in a while. Even with all the horror elements in the movie, the scariest thing Sam does here is make the audience look inward and ask themselves “are you happy?” I love when superhero content gets deep like that. That’s when it works at its absolute best. Stories that we can relate to, even with characters as grand as Strange, are the most impactful.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 yea sometimes that happens. I think it’s a very relatable story for a lot of people. Sometimes, you don’t get the person you want, and you have to come to terms with that, make peace with it, and realize you can still be happy.
@@AlexLove631 my problem is a lot of Hollywood movies, Cinema, and Literature and storytelling tropes make me feel isolated when the guy is always lucky and gets the girl. Even Peter Parker who is the “everyday” man, gets all the ladies and people call that relatable and I have always felt invalidated, especially when it comes to Deadpool and Baby Driver, or even when the people in a romance remind me of toxic people in middle and high school who traumatized me
@@AlexLove631 I’m disappointed if people are saying this is the reason the script is bad. Cause like you said, a lot can relate to it and you don’t always get what you want. I think the point of the film is Strange hasn’t reached happiness yet and is trying to work on it. I do feel bad there isn’t a single universe out there where he and Palmer don’t get together. It’s like Conscious forces in the universe want strange to suffer all across the multiverse
I was worried going into this but it was absolutely a Raimi film! He still shone through the marvel machine. That third act in particular is so Sam. A big emotional speech and a charming wink coming from a.... reanimated corpse (With a very Evil Ash sounding voice). I had the stupidest smile on my face. Those match cuts in that Wanda sequence were such impressive camera work too. Really made me emphasise for that character.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a great entertaining film, although it’s not a good Spider-Man film. Sam Raimi’s horror motifs were all over it and I loved it for that.
Knowing exactly who Sam Reimi was while watching this movie had me smiling the whole way through, I don't give a fuck if people think it's corny, it's refreshing to see risk and creativity exuding out of the souless Marvel pump and dump machine.
@@abdullahahmad4239 i was just giving examples dude. The ones I feel have the most passion. None of them are soulless. People put a lot of effort into all of them, even the not so great ones
I LOVED Taika Waititi directing Thor Ragnarok. He is one of my favorite directors and he was all over Thor Ragnarok, and I really like what he did with the film. There was a lot of creativity and stuff that he did with the movie, like he completely reworked Thor and it worked. The first 2 thor movies were pretty eh to be honest, but this one wasn't soulless. As long as they keep getting passionate directors like that, and Diab for Moon Knight and Raimi for this, they'll be alright
I really felt Sam Raimi's style in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, from the horror and over the top elements to the human and empathy elements. He really is one of the best film directors and I enjoy this film more than I expected. This was a great video, Alex.
This movie was definitely a breath of fresh air. Marvel has started to feel samey this phase. Hopefully with the help of this movie and the psychological aspect of Moon Knight, Feige will get other incredibly creative directors to jump in
And give the directors complete creative control. I just recently saw The Batman and I was kind of frustrated. Not at the movie. The movie is at peak superhero filmmaking. I just want the future MCU movies to be like The Batman. I'm not asking for the MCU to literally be The Batman, but I want them to be as free as the film.
@@peedfarded It's human nature tbh. It's essentially just people seeking validation for their thoughts. The internet is a breeding ground for circle jerks and pointless arguments that don't lead anybody anywhere except for being upset and have wasted time in their day. That said, My literal thoughts were the same as this OP, but my biggest caveat is the fact America Chavez is a character released in 2011 and her power is punching star shaped dimensional rifts essentially with the name as AMERICA CHAVEZ. Because America for Stars, and Chavez because she's latinx huh. Idk, I could be talking out of my ass because I don't know the character but come on man, that just doesn't feel right
I am so damn happy that I’m not the only person that thought this movie was awesome! A lot of my friends disliked it and said it wasn’t “MCU enough” but that’s like the main reason I loved it! I feel like the most recent phase in marvel has just been so boring…. But this movie reestablished my hope that we’ll have some bits of gold here and there
I'm just surprised I finally found the hole all of this movie's fans were hiding in. MCU fans never went back for a second watch. The movie didn't pull any Sonyverse/DC fans into liking the MCU It was the raimi fanboys all along keeping this movie's review score tolerable.
Only Sam Raimi can turn Wanda Maximoff into a menacing and scary villain in a way that no other director can. We finally get the true Scarlet Witch we’ve always wanted.
she wasnt a villain until this point tho so its not really that others couldnt, more that she was just technically a superhero. bar wandavision, where’s antagonistic but not straight up VILLAIN
I’m so glad you came into this film with the right expectations people are basing this film on the cameos and big MCU changes when they completely ignore this not perfect but amazing film that changes the MCU formula a lot !!
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 tbf the shots creativity and direction were very good for me most of the time that I didn’t notice anything wrong with the script
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 yeah I can see that the movie is really fast paced and needs a little more time to breath but I thought Wanda and strange were written perfect but not so much for America Chavez and the cameos lol
Wanda works so well as a sympathetic villain since we know she tried so hard to run away from and then create her own reality because she has lost so much, but we know that her deep loss doesn't excuse her actions. It took her literally facing reality, of what she's become, and that even in other universes, her boys have a mother, and it isn't her, to literally defeat her. She's terrifying in this movie, and it's amazing how well her confrontation with Dr. Strange works.
This is balls on a content creator, this is perfectly passionate, perfectly executed, perfectly explained, perfectly edited. Everything about this video is flawless, every film student need to watch this to see why this film works.
His no way home video was dog shit and his a raimi fan boy refusing to see how bad this film is and how bad raimi directed it with his outdated techniques
For the first time in forever I felt like I was watching a movie! Like not something part of something else. It just felt so original and authentic for a Marvel movie. I LOVED it!
I just love how Alex consistently gets these emotions I myself feel yet can speak and express them so much better than I can. Great video as always man.
You mentioned something big, this movie had almost no bathos. The humor was situational and more about characters acting or looking funny. Not putting jokes in at unnecessary moments. It was refreshing. Sometimes I laughed AT the movie if I thought something got too campy, but overall, I was fine with the humor in this movie.
This movie wasn’t as hyped up as No Way Home, so originally I wasn’t looking forward to it much at all. But this quickly became one of my favorite MCU movies, it didn’t feel like a boring Antman clone
@@BurgoYT That's cuz there isn't any Toby and not enough fan service. In reality none of the people had expectations for the movie but Geeks & Gamers needed a dragon to slay that wasn't Zack Snyder.
i saw this movie twice, the second time i went with some friends of mine and everybody got dissapointed with the cameos, the fact that everybody died left everyone in my session pissed off. we got to discuss the movie after and they were criticizing how flawed the script is, but most of all they were dissapointed cause there expectations were too high for the special appearances and this type of shit. don't get me wrong, i love those type of shit, but still, i wish that everyone undertands why loved this movie so much. it's such a relief to see something truly new, the horror bits were fantastic and the music was top notch. in some time people watch this movie again and see for what its really trying to tell
I really enjoyed the film like you. I wasn’t expecting cameos but I was disappointed they all were killed Bc I like to think they are doing something else off screen in the future in their own universes and killing them takes away from that fantasy :( so for different reasons from your friends I was disappointed they where all clearly killed aside from mordo. I agree with you, people were too focused on that stuff and not the storytelling of dr strange and Wanda that is most important
I loved it, didnt care about the MCU fanboys and their cameo expectations, those were all speculation and they created their own disappointment , script was great
Dude, cameos are another thing, but when one of your central characters is literally just a cardboard "use me as a universe shunting" button, that's whack. No amount of visual fluff makes up for shallow, contrived writing.
How much bloodier do you want them? Personally I like the idea that kids can go to these movies and scream and jump up and down the same way I did when iron man came out in 2008. We may have grown up but that doesn’t give us to right to phase out the next generation of fans. These movies will always be for the kids first.
@@maldor56 part of the hype of this movie was built on sam raimi (known for his horror films and the spider-man trilogy) but like 20% of the movie had his qualities (he didnt write the script) and the rest was the usual generic stuff and after endgame marvel doesnt need generic marvel formula for every single film of theirs and they shouldnt hype up a movie based on its director if it means in the end that 20% of it (exceptions being guardians , the first avengers film and ragnarok) also i never mentioned kids and a superhero film not being pg 13 isnt a death sentence considering LOGAN (best supehero film since spider-man 2 you can change my mind) and deapool exist .
