The only thing which salvaged this movie (and kept my interest while watching) was John Mayer's performance as Kang, but unfortunately, the character he played kinda turned into a nothing-burger as well. Everything else is a mess. There are a bunch of weird script choices which are noticeable on the first watch already, the characters, are just there, and the plot, only feels valuable in what it set ups instead of being interesting on its own. It's also crazy how they fumbled with an attempt at superposition in the quantum realm, and how little crazy they attempt with this entirely new world. It was kinda interesting but also very bland at the same time. But the main problem is that the plot and the characters are just kinda nothing. Kang was intriguing but he was too vague with his motivations, and we got something more concrete it was very generic and uninteresting. If you already have a villain who can see the end of time and multiple timelines and has an entirely different viewpoint on the world or rather the multiverse, can't you give him something more than just... the desire to conquer? Or petty revenge? One thing I gotta give to them is that the initial idea of Ant-Man stealing something for Kang was cool. But everything else, especially the third act, was just bad. 3.5/10
Review by KaitoVIP 2BlockedParentSpoilers2023-04-21T21:12:00Z
The only thing which salvaged this movie (and kept my interest while watching) was John Mayer's performance as Kang, but unfortunately, the character he played kinda turned into a nothing-burger as well.
Everything else is a mess. There are a bunch of weird script choices which are noticeable on the first watch already, the characters, are just there, and the plot, only feels valuable in what it set ups instead of being interesting on its own.
It's also crazy how they fumbled with an attempt at superposition in the quantum realm, and how little crazy they attempt with this entirely new world. It was kinda interesting but also very bland at the same time.
But the main problem is that the plot and the characters are just kinda nothing. Kang was intriguing but he was too vague with his motivations, and we got something more concrete it was very generic and uninteresting.
If you already have a villain who can see the end of time and multiple timelines and has an entirely different viewpoint on the world or rather the multiverse, can't you give him something more than just... the desire to conquer? Or petty revenge?
One thing I gotta give to them is that the initial idea of Ant-Man stealing something for Kang was cool. But everything else, especially the third act, was just bad.
3.5/10