DB Reviews- Captain America: Civil War

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Hello everyone! It's me, DB, and after many months, I'm finally able to bring you my review of Captain America: Civil War! WARNING: This review does contain spoilers! So, if you don't want to be spoiled yet, stop reading this and go see the movie. Then you can come back to read this. 

I gotta say, I LOVED THIS FILM! The story was great! I know Marvel did not intend to use any parts of the original Civil War comic book story line, but I noticed references to it during the film. For example, the Slovakia Accords are the MCU (that's Marvel Ciinematic Universe) version of the Superhero Registration Act. Also, the Scarlet Witch destroying a building is reference to the school exploding at the beginning of the Civil War story in the comics. I thought that the writers of this film did a great job taking the Civil War comic story and making it their own in the film.  

The acting was good too. Chris Evans and Robert Downey, Jr reprised their roles as Captain America and Iron Man. I felt that they were good choices when they were chosen to play the roles in their hero's respective franchises. In fact, everyone in this film did a good job! Almost everyone that had roles already in the MCU came back to play them again in this film! Plus, I can't wait to see Tom Holland's Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming later this year! 

The action was great! With a Marvel movie, you have to have fantastic action/special effects scenes and lots of them! This movie did not disappoint in either! It had tons of action! 

I know this review was short, but I didn't have much time to make it. 

Overall, I give this film 5 out of 5 stars! The story was great, the action was fantastic and the actors did well. 

On a side note, I do like how Marvel intertwines their movies with their TV series. What I mean is, Marvel adds elements of their latest movie into episodes of their hit TV shows, like Agents of SHIELD, which I'm a HUGE fan of! I even met Elizabeth Henstrige and Brett Daulton once! I like that! 

Anyway, thanks for reading! 

DB Reviews- Marvel's Doctor Strange

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Hey, true believers! It's me, DB! I haven't been blogging for a while now, but I'm back with my review of Marvel Studio's Doctor Strange! WARNING: This review does contain spoilers. So if you haven't seen the film yet when you're reading this, please stop reading and go see it, then you can come back to read!

So, this film tells the story of Doctor Stephan Strange, a neurosurgeon who loses his hands in a car accident. He wants to get them fix quickly so he could get back to doing what he does best, fixing people! Along the way, he learns that a patient at his hospital magically walks again after being paralyzed. Dr. Strange then ventures out to find the person that helped this man in hopes of healing his hands. He found so much more then just the healing touch! He found that he was needed to save the world from a magical threat.

Now, my review:

I thought the story was ok. It's a run of the mill story about how a superhero came to be. That hero loses something, but gains powers in return. That's Marvel's way of telling an origin story. Dr. Strange lost his hands, and almost the one he loves, but gains his power through sorcery and magic when he tries to find someone who can heal him.

Benedict Cumberbatch protrayed a great Dr. Strange! You may know this actor from other hit films such as the Imitation Game. You may also know him as Sherlock! I think he brought a little of his Sherlock side to the role of the Sorcerer Supreme, which is a good thing to me. He made his point when he needed too during a few scenes. He also brought a little humor to the role. That's something that I think Marvel needs to do more often, have their main hero or heroin bring a little humor into their roles. Cumberbatch definitely did just that!

Benedict Wong played Wong. It's not common to see an actor portray a role who shares the same name with the actor. Wong's Wong wasn't the normal Wong from the comics. He was more of a demanding keeper of the books. I think Wong did a good Wong.

Tilda Swinton did a good job portraying the Ancient One. She was focused and wise, a poise needed for this role. Even though it was revealed  that she got her immortality through the Dark Realm, she did a good job hiding it till the time was right when the big reveal occurred.

The best part of this film was the special effects! No one can do special effects like Marvel! The people behind the scenes working on the effects of this movie did a tremendous job! The effects were a big part of the film. They needed to be, since most of Dr, Strange's adventures contain a lot of spells and powerful magic! I thought the scene where there was 3 cities instead of 1 reminded me of the Pokemon card Parallel City. The action was fantastic too, as well as the martial arts!

Overall, I'm very pleased with how Doctor Strange turned out! The story was ok, the action and effects were awesome and Cumberbatch and Wong were good. That, to me, is the making of a hit film! With this film, consider my MIND BLOWN! Thanks for reading! You should go see this film if you haven't already!

BTW, that Cloak of Levitation was AWESOME! That cloak can kick some serious butt!