@@kryppo4245 I’m surprised Raimi even got to do half the kills he did in this. I agree the generic marvel stuff and studio interference is always wack but I never would have expected them to make a full blown horror movie in a genre about superheroes targeted toward families. Hell, Spider-Man 2 had about the same runtime of horror elements if not less and it was almost equally as brutal if not moreso.
Cosmonaut, Schaffrillas and HiTop releasing their Doctor Strange review in the space of a day. Would be insane if I had seen the movie. I was going to see it Friday, but I broke my toe so I couldn't see it. Hopefully I'll be watching it tomorrow.
I love this film. There is so much stuff that is incredibly smart and no one seems to be mentioning it. Sinister Strange (the one with the Dark Hold) is what Doctor Strange would become if he was like Wanda. Both wanted something and traveled through universes to try and get it and used the Dark Hold as means to an end. Doctor Strange learns from all these films to not “be the one to hold the knife” and that it’s ok to not seek all the control, he bows to Wong signalling he is fine no longer being the Sorcerer Supreme and he lets America keep her powers instead of being like Defender Strange and trying to take them. Learning that a great way to help people is to watch from a far and have enough confidence to know that they will be fine. Scarlet Witch just wants her kids but is trapped and manipulated by the Dark Hold. She only looses when she is comforted by Wanda, her normal self, her human self. The most heartbreaking moment in the film is after Wanda dreamt of being that mum and even physically becoming her when she finally came face-to-face with the version of herself she literally dreamed of she couldn’t see herself anymore in that version and that’s when she realised that she was wrong. She takes away a child’s parent (Reed Richards) as a way to get closer to being a parent to hers which is maybe the most horrific thing she did in the whole film.
It's actually dumb and dangerous for future movies. We have Wanda, a (fake) mother who was not being held accountable in her actions in Westview but it's okay since sHe fIXed It (those people really need a lot of therapy). She also killed a bunch of people but it's okay and she's forgiven like nothing happened since we can blame everything on a demonic book.... We also have Dr. Strange, who somehow drInK tHe tEA offered by Baron Mordo variant.....like wtf? Even if Mordo said "they're brothers", no sane person would subconsciously trust him and Strange should be smart enough to check the tea or not drink it. I do love and agree with the lesson for Strange though but it could be better. We also have Puerto Rican Chavez, who only needs to believe in herself without actual hardwork nor showing an attempt to control her powers since sHe's alREaDY gIfTEd or something like that. Strange should have atleast teach Chavez some basics of sling ring portal to have some sort of student-master relationship and maybe that's the key to control her powers. There's alot of problematic plot holes and dangerous moral lessons that kids should not apply in their lives. But Sam Raimi direct this movie so that's a lifesaver!
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 neither am I 😂😂. From what I’ve gathered I think people don’t like the story and some of the dialogue. It sounds like people think it massively slowed down near the middle and the Illuminati stuff didn’t make sense. I didn’t mind it slowing down at all but I will admit I wasn’t a fan of the Illuminati but the death scenes were a lot of fun.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 they have no idea what theyre talking about, most of them cant even read a book or a script so its funny hearing them say that , anything thats adultish and requires empathy is automatically a "bad script" in their eyes
I had a similarly ecstatic reaction to MoM. I had the same fears about what would happen to Sam Raimi when directing an MCU film, but I started getting hopeful when I heard most of the early reactions saying that it was a pure Raimi film. I watched much of his work beforehand so I could familiarize myself with all of his techniques and themes and recognize them in MoM. That made it all so much more enjoyable. The only MCU-related thing I rewatched beforehand was the first Doctor Strange. I've never even watched Wandavision or Loki. But I was still able to understand and empathize with Wanda's pain. Boy, was it amazing. Like Black Panther, so many of the problems that plague MCU films are nonexistent and it has the best climax in one of these films in a long time. It actually reminded me of Spider-Man 2's climax. America was perhaps a little underdeveloped, but Strange had a good character journey where he understands more of who he is and Wanda is the demented heart of the film. Even Rachel McAdams, whose lack of screentime in the first film bothered me, gets a bit more to do in this film. Raimi even finds a way to make the cameo scene properly align with Strange's journey. I rank the film right below my top 5 MCU films, which are Black Panther, Winter Soldier, Civil War, Iron Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Sam Raimi said that the original cut was around 2 hours and 40 minutes without reshoots. I don't mind the stuff they've added, but why cut the film that much? The story is indeed all over the place. Certain things feel rushed or not explained well and other plot points feel pointless.. like the search for the book of the vishanti. I enjoyed the film a lot, Sam Raimi finally gave us a movie with a wonderful style and direction. However I would love to see a longer cut of the movie.
The multiverse allows for any combination of iconic characters to interact and experience weird and unusual stories and becoming wildly different people without jeopardising their main story arcs and personalities.
Seriously, your narration level is on a different level. Like the first line you said about the movie which I agree too, you make a CZcams video turn into something I can be fully immersed in with magnificent word play and your editing matching your theme in your essay is nuts, I love this channel
Raimi honestly set a new standard in terms of visual and cinematography for the MCU. If any future MCU movies don't look even half as good as this movie, it'll be really noticeable. I really hope every future directors will try and up their game after this.
I was wondering why this movie was such a disappointment. THEN it hit me: the goals, stakes, and urgency just wasn't there. You HAVE to make your characters NEED something, vs WANT something for a powerful script. And here, the goals are there, the stakes are there but the urgency is not, thus the other two fall apart and it just feels like things happening until the next big fight. And if you don't care about the plot, you do not care about the characters-plot and characters are as intertwined as Jack Sparrow and Johnny Depp. I was quite disappointed in this movie not because of the cameo situation and how that was handled, but because they had the ability to make this feel like an emotional rollercoaster but did not. There was never a super low moment in the movie for the heroes, and when Wanda finds her kids it's not "oh no what will she do" because the stakes aren't there, the goal isn't there, the urgency isn't there she's got her kids but now what. At some point in the movie, Wanda should have won, Wanda should have kidnapped Billy and Tommy, and THERE'S the stakes; save the children, make it so that if you hop out of your dimension, you can't survive outside your dimension, like ITSV. She's essentially Kingpin anyways. Now there's both stakes AND urgency and goals. Save the children before they die. There doesn't seem to be a hard rule in the MCU on how surviving outside your universe works and that lowers the stakes overall and I hope they fix that. If you like the movie, that's fine, but for me this was just an incoherent mess and I'm so god damn tired of them making Wanda into a victim of circumstance. Grief alone is enough to make you become a monster. Why on EARTH would you remove that powerful of a development for Wanda and turn it into "the darkhold made her insane"? A character willing to do terrible things on their own, is ten times more fascinating and dangerous than one who is controlled by something.
@@icedcapplord710 and yet HiTop is praising the film which just goes to show how some people can interpret a movie one way and some in another way lol I have a major in film with an emphasis in screenwriting and production. When it comes to watching movies the main thing I lookout for is script over everything else; without a good script everything else falls apart. Here the script is a mess and I don't blame Raimi for this or Marvel; it sounds like no one really KNEW what to do here. Raimi didn't watch WandaVision and it hell shows. Wanda's characterization is all over the place. The point of her happy little life was to be with VISION not the kids the kids were the byproduct of her being with Vision. The end credit of her with the Darkhold even feels out of place cause she left to learn more about herself and her powers-reading it to learn what you can do with magic sure I can buy that. But the kids calling out to her one is never followed up on and two doesn't make sense cause they were never real. Marvel really needs to get a hold of this multiverse story line for phase 4 and this potential multiversal war cause you can go big AND have a coherent plot-Dead Man's Chest, Infinity War, Inception, The Batman 2022, are all movies that are big in scope yet tightly written. This could've been the next Everything Everywhere all at Once but...it just isn't.
You truly grasped the core of this film. Many people thought we would have cameos of other heroes. Mutants or Tom Cruise Iron Man. But the idea of Multiverse can just be as simple as other version of ourselves having a happy life. I love that. That makes me want Raimi to direct Secret Wars.
In my opinion, No way home is very much about strange learning to pay more attention to the moral compass within himself- Peter teaches him that, so from the opener of this movie we have a better idea of why his relationships and his happiness are so important to him. It's not a mistake that alternate universe strange repeats lines from no way home, where our strange who learned from Peter never does this.
I really liked this movie, but it tried doing far too much in such a short amount of time. I heard that the movie was originally 2 hours and 40 minutes as opposed to the 2 hours 6 minute cut that we got. I want to see that cut of the movie so that it has a chance to flesh out the ideas that it brought forth.
