Next Up On Critical Me: Doctor Strange, Scarlet, and Tarzan

Doctor Strange:

Doctor Strange is about a guy named Stephen Strange, a brilliant neurosurgeon.  But after an accident, he is left with a shaky-hand problem (for lack of a more intellectual scientific name for it).
He is unable to be a surgeon any more, and is left feeling a lack of purpose.  He hears about the magical people of what-ever-they-are-called, and joins them in order to get his hands healed.  As he is being trained in the ways of the magical-what-ever-they-are-called, he is approached with much larger problems then his hands, and ends up fighting an invisible battle apart from the real world.
I very much enjoyed Doctor Strange, and was worth watching in theaters.  The acting was good.  I mean, Benedict Cumberbatch.  Everyone else was as good as american actors can get.  But Benedict Cumberbatch. 💗
Character development was fairly good.  Main characters were lovable.
Dialogue was so-so.  Some cheesy Marvel liners, which is typical.
I loved the story, and the cleverness of it that branched off from the Marvel norm.   More focused on theme and emotion then on breaking-down-building scenes, which I thought was lovely.
Villain was dumb.  Unmemorable.  With any normal villain qualities and goals.  Probably the worst part of the movie.
I rarely enjoy romance.  But I thought the slight romance in Doctor Strange was sweet and well done.
Although Doctor Strange and the creators of Marvel are clearly not Christian, I found it lovely that they added some Christian elements.  Or perhaps that was just me.  I like to find Christian elements in things that weren't intended to be.  See if you catch what I'm talking about if you choose to watch the movie.
On a scale from 1 to 10, I would give Doctor Strange a 8 1/2.  
(PG13 WARNING!  For some cussing, head loping, violence and surgery scenes.  Maybe a couple inappropriate references.  Certainly much less gruesome then many other Marvel movies.)

Scarlet (the Lunar Chronicles)

Scarlet is based on the Little Red Ridding Hood story.  Scarlet's Grandmother is suddenly missing, and Scarlet is determined to find her.  She meets with a street fighter, Woolf, who assists her in the finding of her Grandmother.  On their journey, Scarlet learns just exactly who Woolf really is, and her Grandmother.  This book also continues on the story from the previous book, Cinder.  Cinder, after being imprisoned, runs into Thorn, a fellow prisoner.  They help each other escape, and begin life as refugees.

I enjoyed Scarlet.  Full of action, suspense, and kept me turning the pages.  The writing was very well done, I'd give a special complement on the descriptions.

I loved Cinder, Thorn, and Iko, and  the characters from the past book are much more lovable in Scarlet.  I didn't like the main character of this particular book, but was developed well enough. 

Story and plot well developed.  Although based on fairy tales, has it's own story.  Villain's plot is pretty cliche', but the character herself is becoming more and more likable in the hateful sort of villain-y way.

Some good liners, but I wasn't a huge fan of the dialogue.  Definitely had it's good moments though, I just wish it was continued through the whole book.

Romance was slightly disturbing.

But over all, I really enjoyed this book, being an action and emotion junkie. I also enjoyed it better then Cinder, although I'm liking Cinder's story more through Scarlet's book.  I'm excited to read the next book.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I would give Scarlet a 6.

(WARNING!  Some inappropriate references, and some very slight cussing, and violence.)

Tarzan:

 Tarzan was about...Well...Usual Tarzan stuff.  A shirtless orphan adopted by gorillas.  This was the first version of Tarzan I've seen, so I'm not sure how much of the story was changed.  So I'll spare you the story and move on;

I liked it.  I didn't love it, but I liked it.  Again, I love action.  Had some pretty cool action scenes. 

Dialogue was actually pretty good.  Some dumb humor, but when they weren't trying to be funny, it was good.

Acting was also well done, minus the fact that most of the characters were having a really hard time keeping there american accent steady.  I imagine they were all British.  Well done.  Couldn't hold an accent though.

Characters were likable.

I'd say that Tarzan was good entertainment for one night, but I'm not sure I'd watch it again unless I had to.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I'd give Tarzan a 5.

(WARNING!...Pretty much all of the above.  You get it).