4) The Visuals
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Marvel Cinematic Universe head honcho Kevin Feige previously said how Doctor Strange needed to be “a Ditko/Kubrick/Miyazaki/The Matrix mind-trip.”
That’s quite the melting pot of influences, but we can already see from the trailer how the film will have a different look to other MCU entries. The clips of Strange fighting the Ancient One demonstrate how it might be inspired by the stylized action of The Matrix, and it also has to be mentioned that there is a strong flavour of Inception in the scenes of cities at vertical angles.
Whether Doctor Strange can conjure up any of its own unique imagery will be the real test but, even if it doesn’t, it surely looks set to be the most visually-interesting Marvel movie so far.