This week at the box office...
Went and checked out “Ant-Man” and thought that it was phenomenal!
Great cast, great humor, great action, and everything we’ve come to expect from Marvel’s recent reign of dominance.
I attribute the movies success to several things:
1) They let Paul Rudd, be Paul Rudd.
They didn’t try to turn him into this super serious action star, they just let him be the same charming, naturally funny, and likeable guy we’ve all become accustomed to liking. That’s huge.
2) “The Avengers” involvement was kept to a minimum.
Saying too much more than that could potentially serve as a spoiler, so i’ll just leave it at that.
Obviously we all love “The Avengers” or their movies wouldn’t pump out billions of dollars, but “Ant-Man” is a character that your casual movie goer isn’t going to know nearly as much about. It was important that they spend this 2 hours letting the people get to know that character without the interference of the rest of the crew. Very well done.
3) Stellar supporting cast.
Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll (whom I, admittedly, had only previously known because of his excellent portrayal of Peter Russo in the awesome “House of Cards”), and Evangeline Lily. Super cast, all the way around.
4) It NEVER hurts to get to look at THIS for 2 hours...
NOTE: Stay until the VERY end of the credits. There are 2 additional scenes, and it will be WELL worth your time to stay.
The lackluster opening weekend of this movie serves as further evidence that Adam Sandler has just served up too many consecutive turds to draw substantial box office numbers anymore.
The “Billy Madison’s” “Happy Gilmore’s” and “The Waterboy’s” of the world appear to be FAR in the past, and their doesn’t appear to be any signs of a resurrection in sight.
“Hotel Transylvania” is the best movie Sandler has turned out in years, and it’s animated.
Happy 42nd birthday, Kate Beckinsale!
42 has seldom ever looked SO good.
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