Enjoyable. It was fun in a quirky kind of way. Kangs storyline is confusing because they’re multiple versions of him across the MCU so far that I wasn’t sure if this is the good guy or bad. Or if they’re all bad and we are supposed to pick the lesser of multiple evils? Who knows… definitely can’t wait to find out though.
I wish they’d stop casting hot actors to play a sympathetic villain. Just give me a villain like the Borg, no redeeming qualities there, no goal for the greater good either. Just complete selfishness. I want to root for the hero without doubt. :sob:
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
How the hell does one of the biggest franchises that exists currently end up as this? So poorly written from beginning to end. One of Marvel's worst looking movie, the CGI is sometimes terrible and other times good but the shift between the two took me out of it a couple times. The lighting is atrocious, it's as if someone was standing above the actors with leds. Worst of all is the cringey dialogue paired with the bad acting, holy shit was that bad! I mean come on lady you can't say "trillions" and be serious about it. Apart from Jonathan Majors and Paul Rudd it was filled with awful performances worst of all was Kathryn Newton she can't say a single line without being corny.
Jonathan Majors absolutely steals the show whenever he's around and his character has presence, somewhat like Darth Vader has. The whole vibe of the movie felt Star Wars-ish and I enjoyed the sci-fi elements and the aliens they were very imaginative. Still wondering if that holes obsessed alien goo was an analogy for the movie being filled with plot holes. The inclusion of M.O.D.O.(F.)K. was a good one, I enjoyed everything with him, he was funny and everyone laughed hard in the theater when he showed up. The comedy was, for once, well balanced and the action in the third act was enjoyable. Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Douglas' characters were very awkward to me. I feel like we barely got any development with Ant-Man and The Wasp (which she was barely in) but we got plenty for Kang which I felt like it was his movie.
I don't think this was the worst Marvel movie ever but it's definitely down there, great setup for the setup of the next setup though.
I don't hate it, but it was disappointing
Pros:
- Jonathan Majors killed it, even when given a poorly written character
Some extremely impressive visual effects
Intro and outro felt like the original movie. I wish the rest of the movie was like that
Character designs were pretty great. MODOK would've looked much better with his head covered, but still a good MCU design. Alien designs were fantastic
Cons:
- Modok and Darren were both butchered. I don't hate the design as much as others seem to, but his personality is just wrong. Not just for MODOK as a comic character, but Darren as an established MCU character
Kang was extraordinarily inconsistent and not the threat the marketing made him out to be. He can completely obliterate a background character with the point of a finger, but if that same blast hits a main character, they just get thrown back a bit.
Pacing was awful, and there were no meaningful connections built at ALL. Other than Scott, any character could've died, and it would've meant nothing. In fact, the entire movie was inconsequential. Council of Kangs are doing what they would've done anyway
Most jokes fell flat. The "don't be a dick" thing was painful. A shame considering how well-written and witty the original Ant-Man is
Bill Murray is only there for marketing purposes
MCU becoming so lame nowadays.
So dull and boring
DRINK THE OOZE!
Pros:
- Excellent performances
- Delightfully weird. More goop than your average Marvel movie.
- Some of the most stunning visuals I have ever seen.
- The humor in this movie is so utterly stupid and absurd and I love it.
Cons:
- Dialogue which seems to have been written by a twelve year old
- An unnecessarily confusing plot
Personally, I think this is the best Marvel movie since No Way Home.
How many holes do you have?
Like an orgy: lots of action and sensations, though a bit messy and will leave you feeling empty and under-satisfied when you're done.
Those of you who loved the charm and comedy of the first Ant-Man are going to be as let down as a Chinese weather balloon.
If you’d ask me what the highlights of the previous 2 Ant-Man movies are, I’d probably answer: I don’t remember much about them, but I liked those quirky scenes narrated by Michael Peña and the creative use of shrinking powers during the set pieces. For as forgettable as both movies are, at least I still remember the set piece with the train in the first movie, or the kitchen fight from the second movie. With this movie, I'm already having trouble remembering any specifics, because all of those typical Edgar Wright touches have been erased in favor of being a big CGI extravaganza. So, allow me to do a general breakdown of the three acts instead.
1st act: We get a set-up that's similar to Spiderman: No Way Home, which means it’s in a hurry to get to the main dish, making every main character look like an irresponsible dumbass in the process. Once we get to the quantum realm, we're met with a lot of cringe comedy. The design of the world is fine, it feels like a mashup of prequel era Star Wars, Avatar, The Fifth Element and Spy Kids, not like an original creation. A stronger, visionary director probably would've made a big difference here, or at least one who knows how to use the volume stages, because that might’ve avoided the Spy Kids comparisons.
2nd act: Jonathan Majors arrives to do some actual acting, and he somehow pulls it off despite the hammy, pseudo-intellectual lines given to him by the script. Michelle Pfeiffer also gets some time to shine, when she's on the screen with Majors it feels like the movie actually comes to life for a brief second. Still, the scenes with Kang feel tonally inconsistent with the rest of the movie, and I’m not sold on the idea of him being the Avengers level threat we’ve been waiting for. When it comes to the other actors, most of them are given nothing interesting to do, the supposed co-lead of this movie (according to the title) included. I don't like picking on younger actors, but it needs to be said that Emma Fuhrmann expressed more emotion during her 10 second appearance as Cassie Lang in Avengers: Endgame than Kathryn Newton did here. In terms of story, this portion of the movie is all about set-up and clunky exposition as delivered through monologues. One of the characters even gets introduced with his own 'previously on Ant-Man' recap, which I find insulting and shows what little faith this studio has in its audience. Besides, it probably would’ve been better to cut this character, because his inclusion is easily one of Marvel's worst creative decisions (the design and visual effects are laughable). Generally I'd say this act is pretty boring, and occasionally embarrassing.
3rd act: The movie decides it wants to be Aquaman instead, so we're getting an extended battle sequence of stuff fighting other stuff, with plenty of flashes, lasers and more stuff. It's big, it's loud, and I check out. Every cheesy crowdpleaser deserves its fair share of deus ex machina moments, but this movie spams the action movie trope of 'our main character is in peril only to get saved at the very last moment' to death at this point. Furthermore, the cringe comedy makes a big return, with Corey Stoll delivering a line so bad that it will become a meme (you'll know once you see the movie). More punchy stuff, more pew pew, more 'comedy', and thankfully the movie finally decides it has wasted enough of my time. We get a final montage that includes the first good joke of the movie, and the credits roll. Nothing is achieved, absolutely nothing. This is a cynically conceived advertisement that does not deserve your time.
3/10
This move should’ve been called: Janet Van Dyne’s Adventures in Star Warsmania.