Steven and Wanda have amazing arcs in this, I love how Raimi allows them to wear their hearts on their sleeve in this way rather than making trying to make them relatable through quirky humor
While I thought the plot was pretty flat, this movie definitely has the most expressive camera work in any MCU film. This movie actually had personality
That's what I hate about this movie. They have Sam Raimi to direct it but the script is so messy that it makes me angry and frustrated when I left the film. It's kinda obvious what Sam Raimi did and what's the "Disney + cookie cutter".
@@jankyyard5610 yea I’m hearing a lot of people complaining about the script and I don’t really understand why? It seems like everyone is just jumping on that to sound like they know movies😂. I thought the story was fun, besides a few pacing issues. We are all getting old and jaded though because if this came out when I was 10 this would be my Spider-Man 2 where I replay it as soon as it ends all day long. Please do tell what’s “wrong” with the script I’m interested to know
@@jankyyard5610 people keep talking about the script being poorly written, but 95% of you don’t even know what you are saying by that and couldn’t give examples, please do if you can
Raimi did what he could with a script that does the typical MCU tropes, at least visually it definitely is the best the MCU has looked since probably before phase 4
When it comes to directorial prowess, I believe this to be the best the MCU has put out yet. It’s just a shame to me that the writing was so surface-level and illogical most of the time, treating its characters like intellectually bereft morons. If it weren’t for Raimi, this would be bottom-tier MCU.
HiTop : "The reason i like MCU is not because of the shared universes but because of the compelling character" *proceeds to like Doctor Strange 2 bruh sound fx
Dumb writing can be fun, but then you remember it's 1) trying to be serious and 2) it's dumb. Can't work. If your brain is completely neutral and your standards are low, then it can be fun... until you think about what you just watched.
MoM had such a different feel to it compared to every other MCU movie and it’s all thanks to Raimi. I’d love for other directors like him to get on future movies for Marvel… best thing since Thor 3 because Waititi had such a creative and fun vision for the movie and I feel Raimi has pulled off something similar because both of them weren’t pulled down by Feiges own vision for the films
Man, every time I see a video of yours and move to see the movie that your are talking about, always makes me feel it way too different than the first time. I think I can appreciate them more thanks to your thought and your analysis.... thanks
*This movie was what I was looking forward to when Phase 4 was announced and it did not disappoint. I felt it for Wanda and Elizabeth Olsen's acting was fantastic!*
Dude I LOVED the feeling of this movie. Like when Wanda is preparing her spells and there is a rock tune in the background, how the camara spins, it remainded me a bit to The Quick and The Dead with those angles, and then the horror aspects of the movie remainded me of Drag me to Hell. The first fight in open New York? Straight out of Spider-Man. Wanda going on a killing fest that should appear in the Killcount of Deadmeat? My guy, I think I enjoyed the movie because of those aspects, more than the "MCUisms". Hell, if you give this movie the tittle of "The Massacre of the Scarlet Witch" I would have no issue with lmao, but lowkey I really liked Doctor Strange in this one, and he behaved like a good MC, moving the plot along.
My problem with the movie was that there was no plot.....Elizabeth Olsen was the plot, there's no character development, there's no time to let the characters breathe. In the beginning of the movie you see Stephen strange and this other girl running around to get a book and that's basically the gist of the movie for the next 2 hours
I'm so confused by her goal too cause how can Billy and Tommy exist in another universe? And the fact that Raimi never watched WandaVision really shows in this movie. Wanda's whole characterization infuriated me.
@@cinderfeather exactly.....I was still left with a bitter taste in my mouth after watching this movie and felt that I wasted my money. There's so many things they could do with doctor strange and go into his mental state, the consequences of losing the time stone, his guilt of letting Tony die. But no, they just want to use him as a plot device
@@cinderfeather scarlet witch is evil in the comics for the same reason, the darkhold, Sam raimi was the director not the WRITER . How can Billy and Tommy exist in another universe? Well situations were different and she actually had kids? Jesus Christ dude you put no thought into your comment it’s unbelievable
HiTop is so funny man. He speaks about how before this movie there wasn’t a focus on how much Christine meant to Strange and yet there’s an entire episode of What If…? dedicated to Strange breaking the universe because he can’t save her. Cmon man
“Phase 4 is a downer & I haven’t even seen half of it” why judge a whole phase before admitting you haven’t seen a significant portion of it? “Loki” is one of the best things the MCU has made imo. Phase 1 & 2 had more downers than 4 so far
My favorite MCU film by far, no contest. However, Spider-Man 1-3 are still the greatest hero films of all time, maybe best films in general. Agreed, Wanda is the best MCU baddy. Sam the Man always delivers with something unique and exceptionally brilliant.
@@hasanahmed4700 I didn’t think it was shit personally, I think raimi did great with this movie. I do agree that Alex can be pretty biased but…. that’s what this channel is all about.
Alex here dropping banger video after banger video. Really inspired me to begin my own CZcams journey. I always get excited when u upload a video, and I make time for it amidst my busy schedule. And it's worth it every time.
Bro, the issue is you make the emotions of the movie more emotional than they were. The plot was a mess. The horror elements felt forced in. The emotions were so cringeworthy with the Strange’s asking “are u happy” every time. Take off your raimi tinted glasses.
The only real problem with the illuminati was Reed reaching out like he was gonna shake hands or something and then getting his head popped. Wtf was rubber man gonna do when Wanda's band, starts to jam?
Hahahaha fuck. This movie was a test to see if you're disingenuous about your hate for MCU Spider-Man. Bro talked about a deeply broken and flawed middling MCU movie like it was the best thing since sliced bread just because of Sam Raimi
I've seen it twice in 4 days and I absolutely loved it. Coming out of the cinema both times I couldn't stop talking about how colourful this movie was, how unafraid of horror, and how fantastic the soundtrack is (often feeling like the classic spidey flicks with some of the scores)
This is the first time I've gone to the cinema an properly felt the 'meh.. If marvel films The first time i just didnt leave buzzing about what comes next, raimi is great an there is definitely glimpses of that in this movie, an i dont know what it is but im just starting to care less an less, its more about setting up the next film or dropping a big cameo than it is telling a great story..
i don't understand how this film gets hated on so much. Almost all the discussion has been how its mid or terrible but I honestly think its my favourite mcu film
30% is mad because dr strange lost and people claiming he is nerfed, 20% said iluminati got nerfed and never should have lost to wanda, 10% said wanda is a different character from wandavision, while others actually put a proper reason as to why the movies is bad.
Good to know Raimi's work ethnic hasn't aged one bit. Because we have seen previously known geniuses like James Cameron lose their magic in a manner of speaking, his last Terminator is just unentertaining to watch.
I was the same, literally cackling as Raimi massacred the Illuminati, so fucking satisfying as well as the MCU fanboys crying about it on social media. I've always loved Raimi as a director but god give him more super hero movies so we can bathe in the tears.
Been counting the minutes to see how’d you’d respond to this film! My friends and I literally couldn’t stop smiling through the entirety of the movie. Some scenes, like the music battle, had us laughing and exclaiming “What the Hell is happening?!?!” -out of sheer surprise, awe, and excitement. This movie had Raimi’s finger prints all over it, and it absolutely turned a movie that was overall okay into a truly enjoyable experience.
damn, that music battle was SICK. It was like Raimi telling us "Hey I made that train scene in Spider-Man 2 you remember? well take this as another fucking creative super-hero battle of my films; till the day I return with another banger"
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Tear Up Nation before I went to go see the movie people kept on going on about studio interference. i just hope it's not another spider man 3 is it worth wasting gas getting popcorn and sitting by strangers please let me know.
What Disney Marvel mostly does is woke garbage but this wasn't it was good
DOCTOR Strange is pretty soild movie, good arc for Doctor Strange, lots of unexpected things happen and wanda as a antagonist is fine.
Best MCU movie in years
Doctor strange possessing the corpse of an alternate universe version of himself across the multiverse and using the ghosts attacking him to create a cape and fight a witch on top of a snowy mountain in a ancient throne room is the most Raimi thing I’ve seen
Or heard.
that musical fight was the most raimi thing i’ve ever seen
I did not watch the movie and... Excuse c'est fooking moi what?!
Go watch
So totally metal, dude.
I honestly saw shades of Spider-Man 2 in this film, especially with Strange's relationship with Christine but with a more unique ending, how similar Wanda is to Doc Ock, and even questioning how "happy" these characters are. I think because Raimi was willing to come back for a Marvel Flick, the studio gave him a lot more creative freedom to play with, which is why this felt a lot more director driven. Not to mention Strange is one of his other favorite characters.
you think what Bruce described is "freedom"?
