Not the best MCU entry. It just ran too long for me with too many MacGuffins. The Darkhold! The Vishanti! Illuminati fancasting! The film would have been stronger if it ended either right after the Illuminati was killed and Strange reached the Vishanti or if it just went straight into the zombie strange ending (which…

Dissatisfied is a small word for what I’m feeling. They might as well have called this “Doctor Strange: Bitches Be Crazy!”

If we were really “missing” anything from this movie, it might’ve been to see the moment Wanda gives in in full to the Darkhold. But you could also make the argument that she knew where this was going the moment she popped the book open in the cabin. 

I saw a couple families walk out of the theatre in my viewing. I’d argue that this is a 14a film and not a PG-13 film.

My one sadness is that although I thought it was great silly light horror fun, I know that a lot of it would scare the shit out of my very sensitive child, so I’m not really sure when I'll be able to watch it with him. Baby's first horror movie, I guess? Like it's not going to scare a grown-up in the least, especially…

I enjoyed the whacky ride but struggled with that premise - all that trouble because Wanda wants her fake kids back? Not a strong motive and kind of annoying that it perpetuates the only motive for female characters written by men: that all a woman wants is babies or she will go crazy!

“And you have to wonder what sort of negotiations (creative or financial) must have gone on for the remarkably gifted McAdams to come back to this role”

i think it’s a little off to view going to the movies as financial support and not simply seeing a movie you want to see.

How about this... He’s not known as a director of “prestige” movies, but a really good director of genre fare.

Yeah, the AV Club skipping out on reviewing Marvel movies is what will make the whole castle crumble.

i would also encourage you to not look at the activity of going to the movies as ‘helping a movie make money’! that’s weird!

This is a film that was supposed to come out almost two years ago, before Spider-Man and Loki .

I thought No Way Home was kind of bad outside of the fan service. plot-wise.

but he remains a first-tier filmmaker

I basically like almost all the stuff but don’t ‘love’ it exactly. Endgame was overlong and Thanos’s whole plan was amazingly stupid compared to the Infinity Gauntlet comics.

it FEELS like homework, though. what is the mcu even about anymore? like what are we, as an audience, building towards?

Moon Knight has been very good so far. Feels completely different than any other MCU show so far.

Not many threads left, then. 

Personally, I can’t wait until scrotes like you realize they don’t have to comment on every thread of something they don’t like.

Watching a couple of previous entries to understand a few references is hardly homework. Whoever is going will have already seen ‘em.