Quantum Physics has so many incredible theories and hypothesis that could be explored and Marvel decided to take us to some random Star Wars planet / galaxy.
The jokes weren’t even that funny.
Oh my god. I was wondering if I'm too old for this kinda shitty-goofy-superhero movies, and I'm impressed by the reviews coming up. Nah man, seriously this movie is like a really really bad Rick and Morty episode written by a insta-teenager.
Sorry, I'm not a internet troll hater, I just regret paying for the ticket and wasting my time watching this lackluster film.
This feels like a bad Rick and Morty episode.
:asterisk_symbol:Looks up credits
Oh, ok.
I LOVE IT
-One of the best visuals in the MCU I have seen, everything is just beautiful.
-The jokes is not for everyone I guess, some people think they are lame and others like me is funny as hell, and its not forced at least I did not have that feeling.
-The story is not the best but deftly not the worst but makes sense and is easy to follow along.
Overall, a pretty bad start to the MCU Phase 5, as the plot (which there was almost none of) was morbidly disinteresting and at times excruciatingly dull. Yes... there was action and the CGI was okay, but no where near as good as I thought it would be. Cassie and Scott's relationship prominently shows how Marvel are running out of original ideas.
Am I becoming a harsher critic or are Marvel movies just getting worse? Probably a little bit of both, but this one certainly makes it feel like the latter. I've described much of the recent Marvel content as serviceable; that is to say, not good, but not bad either. I can't be so generous with this film. It was bad. The dialogue. The plot. The special effects. The dialogue. The humor. The setting. The dialogue. But really, the dialogue was bad. So full of clichés. Bland. Derivative. Forced.
Now, I prefer my reviews to have at least some specifics to hold myself accountable and make sure I'm not just throwing out substance-less word vomit, so here are a couple of problems that I still remember one week after watching this mess: (1) Janet keeping all this crap a secret; (2) Janet continuing to keep all this crap a secret when the crap is practically overflowing; (3) Janet making dumb excuses as to why she won't tell everyone about this secret crap. Okay, I'll throw in some non-Janet secret keeping related issues as well. (4) MODOK doesn't work in live action; (5) the quantum realm's rag-tag team of rebels is underdeveloped and I didn't care about them at all; (6) daughter hacking quantum realm AV system was an eye roll moment; and (7) Michael Douglas' final(?) line (something akin to "Sorry I'm late") was groan inducing.
It would be unfair to be so harsh and not also acknowledge the film's positives. It's a short list: (1) Jonathan Majors. He is the only one that sells his lines. Unfortunately he isn't enough to carry the movie.
This is epitome of what the bulk of Marvel films have been for me. It’s not a ‘good’ film, but it is undoubtedly an enjoyable film.
There’s a lot of points you have to accept and just move on. You could easily pick them apart, but you just have to chose to enjoy the film regardless. The most egregious being when a character essentially says “oh by the way this thing happened, and it’ll be essential to how the final act plays out. Here’s some flash backs to earlier points in the film to prove it happened. Despite none of those moments actually being in the film… just take my word that it happened” It’s bad, but if you just accept it an move on. The film is quite enjoyable.
I really wanted the quantum realm to have an actual identity, but everything felt like something I've already seen before, most likely on Star Wars. Quite a mid movie and that's a compliment. The only thing truly good about it is Jonathan's performance. But it also feels like he came on set thinking he was making one movie and Paul and everyone else came to make a different movie.
A bit too cheesy at times, but all in the appropriate tone. It's a fun popcorn flick that knows what we're there for and doesn't get distracted trying to flesh out things better left questioned. Mid-tier MCU, but still something fun and a good setup for the coming Kang conflict.
I have to question why people who dislike this movie are even at a superhero film in the first place. There are things to criticize here, and that's what keeps this from being a great movie instead of a good one. What it gets right, though, is still plenty of fun and much better than many of the overly complicated 3+ hour films studios have been pumping out to try and create something richer than the format allows. I'd take more of this over some of the other MCU alternatives anyday.
Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was a fun way to lose a couple of hours, but I could never shake the feeling that I was watching highlights from 3 or 4 better films. This is a movie just stuffed to the brim with characters, stories, and concepts that never really get a chance to breathe. On top of that was what should have been an amazingly inventive world kneecapped by effects that are going to age like an open milk container left in the basement. I know that many complained that Marvel's Phase 4 was too slow and meandering, but was packing the next phase into a single film the answer?
Oh god was this lame. Jonathan Majors, Paul Rudd, and Kathryn Newton sell the heck out of their roles but the plot was so weak. Some cringe acting by the side cast too. It felt like the actress who played Gentora learned to act by playing her role in the movie. The Quantum Realm was completely unimaginative. Most of it was like Star Wars, Kang’s minions were stormtroopers, there was even an Avatar realm in there. Zero points for creativity.
Like I said at the end of Thor: Love and Thunder, Marvel is SO done.
The screenplays of these Marvel movies seem more and more tired every time, the same things and plot twists seem to happen every time. Does it still make sense to keep dumping millions of dollars on them?
"Visually beautiful" is really the only good thing I can say about it. Except for MODOK.
The characters were all flat, despite the superb cast putting everything they had into it... It's just bad writing.
How is this film the second lowest rated MCU movie ever? Is it perfect? Not at all. But it is Ant-Man cheesy level enjoyable, with memorable set pieces, and a great introduction to the next big villain! Speaking of the villain, Jonathan Majors is incredible! He oozes of a smooth confidence that is more intimidating than if we was angry. The setting feels almost like a knock off Star Wars film, even down to outfits, locations, comic relief side characters. Don't trust the critics, check this one out!
Rating: 3/5 - 7.5/10 - Worth Watching
Is weakly scripted and depends too often on its talented actors reacting to green screen imagery. The world building parts rescued this from being a very boring affair so 5/10 it is.
Ant-Man movies have never been the best Marvel movies but they manage to entertain. It was a good start for phase 5 and what's to come. I just wonder if the Kangs will be able to fill Thanos' shoes
This was a great movie but as a Marvel movie, this was one hell of a set up for the future. I never imagined I'd see Kang on the big screen, and Jonathan Major was a amazing cast.
After weeks of the internet screaming into my face about how I MUST declare this movie the beginning of the end for Marvel... It was pretty good. Fun and silly as an Ant-Man movie should be. Perhaps a little desperate in places, but overall enjoying to watch.
Despite all attempts by the movie, Paul Rudd takes a back seat to no one. He continues to be best part of the Ant-Man family. The first movie without him and his devilish charm will be the first bad Ant-Man movie. Though this movie would have been a lot better with Scott's circle of misdemeanor friends.
