Doctor Strange 2 Is A Good Sam Raimi Movie (Just A Shame About The MCU)
Warning! SPOILERS for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Sam Raimi's Doctor Strang in the Multiverse of Madness's best moments struggled to not be outshined by some well-known MCU mistakes. 15 years after Spider-Man 3, Sam Raimi is back in the superhero genre, now working within an already established franchise. Raimi replaced Scott Derrickson as the director of Doctor Strange 2 with the mission of telling a Doctor Strange story while also developing Wanda and further diving into the MCU's Multiverse after Spider-Man: No Way Home.
The announcement of Sam Raimi as the director of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness took many by surprise for two reasons. The first is that Sam Raimi's last experience in a superhero film, Spider-Man 3, involved a lot of studio meddling that caused it to be the lowest point in the lowest point in the Spider-Man trilogy. The second reason is that compared to a lot of MCU directors who have done great work in the franchise, Sam Raimi had a longer, more established career marked by a distinct tone – something that could make the collaboration with Marvel more difficult.
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However, Sam Raimi's experience with the MCU appears to have been positive, as a lot of the filmmaker's signature style was present in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. In fact, Doctor Strange 2's highlights were not exactly the major cameos such as John Krasinski as Reed Richards or the first appearance of an X-Men in the MCU, but rather the moments in which the story's pretensions were met by the director's style. On the other hand, the need to be an event-film MCU at times weighed against Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of
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