I wasn't expecting such a strange Doctor.… The advertising campaign and various conversations about the new "Doctor Strange" movie were intense. However, after the cancellation of the release in Russia, there were no fewer YouTube videos from bloggers. It seemed that the project would be worthwhile. The expectation was especially high after the very successful "Spider-Man 3". But it is quite possible that high expectations played a cruel joke on me. Frankly speaking, I didn't like the film. The plot offers the viewer a confrontation between Stephen Strange and Wanda Maximoff, who wants to find her children who do not exist in her world in parallel dimensions. To fully understand the whole tragedy of the Scarlet Witch, it is necessary to see her solo series, which was released a year earlier. But even knowing about the story of a young girl, it is impossible to get into the current drama to the end. Wanda has suffered quite a few losses in her life, including Mercury and Vision, and then this complicated story with the whole town and her children. In the finale of "Wanda/Vision", at least it was clear what had broken the girl's psyche so much, what a tragedy it was for her to lose everything and in fact be left alone with this problem. In the same film, we see the consequences of how dangerous the situation can be, first of all, for the person himself, who was left without support with his losses. However, the serial's strong line of Wanda's intrapersonal problems in the "Multiverse of Madness" is fading. She doesn't have that power, and I, as a spectator, simply don't believe the girl and her trouble, although I can even imagine how she feels. But I don't have to imagine and figure it out. Experienced screenwriters and director Sam Raimi had to twist this nerve so that no one would have any doubts — Wanda is suffering and going crazy with grief. As a result, in the "Doctor Strange" movie, I mostly saw the story of the Scarlet Witch. This is a mistake, because there was a skew in their joint history. On the other hand, the complicated story of Stephen's relationship with his long-time lover Christina Palmer, who is about to marry another man, absolutely passes by. Again, it feels like they want to show us Strange's difficult experiences, but this is done in a hurry and badly twisted. As a result, you conclude that the filmmakers were in a hurry somewhere. You bet. The film seemed to be redone, sent for reshoots, shortened such a large-scale project to two hours on the screen. And all this is felt: the ragged rhythm of the narrative, the weak elaboration of the characters. But Raimi was happy to expand on his horror themes, which were well represented here to the extent that the rating of the film and the philosophy of the film comic as a whole allowed. It was really creepy in a couple of moments. Hardly anyone missed the second when the deadly Wanda looked straight into their eyes, as if punching through our universe. The audience was very much waiting for some of the characters. What was their surprise and disappointment when, in fact, it turned out to be just a cameo, and even with such a plot development, when you don't have time to really get to know the characters yet, and they are already leaving the narrative, because you should return to the main storyline. It is clear that this was done specifically for fans, but you need to focus on the entire audience of the film. The film, of course, came out colorful, but fast. The multiverse, in my opinion, has been little revealed. So many worlds have been presented here, but we have not stopped at least a few to show how they differ from what we are used to. It is clear that this could not be the goal, but the material presented was clearly not enough. Some scenes and dialogues look frankly weak or even strange. The "Musical Fight" made me think a couple of times, but I'm definitely not watching some kind of fake. It's just that Marvel's decision wasn't like them at all. Even if such a fight seemed to be like it was in the comics, it seemed frankly unnecessary to me in the film. The film is generally not bad. But he disappointed me. I was waiting for a much larger project with a clear confrontation and more well-written characters. In the end, the story did not impress, remaining somewhere on the sidelines in front of the visual. But as you know, in the modern world, you can't go out on special effects and a beautiful picture alone. We have long been accustomed to the modern possibilities of graphics and painted worlds. After all, history itself should prevail. But it's definitely worth noting that the artists of the painting did their best, showing the audience amazing fantastic locations that they really wanted to explore. Who knows. Maybe Marvel will lead us to this one day, showing in some hypothetical "Avengers 5" an entire war of the multiverse, where different worlds will reveal much better. 6 out of 10