Thankfully, the end credit scenes make me very excited for the future of Kang as a Thanos-tier villain ...and the return of a certain mischief-maker.
Whenever I am sitting down feeling contemplative and working on my bucket list, I always reflect upon my lifelong desire to one day see M.O.D.O.K.'s bare ass. Thanks, Marvel Studios! I can now scratch this one off the list.
Nowhere near as bad as people are saying, and I'm exhausted of Marvel content. Would watch this over Eternals, or Thor: Love and Thunder.
If you usually do drugs, do it before this and probably you'll like it more than me. :sweat_smile:
What a CGI mess that was. there was just way too much going on in every scene and the world building was absolutely atrocious. I still have no idea what the quantum realm is, but they sure do say it a fuck ton in this movie. It seems they took everything that worked well with the first two movies and threw them out the window. I usually love everything Paul Rudd is in but they gave him zero time to shine in this movie. The only direction he got was "all you care about is daughter" now go! Cassie was annoying in pretty much every scene and Bill Murray didn't fit at all it's like they threw him in last second. Not to mention why did they even add Willaim Jackson to this movie. Also what it is it with every Marvel movie ending with an all out war scene now. It's getting Tiresome.
and don't get me started about what they did with MODOK. i'm not even gonna touch that.
Bring back Michael Pena!!!
(4.5/10) - Ant Man is nowhere near as formidable as the majority of marvel superheroes and I don’t particularly love Paul Rudd. I didn’t really enjoy ‘Ant Man and The Wasp’ and this movie has not been received very well, so I had low expectations for this movie.
However, little did I know just how horrendous this film really was! From terrible special effects to pointless, disinteresting dialogue, you are guaranteed to be disappointed by the beginning of the MCU Phase Five.
I was most angered by how they approached the character of MODOK. In his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #93, MODOK was a real feared and powerful villain and primary foe for Captain America, but in ‘Ant Man and The Wasp: Quantamania’ he is a huge bald head with legs. I understand why some people would potentially find this somewhat funny, but I was outraged to see just how stupid his appearance and general personality was in this film. The MCU Phase Five is not at all promising currently, but upcoming movies look like they could be more watchable than this garbage!
Best Scene: Ant Man VS Kang (7.2/10) - Jonathan Majors did a great job with the trash he was given.
Extra Note: There are two relatively decent post-credit scenes.
the movie was certainly not bad. but also far from something special. many people said atleast the villan was good but i didnt notice anything diffrent than every other marvel villan.
the best thing about the movie was when the ANT MAN logo changed to quANTuMANia and if thats the best thing about a movie and one of the only parts i can remeber marvel should really try to change their strategy.
"Oh, you're an Avenger. Have I killed you before?"
Not going to sit here and say this is the best MCU movie, but also am not going to pretend there aren't good things happening here either. It feels a little like an after thought, and if they had changed a few things near the end it would've had more gravitas. Kang is great. Kang is scary and cool. I think Ant-Man serves better as a character that shows up in other MCU movies.
[5.8/10] The Ant-Man sub-franchise had a few things going for it. For one, it was smaller stakes, which made it feel a little more down-to-earth relative to the other Avengers’ adventures. For another, it was fun, taking a lighter approach that gave it a distinctive flavor among its more serious brethren. And beyond its vibe, it had a good gimmick, with the shrinking and growing superpower paving the way for some inventive sequences to keep things interesting.
Ant-Man & Wasp: Quantumania effectively throws all of that out the window and suffers mightily for it.
You could argue the stakes are still small here, since Scott Lang, his daughter Cassie, his partner Hope Van Dyne, and her parents, Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, all descend into the quantum realm, a subatomic world full of unusual beings and its own distinct ecosystem. But the goal here is to stop Kang the Conqueror (a version of whom made his debut in Loki) from not just destroying the Quantum Realm, not just destroying the world, but from breaking out and potentially destroying the multiverse. (Or saving it. Who knows!) What’s at risk is huge.
But hey, most of that is pretty abstract and spoken more in cryptic teases rather for a future Avengers flick than something at issue right now. Nevertheless, even limiting Quantumania to its immediate concerns, you’re still dealing with a Star Wars-esque band of rebels joining together to take down an oppressive evil empire. It’s a far cry from the comparatively mundane concerns of a divorced dad getting wrapped up in something crazy in the midst of some small-time crookery, and the premise is a poor fit for the franchise.
Ant-Man 3 also isn’t especially fun, at least not after our heroes are sucked into the Quantum Realm. The opening has more of the tone of the other films, with amusing bits about Scott leaning into his fame, and some nice intra-family friction. But once things go subatomic, the vibe is generally life or death, with a megalomaniacal villain offering torture and killing, allegedly devastating secrets kept by family members, and a fascist regime holding its bootheel on everyone within reach. These characters aren’t really built to withstand the grim, deadly serious tone.
In Quantumania, it tries to joke around a bit, however intermittently and awkwardly. Scott and Cassie run into a motley crew of freedom fighters, including William Jackson Harper (a ringer from The Good Place) who plays a telepath who wishes he was anything but, and an ooze monster with hole envy. Bill Murray stops by for about five minutes to do his usual shtick. And there’s the occasional bit of banter among the Lang/Van Dyne/Pym clan to try to lighten the mood. Unfortunately, it largely feels shoehorned in and otherwise out of place.
To be fair, the humor’s meager landing isn’t entirely Quantumania’s fault. In the years since Ant-Man, the MCU has seen the arrival of Guardians of the Galaxy, and the comic shift of the Thor franchise. Both of those film series do the wacky aliens and zany hijinks in a wild and wooly galaxy” thing better than this film does. So Ant-Man 3 plays like a late-comer to that approach, whose blows (and jokes) don’t land with nearly the same force, and are all but entirely lacking in novelty.
Yet, maybe the biggest departure is that the action sequences are almost entirely forgettable. Even when the Ant-Man franchise isn’t firing on all cylinders, the ability to miniaturize or embiggen people, places, and things always gave Scott’s exploits a little extra zing. Quantumania tries here and there, but in the Quantum realm, everything about the setting is so fantastical unreal that you never really have the sense of scale necessary to make that sort of concept work.
The closest the film comes is a mid-movie set piece where Scott and Hope shrink down into a “probability storm” that results in dozens of duplicates jostling for space. It’s at least a reasonably unique visual, even if that sort of thing has been seen in everything from The Matrix Reloaded to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Unfortunately, even that is hobbled by arguably the film’s most glaring weakness -- it is just plain ugly to look at. In many places, the compositing is embarrassingly bad for a major studio release, with the human actors seeming like they’re standing in front of screensavers. Many of the CGI characters lack weight or grace in their movements, giving an uncanny valley feel. And while the makeup, costuming, design and animation teams do come up with some cool-looking players, the overall aesthetic of the film is both muddy and antiseptic, with visuals that make it feel more like a mid-2000s blockbuster rather than one released in 2023.