Freedom?? What I saw was Raimi trying to make a horror movie and disney not allowing him
@@Jose-se9pu the films script kept going influx due to covid and and restructuring of the marvel slate. It’s common.
that first scene where he was connecting with Christine I saw so many parallels with spiderman 2, i loved it
but idk the movie just didn't work for me. i wanted to love it but i didn't
I'm going back to see it again next week and i really hope to change my mind
@@ZachBaum don't worry man, even if it still doesn't work, don't try to force yourself to like something👍 maybe it'll work in due time
My favourite scene was when morbius joined the illuminati and said "Its morbin time" and caught dr strange off guard. That scene was truly one of the most horrifying scenes in cinema history. Truly a masterpiece. Cant wait for Doctor Strange 3: More Bius
Morbius vs Fant4stic - which is more of a masterpiece of cinema?
Agreed!
damn this joke really lasted 3 days
This is such a Mr Sunday movies comment
@@TheFunman345 was just gonna say that. I'm disappointed there was no mention of corn of coblin in the replies.
Despite HiTop being self-proclaimed pretentious, when the man loves a film, he can describe the vibes fucking immaculately.
Yeah, I always have a love hate relationship with him, sometimes I get a bit annoyed by how biased he can be and how he sometimes acts like the cinemasins of video essayists, where he just acts like an asshole to movies and treat them unfairly by making the video be extremely subjective and biased against the movie instead of being objective and stating both the good and bad things instead of just focusing towards the bad things, like the nwh video, where he literally brushed over all the good things in the movie like the amazing fan service, the prospect of all the raimi characters coming back, tom holland's peter finally maturing and finally experiencing true consequences, etc...not really discussing all those good things enough and just dedicated half of the video complaining about minor nitpicks like the cgi and cinematography, which I agree with, nwh does have some very unappealing and bland cinematography and effects, but my problem is that he focused on it for way too long and didn't focus enough on the actual things that matter, like the amazing character growth for peter or something, he just mentioned the important stuff briefly and focused alot on the nitpicks when it should be the other way around, I agree with some of his points in his more negative videos, despite them being clearly biased, but I just wished he would also spend as much time discussing the good stuff as much as he is talking about the bad stuff
But sometimes, when he makes actual positive videos, man oh man I enjoy the hell out of those videos, he just has that passion that you can feel while watching a positive video, like the three Raimi Spiderman love letter videos he made, really well thought out and riveting to watch
Edit: just finished watching the video, again, I really love it when he makes positive videos, and I quite agree with all of his points, like yikes...the comparison of Raimi vs The Russo Brothers is baffling, Infinity War looks so ugly when compared to M.O.M
@@_neon-xeon_3966 Though what I like about him instead of cosmonaut. Is the fact hitop never says his opinion is right or fact. Cosmonaut on the other hand seems to act like that.
@@caylya7869 I personally don't really like cosmonaut that much either tbh, he has a certain smugness present in his videos that I don't really enjoy listening to, I like Captain Midnight more, he is not overly biased against the mcu but also not the annoying overly positive dude that just loves everything marvel puts out and neglects all the faults present, he has a calmer and more objective vibe to his videos instead of the smug pretentious vibes of Hitop sometimes and he doesn't let his personal biases get ahold of his videos like Hitop and Cosmonaut
Same, I'm always on the edge of unsubbing when he he makes some pretentious comment, only for me to stay subbed when he makes a video like this
I think he only likes it cause it's directed by raimi,I didn't like it as much as no way home but it's better than the other mcu films since endgame.
Raimi squeezed everything he could’ve out of this despite it still being manufactured on the Feige conveyor belt. Loved the horror elements he implemented. Definitely about as unique a movie can get in the MCU.
Yeah...doesnt change the fact I want to see that original 40 minutes longer cut, before the 6 weeks of reshoots.
@@Jose-se9pu Sam was always going to make the movie about 2 hours though. He rarely ever makes long movies. To him, the perfect movie is 90 minutes long. It was just a matter of what was going to be in those 2 hours.
Despite it being heavily criticized for its script, the movie still stands out as the one with a unique identity among these slate of movies and didn’t come off as another cookie cutter Marvel product. In the long run I know it’ll stick out as one of the most director driven projects in the series
@@Jose-se9pu that was the first cut of the film, never the final cut
@@Jose-se9pu I think we will never see, remember the spider man 2 extended edition when Raimi only allowed 4 min of extras scenes because he believes that if you add to much stuff it becomes a alternative movie
"Can these superheroes be happy?"
I remember reading an article long, long ago about the writers of Spider-Man and the rules of their writing for him, and one thing that stood out to me is that they stated they cannot make Spider-Man happy, ever, because if Peter Parker were ever to become happy and content with his life, his entire journey as Spider-Man would be over.
The Marvel Writers are Peter Parker's true villains.
*Writers:* You will never defeat us, Spider Dork. The pen is mightier than the web. Send him to print, boys.😑
Same with Bruce Wayne. He can't ever be happy or have his wealth make even a slight difference in Gotham. As long as it's a hellhole and as long as his rogues gallery finds a way to get out of his jails and such, there will always be stories. That's why it's so hard to get invested in Marvel and DC sometimes and why nowadays I prefer others do the looking and just point out a recommendation then.
@@motherplayer I sympathize with your pov and it’s why I lost identity with superhero literature
@@motherplayer That's just bad and lazy writing.
@@CCEkeke you’re just bad and lazy writing
I loved the moment in this where Raimi literally just recreated Ash's deadite transformation scene from Evil Dead 2 with Doctor Strange.
Your right the portal in evil strange world is ripped straight from ash vs the evil devil
So he’s an unoriginal hack then.
@@artarealmblazer8452 you know Sam Raimi literally directed the Evil Dead movies right? He was just paying homage to his own work, the entirety of DS2 consists of ED references.
@@artarealmblazer8452 I completely agree, creating something unique on your own and then using it is so unoriginal.
@@V01Tx Sarcasm?
I personally loved that humanity in how Dr. Strange treats America. He literally met her a day ago, and he does everything he can, not just to keep Wanda from getting her, but to help her see that she has a choice of what to do with her power as well.
It was very sweet.
Dr strange was the best part of the film. He's come so far from being a selfish bastard. And this was setup nicely in Infinity War too: "If it comes down to you, and the kid, vs the Stone, I'll not hesitate to protect the Stone with EVERYTHING I have." And yet he couldn't break his Hippocratic Oath. Do no harm. Not after he killed a man in the first strange movie. And yet by letting millions get dusted...he did technically break it and he does grapple with his choice in the film. Good stuff.
Well he mentions having a sister that died years ago. Part of it could come from the guilt he still has from that
@@TheRibottoStudios I can’t get behind how people say this is Wanda’s film. Strange has become underrated in his own film sadly
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 exactly! I don’t get it, that moment when he was going to take America’s powers but stopped himself when he remembered that it was just gonna make him like all the other dr stranges was powerful
This film truly articulated the creative madness of Sam Raimi. Even though he was given a mediocre script he managed to turn it into something exhilarating.
I agree. The story was subpar and lame. They fit out 40 minutes of the script and wasn’t great, didn’t feel like a sequel to dr strange but more to Wanda vision. However the visuals and the acting really did boost this movie for me. Sam and the cast and crew did great!
@@bagsac_ they barely touched anything related to Wandavision besides her kids
@@TheScreamingSailor Well for one you need to see WandaVision to understand any of the plot in this film. And also, it is more of a sequel to that show than to the first Doctor Strange, which makes sense since the first film came out 2016, but I would still have preferred for the story to follow up more from that movie than from WV.
@@TheScreamingSailor yeah but Wanda wanting her kids is basically what drove the plot in this movie.
No one needs to watch Wandavision to understand this movie, no one ever had to.
Why would they? Wanda in this movie is basically "My children only exist in other dimension and I can't have them in this one, so I'll go to another dimension to have them" WHAT there is to not understand in something so simple?
"Are you happy?" was definitely the fastball in an MCU movie I didn't know I wanted to see.
