Doctor Strange challenged viewers to open their minds to experience something unlike anything Marvel had presented before.
The earliest marketing drew comparisons to Christopher Nolan’s Inception thanks to buildings folding in on themselves, but Doctor Strange took this to a completely new level.
The result was Strange, Mordo, Kaecilius, and his minions engaging in a battle that saw them moving forward, but everything else around them going in reverse.
This was not just an indication that magic was in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but a promise that the visuals would be something completely unique.