Even if you wipe all of that stuff away and take Quantumania as its own thing, the movie has other problems it cannot surmount. In particular, the script comes off utterly stunted. Corey Stoll returns as Darren from the first movie (with the most notably hideous character design as MODOK), and gets a sort of redemption arc that might be meaningful if it didn’t come off half-baked and tonally strange. The third act climax sees the rebels joining the Ant-crew to stop Kang, but since they too have barely been fleshed out at all, their grand uprising plays like an empty gesture.
Most of all, the film squanders an interesting father-daughter conflict. Cassie’s become an activist, chastising her father for resting on his laurels rather than continuing to help people post-Endgame. Scott is coasting on his fame a bit, worried that Cassie’s overzealousness might get her in trouble. You could build something worthwhile around that idea!
Instead, the film yada-yadas over most of it, until at the end of the picture, Scott stands up to Kang, and somehow that makes it all better. The movie barely dramatizes the conflict at all after the first act, and doesn’t do the work to really give Scott or Cassie an arc through all of this, simply slapping a happy ending on with a bit of dialogue for spackle and hoping the audience won’t notice. (Don’t get me started on Janet’s similarly undercooked arc.) Even based purely on its own merits, Ant-Man 3 stumbles over basic storytelling.
Part of me wants to give Quantumania credit for being so different. In principle, it’s a good thing for a film franchise not to keep serving up different versions of the same thing to audiences over and over again. Using Scott Lang and company to do a Star Wars riff could pay dividends if done right. The peculiarity of the match could be a feature, not a bug (if you’ll pardon the expression). But the film doesn’t really achieve any of the new, theoretically cool things it tries to do here. The humor, the heart, the gimmick, and the ant-sized adventures all go by the wayside, in favor of something that is certainly different, but unfortunately, isn’t very good.
Oh, dear disillusioned viewer! It seems you've stumbled upon a Marvel mishap that has left you feeling less than impressed. But fear not, for even in the realm of superhero films, there is room for a dash of humor and wit. Let me give it a shot:
Well, well, well, looks like someone found a 'pile of boring mess' while journeying through the Marvel universe. It seems Disney's influence has ignited a spark of discontent! But hey, let's not shrink away from the humor here. Ant-Man, oh Ant-Man, it appears the third installment didn't quite measure up to its predecessors. Perhaps they should have called it 'Ant-Man and the Shrinking Expectations.' And let's not forget poor Cassie Lang! Kathryn's performance lacked basic emotion? Oh my, maybe they should have cast a professional emoticon to portray the character. :neutral_face: Don't worry, though, the superhero world is vast, and even the mightiest of franchises stumble from time to time. It seems this one deserves a solid 0/10.
Does anyone actually like the Quantum realm ? Isn’t that the point, that Kang fella was sent there as a punishment so why create a whole movie where we have to suffer in it too. Ant-man (1st one) was a funny and entertaining movie, all that has been sucked out of this and it’s a complete waste of time.
"Let me make this easy for you. You will bring me what I need, or I will kill your daughter in front of you and make you re-live that moment over and over again, in time, endlessly, until you beg me to kill you. Do we understand?"
What a menacing line from a great scene presence of the villain, Kang.
On the other hand, this is Marvel at its lowest. I'm starting to find the Multiverse saga to be boring and messy. If this is the quality that Marvel is now going for, then I am so ready for its downfall. I HATED what they did with the character of Kang in the final battle, which now makes him less of a threat to the Avengers.
I felt so sorry for Micheal Douglas, who looked so confused at what he is supposed to be looking at or what lines he had to deliver.
I've watched movies with smaller budgets that look better than this.
Definitely not for me. Poor writing, found no real interest in the story at all or the characters. Way to woke to the point that it distracts from anything else. Thought I'd give it a shot to see if Marvel even has made an attempt at former glory, but alas...no...still forgettable and cringy.
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’:
I just have so many questions. This entire plot was made up of poorly-explained scenarios. The ants. The whole Quantum Realm world. How Hank became a master pilot in five minutes. Even the new supporting characters were poorly introduced. But the most significant, and unfortunate, blunder of a storyline was Kang. I still don’t get what he is, what he wants, why he wants to eliminate timelines, why he was banished, and what’s supposed to make him so threatening/powerful. With the intensity of which Janet was introducing him, how nervous she was, we should’ve seen someone a bit more intimidating. And for a villain that’s supposed to be the next Thanos… I’m concerned.
There was barely any humor here. This is an Ant-Man movie, right? M.O.D.O.K/Darren’s death was the closest we got to anything remotely amusing.
So many meant-to-be-poignant moments fell very flat. “It‘s never too late to not be a dick” was just not it. Cassie’s speech was far from inspiring as intended. Even the father/daughter bonding felt a bit forced. Cass seems to be a common denominator here.
Bonus Thought: This film took me four nights to watch, falling asleep the first three.
Easily the worst Marvel movie ever. Confusing plot, horribly written, a waste of a great villain.
This movie sucked, period. I like Paul Rudd and will watch most of his movies. But this isn't a Paul Rudd movie it's a Michelle Pfeiffer and Kathryn Newton movie that Paul Rudd just happens to be in. The dialogue is bad, the story is boring and if I wanted to see senior citizens doing action scenes I would watch old people fall down on Youtube. The argument about the special effects being good is a moot point because there are dozens of movies that look as good as this one and with the size of the budget it should look good. Also Evangeline Lilly has aged horribly, she is 10 years younger than Paul Rudd but looks old enough to be his mom.
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
Not one of MCU's best. I don't have a problem with the quality of the CGI. I have a problem with it looking like they recycled assets from Star Wars. You're MCU. Put in some effort.
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So, yhea, the Ant-Man movies are definitely going down hill. This third installment was missing all the fun, charm and excitement from the first movie. Yes, they did try to inject some humor, but it felt off, felt forced and never really hit right. I feel like Marvel needs to go back to the basics. In the early days of the Marvel franchise, real brick and mortar locations were used with some CGI added in for some fun special effects. Now-a-days it seems like its wall to wall CGI and it's just too much. More is not always a better.
And then there's M.O.D.O.K. and Krylar. M.O.D.O.K. just felt wrong and Bill Murray had no business being in this movie.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
it's an ant-man movie, what would you expect? overall it's a good movie, it's fun, and i already love to hate kang!
