With all this buzz of Doctor Strange movie in development I figured I would jump on and give my take. Dr.Strange is a great character and deserves his own movie but he has to be done right. I have been hearing a lot of people’s ideas sound like BATMAN BEGINS, where he gets in his accident and goes out to be trained. Probably is it’s just like BATMAN BEGINS. His training should not be the focus of the movie that could get boring.
I would like it to take place when Stephen has already gone through training and he is in his first year or so dealing with the magical arts. We would see through flash backs throughout the film of what he did and how he was trained. He is still unsure of himself and has doubts within his limits. He regrets the life he lived before and figures he deserved what happen to him. He now lives with Wong and is a private physician but people of the mystical world know of him and that he has taught under the Ancient One.
Umar comes into the picture searching out for Strange, she tells him she needs his help. After going back and forth he decides to use his skills to help her. Umar tells Strange that her daughter Clea is stuck in a dimension and needs to be rescued. Once Strange goes in with Wong and Umar and finds Clea, he finds out this was all a trap. Umar needed Strange to travel inside the dimension to find her mother Dormarru. Panicked Strange grabs Clea trying to return to his home but gets stuck in Shuma Gorath’s Dimension. Now he is drained and is stuck there for the moment. As he searches for a way out Clea and him butt heads, while Wong has to play referee. Clea is aware of her family being evil and that they are corrupting the magic world. Once they are attacked Clea realizes where they are and they will have to go. Strange didn’t know but Umar followed through the portal. Clea meets with Shuma Gorath sacrificing Clea to use her to channel an opening to our world. Clea informs Dormarru on a through their astral plane that she has found someone stronger than him and will use Clea, so Shuma can enter our world. Dormarru disgusted with her sister talks to Clea and tells her that her mother will sacrifice Strange to Shuma. He insists that she works with him to get him to jump to the dimension.
Strange refuses to let Clea to bring Dormarru over, after all he has heard about her family and says he will figure out a way to fix it. Strange goes to meditate and Clea secretly works with her Uncle to save Strange. Strange ends up channeling the Ancient one, who meets him on the astral plane. He feels like a failure and he can’t figure out how to get out. . Wong sees Dormarru enter the realm and panics trying to get Strange to leave the Plane. As this happens Shuma ends up taking control of Clea starting to open up to the world. Strange hears Wong but won’t let go of the Ancient One because he doesn’t know how to beat them. The Ancient One explains about sacrifice and putting yourself before others. Doctor Strange realizes he has to take Cleas place. Strange returns and finds Umar and Dormarru fighting but he tries to make it to Clea but see the portal opening. He yells at Shuma to take him instead that he was trained by the Ancient One. Once Shuma hears this he moves over to Strange but doesn’t take hold of him. He then sees the Ancient One there being taken hold of. The Ancient One took himself there to save Strange. He tells him he is now the Sorcerer Supreme. The Cloak of Levitation and Eye of Agamotto appear on him. Dormarru looks on in awe because he now wants what Strange has. He takes away Dormarru and banishes into an abyss. Umar tries to battle Strange but he levitates and beats her down. We have a moment where Clea says she is going to leave her there. Strange yells at Shuma to let go of the Ancient one.
Now the portal is fully open, Umar tries to run but Strange knocks her back. Other creatures try to exit and Wong and Clea keep fighting them off. The Ancient One tells Strange he has to kill Shuma but it will kill him. The Doctor doesn’t want to but realizes it is the fate of the world. He attacks Shuma but he defends himself, he looks at the Ancient One and realizes if he kills him he will kill Shuma. The Ancient One nods and Strange destroys him killing Shuma. With the portal closing, Wong, CLlea and Strange make it out. At the end we would Dormarru in another dimension and would find Nightmare.
Guillermo del Toro should direct this. He can do the mystical world great justice with demons and such.
I am a huge Doctor Who and David Tenant fan. I think he is a great actor and has what it takes to play the arrogant, yet sophisticated Strange. He is the right age and picture him with a goatee in an episode of Doctor Who and walla! We have our hero.
Jeffrey Wright is a great actor. He has a look that you never can really tell what his ethnicity is and that's what I think the Ancient one should look like. Make him look older and he would bring a great voice to the character.
Wong needs to be the Doctor's straight man but can dish out some humor. This guy Sung Kang was my favorite thing about Fast Five his character is so smooth and we know he can fight, if you checked him out in Ninja Assassin.
Clea needs to be strong and have a bit of a sassy side.I wanted her to be pretty but also have some humor to play off Doctor Strange. Now this isnt a comedy but I see Doctor Strange being insulting to people in a funny matter.Jennifer Morrison has been doing some great things in Once Upon a Time. I would like to see her bring Clea to life.
I love Game Of Thrones and Lena got's the cold hearty woman down. She is sexy. And I know she is playing young for Jennifers mom but it is magic, they all look young.
Hoping Guillermo del Toro would Direct I am sure he can fit in Ron Perlman in for this role. Imagine Hellboy but all demonfied... well less red more magical looking. He has a great voice for the character as well.Ron Perlman.
And of course Shuma would be a huge CGI eye!
Thanks for reading.
Be nice and shoe Strange some love.