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5. Dormammu, I’ve Come to Bargain
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange gets a bad rap, but it's a really fun, gorgeously designed movie.
And near the end, the way its main character defeats the immortal elder god in his way is inspired. After figuring out how to use the Eye of Agamotto to turn back time, he heads into the dark dimension, a land with no time, to face Dormammu. "Dormammu," he says, "I've come to bargain." And he is immediately killed.
But time resets. Again and again until he reveals that he has trapped Dormammu in a never ending timeloop and won't end it unless the dark one swears to leave the earth alone. It's not just smart, it's an actually elegant way to beat the villain that isn't just "hit them a whole lot until they lose consciousness". And that's what Doctor Strange is all about. He's a puzzle solver at heart, a guy who outwits the undying.
And this scene is the ultimate depiction of that.
