The more I think about it the more I'm having a hard time coming up with positives. Most if not all Marvel films were fairly lighthearted in tone, maybe except Cap. Most were FUN films that were fairly grounded except Thor but even Thor was adventurous, fun. GOTG opened up to the cosmic side but in tone it wasn't really far-fetched from the rest. In the end it was a FUN, lighthearted film. All of the MCU films may have slightly varied in genre but they all had the key base ingredient of FUN.
Now Strange doesn't really fit into that blend well. He's arrogant, or was, and turns out incredibly stoic, humble. In tone it is fairly darker, a lot darker and isn't really fun in tone like the rest of the films. So how will it attract those type of viewers ? A 7 year old will watch and love GOTG but he most likely won't with Dr Strange.
I just don't see how they can make Strange accessible to a large audience without shying away from his roots. People will bring up Harry Potter but even though it was a magical/fantastical film it wasn't really dark. It was aimed towards the youngsters mostly.
Genre. Magic. Its one genre Marvel really has the most trouble with as evident with Thor. Neither 1 and 2 were what they could have been. Cap, Iron Man and GOTG hit that high level with at least 1 film but Thor, albeit still enjoyable, didn't achieve that. Now they'll go full blown magical. How will they able to handle that ?
Feige said visually it will be something we've never seen before.
These type of comments usually worry me because I've rarely seen those big talks come true. It's usually the opposite. I can't remember anything in the history of cinema that achieved that type of visuals. It's probably their toughest task.
People often say that about Ant-Man but with all its trouble in its roots is what Marvel does and does so well in their sleep.
I think Dr Strange is by far Marvels toughest task.
Please tell me i'm wrong and why.
