This will be the
first Marvel/Disney movie I’ve seen that I can say wasn’t totally impactful
when it came to the action and explosions. The movie started off slow, and once
the excitement of seeing him shrink down with the ants and take on Falcon from
the Avengers was over, everything else the movie had to offer wasn’t top-tier
enough to be memorable.
For me, seeing
Hank Pym was the highlight, and Michael Douglas delivered. Paul Rudd was the
lead, but Michael Douglas stole the show for me. That said, the movie was very
light on the action I expected, especially compared to previous Marvel movies.
Looking ahead to the next set of Marvel movies, this will likely be seen as
good but not quite good enough to compete with the others.
I’m not much of
an Ant-Man fan, and I was expecting to see Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), the
scientist, in the suit. But this Ant-Man movie focuses on Scott Lang
(Paul Rudd), whose mentor is Hank Pym, as Hank has retired from wearing the
suit.
At Hank’s
company, his protégé Darren is desperate to understand the theory and magic
behind the Ant-Man’s abilities, which led to Hank pushing him aside.
Eventually, Darren had Hank voted off the board of his own company.
Now, Darren
(Corey Stoll) has figured out how to make the Ant-Man suit and is ready to sell
it to the highest bidder—but not if Hank Pym has anything to say about it. Hank
monitored, watched, and trained Scott Lang, with the help of his daughter Hope
(Evangeline Lilly), to make him suitable to wear the Ant-Man costume. Scott’s
task was simple: break into Hank’s former company, steal the prototype suit
from Darren, and destroy every document and detail that could lead to its
recreation.
While this isn’t
the best Marvel Universe movie, it’s also not the worst, so go see it.
The movie solidifies the idea that Marvel—or rather, Marvel’s owner,
Disney—wants to stay in the PG zone. For me, Disney is playing it safe with its
movies, making sure everyone can watch them.
DC Comics, on the other hand, owned by Warner Bros., is playing on the other
side of the fence. Their movies, including the upcoming ones, are usually
R-rated.
Ant-Man is fun to watch and captivating, to say the least. There aren’t many explosions, but there’s enough implosion to go around.
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