What on earth were they thinking hiring Sam Raimi for this?? His Spiderman films were (arguably) okay for the time but nothing he's done since has been remotely impressive.. There were a few redeeming scenes in the film, but these were absolutely few and far between. The 'suspense' was completely artificial and didn't belong in an MCU film, there were -so- many outdated filmmaking practices (zooming into people's faces for reaction shots, crossfades between multiple shots at the same time etc) that were absolutely immersion breaking and honestly laughable.

As a huge huge Dr Strange fan, this film was the biggest let down I've had throughout the entire franchise. I can honestly say this was the worst film I've seen at a cinema in a good decade. So, so many strange choices, poor VFX, bad makeup, MASSIVE plot holes (trapping Wanda behind a steel door as if it would stop her for some reason??). For a character that can literally manipulate matter at will, why throughout the entire film was she just throwing destructive balls of magic?? For a film with literally infinite possibilities, why was it just comprised of a handful of characters chasing each other around the whole time? Why didn't the multiverse collapse in on itself or something actually interesting happen? So disappointing.

Honestly, absolute garbage and I was genuinely tempted to ask for a refund for the first time ever in a cinema. Why wasn't this directed by Scott Derrickson? I feel he wouldn't have butchered it..