@VirtualLarz why are a lot of people
saying the script is “poorly written”? I’m not a script expert so I can’t say
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 idk I’m wondering the same, no one has given examples, but everyone seems to keep repeating it after a few said it
@@BurgoYT thats how mcu fanboys are tbh, they copy and paste each others comments and cant think for themselves, probably got a google doc open of stuff theyre going to copy and paste into each comment section
@@BurgoYT Basic rule of cinema, show don't tell. Whoever wrote the script must be some amateur because there is so much exposition it quite literally ruined the film for me, the dialogue is atrocious, every other scene characters are explaining some magic and how it works instead of even trying to be creative and simply show us, movies are a visual medium and if i wanted to listen to constant exposition i'd go play some indie RPG. The dramatic character scenes are amazing though and Sam Raimi shows how he knows to handle dramatic character driven scenes with perfection, the movie's only saving grace.
@@Patrick-pc3vq ok but it’s still fun, with these sorts of movies, they kinda have to explain certain things, although yes it’s not perfect
The script was messy and unfocused, but man does Raimi do a magnificent carry job. It seems like he really indulged and was truly given ample creative freedom. Easily the best directed MCU movie imo. I'd watch it again for the visuals.
Wasnt Raimi cowriter with Waldron?
@@Reelfilms1998 Nothing I could find that actually lists Raimi as a writer. He's had some input and influence, as directors can generally have, but Waldron seems to be the only writer.
@@phothewin6019 gotcha I thought i had read somewhere that he cowrote
@@Reelfilms1998 Nope. I believe it was Loki series writer who wrote the script. And it's obvious what is the Raimi's vision and what's the Disney + crap in this movie.
The script was simple. It wasn't messy or unfocused. Tired of this "criticism". When you start getting Into the nitty grit it's all nonsensical points
Zombie Strange using the souls of the damned as his cloak with that beautiful guitar riff is one of the coldest things I’ve seen in a while.
Even with all the horror elements in the movie, the scariest thing Sam does here is make the audience look inward and ask themselves “are you happy?” I love when superhero content gets deep like that. That’s when it works at its absolute best. Stories that we can relate to, even with characters as grand as Strange, are the most impactful.
@Alex Love I related to Dr Strange when he couldn’t get Christine
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 yea sometimes that happens. I think it’s a very relatable story for a lot of people. Sometimes, you don’t get the person you want, and you have to come to terms with that, make peace with it, and realize you can still be happy.
@@AlexLove631 my problem is a lot of Hollywood movies, Cinema, and Literature and storytelling tropes make me feel isolated when the guy is always lucky and gets the girl. Even Peter Parker who is the “everyday” man, gets all the ladies and people call that relatable and I have always felt invalidated, especially when it comes to Deadpool and Baby Driver, or even when the people in a romance remind me of toxic people in middle and high school who traumatized me
@@AlexLove631 I’m disappointed if people are saying this is the reason the script is bad. Cause like you said, a lot can relate to it and you don’t always get what you want. I think the point of the film is Strange hasn’t reached happiness yet and is trying to work on it. I do feel bad there isn’t a single universe out there where he and Palmer don’t get together. It’s like Conscious forces in the universe want strange to suffer all across the multiverse
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I was worried going into this but it was absolutely a Raimi film! He still shone through the marvel machine. That third act in particular is so Sam. A big emotional speech and a charming wink coming from a.... reanimated corpse (With a very Evil Ash sounding voice). I had the stupidest smile on my face.
Those match cuts in that Wanda sequence were such impressive camera work too. Really made me emphasise for that character.
Mid movie
@Oddwolf 799 agree
@Oddwolf 799 from a directing standpoint it’s pretty good storywise its dogshit
you are acting like raimi has his own company he was kidnapped by marvel and forced but still escaped wtf lol
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I'm still sad that he wasn't given full control of the film because everyone knows when he's given full control he makes masterpieces
I hope people don't blame him again!!!! >.
@@delix787 They already are and telling him to leave the mcu
It is a masterpiece
@@Ash12241991 sorry man, but some scenes(specifically the ones he didn't have control of) ruined the movie
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a great entertaining film, although it’s not a good Spider-Man film. Sam Raimi’s horror motifs were all over it and I loved it for that.
This isn't a spiderman film, might want to edit your comment.
Justin Arzola you must be new to this channel, it’s an ongoing meme of sorts
@@emblemblade9245 You got it! 😂👍🏼
@@justinarzola5782 Nah, it's probably his other alt account making this type of comment lol
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Knowing exactly who Sam Reimi was while watching this movie had me smiling the whole way through, I don't give a fuck if people think it's corny, it's refreshing to see risk and creativity exuding out of the souless Marvel pump and dump machine.
Both Guardians, Black Panther, Infinty War, Winter Soldier, Iron Man, and The Avengers are not soulless
@@kadiriolanipekun6486 5 films out of 29 movies and 5 shows aren't soulless?.
Wow that totally changes things
@@abdullahahmad4239 i was just giving examples dude. The ones I feel have the most passion. None of them are soulless. People put a lot of effort into all of them, even the not so great ones
I LOVED Taika Waititi directing Thor Ragnarok. He is one of my favorite directors and he was all over Thor Ragnarok, and I really like what he did with the film. There was a lot of creativity and stuff that he did with the movie, like he completely reworked Thor and it worked. The first 2 thor movies were pretty eh to be honest, but this one wasn't soulless. As long as they keep getting passionate directors like that, and Diab for Moon Knight and Raimi for this, they'll be alright
I really felt Sam Raimi's style in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, from the horror and over the top elements to the human and empathy elements. He really is one of the best film directors and I enjoy this film more than I expected. This was a great video, Alex.
This movie was definitely a breath of fresh air. Marvel has started to feel samey this phase. Hopefully with the help of this movie and the psychological aspect of Moon Knight, Feige will get other incredibly creative directors to jump in
And give the directors complete creative control. I just recently saw The Batman and I was kind of frustrated. Not at the movie. The movie is at peak superhero filmmaking. I just want the future MCU movies to be like The Batman. I'm not asking for the MCU to literally be The Batman, but I want them to be as free as the film.
This film wasn’t my cup of tea,I walked out of the cinema confused, asking myself “did I enjoy this”? But I’m happy for the people who loved it.
God if only more movie goers were like you. Too many people who aren't content to let others like what they like.
@@chubcub68 People tend to get egotistical and act superior over mediums that are subjective. It’s annoying.
@@peedfarded It's human nature tbh. It's essentially just people seeking validation for their thoughts. The internet is a breeding ground for circle jerks and pointless arguments that don't lead anybody anywhere except for being upset and have wasted time in their day. That said, My literal thoughts were the same as this OP, but my biggest caveat is the fact America Chavez is a character released in 2011 and her power is punching star shaped dimensional rifts essentially with the name as AMERICA CHAVEZ. Because America for Stars, and Chavez because she's latinx huh. Idk, I could be talking out of my ass because I don't know the character but come on man, that just doesn't feel right
Best comment I’ve ever see
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“You saved the entire universe, and you still didn’t get the girl”
That’s a quote that’ll stick with me from this movie
I just wish Sam Raimi was allowed to do more they still somehow hold them back during this movie
My main gripe
How can you tell?
How can you tell if he was holding back or not?
@@ethankleinman1067 im convinced they all just say this for the sake of it. Herd mentality.
@@hasanahmed4700 fr bruh everyone is saying this without any elaboration
I am so damn happy that I’m not the only person that thought this movie was awesome! A lot of my friends disliked it and said it wasn’t “MCU enough” but that’s like the main reason I loved it!
I feel like the most recent phase in marvel has just been so boring…. But this movie reestablished my hope that we’ll have some bits of gold here and there
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I'm just surprised I finally found the hole all of this movie's fans were hiding in.
MCU fans never went back for a second watch.
The movie didn't pull any Sonyverse/DC fans into liking the MCU
It was the raimi fanboys all along keeping this movie's review score tolerable.
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 I missed the part where that's my problem!
@@haruhirogrimgar6047😂i mean MCU fans love movies made by yes man
Only Sam Raimi can turn Wanda Maximoff into a menacing and scary villain in a way that no other director can. We finally get the true Scarlet Witch we’ve always wanted.
Not really unfortunately
how many directors have worked on wanda? thousands??
Especially since a part of me was actually kinda rooting for her in a tragic sort of way.
@@aadrishdey932 5, including Raimi.
she wasnt a villain until this point tho so its not really that others couldnt, more that she was just technically a superhero. bar wandavision, where’s antagonistic but not straight up VILLAIN
I’m so glad you came into this film with the right expectations people are basing this film on the cameos and big MCU changes when they completely ignore this not perfect but amazing film that changes the MCU formula a lot !!
