Dr. Strange 2

I took the day off today and went to see the new Dr. Strange movie.

I'm not going to spoil anything for anybody but will just say that I really enjoyed it. Beginning to end. 

There was more horror in it than anything else from the MCU so I'd think twice before letting your children see it but... yep... a great movie.
 

Dr. Strange.

This week I found myself staying overnight in London once again with the day job. What do you do with yourself in such circumstances ? Well, I'll confess, usually not a lot. This time however I decided to go and see the new Dr. Strange movie on the IMAX in Leicester Square.

Why ?

Well two reasons really. Firstly my usual cinema buddy, my daughter Jemma, is away at University and secondly Chris Dingsdale, but don't tell him I follow his advice, heartily recommended it on Facebook.

Now I'm not a big fan of 3D cinema, but I wanted to experience the full spectacle and so within an hour or so I found myself sat in front of a very large screen, wearing silver looking glasses over my normal ones and hoping that they worked better when the film was on than they did when it wasn't.

I needn't have worried.

The film itself was very good. Solid story, great character development (and Stephen Strange although similar, was very different to Tony Stark (which had been a concern of mine)), some nice humour here and there and great acting... but it was the special effects that made it fabulous.

And the effects worked so well on the IMAX that I found they messed with my mind at certain points. 

Although I was sat in a chair I found myself trying to right myself as the images in front of me kept tumbling, with floor becoming wall and wall becoming ceiling.

This is my favourite Marvel film to date.

I don't think it'll be quite that when it hits my 2D DVD collection but sat there watching it on IMAX it certainly was.

The one small thing that annoyed me slightly was that, to my uneducated ear, the sound track sounded a little too similar to the new Star Trek theme tune, although I loved the 'Sherlockish' version at the end as I waited for the second extra scene.

Go watch it.

If you can go watch it in 3D on an IMAX.

Dormammu decided to see a Doctor about his 'flaming head' condition...

Thanks to everyone who voted for Whatever Happened To The World's Fastest Man ? over on the EAGLE Awards 2009 nominations. If we succeed in this step of the process then I think everyone is asked to vote again ... and then it goes before a final panel ... or something like that ... anyway ... thanks everyone ... I'll keep you all posted.

Dr. Strange doodle ... with watercolour ...

At conventions I've found myself stood next to a very busy Andy Bloor as he turns out his wonderful 'sketches' of the likes of Dr. Strange, Batman and .. well .. pretty much anyone the collector asks for and I think ... I wish I could do something like that ... maybe I should practice a style for 'convention sketches' ... well ... I've got a way to go yet but here's my first attempt ... not as whacky and freeflowing as I wanted it to be ... I really do need to loosen up a whole lot ...