The plotting/pacing was a weird hybrid. Its like they felt like they had to do a origin story which makes sense, most people dont know who the fuck Dr.Strange is.

At the same time, they rushed/short cutted their way through the whole thing as if they were bored with telling origin stories themselves so it just felt awkward...like a superhero movie done by Cliff Notes. Its as if they were like, fuck it, the Marvel audience knows what's happening, lets fastforwad through all this shit so we can get to Doctor Strange 2 and avenger movies.

It's a shame because some of those character beats I thought were better then other movies (the still very fucking disposable girlfriend character was stronger then they usually are, adult Harry Potter school had plenty of potential, etc).

I enjoyed it though, but it should have been a higher tier Marvel movie as opposed to a solid non-summer blockbuster flick.