A month or two ago, Marvel Studios announced their Phase 3 film slate, which included films like Inhumans, Captain Marvel, and Captain America: Civil War. But, in addition to those other films I just mentioned, we are also getting Doctor Strange, and it’s about bloody time. I mean, for Christ’s sake, we got a “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie before we got “Doctor Strange”? Are you serious? Whatever, at least we get to see it happen now, as opposed to never.

Recently, it has been announced that Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) would portray the Sorcerer Supreme on screen. He was one of the actors rumored to be considered for the role the whole time. Those other actors included Joaquin Phoenix (Her), Keanu Reeves (John Wick), and probably other people who I’m not going to mention. This news has left most fans happy, and has inevitably angered some. There’s not really much you can do to help the people who are pissed off at everything though, so it’s best to pretend like they aren’t there at all.

Now, upon hearing this news of Benedict Cumberbatch being cast for Doctor Strange, I was excited as hell! And I still am. Marvel really casted an actor with amazing talent, as he shows on his BBC show Sherlock. If you’ve never checked out Sherlock, then I highly recommend the show to you. If you love crime shows, fast paced humor, and real English accents, you’ll love Sherlock. But this article isn’t about that, it’s about whether or not Benedict Cumberbatch will make a good Doctor Strange. And yes, he will.

Now, if you’re new to my blog, then you need to know that I am rather fond of listing my reasons on whether something will be good, bad, or both. That is typically how I lay my articles out, and it works for me. Also, it helps me get my point across to you, the consumer. So, without further ado, here are my reasons that Benedict Cumberbatch will knock it out of the park.

Marvel always casts well

Think of a Marvel movie. Think of someone in it who was just terrible. You can’t really come up with anything that was bad casting. Yes, Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t well liked among a lot of people. And frankly, I don’t understand that (she’s funny, attractive, and actually likable). And Ben Kingsley’s “Mandarin”, despite the fans taking steaming dumps on Iron Man 3, was an excellent choice to play the Mandarin. He just got screwed over by the writing of that movie…and the overall plot of that movie (sigh).

Anyway, Marvel tends to have extremely good taste in casting. Robert Downey Jr. as “Tony Stark1’. Chris Evans as “Captain America”. Seth Green as “Howard the Duck”. All of these casting were really great (even the last one…heh). And, in my humble opinion, this casting is no different. Marvel Studios is very good at what they do, and if they can make a truly awesome movie about one of the least known comic book properties ever, then maybe we should have a little bit of faith in them by now.

Benedict Cumberbatch is fantastic

As I mentioned earlier, Cumberbatch has talent. A lot of it. Even if you don’t like Stark Trek Into Darkness, you have to hand it to Cumberbatch for acting his ass off and delivering a pretty menacing performance. Also, he was in 12 Years a Slave, which won an Oscar, so it must be worth something, right?

The thing that strikes me about Cumberbatch is that he is very similar to Heath Ledger in a way. We’ve seen him in movies, but we haven’t really seen all of what he’s capable of. And I think that this role as Doctor Strange could, in fact, be his “Joker”. Now, am I saying he’ll win an Oscar for Doctor Strange? We can hope, but it ain’t likely. I think he will deliver a good-possibly even great-performance, and change the minds of everyone who doubted him, just as Heath Ledger did. He certainly has the tools to do it, he just needs to put them together.

He looks like Doctor Strange

Not much need for an explanation here. And this, frankly, can’t be credited to Benedict himself. So, thank you Mr. and Mrs. Cumberbatch for our Doctor Strange.

He doesn’t take himself too seriously

If you go and watch some interviews with him, he is, to say the least, pretty funny. He has a good sense of humor, can make fun of himself, and doesn’t seem to be too bothered by doing something that looks absolutely ridiculous. Which is a great thing, because playing Doctor Strange will require looking like a complete idiot at times. I can’t really imagine anyone saying “By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth”, whilst doing some kind of hand motion, and not feel like a complete idiot sometimes. I’m just being honest, playing this kind of role requires being able to let go of some pride and have some fun with it. And Cumberbatch can definitely accomplish this, even though he can’t even accomplish saying the word “penguin” correctly.

Now, if these reasons weren’t enough to convince you that he will be a great Strange, then that’s perfectly okay. We’ll all find out whether or not I’m right on November 4th, 2016. I hope I am right.

Thanks for reading guys, and please give me some feedback on this article, and whether you agree or disagree with me on this subject. Either way is fine with me, we’re still friends at the end of the day.