@Gage T a lot of people are unhappy also because of how the script is “poorly written”? I’m not a script expert so I can’t say
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 people that can’t explain what they mean by poorly written script aren’t experts either so don’t worry lol
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 tbf the shots creativity and direction were very good for me most of the time that I didn’t notice anything wrong with the script
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 yeah I can see that the movie is really fast paced and needs a little more time to breath but I thought Wanda and strange were written perfect but not so much for America Chavez and the cameos lol
@@tulip5210 a couple people say it and it catches on, the majority definitely don’t understand what they even mean by that lmao, like you said!
Wanda works so well as a sympathetic villain since we know she tried so hard to run away from and then create her own reality because she has lost so much, but we know that her deep loss doesn't excuse her actions. It took her literally facing reality, of what she's become, and that even in other universes, her boys have a mother, and it isn't her, to literally defeat her. She's terrifying in this movie, and it's amazing how well her confrontation with Dr. Strange works.
This is balls on a content creator, this is perfectly passionate, perfectly executed, perfectly explained, perfectly edited. Everything about this video is flawless, every film student need to watch this to see why this film works.
It's funny you should say that, because I was looking through some old comments and it looks very uhh... Similar
@@ehhh512 lol Spider-man 2 scene Raindrops are falling on my head
His no way home video was dog shit and his a raimi fan boy refusing to see how bad this film is and how bad raimi directed it with his outdated techniques
For the first time in forever I felt like I was watching a movie! Like not something part of something else. It just felt so original and authentic for a Marvel movie. I LOVED it!
I just love how Alex consistently gets these emotions I myself feel yet can speak and express them so much better than I can. Great video as always man.
The second credit scene was pure cinema
The fact that a lot (and I mean A LOT) of people hated the scene because it wasnt Deadpool, makes me want to punch them in the throath.
Pizza papa always gets paid!
Second credit scene was great! The first one was like the perfect encapsulation of everything wrong with the MCU.
@@galactic85 like Homecoming's second end credit scene was any different. (Both were perfect)
He is the new villain in the next MCU movie. He will track down Strange for the money for that hot dog!!
You mentioned something big, this movie had almost no bathos. The humor was situational and more about characters acting or looking funny. Not putting jokes in at unnecessary moments. It was refreshing. Sometimes I laughed AT the movie if I thought something got too campy, but overall, I was fine with the humor in this movie.
This movie wasn’t as hyped up as No Way Home, so originally I wasn’t looking forward to it much at all. But this quickly became one of my favorite MCU movies, it didn’t feel like a boring Antman clone
Exactly, it saddens me seeing so many people saying they hated it or it was disappointing tbh, I love it so much
@@BurgoYT That's cuz there isn't any Toby and not enough fan service. In reality none of the people had expectations for the movie but Geeks & Gamers needed a dragon to slay that wasn't Zack Snyder.
@@godhatesme5469 didn’t understand the second half but I agree with the first half lol
Or a terribly written MCU show that should've been live action, or better, not an MCU series.
@@godhatesme5469 its a multiverse movie so calling it fan service if a characters gives cameo is just dumb
i saw this movie twice, the second time i went with some friends of mine and everybody got dissapointed with the cameos, the fact that everybody died left everyone in my session pissed off. we got to discuss the movie after and they were criticizing how flawed the script is, but most of all they were dissapointed cause there expectations were too high for the special appearances and this type of shit. don't get me wrong, i love those type of shit, but still, i wish that everyone undertands why loved this movie so much. it's such a relief to see something truly new, the horror bits were fantastic and the music was top notch. in some time people watch this movie again and see for what its really trying to tell
I think the dialogue was kind of weak too? This is the first time My expectations have not been met
I really enjoyed the film like you. I wasn’t expecting cameos but I was disappointed they all were killed Bc I like to think they are doing something else off screen in the future in their own universes and killing them takes away from that fantasy :( so for different reasons from your friends I was disappointed they where all clearly killed aside from mordo.
I agree with you, people were too focused on that stuff and not the storytelling of dr strange and Wanda that is most important
I loved it, didnt care about the MCU fanboys and their cameo expectations, those were all speculation and they created their own disappointment , script was great
Script was terrible though. A lot of the stuff makes no sense.
Dude, cameos are another thing, but when one of your central characters is literally just a cardboard "use me as a universe shunting" button, that's whack. No amount of visual fluff makes up for shallow, contrived writing.
Honestly the marvel formula held back a lot of raimi moments for me cause the movie has to be the same as the other mcu films and pg13
How much bloodier do you want them? Personally I like the idea that kids can go to these movies and scream and jump up and down the same way I did when iron man came out in 2008. We may have grown up but that doesn’t give us to right to phase out the next generation of fans. These movies will always be for the kids first.
@@maldor56 part of the hype of this movie was built on sam raimi (known for his horror films and the spider-man trilogy) but like 20% of the movie had his qualities (he didnt write the script) and the rest was the usual generic stuff and after endgame marvel doesnt need generic marvel formula for every single film of theirs and they shouldnt hype up a movie based on its director if it means in the end that 20% of it (exceptions being guardians , the first avengers film and ragnarok) also i never mentioned kids and a superhero film not being pg 13 isnt a death sentence considering LOGAN (best supehero film since spider-man 2 you can change my mind) and deapool exist .
@@kryppo4245 I’m surprised Raimi even got to do half the kills he did in this. I agree the generic marvel stuff and studio interference is always wack but I never would have expected them to make a full blown horror movie in a genre about superheroes targeted toward families. Hell, Spider-Man 2 had about the same runtime of horror elements if not less and it was almost equally as brutal if not moreso.
I do admit, a hero actually SAVING people is a very likeable quality I miss from older super movies
Cosmonaut, Schaffrillas and HiTop releasing their Doctor Strange review in the space of a day. Would be insane if I had seen the movie. I was going to see it Friday, but I broke my toe so I couldn't see it. Hopefully I'll be watching it tomorrow.
Hope your toe heals quickly and that you have a good time with the movie!
@@magnusprime962 thanks a lot!
I love this film. There is so much stuff that is incredibly smart and no one seems to be mentioning it. Sinister Strange (the one with the Dark Hold) is what Doctor Strange would become if he was like Wanda. Both wanted something and traveled through universes to try and get it and used the Dark Hold as means to an end.
Doctor Strange learns from all these films to not “be the one to hold the knife” and that it’s ok to not seek all the control, he bows to Wong signalling he is fine no longer being the Sorcerer Supreme and he lets America keep her powers instead of being like Defender Strange and trying to take them. Learning that a great way to help people is to watch from a far and have enough confidence to know that they will be fine.
Scarlet Witch just wants her kids but is trapped and manipulated by the Dark Hold. She only looses when she is comforted by Wanda, her normal self, her human self. The most heartbreaking moment in the film is after Wanda dreamt of being that mum and even physically becoming her when she finally came face-to-face with the version of herself she literally dreamed of she couldn’t see herself anymore in that version and that’s when she realised that she was wrong.
She takes away a child’s parent (Reed Richards) as a way to get closer to being a parent to hers which is maybe the most horrific thing she did in the whole film.
Spot on!
It's actually dumb and dangerous for future movies.
We have Wanda, a (fake) mother who was not being held accountable in her actions in Westview but it's okay since sHe fIXed It (those people really need a lot of therapy). She also killed a bunch of people but it's okay and she's forgiven like nothing happened since we can blame everything on a demonic book....
We also have Dr. Strange, who somehow drInK tHe tEA offered by Baron Mordo variant.....like wtf? Even if Mordo said "they're brothers", no sane person would subconsciously trust him and Strange should be smart enough to check the tea or not drink it. I do love and agree with the lesson for Strange though but it could be better.
We also have Puerto Rican Chavez, who only needs to believe in herself without actual hardwork nor showing an attempt to control her powers since sHe's alREaDY gIfTEd or something like that. Strange should have atleast teach Chavez some basics of sling ring portal to have some sort of student-master relationship and maybe that's the key to control her powers.
There's alot of problematic plot holes and dangerous moral lessons that kids should not apply in their lives. But Sam Raimi direct this movie so that's a lifesaver!
@Liam Hemstock why are a lot of people
saying the script is “poorly written”? I’m not a script expert so I can’t say
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 neither am I 😂😂. From what I’ve gathered I think people don’t like the story and some of the dialogue. It sounds like people think it massively slowed down near the middle and the Illuminati stuff didn’t make sense. I didn’t mind it slowing down at all but I will admit I wasn’t a fan of the Illuminati but the death scenes were a lot of fun.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 they have no idea what theyre talking about, most of them cant even read a book or a script so its funny hearing them say that , anything thats adultish and requires empathy is automatically a "bad script" in their eyes
I had a similarly ecstatic reaction to MoM. I had the same fears about what would happen to Sam Raimi when directing an MCU film, but I started getting hopeful when I heard most of the early reactions saying that it was a pure Raimi film. I watched much of his work beforehand so I could familiarize myself with all of his techniques and themes and recognize them in MoM. That made it all so much more enjoyable.
