![]() ![]() It's a prime example of the MCU becoming its own multiverse of filmgoing madness where the audience is expected to be familiar with various characters and their individual threads in order to make sense of the latest installment they are currently watching. But Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is on another level and the epitome of intertextuality to the maddeningly extreme. Granted, the entire MCU saga, which will be at thirty movies by the end of 2022 with three more the following year and several others already in the works, has always been a giant potpourri of storylines continuously bleeding into one another. I admit enjoying her redemptive arc and admire the filmmakers for focusing this MCU chapter on her, but I have to wonder if those who didn't watch the series understood its larger significance. Thankfully, Olsen has the skill and talent to carry the weight as both the story's emotional center and as the villainous but deeply-troubled Scarlet Witch, genuinely delivering on that dramatic turn. Also, the plot's emotional weight and its impact in the final moments are almost entirely placed on the shoulders Elizabeth Olsen and her Wanda Maximoff character, whose traumatic journey, all her own, is one extraordinarily long thread reaching as far back as 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron. Instead, it is but one continuation after another, an extension of a previous title not always immediately related yet extending into another title not always immediately related.Īnd in this supposed sequel to 2016's Doctor Strange, the script by Michael Waldron ( Loki) is more of a direct follow-up to the WandaVision series and somewhat loosely connected to Spider-Man: No Way Home, meaning the filmmakers are relying on the audience's knowledge of that streaming series in order to follow certain details of this story. ![]() Each new movie is not a closed standalone feature, one complete movie all unto itself. With every MCU installment, which includes everything only available on Disney+, audiences are expected to be familiar with various other stories in order to follow along with the latest entry. ![]() It is a thorny thought that has been pestering me since the conclusion of the Loki series, which remains exclusive to Disney's streaming service. Or at the very least, their ambitious undertaking could foreseeably backfire on them. ![]() If Kevin Feige and the folks at Marvel Studios continue down this path of expanding their shared cinematic universe with multiple storylines colliding into one massive collective, then Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness could serve as the archetype of what will predictably go wrong with their approach. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
January 2023
Categories |