"You just need to find a woman who's pathetic. Like you."
"Thanks, buddy."

And eee, babby!Groot~

Okay, now to the actual movie...

Bluh, legal and copyright stuff...

Here we go!

It dark

Wow, these librarians must take overdue books really seriously

Okay, not librarians.

Ooooh, I haven't seen scenery-warping effects like this since Inception! Nice!

Now you're thinking with portals!

Gee, lookit all those shots of Strange's hands. It sure would be a shame if something were to happen to them later on...

Oh dear. I just had a mental image of Peter Quill and Stephen Strange having a music-off.

Okay, looking away from the scene of brain surgery, because ew

And now I also want to see Tony and Stephen having an "I'm brilliant and rich and have issues relating to lesser mortals"-off.

gottagofast

whup, too fast

Remember kids, always keep your eyes on the road when you drive

"Aw dammit, how am I supposed to masturbate now?"

I'm just gonna say, Bennydick plays brilliant egomaniacs very well

Awww, and now even his watch is broken. Just like him~

I remember when I read the article announcing Chiwetel Ejiofor's casting as Mordo that he was going to be more... nuanced, I think? than comics!Mordo, and that he'd be a composite of some other characters.

Wondering how that will play out.

iirc, in the comics, Strange made it to the Ancient One but was convinced he was nothing but a faith-healing sham. But a storm prevented him from leaving the compound until the next morning.

That night, Strange uncovered Mordo's plot to kill the Ancient One and hijack his position as Sorcerer Supreme. Despite being hopelessly outclassed, Strange attempted to stop him, which is what made the Ancient One take him on as his pupil.

"AAAAAAAAAAA WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUUUUooh, butterflyAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Pausing for dinner, bbs

And back.

And suddenly I'm reminded of that scene in Labyrinth with the talking hands.

"Welp, I've had fun watching you trip balls. Now to make you suffer a little more."

Pfft

"Don't shut me out..." /despondent slump against the door
/door opens, Strange falls backwards through it
"...Thank you..."

"It's the wifi password. We're not savages."

Wait, did Wong just call that the Book of Cagliostro?

Darn, now I wanna watch Castle of Cagliostro again.

Pfft, I wasn't expecting that joke about librarians and late fees to actually be part of the movie.

Um, guys? Your mascara's running.

Field trip!

"Ehh, he'll be fine."

"Oh no, not again." She's done this before?

The more I watch this movie, the more I'm convinced that Stephen Strange is the magical version of Tony Stark.

He even nicknames people based on pop culture references!

Hmmm, so our mysterious bad guy lost everyone he loved and then stole a forbidden ritual from a book all about time-based magic.

Not too hard to guess what he may be trying to do there, or at least, guess his original motive.

And I'm also gonna guess that he'll kill the Ancient One, which causes Mordo to succumb to those demons he was talking about earlier and fall to the dark side in an attempt to avenge her or something.

Hey, look who's got enough manual dexterity back to type accurately!

Stephen. Stephen, no. No playing with time.

Which appears to be a theme in this movie.

"Maybe you should put the warnings before the spell."

Hey look, it's the evolved form of the door in Howl's Moving Castle!

"...You don't know how to use that, do you."
"Ehhh..."

I am already in love with this cape.

It's like the big brother of Aladdin's magic carpet.

"No. I mean, come on, look at your face."

"It's not a cult."
"Yeah, that's what a cultist would say."

Okay, good. I was gonna say, Stephen, do NOT bring your ex/love interest with you to where you left the evil sorcerer chained up in a house of magic.

Y'know, Strange's insistence on being called Doctor reminds me of a Tumblr post I reblogged ages ago, about how the poster thought it was hilarious that he uses his own name/title as his superhero handle.

"Excuse you Dormammu, I did not study medicine for twelve years just to be called Mister Magic Hands."

O hai requisite Stan Lee cameo!

"CHILDREN. GO STAND IN SEPARATE CORNERS oh wait circles don't have corners FUCK IT GO STAND OVER THERE"

Welp. New theory: Mordo goes loco now that he realizes his mentor uses the Dark Side of the Force and offs her himself.

Or not.

"CHRISTINE!"
"You've got to be kidding me."

Poppin' the collar.

This whole thing about inevitable death vs. timeless eternity reminds me of Sonic and the Black Knight.

Hey, I think Dormammu stole that attack from Xemnas.

"Fine. Screw this, guys, we're going to bunk with Thanos."

"The warnings... the warnings come after the spells."

And Wong DOES laugh!

"Best not to walk the streets wearing an Infinity Stone."

I KNEW IT

HI THOR

"I do not drink... tea."

"We're looking for my father." o.O Does this imply that Loki ISN'T behind Odin's disappearance?

Or that he's pretending he isn't, because come on, it's Loki.

Welp, and Mordo has executed a lovely swan dive off the deep end.