The only MCU-related thing I rewatched beforehand was the first Doctor Strange. I've never even watched Wandavision or Loki. But I was still able to understand and empathize with Wanda's pain.
Boy, was it amazing. Like Black Panther, so many of the problems that plague MCU films are nonexistent and it has the best climax in one of these films in a long time. It actually reminded me of Spider-Man 2's climax. America was perhaps a little underdeveloped, but Strange had a good character journey where he understands more of who he is and Wanda is the demented heart of the film. Even Rachel McAdams, whose lack of screentime in the first film bothered me, gets a bit more to do in this film. Raimi even finds a way to make the cameo scene properly align with Strange's journey.
I rank the film right below my top 5 MCU films, which are Black Panther, Winter Soldier, Civil War, Iron Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Sam Raimi said that the original cut was around 2 hours and 40 minutes without reshoots.
I don't mind the stuff they've added, but why cut the film that much?
The story is indeed all over the place. Certain things feel rushed or not explained well and other plot points feel pointless.. like the search for the book of the vishanti.
I enjoyed the film a lot, Sam Raimi finally gave us a movie with a wonderful style and direction. However I would love to see a longer cut of the movie.
They change the storyline I think
The book of viashanti actually wasn’t pointless check out rockstars video, they ended up using a spell that it showed dr strange :)
Pacing issues, I guess
They didn't cut the film much, they just tightened it up, according to the writer. Made it feel more like a rollercoaster ride.
The original cut was said to be too confusing and unnecessary so that’s why they cut it down
The multiverse allows for any combination of iconic characters to interact and experience weird and unusual stories and becoming wildly different people without jeopardising their main story arcs and personalities.
the transitions in this film were so early 2000s it was almost nostalgic
Seriously, your narration level is on a different level. Like the first line you said about the movie which I agree too, you make a CZcams video turn into something I can be fully immersed in with magnificent word play and your editing matching your theme in your essay is nuts, I love this channel
Same, loved the authenticity in the ending monologue.
This movie is very much a Sam Raimi movie (for the most part) and you can feel his presence throughout
I loved this movie with all my heart.
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Raimi honestly set a new standard in terms of visual and cinematography for the MCU. If any future MCU movies don't look even half as good as this movie, it'll be really noticeable. I really hope every future directors will try and up their game after this.
I was wondering why this movie was such a disappointment. THEN it hit me: the goals, stakes, and urgency just wasn't there.
You HAVE to make your characters NEED something, vs WANT something for a powerful script. And here, the goals are there, the stakes are there but the urgency is not, thus the other two fall apart and it just feels like things happening until the next big fight. And if you don't care about the plot, you do not care about the characters-plot and characters are as intertwined as Jack Sparrow and Johnny Depp.
I was quite disappointed in this movie not because of the cameo situation and how that was handled, but because they had the ability to make this feel like an emotional rollercoaster but did not. There was never a super low moment in the movie for the heroes, and when Wanda finds her kids it's not "oh no what will she do" because the stakes aren't there, the goal isn't there, the urgency isn't there she's got her kids but now what. At some point in the movie, Wanda should have won, Wanda should have kidnapped Billy and Tommy, and THERE'S the stakes; save the children, make it so that if you hop out of your dimension, you can't survive outside your dimension, like ITSV. She's essentially Kingpin anyways. Now there's both stakes AND urgency and goals. Save the children before they die. There doesn't seem to be a hard rule in the MCU on how surviving outside your universe works and that lowers the stakes overall and I hope they fix that.
If you like the movie, that's fine, but for me this was just an incoherent mess and I'm so god damn tired of them making Wanda into a victim of circumstance. Grief alone is enough to make you become a monster. Why on EARTH would you remove that powerful of a development for Wanda and turn it into "the darkhold made her insane"? A character willing to do terrible things on their own, is ten times more fascinating and dangerous than one who is controlled by something.
Incredibly based, hoooly
And Most importantly there's no CONSEQUENCES!!
Exactly how I feel!
Why does this read exactly like HiTop wrote it lol
@@icedcapplord710 and yet HiTop is praising the film which just goes to show how some people can interpret a movie one way and some in another way lol
I have a major in film with an emphasis in screenwriting and production. When it comes to watching movies the main thing I lookout for is script over everything else; without a good script everything else falls apart. Here the script is a mess and I don't blame Raimi for this or Marvel; it sounds like no one really KNEW what to do here. Raimi didn't watch WandaVision and it hell shows. Wanda's characterization is all over the place.
The point of her happy little life was to be with VISION not the kids the kids were the byproduct of her being with Vision. The end credit of her with the Darkhold even feels out of place cause she left to learn more about herself and her powers-reading it to learn what you can do with magic sure I can buy that. But the kids calling out to her one is never followed up on and two doesn't make sense cause they were never real. Marvel really needs to get a hold of this multiverse story line for phase 4 and this potential multiversal war cause you can go big AND have a coherent plot-Dead Man's Chest, Infinity War, Inception, The Batman 2022, are all movies that are big in scope yet tightly written. This could've been the next Everything Everywhere all at Once but...it just isn't.
You truly grasped the core of this film. Many people thought we would have cameos of other heroes. Mutants or Tom Cruise Iron Man. But the idea of Multiverse can just be as simple as other version of ourselves having a happy life. I love that. That makes me want Raimi to direct Secret Wars.
FFS
In my opinion, No way home is very much about strange learning to pay more attention to the moral compass within himself- Peter teaches him that, so from the opener of this movie we have a better idea of why his relationships and his happiness are so important to him. It's not a mistake that alternate universe strange repeats lines from no way home, where our strange who learned from Peter never does this.
I really liked this movie, but it tried doing far too much in such a short amount of time. I heard that the movie was originally 2 hours and 40 minutes as opposed to the 2 hours 6 minute cut that we got. I want to see that cut of the movie so that it has a chance to flesh out the ideas that it brought forth.
Alex you never cease to give me chills whenever I watch your video essays, good to have you back and doin great stuff
Steven and Wanda have amazing arcs in this, I love how Raimi allows them to wear their hearts on their sleeve in this way rather than making trying to make them relatable through quirky humor
While I thought the plot was pretty flat, this movie definitely has the most expressive camera work in any MCU film. This movie actually had personality
That's what I hate about this movie. They have Sam Raimi to direct it but the script is so messy that it makes me angry and frustrated when I left the film. It's kinda obvious what Sam Raimi did and what's the "Disney + cookie cutter".
@@jankyyard5610 what was messy about the script?
@@jankyyard5610 yea I’m hearing a lot of people complaining about the script and I don’t really understand why? It seems like everyone is just jumping on that to sound like they know movies😂. I thought the story was fun, besides a few pacing issues. We are all getting old and jaded though because if this came out when I was 10 this would be my Spider-Man 2 where I replay it as soon as it ends all day long. Please do tell what’s “wrong” with the script I’m interested to know
@@jankyyard5610 I disagree.
@@jankyyard5610 people keep talking about the script being poorly written, but 95% of you don’t even know what you are saying by that and couldn’t give examples, please do if you can
This wasn’t just another MCU movie, this was an MCU FILM, and that’s what made it amazing
@GrayGhost do you agree with the script complaints that it’s weak and messy?
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 I wouldn’t disagree, but I still enjoyed it overall. It had weird moments but those moments didn’t kill it for me
I’m happy someone else enjoyed the movie too. People are hating on it but I thought it was a solid movie
I think people either think it’s mid or pretty good
Same
Raimi did what he could with a script that does the typical MCU tropes, at least visually it definitely is the best the MCU has looked since probably before phase 4
First Dr strange had cooler fight scenes.
When it comes to directorial prowess, I believe this to be the best the MCU has put out yet. It’s just a shame to me that the writing was so surface-level and illogical most of the time, treating its characters like intellectually bereft morons.
If it weren’t for Raimi, this would be bottom-tier MCU.
HiTop : "The reason i like MCU is not because of the shared universes but because of the compelling character"
*proceeds to like Doctor Strange 2
bruh sound fx
I saw Dr. Strange and Sam Rammi and it clicked with me. Love his films and series.
