May 5, 2022 – This is the first time I’m writing one of these movie posts on here after having finished being caught up on filling out this blog with content from as far back as 2016 (it took four weeks to catch up to present day XD)!! Woot!! I wanted to have done that before seeing The Batman, but that didn’t work out. This is also the first time I’m sharing this blog on my Facebook (normally I would have posted my thoughts on movies via a post on there).

If this is you’re first time seeing this blog, welcome! And have a look around after you read this! So far it’s comics and movie reviews/reactions. Anyway, enjoy:

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So. This. Movie. First of all, Props to Sam Raimi (first Spider-Man trilogy director) for directing and Danny Elfman (the master musical craftsman behind Batman (1989) which inspired the music and tone for the 90’s animated series, Batman Returns, the first Spider-Man, and many other spectacular scores) for the score. That duo was perfect! XD

There were specific threads that I had hoped would be stitched throughout this movie, and weren’t, but there was so much else going on, that I was perfectly ok with that.

Even though I was a little worried about 2 hours 2 mins not being enough, it certainly felt right. The pace was fine for me. Plus in the story that was being told, things were happening fast, so it made sense.

I can’t believe it’s been 6 years since the first Doctor Strange movie. So much has changed for Stephen since then. Even though this movie had a lot to do, it also served as a decent sequel.

The returning characters were a joy to see again, of course. And the new ones were also wonderful to meet for the first time. And the cameos were brilliant! Hehe. There certainly are some that haven’t been spoiled by the internet.

America Chavez was a character I was worried about a little bit because of how much I enjoy her character in the comics. Of course the MCU has to do it’s own version of all these characters and changes must be made at times. In general, her origins seem to be what they were (initially) in the comics. Though her characterization here was very different, I hope that whenever we see her again she’ll be more similar to her comic counterpart. Time will tell. But she was a fun character indeed.

The multiverse! All I’ll say is the moment this goes to Disney+, I’m going to watch it again and pause on so many frames to see if I can recognize any of the other worlds. There were a lot! XD

The plot itself wasn’t too complicated, but the path from A to B was well, a ball of wibbly wobbly stuff (to paraphrase a certain Timelord :-P). I enjoyed the story and I’m excited for everything that may come next!

And just in case you haven’t yet, if you’ve not watched WandaVision on Disney+, you are required to watch it entirely before watching this movie. Yes, you read what I said. Just do it. It doesn’t matter if you know what happened in the show already, just watch it first. XD

This was a fun movie with a creepy, scary tone thanks to the aforementioned director and composer. I’m excited to see this again soon!! XD

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Mid-credit scene: SO MUCH YES. I’m so glad this wasn’t spoiled. XD though many of you probably will be confused. XD ask me once you’ve seen it XD.

End-credit scene: Yes XD it’s one of those funny, non-essential ones, but I enjoyed it still XD. So, if you have the time to stay, stay. If not, no worries.