# Marvel's Next Big Movie: Dr. Strange? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113 "2011-08-01T23:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/21 "2011-08-02T17:07:35Z")
Dr. Strange was strictly a B-lister. But I thought the same about Iron Man and Thor, so I am not saying it can’t be done. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/22 "2011-08-02T17:19:42Z")
I vote for \*\*[Adrian Brody](http://www.celebritypicsonline.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=3)\*\*for Dr. Strange, and \*\*[Guillermo Del Toro](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/)\*\*as the director. Strange is not an A-List comic book hero, but his story of success, failure, redemption and such could translate well on the big screen…with trippy visuals! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/23 "2011-08-04T17:44:15Z")
Infovore: > [@](#): > > too bad that Robert Downey Jr. already has a superhero to play. Didn’t stop them from using Chris Evans (Human Torch from FF) to play Captain America. I’ve never been able to get into Dr. Strange, myself. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/24 "2011-08-04T18:12:38Z")
I notice that Strange’s magic, like Harry Potter’s, and Harry Dresden’s, and the witches’ in _The Craft,_ is all made-up-by-the-authors. I wonder if a comic book or film could be done about a Crowleyan ceremonial magician or something who works in some known tradition and his magic, or Magick (Crowley pronounced it “may-jik” to distinguish it from stage conjuring), actually works. Nearest thing I’ve seen to that was [a movie **about** (a reincarnated) Crowley.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Wedding_%28film%29) I’d like to see it done where the wizard is hero, not villain. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/25 "2011-08-04T18:37:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I notice that Strange’s magic, like Harry Potter’s, and Harry Dresden’s, and the witches’ in _The Craft,_ is all made-up-by-the-authors. I wonder if a comic book or film could be done about a Crowleyan ceremonial magician or something who works in some known tradition and his magic, or Magick (Crowley pronounced it “may-jik” to distinguish it from stage conjuring), actually works. Nearest thing I’ve seen to that was [a movie **about** (a reincarnated) Crowley.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Wedding_%28film%29) I’d like to see it done where the wizard is hero, not villain. But wasn’t Crowley’s “Magick” made up by the author, so to speak? ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/26 "2011-08-04T18:42:12Z")
I think a Dr. Strange movie can only work if the magic is treated less like a traditional super-power and more like an atmospheric sense of (hidden) malevolence–a mood something like _Pan’s Labyrinth_, which would make Guillermo Del Toro an excellent choice of director. If the best they can do is have Strange shoot magicy blue bolts at some CGI monster bent on destroying the world, it will be an epic fail. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/27 "2011-08-04T19:21:26Z")
> [@CJJ](#): > > I think a Dr. Strange movie can only work if the magic is treated less like a traditional super-power and more like an atmospheric sense of (hidden) malevolence–a mood something like _Pan’s Labyrinth_, which would make Guillermo Del Toro an excellent choice of director. > > If the best they can do is have Strange shoot magicy blue bolts at some CGI monster bent on destroying the world, it will be an epic fail. I always liked those intricate geometric patterns that his spells often took the form of. That could look really nice if the filmmaker wanted to take the time. But I have a feeling that we’ll end up just getting blue bolts. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/28 "2011-08-04T20:09:23Z")
I just hope they can get someone with double-jointed fingers to do those funky hand gestures. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113/29 "2011-08-04T22:05:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > But wasn’t Crowley’s “Magick” made up by the author, so to speak? Yes and no. Made up by the author **s,** perhaps, but it’s cumulative over centuries – like science, only slightly less rigorous. Well, maybe not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-next-big-movie-dr-strange/591113.md?page=1)