This the fourth part in the animated film series! After Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther and Iron Man this is one great addition. From these four movies I enjoyed this one the best! Why? Because I didn't know much about Dr. Strange. It is really fun to learn more about this super hero. (I remember seeing him in a Spiderman comic and that he was specialized in the supernatural and magic! That was it.) This movie does a hell of a job in showing who he is and what he is capable of. Of course the length of the movie didn't allow further characterization or lore surrounding the character. But we learn enough in an incredibly fast pace. Personally I didn't want this movie to end. I loved every minute of it. Because of the magic and mysticism that surrounds this marvel hero the visual effects are very impressive and beautiful. But what stuck me the most was the attention to the psyche of the main character Strange. You'll be witness of a big change in personality. This character development is not something we see often in cartoons about super heroes. Even these superheroes have human problems to deal with. They are not perfect and are just as flawed as we are. That is one of the main reasons why I love Marvel. Doctor. In this case it is even more interesting since Strange really has no desire to be a hero. He basically gets thrown into an adventure of a lifetime because he wants to continue being the best in what he does. That already makes him quite the character. Strange is still the best in this series of animated marvel movies and it makes me wonder why they haven't been able to approach the later ones with the same sophistication and finesse.

Definitely one to check out if you haven't done so by now.

Actually more interesting as an origin story than any sort of spectacle. When the good Doctor Strange (sin't it odd that he's called that when he's a regular Joe?) has to fight the big demon from another dimension, and face off against a cardboard cut-out villainous traitor that has sprung up from the group from Tibet, I wasn't as pulled in as I was with his, albeit conventional, arc of having to find it in himself to overcome his own mental handicap of being an a-hole - not just his physical one with the hands. It's like a good if not as good version of the Bruce Wayne training with League of Shadows in Batman Begins, though here it's given more of the mystical weight and less moral ambiguity. But it has some cool animated bits, especially when it's in the 'other' dimension or realm or whatever it is, and as a complete novice to the world of Dr. Strange it was a good introduction for me. Now I can go on, I think, to find the richer world of the comics, and if I do revisit this it will be for pleasant nostalgia.

As someone who is aware of who Doctor Strange is but not much beyond that, I greatly enjoyed this well told, well animated telling of his origin.

There is a good balance between action and story in this film, and Strange's battle with the flaws of his character is well portrayed. The action sequences are well choreographed and imaginatively staged, and it is good to see magic as the basis of super-hero action sequences rather than simply physical powers.

Mordo and Dormammu are, of course, excellent antagonists, and the film finishes well set up for a sequel.

I rather hope it gets it.