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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
For fans of the 60s and 70s Doctor Strange comics, this animated film will seem as removed from those as the Tom Cruise versions of Mission Impossible from its source. Here, magic has given way to swordplay and martial arts. And the storytelling is pathetic. The first half is too slow, the latter half is too actiony. Worse, the story reeks of "borrowing" -- from The Karate Kid, Lost Horizon, The Shadow and every manic action movie since the birth of CGI. Not only is this movie unoriginal -- it's un-Doctor Strange. Someone just "borrowed" the names and faces.
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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Pleasant surprise, given the 1978 version
15 Aug 2007
Format:DVD
The biggest surprise is that this DVD didn't make you feel embarrassed for the creators, unlike the 1978 made for TV movie. This direct to DVD show is fairly watchable, and stays vaguely true to the Dr. Strange mythos - Wong, Mordo, Dormammu, the Ancient one are all here. Mordo is still a good guy gone bad. The animation is very similar to Marvel's other animated efforts.
While a bit more "Kung Fu Fighting" than one might expect, I'm sure the target audience is not 50 year old collectors of silver age comics. In this regard however, one misses the sometimes amazing visuals that artist Steve Ditko brought to the original 1960's comic book series. After all, Dr. Strange was one of Marvel's more cerebral characters.
Bottom line - a nice DVD to share with kids, or for Marvel fan boys.
While a bit more "Kung Fu Fighting" than one might expect, I'm sure the target audience is not 50 year old collectors of silver age comics. In this regard however, one misses the sometimes amazing visuals that artist Steve Ditko brought to the original 1960's comic book series. After all, Dr. Strange was one of Marvel's more cerebral characters.
Bottom line - a nice DVD to share with kids, or for Marvel fan boys.
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Strange, this is Good!
7 Oct 2007
Format:DVD
The new Marvel animated made for video films have been hit and miss. In watching Dr Strange, they have found a great retelling of the Strange mythos with a modern day twist of the day.
The animation is crisper in color and hue. The storytelling on the Strange film is par to most feature films
For fans of the comic adaventures of Dr Strange will NOT be disappointed. Those new fans will enjoy this production as well.
It comes down to this, IS IT WORTH IT? I say this..it is an amazing production and would hope that those at Lion's Gate and Marvel retell more stories of Dr Strange. If it does not happen, well it is their Loss
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
The animation is crisper in color and hue. The storytelling on the Strange film is par to most feature films
For fans of the comic adaventures of Dr Strange will NOT be disappointed. Those new fans will enjoy this production as well.
It comes down to this, IS IT WORTH IT? I say this..it is an amazing production and would hope that those at Lion's Gate and Marvel retell more stories of Dr Strange. If it does not happen, well it is their Loss
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
It's about time
15 Aug 2007
Format:DVD
Well after the lackluster The Invincible Iron Man and the dissapointing Ultimate Avengers 2 they finally got it right. Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme is everything I loved about the comics with a little kung fu too. The score was funny though, there are strains from the score of Lady in the Water and even part of a song from Charlotte's Web (the cartoon film of the 80's, I think). But it was nice all the same. Now, as far as Avengers Reborn...God it looks awful. I hope it's not as bad as it seems. It just seems a rotten idea, a total ploy to get the "kids demographic". I'm sick of all these movies trying to appeal to this or that audience. Have the artistic integrity to make the film you want to make, if the source material supports it then do it. But as soon as you start thinking about trying to get this type or that type or another type to like your film, pretty soon you have something so vague and watered down that no one ends up liking it.
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