How did this crap even get made? Elaborate trippy visuals dont make up for a story so awful and ridiculous it defies belief. Ant Man-no ants, nothing. Utter rubbish. After the abysmal Thor-Love and Thunder I thought Marvel could'nt get any worse.....They just did!
This is a quality film but more than that it brings together so many pieces of the Marvel universe like the quantum realm and the multiverse
This week, commenting on the last episode of Marvel's phase 4, I was told that few films are original lately, and that it's easy to see that there are scripts similar to others. Quantumania is a clear example of this, because the other day I didn't see Ant-Man and the Wasp, I saw Tron Legacy.
Maybe it's just how critical I'm being lately with the franchise that has made me go to the cinema the most in my life, but I kept seeing similarities, similar plots, sequences and scenes, which made the experience less enjoyable than expected. Not even the spectacular special effects (not you, Modok. I find the way they've revealed the appearance of one of Marvel's darkest villains in Quantumania so embarrassing that I refuse to comment on it) didn't turn me away from that idea.
Aside from that constant sense of deja-vu, I was grateful to see that the power scales were correct: if you put characters like Ant-Man and the Wasp next to the villain of the film, it's understandable that there's that disparity, and I have to admit that I'm starting to see Jonathan Majors, who I came to loathe in Lovecraft Territory and Loki (yes, he's THAT character), but who has managed to please me with his gestures and way of acting. Looking forward to seeing him in the original version.
Like its predecessors, the third part of Scott Lang's particular saga is still as mediocre as all the others, but it manages to get a smile out of you from time to time. And Bill Murray is in it, what more could we ask for?
The building is good, but the ending disappointing.
It tries to keep the humorous vibe that goes with Ant-Man, but a looot of the jokes fall flat and/or are just stupid.
It's entirely CGI, and with one line of thought: "Quantum means weird: Let's mix whatever weird thing we can thing about but make it look like Star Wars cantina"Some ideas are interesting, some are not, but it's just brushed over and unexploited.
For the characters, it's a bit weird. Not an Ant-Man but a Let's bring the whole family movie. Which mostly does not work.
Paul Rudd does the job. Not much more to say, he was a good fit before, still is. The character is set now, so nothing really new (a bit of a let down on a third movie), but the Scott parts (as in non Ant-Man) are fun.
Cassie being a rebel, also genius scientist, and having her own suit, is a pretty nice thing (probably going for some future teen avengers). I felt the character was well balanced since she's still a child and doesn't know what she's doing, she did not become an instant superhero.
But Hank was very disappointing. He has mostly some punchlines and poses, but overall doesn't bring much to the movie. He really felt out of place most of the time.
Not much better from Janet. Basically "shut up, I had another life there and I won't talk about it" for more than half the movie, and almost nothing afterwards.
And Hope is mostly absent. Following the parents, has a minimum utility in the weird scene, fights a bit at the end.
The Quantum Realm residents have some interesting designs. But again, most of the jokes/punchlines fall flat. The talk about holes was funny the first time, not the fourth.
MODOK was insufferably annoying. Jar Jar Binks level. Looks like lo-fi CGI that really detonates in the middle of an already all CGI movie, like a botched photoshop with different resolution images. No idea if he was supposed to be funny or tragic or weird or a mix, but whatever, all of his scenes are cringe, topped at his ending.
Kang, however, was great. Well, Majors is great, and the character is mostly good. But its use and ending are underwhelming to say the least.
He's building a huge army, destined to conquer the multiverse and it all gets trashed by only one big guy.
He supposedly rule the Quantum Realm, but is totally unaware that there is a whole civilization of more technologically advanced ants.
His fighting abilities are not that great (not supposed to be his strength) even if it tries to make us think so, having a whole army flee from him, but that makes the all ending being a punching contest with Ant-Man a bit stupid.
He has supposedly already defeated so many Avengers that he can't remember. He was supposedly so dangerous that all his other versions leagued together to banish him. But seriously, being defeated that easily by Ant-Man, what could he have done against Thor, or Hulk, or a whole team of Avengers ?
Small annoying thing, that is pretty usual: the whole concept is that it's impossible to get out of the Quantum Realm, yet once it's convenient, they just go back however they want. Janet just spends a few minutes on Kang's computer to open a portal back (and directly to their basement !). Meaning there is already everything for it to work, there is no need for extra hardware or energy source or whatever, just need to configure something. She does it in a few minutes and he couldn't manage it in all these years ?? And then, after the supposedly only chance closes, they just conveniently have a second opened, instantly, just like that, at the right place (supposedly by Cassie this time). So again, she figures it out in a few minutes ??
A word about the big scene. I suppose it was meant to be a cool climax, but it just felt annoying and stupid.
In the first movies, going in the Quantum Realm was something bad happening when you went too small with the suit.Now they're in it, yet they can still use the suits to get bigger or smaller or much smaller or it seems even Quantum Realm smaller...
Not clear why the module/engine/core/whatever has been gigantized, yet he needs to get quantum small to get to it ?
And then there's this whole probability thing.
It's meant to be different versions depending on decisions at that moment. So identical up to the point they split. So how the hell is there the BR version ? Why would all decide to help him ? They're all here to save their daughter. By comparison, the Wasp has just a few barely seen after-images. And I get the symbolism of all disappearing when they joined, but come one, how does that make any sense ? So yeah, what a waste of money on that scene.
So a few good ideas, a good start, but the whole second half is full of disappointment. An ok entertainment mixed with very annoying things.
This crap makes me wanna rewatch the infinity saga. Ill do just that
Given these movies' silly nature, this one fails to set the tone for Kang. I was hoping for some intense acting in the Majors x Pfeiffer scenes at least, but it was mostly a brief flashback. Janet not telling the others what's going on pissed me off lmao.
My highlight was when, uhh, Jonathan Majors' sexy bare arms. And the super smart cyborg ants, I guess. Gotta wait for Loki Season 2.
I should give the disclaimer that I am not a Paul Rudd fan and this franchise is by far my least favourite of the Marvel Universe. (I am, however, a fan of Evangeline Lilly and Michelle Pfeiffer). The movie was overpowered by special effects that left actors reacting to blue screens. The writing was devoid of any clever insights into time and multiverse travel. There was no depth to the villain that would raise the threat level. Frankly I was underwhelmed and bored. I give this film a 5 (yawn) out of 10 [Marvel Superhero Adventure]
This movie was really disappointing. The story was complicated but it didn’t manage to grab my attention really. There were a few funny scenes though, but mostly the jokes felt a bit forced and cringy.
Scott has always been one of my favourite characters, but even he couldn’t save this movie.
