![]() ![]() Soon she and Strange are having a standoff in midair. She’s motivated by the idea that she has children out there in an idyllic suburban multiverse in which she wears yoga pants and loose cotton tops and tucks her boys in at night after ice cream and movies. Unfortunately, he asks the wrong Avenger for help: Elizbeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff is the one after the power to go multiverse jumping and has been dabbling in some dark arts to make it happen. ![]() She’s being hunted by someone who wants her powers and Strange decides to help, possibly out of genuine altruism and possibly because it was a good excuse to literally jump off a balcony to get out of his old flame Christine’s (Rachel McAdams) wedding early. The main issue is that it’s a bit of a kitchen sink movie centered on an entirely new and underdeveloped character, America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), a teen who has the power to travel the multiverse but doesn’t quite know how to control it. One could not simply watch “Doctor Strange” and then “Doctor Strange 2” and expect it to make sense. But so much has happened in Marvel land that involves Stephen Strange and his goatee - “Infinity War,” “Endgame” and, yes, the most recent “Spider-Man” - that where it falls in the “Doctor Strange” standalone film continuity is entirely beside the point. This film is technically the sequel to “Doctor Strange,” a movie that came out six years ago. ![]() “ Spider-Man: No Way Home ” opened the door to the concept, to mostly charming results, but now Benedict Cumberbatch’s master of the mystic arts is flying through the interdimensional portal with the concept in “ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” And for the moment that means a lot of cameo opportunities. No work of fiction ever needs permission to break the rules or push the boundaries of traditional storytelling, but the multiverse, at least as it’s been served up in recent Marvel movies, practically demands it. Once a superhero franchise goes multiverse, it’s hard to go back. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |