Boring

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Having been severely underwhelmed by The Invincible Iron Man I sat down to watch Doctor Strange as these were the two that I saw recommended when reviewing one of the Justice League animated movies. I was worried that Doctor Strange would be the same, but while it does suffer from a rushed and anti-climatic ending and from trying to cram too much in it is actually a huge improvement. The animation is wonderful, the backgrounds and colours are very detailed and bold and the character designs are more fluid. The music score is both rousing and with a haunting under-current, the writing is intelligent and the story is both coherent and compelling, even though it does have a feeling of cramming too much in occasionally. The origin story of Dr Strange before he became Dr Strange is just fascinating. The characters are identifiable and engaging, somewhat standard(true of a lot of superhero movies though) but there is a clear sense of conflict. The titular character is one of those tormented characters who has a huge change in psyche between when he is himself or Doctor Strange, it is fascinating to watch. And Mordo and Dormammu are great villains. The voice acting is simply great, Bryce Johnson and Kevin Michael Richardson are the standouts. Overall, very good. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Dr.Strange is one of the lesser known marvel superheros. I actually myself only know him from a guest appearance on the spiderman 1994 cartoon. OK Now to the Movie which was a big surprise on how good it was. This is the 4th movie by marvel animation and it is there best.Im not going to say much about other than its a version of How Dr.Strange started and grows into a powerful superhero. The story is really good but not original your going to say to yourself I have seen this plot before. Even though your saying that you will be in the edge of your seat and wondering what is going to happen next. What makes the plot really good is how well it is executed in every scene.Sound and animation is pretty top stuff since it is done my Marvel animation. All the fighting scenes and special effects are done to perfection.Overall I believe you will really enjoy this it is better than Marvel Animation's first 3 movies (ultimate avengers 1,2 and Invincible Iron Man) So if you liked those movies you will like this one. It is also a great way to learn about a marvel superhero that you don't know much about.

I never really followed the marvel comic titles other than the Ultimates and Ultimate X-men. Most of my marvel experience came from the various animated series from the 90s and recently. After The invincible Iron Man, Doctor Strange was released and i was initially skeptical. I've never seen any Doctor Strange animated series only a few cameo appearances by that character in X-men and Spiderman. I initially only bought this because it was on offer and for the sake of completing my DVD collection. Nothing more. To my surprise, this movie soon became my favorite among the animated and anime movies i've watched so far.So far, 6 animated features have been released and all in all, Doctor Strange is by far the best and most balanced of the 6.1) The story - It is an origin story as usual for the marvel animated features. But the story in this case has probably the greatest emotional impact among many animated shows(heck even among those sappy cry cry Japanese anime). It tells of an arrogant self-serving world-class doctor's fall from grace and his quest for physical, mental and spiritual renewal. There is a very epic premise to the whole story of a secret cadre of sorcerers who hunt demons that venture into our world and prevent a very powerful entity from invading earth. I couldn't help but notice that the story has been given a very Asian touch to it. The whole premise of a group of magicians training in seclusion and secretly defending earth from demonic invasion hearkens back to many Chinese fairy tales and Japanese folk myths. Overall.Both the doctor's personal story of his fall and renewal and the epic extra dimensional invasion arc blend seamlessly into one another, creating a very well balanced show with strong action, interesting characters and a very emotional story.2)The Characters - The story focuses mostly on the main character of Dr Strange. It is a very character focused story hence the only other character that is fully developed is Baron Mordo(Dr Strange's arch enemy in the comics). His development and eventual betrayal is not contrived and comes across as very believable. His Arrogance, lust for power and jealousy of Strange and the other sorcerers allow Mordo's character to grow and progress believably just like Dr Strange. The voices are very well acted, the emotional range that the actors put into their roles may put many live action dramas to shame. The rest of the characters are just stock characters there for the sake of being there. Then again, its the Story of Dr Strange that the movie is concerned about. Everything else takes 2nd place.3)The animation - Fantastic. It must be the result of having a Japanese animation studio over a Korean one(Ultimate Avengers was animated in Korea) but the whole look of the film is very like Japanese anime but without resorting to cutesy big eyed pastel haired characters. The backgrounds are lush and very intricately designed. Attention is paid to every single detail, be it reflection in puddles or light shining off metals in the background. Character designs retain their slightly stylized Asian look that was prevalent in the Iron Man animated movie but the level of detail has been taken up a notch. More heavy blacks and a greater contrast of colors are used for an overall more dynamic look and feel. And the monsters are truly a sight to behold. Definitely MOVIE quality stuff. Unlike anime however, which has detailed art but inconsistent animation, the animation here is very fluid yet retaining the impressive level of detail throughout. Some 3D animation was used for vehicles, special effects and the swarm of bat-monsters and all was in cel shaded 3D. They blended in very well with the traditional 2D animation. My only beef was Dormammu, the big bad demon lord himself. He could have looked more impressive if he was done in 3D animation and not 2D.The only bad point about the story was the resolution of the demon invasion. A small deux ex machina of Dr Strange having a unique ability to absorb and disperse other people's magic just seemed too convenient(and the demon lord being a fully magical creature allowed Dr strange to like totally absorb and disperse the demon lord's power, thus defeating him). Then again, the movie is too short. If it had been longer, i bet a better resolution could have been come up with.Overall Dr Strange is a very enjoyable movie. Complex and emotionally charged enough for adults(and did i mention there is a fair bit of violence and people getting killed?). Kids may not enjoy this movie as much though. A very likable balance of believable characters, emotional drama and epic fantasy action with an Asian twist coupled with fluid yet detailed animation art and impressive acting. I say it again, This is definitely big screen movie quality stuff. Note: Though the movie is finished, there is a little hint that leaves it open to a sequel or a continuing series. I do hope Marvel decideds to continue this rich story.9/10

I was lucky enough to see this movie at a friends house, I was amazed that an animation like this could kick so much butt, by "butt" I mean the rest of the high budget live action Marvel movies. I really enjoyed this film, the movie drives you from the beginning to end and gives you such excitement.Dr. Strange is a likable character from bad to good you know he's special. I wish there was a series after this movie, I would definitely watch the series like an 8 year old. I was really surprised and I think you would be too, if you've read the comic books maybe you would pick and match, it would probably ruin the feel of the movie but if you haven't then you should just enjoy the experience.10/10