The Marvel Studios is a massive franchise based on the timeless and countless editions of comic books. There have been over 46 movies and a definite 9+ movies to come. Almost everybody knows that each film has a huge budget and therefore lots of profit and revenue at their releases. Each movie is action packed and the computer generated graphics are top notch and super realistic, setting the United States as one of the best movie makers in the world.

The latest marvel movie, Doctor Strange, stars Benedict Cumberbatch. Benedict Cumberbatch has starred in a variety of other films such as Amazing Grace, Imitation Game, Star Trek: Into Darkness and the hit TV show BBC’s Sherlock. Another notable actress in the movie is Rachel McAdams who plays the main love interest and assistant surgeon, Christine Palmer. Tilda Swinton, plays the main good sorceress who is very old and wise, and teaches Stephen Strange how to tap into his inner calm. Tilda Swinton is best known for being Cruella de Ville in 101 Dalmatians and the evil Snow Queen in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Doctor Strange tells the story of Stephen Strange, a neurosurgeon, who is presented as one of the most skilled neurosurgeons in the nation. However, Mr. Strange is very arrogant and has an intellectual coldness about him, only believing facts about the world if they are based on evidence and are logical. When his hands are damaged in a car accident, Strange’s whole world is turned around as he believes he loses everything and his life is ruined. When he meets an ancient sorceress in India, she teaches him to rehabilitate himself and to find himself again through magic and patience. The magic isn’t any ordinary simple magic – it bends humans’ perception of reality to create an altered fantasy and can even be used to reverse time or create new dimensions.

Dr. Strange fights against one of the sorceress’s previous scholars, Kaecilius, who has used the magic for evil purposes, and to serve a greater force called Dormammu. Dormammu lies in the Dark Dimension and seeks to take over Earth’s dimension. The movie shows that there are infinite dimensions in our universe, but the Dark Dimension is the strongest and one of the most evil of them all.

The movie is somewhat different from the comics. In the comics, Dr. Strange manipulates forces of the universe, and mainly yields electricity to his advantage. He creates bolts, slashes, binds, and more. The comics also show Strange’s life when he was a child, while the movie does not. Dr. Strange was raised in an ordinary lifestyle but actually had a few encounters with the other dimensions, resisting demons as a child. His sister was injured and his mother died when he was young, which inspired him to become a neurosurgeon. In later years, Strange collaborated with the X-Men and the Avengers after discovering his powers. He helped the X-Men protect the human race against Magneto, who had yet another conflict with the humans (although Magneto is an part of X-Men, he is very ambivalent about the true goodness of the human race and he desires to protect all mutants). Later, Strange even comes into contact with Dracula, Namor, the Hulk, and the Silver Surfer to battle Shanzar during the famous Infinity War that included almost all characters in the Marvel Universe. Much more happens, but at the end Strange cuts himself off from all powers and almost all Marvel superheroes, afraid to misuse his power and future harm to the planet. For some reason, his arrogance returns near the end of various series of the comics.

In sum, the movie was pretty accurate to the comics, covering the early part of Strange’s life. Because the Marvel comics tend to be very complex and detailed, not all parts of the comics are often featured or shown in Marvel movies. The movie ended with Mordo, one of Strange’s former allies, walking away from Strange and later turns evil. This might lead to a Doctor Strange sequel in which Strange fights against Mordo, just like in the comics.

And so ends yet another movie and Marvel comics review! Stay tuned for other reviews on Marvel movies in the future. See you later Falcons!