Dr. Strange in the M.O.M: Worst MCU Movie Ever

In Multiverse of Madness, Elizabeth Olsen plays a devil, but it's the director that should go to hell for this one.

“Sorcerers, Fortify Your Minds,” said Wong calmly.

If you're a BLIND MCU fan, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the movie for you. The mess of VFX and CGI makes it impossible to envision any real action anyways. People are praising Sam Raimi's directing abilities, and while he did a spectacular job with the original spiderman trilogy, he’s absolutely butchered this film. The direction of this picture was sloppy, goofy, and random, which served the material in no way. It is a corny picture in which Raimi mixed jumping screams with out-of-date musical punctuation and shabby repetitious scenes that will make you question whether you’re watching a Marvel movie or some horror flick.

Painful Plot

If you've been watching the Marvel series, you'll be familiar with Earth-616 (our earth), but let's step into the Earth-838 of this movie, where everyone is dressed in dark clothes and hats, and everything is covered in flowers. I honestly didn't learn enough about this universe to understand why these changes exist or matter at all. And don’t get me started on the random inclusion of Marvel’s version of the Illuminati. That’s right, the Illuminati! The lack of imagination and excess of absolute utter chaos almost caused me to walk out of the theater halfway through the movie.

Appalling Action

If you've been watching the Marvel series, you'll be familiar with Earth-616 (our earth), but let's step into the Earth-838 of this movie, where everyone is dressed in dark clothes and hats, and everything is covered in flowers. I honestly didn't learn enough about this universe to understand why these changes exist or matter at all. And don’t get me started on the random inclusion of Marvel’s version of the Illuminati. That’s right, the Illuminati! The lack of imagination and excess of absolute utter chaos almost caused me to walk out of the theater halfway through the movie.

Closing Critiques

I'm noticing a developing trend in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where an existing male character is shelved in his own show in favor of a stiffer, wiser, all-around superior female. Think about it: Dr. Strange isn't even the main character in his own film; instead, it appears to be Wanda's show. On top of that, throughout the movie, he constantly gets into trouble and has to be rescued. Cutting the crap, the entire film is a wreck, there are issues with consistency, and the storyline is completely hollow with ridiculously manufactured scenes. I am now positive that writing isn’t important to Disney. Filled with terrible dialogues, worthless side characters, and no real theme, the entire film is a quasi-smoldering horror show from beginning to end.

Raving Rating: 5.7