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Doctor Stranger is the newest hero featured on the MCU. A hero quite out of the mainstream, a bit like Guardians of the Galaxy, to soften this lack of knowledge of the hero by the general public, Benedict Cumberbatch's choice to play the hero was clever, bringing a face known by the audience to not so popular character out of the comics. Doctor Strange closely resembles the first Iron Man (2008) and follows a formula that is present in most MCU films.

This formula has its positives and negatives, because it is a film with a stratospheric budget, to attract more public, whether they're men or women, children or adults, the film does not risk with a complex story. Not that the formula is bad, Doctor Strange is a good movie with an exciting and enjoyable story, the end has a very clever and different approach from others Marvel movies and it's not a surprise that it has already earned more than $ 500 million so far. The problem is that this focus on pleasing as many people as possible limits the process of creating the script and what it could exploit to not only create a fun movie for the whole family. Even more so, because the character, Stephen Strange, is an interesting and mystical character who travels through other dimensions, the possibilities were innumerable.

The look of the film is fantastic, the scenes in other dimensions and those that change the reality are beautiful and Doctor Strange is one of the few films that 3D technology brings a differential, especially in these scenes. One problem I have is one scene that graphical computing fails a lot, it's very noticeable the use of the visual effects and as the scene differs a lot to the rest, it makes the error jump to the eyes. Humor is another positive aspect, the jokes are good, they have a good timing and aren't very childish.

Benedict Cumberbatch is perfect in the role, he almost instantly acquires the sympathy of the public, besides of being able to convey the emotions that the character is going through with realism. However, there is no denying the similarity between the story of Stephen Strange and Tony Stark's story in the first Iron Man. Tilda Hilton as "The Ancient One" and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mordo have a lead role in the plot and are great, especially Hilton with all the mystery of her character in relation to her past. Christine Palmer is played by Rachel McAdams, the choice to not build a cheesy and very sentimental relationship between her and Strange was right, because it would create a certain blurring in the plot and choosing to develop a realistic relationship, brought a realism to the film. The villain, Kaecilius, played by Mads Mikkelsen, suffers from what many of the villains in the Marvel movies suffer, lack of depth and character development, which makes the villain disposable and his actions not so shocking. The work of the actor was very good, and not surprising, Mikkelsen is recognized by several roles as in the Hannibal series and in the Danish film "Jagten", however, the film has no desire to complex the character.

The premise of the film is captivating, a case of disappearance, nothing like a good mystery to captivate the public. The idea is already recurring, but has already given rise to well-known films such as Gone Girl by David Finch and The Suspects of Denis Villeneuve. However, The Girl on the Train does not reach the expectations for a number of problems.

The editing is not the best and the film is very cut out. There are many rhythm breaks, much of this breaks is due to the use of flashbacks, these scenes are used to create a larger context for the characters, to get the audience to care more about the story and its characters, but mainly to make the public create sympathy for the victim, Megan ( Halley Bennett).

Rachel played by Emily Blunt and is the best part of the film, her acting stands out from the rest of the cast. Emily Blunt's scenes bring a greater emotional weight to the film, her performance convey the total insecurity, volatility, emotional instability and all the suffering the character is going through.

When Emily Blunt is on the scene, the film is one, when she is not, it becomes another and looses a lot of quality. The arcs of Anna (Rebecca Fergunson) and Anna are not so good and looked rather artificial compared to Rachel's. Each change is a rhythm break and as the others arcs are not interesting as the main one, I wanted to return as soon ass possible to Emily Blunt's character.

Like any movie of this style, clues, false or not, are shown along the movie to develop the whole plot; if you pay attention, you will solve the mystery before it is even revealed. When we know the truth, there is an impressive character deconstruction, all the following scenes with this character, seem to be with another person, totally different from the one shown to us throughout the film. This break is done so abruptly, it seemed out of place and not so shocking because the whole flawed development of the plot earlier.

A sentence repeated several times in "The Accountant" is "Do you like puzzles?". This film could be summed up by this sentence, a 2-hour-long puzzle that is gradually being put together. The interesting thing is that even though Bill Buduque's script provides all the answers, they are not given in a direct way or in the speeches of the characters, as many movies currently feel the need to explain every event or change that occurs in the script. The Accountant has an electrifying story that increasingly becomes wilder and the whole cast does a good job, especially Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff.

The film uses flashbacks to show Christian's past and through the good performances of Robert C. Treveiler and Seth Lee, Chris's father and Chris as a child, respectively, makes us understand the difficulties faced, choices made by his family and how all this made Christian become the person he is in adulthood.

One problem I have with the film is the arc of J.K. Simmons, he plays an award-winning director of tax crimes at the Treasury Department. He has the help of Mary Beth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), an analyst at the Department, in investigating the accountant's identity. His entire arc is designed to mainly create a bigger tension, but in the end, it has a weak connection to the rest of the plot.

Despite the script failures, the film is well tied and its action scenes are very good. They are well choreographed, do not have many cuts, which makes them flow better and look more realistic.

Ben Affleck is the best part of the film, his acting is quite convincing. He manages to convey a personality that despite having a huge ease with numbers, with people the situation is not the same, much due to his psychological issues. The character of Anna Kendrick, Dana Cummings, breaks the coldness built by the character of Affleck. The two do a good job together and are responsible for many good scenes, whether being action, humor or more dramatic scenes. Another positive aspect is that the film does not become very sentimental or cheesy regarding the two characters.