Legitimately one of the worst films I've ever seen. I love the MCU but lately it's just been outright bad. Here's hoping Feige is smart enough to remove Jeff Loveness from Kang Dynasty, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Maybe James Gunn can sway me with his MCU swan song. We'll see.
It is a good movie. I liked it; just a new style for the ant-man movie series now. The story is not the best and not as funny, but as it shows in the trailer is about family, someone calls Vin Diesel!! There are 2 post-credit scenes; the second is after the credits; you need to see them.
Marvel has lost it’s magic…..
It was a fine movie that set up the next big bad; however, it left a lot to be desired in character development and plot. It seemed like the end of the movie left us in the exact same place as the beginning though.
8/10
Welcome To
Sub-Atomica
ANT-MAN WASP
QUANTUMMANIA
is the 31st entry into
The MCU
And is a direct line
Into the beginning of
Phase 5 and will be a direct line into
Avengers Kang Dynasty
(2026) as stated by
Kevin Feige.
I thought this was a great movie
and has definitely done it's job well
Impacting
The MCU
And setting it up for
The culmination of
THE MULTIVERSE SAGA
(2026-2027).
Jonathan Majors
Absolutely Knocks it clean out the
Ball Park with his
Outstanding performance
Of "Kang"
and with that soft spoken
Voice
But very strong all
Powerful persona
I found him menacing
Scary and definitely
An "Avengers
level threat"
Equal To Thanos
If not more so.
The way Marvel
Is slowly building
"Kang The Conqueror"
right from Loki S1 then
through to Loki season 2
Is fantastic, tremendous actually
because come
Avengers The Kang Dynasty
and
Avengers Secret Wars
In 2026-2027
You know he is going to be near enough unstoppable
And the biggest problem to the hole of creation
In every timeline and
Every possible timeline
right across
The Multiverse,
We can not comprehend
The scale of Chaos and
Destruction this
"Space King"
Will do across
The Entire Multiverse
Trillions and Trillions+
Of lives are at stake
And us
The Marvel
Fandom are in for
A real treat.
We are in safe hands
With Kevin Feige
And he's going deliver
To us something on a scale we have
not seen
The likes of yet
And now
Ant-Man Wasp Quantumania
Has officially kicked
Phase 5 off
We have an extraordinary experience ahead
and I'm here for every
Glorious moment
Of it.
I Loved the emotional family
Bond that this 3rd installment
Put front and centre
And Kathryn Newton
As Cassie Lang
Put in an exceptional performance,
Great chemistry between her
and Scott.
The VFX we're fantastic
And after all our visits
The Quantum Realm
This Time Around Still
Felt and Looked Fresh
and New,
Quantum people in
The Quantum Realm
Wow, super interesting
and so different from anything
We have seen before,
"I loved it".
This was an emotional
Rollercoaster ride of
Fun, excitement, thrills and spills
But with a grounded balance
Of Heart felt family emotion
Of the lengths a parent will
Go to too save and keep their
Child safe.
"(The things anyone of us
would do for love hey)".
Verdict: a solid 3rd
Installment that brings
Something new to
The MCU, elements that
Will impact it and change it
Forever.
outstanding
Performances
All around.
(Unlike Kang
If I did have power
Over the entire Multiverse
Timelines,
No Way I Would Skip
To The End Of The MCU
To See How It All Plays Out)
(I want to be in the loop
Forever and enjoy every
single second of it in
Real-Time).
KANG WILL RETURN
MORE THAN :a: FAN
#ALWAYSTHATMARVELGUY
The movie definitely had some hilarious moments and good comedic timing. It was probably one of the best Marvel comedies. But other than that it was such a bland superhero trope with zero innovation in times of story, Also none of the CG environments and all that bombast resonated with me in any way,
A mess of a film that fails at the first hurdle. Doesn’t even understand the basics of storytelling or characters. It’s boring and nonsensical.
I wasn't expecting much after the recent run of form for Marvel, however I actually enjoyed this quite a bit. There was a good amount of humor that had my family laughing, particularly with the "holes" guy. There were pretty cool special effects scattered throughout, and even though the heroes themselves were pretty "lame" in general, the villain and world were awesome.
6.5/10 - It's super silly but also somewhat fun. I found it too cheesy at times though... It was kinda good but not quite there (it was especially a letdown for a Marvel movie, let alone an MCU movie). It also didn't actually feel like a proper MCU movie - there was no real connection to the MCU - apart of Ant-Man. I guess it's only part of the MCU to introduce new characters, that "villain", and more of the multiverse (unfortunately I really don't like multiverses being part of the MCU!).
Anyway, the CGI was really nice but the story not so much. The story was too much of a mess, I didn't really connect to any characters, and it felt too pointless. It was basically just a weird adventure (with elements from "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Tron").
I was very happy to see Loki in the end credits though! Victor Timely must be really bad if even Loki finds him terrifying :o
PS: Did Loki also appear as a bystander when Scott had his monologue at the beginning? One of the "bystanders" looked like him but I wasn't sure.
PPS: I was also wondering where I know Jentorra's voice from (Katy O’Brian) but it looks like I know her from a couple of movies/shows (e.g., Kimball in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.).
I love Ant-Man. I love the OG cast. I love the concept.
However... The charm that came with the first two installments is gone. What makes Ant-Man so good is the "fish out of water" aspect of an ex-con who has lost everything, suddenly becoming a super hero and redeeming himself... while kicking some ass. We are also missing Michael Peña and his narrative cut scenes. I loved those dog!
Just like with Thor: Love and Thunder, we are telling more of a story that has already been told. It adds nothing to the greater MCU. We have some of the same, tired old villians (M.O.D.O.K) who somehow are forced into relevancy, (as someone else here said) "in a Rick and Morty" kind of way. Don't get me wrong, I love Rick and Morty, but I this is not R&M, it's Marvel. The only interesting thing we get is a summation of what Janet did during her 30 years in the Quantum Realm, which we really didn't need to know anyways.
Unfortunately, Quantumania is another victim of a film made after Endgame where we all were content with how things ended.
What in the Spy Kids 3D was this? CGI was terrible, plot dumb, and lazy storytelling. MODOK WTF, abomination. Only reason it gets a few stars is there were a few decent laughs in here. Still another disappointing Marvel movie.
It's a marvel how little I enjoyed this.
I do give 8 but there is so much CGI now. This is the main reason why I don't think of watching Marvel's movies..... Soon Hollywood will only be populated by 3D artists. No more actors, no more real landscapes since everything is special effects and 3D. And before actors disappear, they will only need to show up at work in underwear because their image will CGIed...
