It’s Deku’s arc, yes but… another week without Bakugou…
At first I wanted him to appear in 4 weeks, just before Deku’s birthday, but I decide to burry my wish cause every weeks, it’s hurt not seeing him back.
So, I gonna wait, but I won’t expect anymore… same goes to the rest of class 1-A
NB: Lucky Shoto! We didn’t see him either in this chapter but he is mentionned (Endeavor’s texts)…
-When Scott Derrickson stepped away from directing DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS, the rumour was that he did so because Kevin Fiege didn’t like his idea of making the film “a no-holds-barred weird, gnarly, scary movie”. Obviously that wasn’t true because it really is a no-holds-barred, weird, gnarly and scary movie. It was obvious by the hiring of Sam Raimi that the film would hold on to those tenets because while people may associate him with his Spider-Man films, he’s known by a larger audience by his EVIL DEAD films and horror films like DARKMAN and DRAG ME TO HELL.
While this film still looks like a “Marvel” film most of the time, Raimi does lean into more visually arresting looks giving the film a 70’s horror feel; very Dario Argento at points.
-I managed to stay spoiler free for the most part but because being on Twitter you can’t help but see spoilery info spill across the timeline and using context clues I managed to figure out a few of the cameos before I saw the film, but the one thing I wasn’t spoiled on was that Wanda was the Big Bad! I really thought this film would serve to atone Wanda for WANDAVISION crimes, but in fact, it doubles down on how much the darkness has enveloped her. Olsen was great as the Scarlet Witch; a true formidable foe. And just coming off of MOON KNIGHT, I’m happy to see a good villain again.
-Love that Feige has seemingly come around to the Marvel series as the rumour was that he held no love for the ones that were on Netflix and ABC. So as great as it was to see Charlie Cox in NO WAY HOME, it was equally great to see Anson Mount as Black Bolt from the failed and greatly ridiculed INHUMANS.
-Nice that Sam Raimi brought in Bruce Campbell, Ash himself, for a small role -echoing his fight with himself scene from Evil Dead.
-Rachel McAdams and Benedict Cumberbatch has great chemistry and I would like to see one of the universe’s Christine actually work it out with Stephen.
-The beauty of having a film spiraling through the multiverse is that there are actual risks involved. Sure, we’ve had heroes die in Marvel films but it’s generally towards the end of their contract (Iron Man) or the end of a phase (Black Widow). The benefit of the multiverse is that you can create mass casualties of heroes and it’s thrilling because it’s shocking but it’s bearable because it’s of no consequence. Seeing Wanda lay waste to Mr. Fantastic, Peggy Carter’s Captain Carter, Lashana Lynch’s Captain Marvel and Black Bolt was wonderful.
Though her killing of Charles Xavier was too much. That hurt.
-Loved the idea that there’s a Charles in another universe with a soft spot for people others have given up on. He’s ever trying to find the good in someone. I just know in that universe he was playing checkers instead of chess with Magneto and still trying to keep him from committing genocide.
-Wong always coming through in the clutch.
-The Danny Elfman score, especially in the musical battle was outstanding.
-Give Michael Stuhlbarg one scene and he will still take it and make it amazing. He’s such a fine actor who can do so much with so little.
THE BAD
The tag “Doctor Strange will return”. Why? As good as this film in, I think Strange is better served in a smaller capacity as a guide in other films (helping Thor locate Odin, helping Peter in NO WAY HOME, now showing America her strength).
I suppose the next film could lead to some connection to ETERNALS and whatever they’re planning on doing with those characters, but that just shows how weak a character he is that they just can’t do stories centered around him. Or at least deal with him as a person outside of the magic wielding. I think Strange is more interesting when we get the sense of his regrets, which this film tapped into a bit.
But maybe we’ll see more humanity with him and Charlize Theron’s character in the next film.
- I don’t think they explained Wanda’s actions enough in this film. If you hadn’t seen WANDAVISION Wanda’s heel turn in this would be too insane. I think more explanation should have been given re: the loss of Vision and how it has led her down this dark road. Just making about the kids didn’t really jibe (does her sons not have powers in their universe? They should have been able to combat Wanda a bit). I don’t know why they couldn’t just insert a dream sequence where she’s recalling her argument with Vision from WANDAVISION on what she was doing to drive it home for those who hadn’t watched the series.
I have been working on these for the past couple of weeks and I am very happy with how they turned out! They’ll be available as prints and gold/silver foil bookmarks later on down the road~ I am also working on other characters from the series! Who would you like to see next?
read Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon and now I am torn between being in love and having my heart being shredded into two. A good read and a good cry. Finished the book in one sitting lol