"if you're going to make a cameo fest, at least hire sam raimi to kill them all" that was fucking great
Best directed MCU film by a mile
No.
Nice to finally see a video praising this film instead of dunking on it.
This wasn't a Raimi film. It was an MCU film with references to Raimi's career.
As with all Raimi movies, you can truly feel that this film exists almost purely to be a fun movie. THAT is what film means to me.
Dumb writing can be fun, but then you remember it's 1) trying to be serious and 2) it's dumb. Can't work. If your brain is completely neutral and your standards are low, then it can be fun... until you think about what you just watched.
This is giving this film wayyy too much credit. It definitely felt like Sam raimi being held hostage by Mickey Mouse.
Only some of it does. Most of the film feels him fortunately.
MoM had such a different feel to it compared to every other MCU movie and it’s all thanks to Raimi. I’d love for other directors like him to get on future movies for Marvel… best thing since Thor 3 because Waititi had such a creative and fun vision for the movie and I feel Raimi has pulled off something similar because both of them weren’t pulled down by Feiges own vision for the films
"What mouth?"
One of the most badass lines, had me dying💀
I hope you didn't die like Black Bolt, it's horrible death
I still can't get over how dumb they made Reeds
Man, every time I see a video of yours and move to see the movie that your are talking about, always makes me feel it way too different than the first time. I think I can appreciate them more thanks to your thought and your analysis.... thanks
*This movie was what I was looking forward to when Phase 4 was announced and it did not disappoint. I felt it for Wanda and Elizabeth Olsen's acting was fantastic!*
i know it’s a meme to say this is pretentious but LMAOO this is hilarious
Dude I LOVED the feeling of this movie. Like when Wanda is preparing her spells and there is a rock tune in the background, how the camara spins, it remainded me a bit to The Quick and The Dead with those angles, and then the horror aspects of the movie remainded me of Drag me to Hell. The first fight in open New York? Straight out of Spider-Man. Wanda going on a killing fest that should appear in the Killcount of Deadmeat? My guy, I think I enjoyed the movie because of those aspects, more than the "MCUisms". Hell, if you give this movie the tittle of "The Massacre of the Scarlet Witch" I would have no issue with lmao, but lowkey I really liked Doctor Strange in this one, and he behaved like a good MC, moving the plot along.
Me after watching the entire video: How right you are.
My problem with the movie was that there was no plot.....Elizabeth Olsen was the plot, there's no character development, there's no time to let the characters breathe. In the beginning of the movie you see Stephen strange and this other girl running around to get a book and that's basically the gist of the movie for the next 2 hours
I'm so confused by her goal too cause how can Billy and Tommy exist in another universe? And the fact that Raimi never watched WandaVision really shows in this movie. Wanda's whole characterization infuriated me.
@@cinderfeather exactly.....I was still left with a bitter taste in my mouth after watching this movie and felt that I wasted my money. There's so many things they could do with doctor strange and go into his mental state, the consequences of losing the time stone, his guilt of letting Tony die. But no, they just want to use him as a plot device
@@cinderfeather scarlet witch is evil in the comics for the same reason, the darkhold, Sam raimi was the director not the WRITER . How can Billy and Tommy exist in another universe? Well situations were different and she actually had kids? Jesus Christ dude you put no thought into your comment it’s unbelievable
HiTop is so funny man. He speaks about how before this movie there wasn’t a focus on how much Christine meant to Strange and yet there’s an entire episode of What If…? dedicated to Strange breaking the universe because he can’t save her. Cmon man
“Phase 4 is a downer & I haven’t even seen half of it” why judge a whole phase before admitting you haven’t seen a significant portion of it? “Loki” is one of the best things the MCU has made imo. Phase 1 & 2 had more downers than 4 so far
Nothing is as bad as Eternals.
@@abdullahahmad4239 I disagree, phase 1 & 2 had worse, iron man 2, Incredible Hulk, Thor 2, & Ultron were worse than Eternals imo
“Loki is one of the best things the MCU has ever made”🤡
Didnt even need to think. As long it was directed by Sam Raimi pretty sure hitop was gonna love it regardless lmao
Every decision, Every shot, every cheesy jump scare is so Sam raimi I love it. by far the best mcu movie when it comes to camera work
congratulations. I'm crying. well done HiTop another BANGER
My favorite MCU film by far, no contest. However, Spider-Man 1-3 are still the greatest hero films of all time, maybe best films in general. Agreed, Wanda is the best MCU baddy. Sam the Man always delivers with something unique and exceptionally brilliant.
Well, that's a Sam Raimi fan-boy talking. 😂😂
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A stronger script would've helped a lot, Sam deserved better
Finally found someone on CZcams who appreciates this film as much as I do
You ride Sam Raimi so hard
This guy loves sam raimi way too much man 😂😂
@@hasanahmed4700 didn’t say a single negative thing about this mid movie because raimi directed
@@speedforcemc6301 ik, he's way too biased. The movie was shit, its fine to say its shit.
@@hasanahmed4700 I didn’t think it was shit personally, I think raimi did great with this movie. I do agree that Alex can be pretty biased but…. that’s what this channel is all about.
@@hasanahmed4700 everyone is biased, everyone has their own opinion on a movie. You saying that the movie is shit is you being biased.
Ngl, this is the first of your videos I disagree with, but I still love the way you explain what makes this work to you and I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL
Alex here dropping banger video after banger video. Really inspired me to begin my own CZcams journey. I always get excited when u upload a video, and I make time for it amidst my busy schedule. And it's worth it every time.
Bro, the issue is you make the emotions of the movie more emotional than they were. The plot was a mess. The horror elements felt forced in. The emotions were so cringeworthy with the Strange’s asking “are u happy” every time. Take off your raimi tinted glasses.
The only real problem with the illuminati was Reed reaching out like he was gonna shake hands or something and then getting his head popped. Wtf was rubber man gonna do when Wanda's band, starts to jam?
Hahahaha fuck. This movie was a test to see if you're disingenuous about your hate for MCU Spider-Man. Bro talked about a deeply broken and flawed middling MCU movie like it was the best thing since sliced bread just because of Sam Raimi
the moment I saw extras screaming when the camera zooms in on them one by one, I knew it- I was in for a true Sam Raimi joint and I was ALL in for it!
I've seen it twice in 4 days and I absolutely loved it. Coming out of the cinema both times I couldn't stop talking about how colourful this movie was, how unafraid of horror, and how fantastic the soundtrack is (often feeling like the classic spidey flicks with some of the scores)
Bro you're just so good at this
Every word you say feels like a roller-coaster of emotions
This is the first time I've gone to the cinema an properly felt the 'meh.. If marvel films
The first time i just didnt leave buzzing about what comes next, raimi is great an there is definitely glimpses of that in this movie, an i dont know what it is but im just starting to care less an less, its more about setting up the next film or dropping a big cameo than it is telling a great story..
Raining clearly did poor his heart and soul into this movie, but still suffered from clear studio interference
Sam Raimi exists:
HiTops: *boner*
i don't understand how this film gets hated on so much. Almost all the discussion has been how its mid or terrible but I honestly think its my favourite mcu film
30% is mad because dr strange lost and people claiming he is nerfed, 20% said iluminati got nerfed and never should have lost to wanda, 10% said wanda is a different character from wandavision, while others actually put a proper reason as to why the movies is bad.
Sam raimi would direct Thor the dark world and this guy would still shill for it
Good to know Raimi's work ethnic hasn't aged one bit. Because we have seen previously known geniuses like James Cameron lose their magic in a manner of speaking, his last Terminator is just unentertaining to watch.
I was the same, literally cackling as Raimi massacred the Illuminati, so fucking satisfying as well as the MCU fanboys crying about it on social media. I've always loved Raimi as a director but god give him more super hero movies so we can bathe in the tears.
Yellow chair and. Cartoon theme. That hit me so deep. If they use that theme for the MCU X-Men I am so in
Where’s the Morbius video?
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Been counting the minutes to see how’d you’d respond to this film! My friends and I literally couldn’t stop smiling through the entirety of the movie. Some scenes, like the music battle, had us laughing and exclaiming “What the Hell is happening?!?!” -out of sheer surprise, awe, and excitement. This movie had Raimi’s finger prints all over it, and it absolutely turned a movie that was overall okay into a truly enjoyable experience.
damn, that music battle was SICK. It was like Raimi telling us "Hey I made that train scene in Spider-Man 2 you remember? well take this as another fucking creative super-hero battle of my films; till the day I return with another banger"