Anyways, it feels good to see some faces I haven't seen in years :smile_cat:
Iv seen alot of disney movies with amazing greenscreening. Why couldn't this reach the same standard? Not saying that it was awful but it could have most definitely been better. Same with the script.
It's unfortunate when you have to lower normal expectations because your constantly being let down. It seems with marvel that it's quantity over quality. The movie itself is one of the most forgettable ones, im writing this review right after watching and I cant stop trying to think of what even happened in the movie.
A few comments after watching this:
- Janet being so cryptic about the Quantum realm up until a while AFTER they're actually in it is so frustraing. Of course everyone's going to have questions, it just doesn't make sense not to warn them or inform them of certain things.
- So we know because of Endgame that Scott was trapped in the QR for a few hours and 5 years passed in the normal world... How long were they trapped in the QR in this movie and why hasn't at least a year or so passed?
- Ah yes, the whole "antagonist will take the time to yap on about their backstory and plan, until it's too late to actually go ahead with it because the good guys have foiled it"... Kang had the core, yet decided to parade his new army to Janet for so much time that Scott, Hope, Cassie, Hank, and pretty much the entire rebellion showed up... How convenient!
- This movie needed Luis. It just doesn't feel like an Antman movie without him. Could've been in any of the 2 credit scenes, or even just the ending?
- The scene where huge Scott and Cassie run and hug was... Weird. They're meant to be gigantic, but there's basically nothing around them in the scene to show up perspective, so it kinda just looks like they're normal sized.
- The battle outside with Kang was... Disappointing. Didn't feel like there were any stakes - in fact, really none of the scenes except maybe the one with Kang about to kill Scott and Cassie was.
- I do wonder if the writers actually thought about actually leaving Scott and Hope in the QR at the very end... Bit dark, but what about the line, "we both have to lose"? Really just threw that one almost immediately after it was said.
- We did not need a MODOK in this movie. Like, at all.
- Cassie's debut as an actual superhero could've been a thing in this movie. It's definitely set up at the beginning: She was already doing things for good (protesting the police who were forcing out displaced persons from the blip), and had a suit... Sure, she may have still been learning how to properly fight and this is her very first adventure, but it was a good enough setup for her to debut. Her character "arc" otherwise just feels flimsy.
The ants finish off one of the multiple Kang.
If you like a good action movie, go grab another movie; )
A pretty decent story with good visual effects and decent acting so another marvel movie
It's literally only worth watching for the post credit scene, just like Ant-Man & The Wasp...
As much I love Scott and Veb, the story was weak for me, no mind-blowing moment here.
I was led to believe this would be terrible but I rather really enjoyed it.
MODOK's big screen arrival must have been conceived during a week long peyote binge. Having not been apart of that myself he just seems hilariously half baked despite the dozens of other creatures that make up this outing. That said I expected nearly nothing and got more than I thought I would here, albeit in short bursts of originality and humour. Not as awful as it could have been but nothing to go seeking out either. 5.8.
This one was quite good actually. Marvel is quite a bit of hit and miss lately. It all depends on whether one of the woke retards has gotten their grubby hands on the script or not.
It was of course encouraging that the woke “critics” on the well known rubbish site Rotten Tomatoes declared it rotten while it got a 82% score from the actual audience. Always a good sign for a movie.
The movie is a pure adventure movie meant to entertain the audience. The script is decent and, as usual with a Marvel movie, serves mainly to create a reason for doing action sequences and lots and lots of special effects.
The adventure is mixed in with some humor but it is generally okay and not overdone.
The scenery in the quantum world is fantastic and the creatures are great ranging from terrifying to quite fun. Bringing in Bill Murray was a nice surprise even though he was a bit of a bad guy and quite short lived.
The one character I really didn’t like was Paul Rudd as the Ant-Man. His anti-hero bullshit, reluctance to fight and generally being a douche until he was forced to actually do what was right was really grating on me.
Overall though this was some well spent two hours.
Good until kang flashback. Kang acting is weird. Emotionless action scenes. Weak climax. Gog 3 was good because of emotions this movie doesn't even know what emotion means
I despise alien type movies
in a sentence, Rick & Morty did it better. This movie certainly isn't bad, I think it's good, but this movie feels like it ripped some of the most interesting multiverse concepts from Rick & Morty and applied them in some of the least interesting ways. Jonathan Majors certainly steals the show here as who I'll call "Loser Kang", but beneath his stellar performance is a film stretched thin: a superhero film with a science fiction plot that's trying so hard to be faithful to each genre that it almost doesn't succeed at both and fails to make the world feel alive in the process.
Without getting into spoilers, there's talk of fighting over timelines without too much explanation beyond "Kang wants to conquer", which makes the idea of alternate versions of him doing certain things with certain people not make much sense at all. Janet's backstory is really compelling, until you realize that it's somewhat hollow because her allies, enemies and even the society for which she fought seems entirely one-dimensional; her friends are good, her enemies are bad, the society must be saved. There's no room for nuance here amongst anyone or any civilization within the Quantum Realm, and much like the first Thor movie, we don't get an idea on what life is really like for the citizens in this society either. And don't get me started on Scott warming up to a certain character near the end, despite his defining trait in this movie being his love for his daughter.
All of that said, there's plenty to like in this movie. I do think that the CGI really worked here, and unlike what I had heard from reviews, Cassie isn't terribly annoying. Sure, she's dumb, headstrong and naive, but that's completely appropriate given her age and experience. So while I may not agree with her ethics on how many fights a hero needs to take on, they would certainly make sense from her perspective. Also, some of the sci fi depictions were visually great. I haven't seen alien races this diverse and well designed since Star Wars, and the Quantum Storm I think is the one idea from Rick & Morty that's absolute worth seeing in live action as opposed to 2D animation.
The worst part of the movie is the ending. Ironically, it feels like the writers cough cough ran out of time. The ant subplot feels contrived for the mere sake of convenience, since it's hinted at towards the end of the first act and then ignored in the middle, only to be brought back in the third act, and there are some really odd lines in the third act that are incredibly cheesy and just feel plain out of place amongst the rest of the dialogue. It's also not clear why Kang confronted Ant Man & Co. in the way that he did, since he probably could have won with 45 minutes to spare in the film. Still, I'm presuming that this movie is supposed to show us a tamer version of Kang, so it does get a pass from me on that point.
In the end, if you don't like the more lore-rich stories from Rick & Morty, you won't like this. It's a sci fi superhero film that doesn't know whether or not it should lean into the sci fi aspects, or the superhero aspects at any given time, which is understandable; lean into the sci fi which could show us some of the nuances of the Quantum Realm's inhabitants, and you miss out on some superhero action, but lean too far into the superhero aspect and this becomes a completely boring and bland expedition.
What we get in the end is a bit of both, and while the mixture is a mild case of mixing flavors that don't really go together particularly well, we're left with a potion that goes down well enough.
idk why but I loved this movie. The visuals were stunning and it didn't bore me like the second one did. Not saying it's a masterpiece but it made for a very entertaining watch.
Well, I'm just sticking to the first one. Erased the second one from my brain... And this one of course.
Jonathan Majors delivers an amazing performance. The film could have done without MODOK. As a kick-starter to Phase V I was expecting Quantumania to be amazing film sadly my expectation went down after 30 minutes in the film
Quite enjoyable, but definitely didn’t feel as “fun” and “playful” as the other Ant-Man films. Never really knew much about Kang before this film, so cant say I agree or disagree with peoples thoughts on him.
The dude with the holes was awesome, I want a friend like that! :joy:
MODOK wasn’t quite what I expected. In a way it would have been better if they kept the mask thing on him. I get they were trying to keep it in line with the comics version, but it just felt… weird.
Overall a good fun filled adventure, but not as humorous as I was hoping.
I didn't dislike it, but didn't love it. Most of the first half felt like it was a (mediocre) Star Wars movie, and then the second half (well, all of it, but mainly the second half) felt like the new standard CGI barf fest that MCU movies have become. It's wearing thin for me. No Way Home is the only MCU film I've enjoyed since Endgame. They're floundering.
One word to describe this movie …..Meh
It isn't one of the best Marvel movies, but I'm stil giving this an 8 out of 10. Why? Because it's just a really fun movie that doesn't take itself too serious. It has a great cast and a simple but entertaining story.
As a huge fan of the first one, and almost as big a fan of the second one, I decided to go all out and see this one in 3D with the 4DX motion and sensory seats. What a let down; sure, sitting in the nicest seats for the best visual, motion and sensory experience was great, but I felt like I was watching a Looney Tunes story, instead of any type of story that is part, or compliments the MCU timeline. This was literally one of Marvel's dullest and most unnecessary movies to date. The entire story was cliched and predictable, and there was more CGI than there was any type of interesting story, let alone one with any substance. Even the normally awesome and hilarious humor in the previous installments was absent in this one. Almost the entire film is taking place inside a CGI story, so there was no need for any movie sets or locations... this was all green-screen nonsense. It's a very generous 6/10 from me, only because I still enjoyed the fun ride in my upgraded seats, although the money spent would've been more fun at an amusement park.
the only good part was the tie in to Loki season 2
This was not good. The try-hard comedy fell flat in almost all instances, and the film was a perfect example of for every good idea Stan Lee had, he had 30 failures. M.O.D.O.K. was quite possibly the dumbest character created in the history of storytelling. And, as much praise as Jonathan Majors received for this role, the character of Kang was a huge letdown. He was also a weak character creation by Lee. There were a countless number of him, so killing him didn't really kill him? Talk about a lazy creation. He was just an incredibly boring villain, and when there were more interesting villains in the Marvel universe, it was an odd choice to use him. The fact was, we saw Marvel's "A" game w/ the Avengers, but this was their "B" team. As good as Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was, this wasn't even close to that. Who doesn't like Paul Rudd? And, Kathryn Newton's great, but this film was just weak.
Proper garbage. I liked the previous two movies. This was cringe.
Ant-Man? More like Plot Convenience-Man.
Ok bad joke
Very generic and grey. Lost the charm of previous entries
MODOK graphics are pure garbage
:star:
Wouldn’t watch again, wouldn’t recommend
The story was incoherent except as a forced setup of Kang and of passing of the Ant-Man-tle to Lang’s daughter.
Nice that we get to see more of Hank Pym here.
I was definitely hoping for some more focus on Scott, and maybe some actual character development, but at least the Quantum Realm was pretty cool!
It might also be slightly concerning that this movie’s main highlight was a giant floating head, but it is what it is.
Not as bad as it seems people want to claim, and for the first time since Endgame I'm getting excited to see where this is going.
“Tell me what what’s wrong/what is this place/why won’t you tell us/who are these people” - hope
“I’ll tell you later” - Janet
“Your mother is lying to you and not telling you about what she did here” - bill Murray
“You’re a liar” - hope?????????????????
I don't create expectations with the Ant-Man movies, but I'm still disappointed. Will Kevin Feige be able to take care of Marvel alone? It seems James Gunn hits more in his productions. But the MCU has also grown under Feige's direction, so let's wait and see.
Great villain performance
Good third act
Characters 7
Story 6
Pacing 6
Visuals 6.5
Rewatchability Factor 6
Enjoyment or Emotional Value 6
Average Score 6.25
I don't understand, why people hate this movie! Sure, this isn't something extraordinarily great, but it's as mediocre as it's supposed to be. Exactly how it's expected imo.
Review by ToralfVIP 3BlockedParent2023-02-17T22:21:33Z
I went into "Quantumania" with really low expectations, since none of the trailers really spoke to me. Unfortunately, these doubts were confirmed in the finished film. I liked the two predecessors quite a bit. They were small, family-friendly stories, where the main goal was not yet again to save the whole world from ultimate destruction. The humor, in particular, worked very well in these films.
In the third Ant-Man film, almost none of these strengths remain. The jokes have been reduced to a bare minimum, and the few that are still there often don't work. The solid action sequences from the previous films, which creatively dealt with the different sizes of the characters, are also no longer present. Instead, nearly the entire film is set in a CGI environment that I would describe as "barely okay" in terms of visuals. The villain M.O.D.O.K., on the other hand, looks like a character model from an early PS3 game. They couldn't even get his lip sync right.
The decision to move the action completely to the quantum realm isn't just a visual disappointment, though. The story also suffers from it. Instead of a self-contained little adventure like in its predecessors, "Quantumania" has the task of setting up the "big picture." It's just too bad that they forgot that the film also has to work on its own. In any case, there is hardly any suspense; the new characters are too underdeveloped for that, and the old ones get almost nothing to do. In the last act, everything falls completely apart until the film ends rather abruptly. Any risk is avoided, and the status quo remains. The MCU films have handled that better in the past.
However, there are a few positive aspects to "Quantumania," particularly some of the performances. For instance, Paul Rudd is still pretty good in the lead role. Kathryn Newton also does a solid job as the new Cassie Lang. And to my delight, I noticed that Michelle Pfeiffer gets a lot more to do. Most impressive, however, is Jonathan Majors as the new MCU supervillain Kang. He really has a great presence, even if his character spends a bit too much time delivering long monologues. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of Majors in this multiverse in the future. And that's at least a somewhat conciliatory thought. All in all, I didn't really like "Quantumania", but it's not a total failure either.