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On Jul 17, 2015, American superhero movie 'Ant-Man' by Marvel was released.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp Review: Reviewing Every Marvel Movie #45/76:

A solid follow-up to the original Ant-Man that keeps its focus on the comedy, unique action, and family ties. It doesn’t do anything particularly unique, but it does everything it does extremely well. It takes the action in a unique direction while ramping up the comedy and embracing the inspirational heart of the first film by showing its heroes helping even their adversaries out of the rut that the law has stuck them all in.

Spoilers Below:

I don't think the action is quite as good in this movie as the original, partly because it's mostly characters swapping sizes in normal spaces instead of fully utilizing the ant-sized world. The ants are also almost barely used, which is disappointing considering how cool they are. There are some banger action scenes, namely Wasp's first fight in the kitchen and Ant-Man growing to giant size over the boat, but generally the fights are a downgrade from the first movie. 

The comedy, though, is on point. Everybody is hilarious in this movie, both in the dialogue and just the general scenarios they find themselves in. Like, Agent Woo trying to learn Scott's card tricks is funny enough, but his subordinate barging in on him doing them is hilarious. Sonny Burch is a wise-cracking asshole, Scott is just a generally chill and funny guy as demonstrated in the excellent opening where he and Cassie do a fake heist, Luis is as unhinged as ever, and even Hank Pym gets in some good one-liners. Hope and Ava are the most serious characters, which tracks for both of their circumstances. One of my favorite bits in the movie is Luis going on one of his signature tangents while on a drug the villains swear isn’t truth serum, and revealing a boatload of sensitive yet irrelevant information, and then Luis putting the villains on the truth serum later to make them incriminate themselves and finally admit that it is in fact truth serum. It's so damn funny. Wasp throws a giant Pez dispenser as a projectile weapon. A human-sized ant plays drums. What more do you want?

Oh, you want good characters? Okay, take your pick. Scott is trying to do right by everyone around him, even as his loyalties to Cassie and the Pyms tear him in two separate directions. Cassie is fucking adorable and not only proves that Scott is actually a good dad to her, but is able to inspire him in turn to save the Pyms after she covers for him in front of the FBI. She's like 10, for context, and she already understands how to be a hero. The scene of her mom and boyfriend being horrified to see Ant-Man breaking his house arrest on TV while Cassie just grins like an idiot is one of my favorites in the movie. Speaking of Cassie’s mom and boyfriend, I love that they continue to get along with Scott after repairing their relationship in the last movie. There's no conflict there at all; everybody knows exactly where they stand in the relationship and is perfectly happy with it. It’s such a good dynamic, even if it's a small part of the movie. 

Hope and Pym are pissed at Scott for sending them on the run, but they can't truly hate him once they get back in touch with him. Even if it's just to save Hope’s mom at the start, they see Scott as family too, even if he messed up big time. Hell, part of Hope's problem is that he didn't invite her to do crime in Civil War, meaning they're basically perfect for each other. We get to explore Pym being kind of a bitch in his past while still leaving it ambiguous how much was actually his fault and how much was just three brilliant men disagreeing with each other. And in the present, Hank does his best to make it up to them, even if he's focused on saving his wife first. His reunion with Janet in the Quantum Realm is so good.

I love that this movie has no real supervillain. Agent Woo is trying to arrest Scott and the Pyms because they're wanted fugitives, but he seems like a generally chill guy, even if he's a bit too eager to score an arrest. He also winds up being the one who solves the Sonny Burch problem for good after Luis' guys tase him. Sonny Burch is the only real villain, being a capitalist interested in nothing but profit. He has no morals and no higher goals, leaving him as just an asshat with guns instead of a true supervillain with a plan like Aldrich Killian or even Baron Zemo. He’s a petty representation of the system of power, which is perfect for this movie. 

Ava Starr aka Ghost is the main villain for most of the movie, but really she's just a parallel to Scott from the first movie if he was even worse off. The film never draws direct comparisons between her and Scott, but it can't be a coincidence that she's a down-on-her-luck criminal just trying to survive by stealing Hank Pym's tech. She even has a quantum scientist mentor in the form of Bill Foster. She’s even more down-on-her-luck since she’s about to die due to magic quantum bullshit, so it makes sense why her crimes are more heinous than Scott’s were. Still though, because the team knows what it’s like to be in Ava’s shoes, they never lose sympathy for her. Hank still wants to save his wife before he cures Ava, but it’s that very wife who saves Ava thanks to her magic quantum bullshit powers. Hank does help her, even if not the way he intended. She can live her life now, and now that she's not dying, she can be her own person instead of the desperate weapon that SHIELD made her. It's a perfect parallel, and a happy ending for everyone except the immoral businessman. 

Even Agent Woo wins by arresting Burch, and making an arrest seems to be his main goal because he's a representation of the force of nature that is The System. He wants friends too, though, because as much power as he has, he doesn't have the friends that the normal people like Scott do. The little people help the little people, taking down corrupt businessmen and surviving within the unchangeable system. Hank Pym being like a genius and former CEO does play against that, but he’s also on the run from the cops in this movie, so it still mostly works. All he has is his wits, his tech, and his daughter to support him, and his daughter has the same.

As an MCU film, it’s an interesting fit. It has to go after Infinity War due to that devastating post-credits scene, but it could really go anywhere after Civil War aside from that. Like the first Ant-Man, this film uses the MCU as a setting, taking the idea of the Sokovia Accords and making Scott and Hope navigate them and their consequences. Heroes, powers, and weird tech exist, and we can just accept that because their ramifications are explored in other movies. It’s a perfect use of the expanded universe, and that post-credits proves that it is still part of that universe.

I love this movie, genuinely. It’s not the best movie ever, and maybe not even as good as the first Ant-Man, but it’s close. The Scott/Cassie relationship is so wholesome, and exemplifies why I love these movies. They’re about powerless people doing everything in their power to make the world better for those around them, and inspiring those who will take after them. They’re not the biggest films, or the most morally complex, but they’re freaking awesome and genuinely inspirational. I can’t be Tony Stark or Thor, but I could be Scott, because everyone has a Cassie.

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Now starting Quantumania

I remember there being two main reasons for the marvel fatigue finally setting in and making me just unwilling and unable to watch this movie

A : The psychedelics started becoming tiring around Multiverse of Madness. The disappointment w Wanda’s arc paired with the frankly pointless plot overall of that movie, really primed the way for just filling my fractal psychedelic woowoo visuals capacity cup.

B : I really liked the plot, setup and character of Kang in Loki and I think it was around this time that controversy around the actor came to light, as a result of which it was announced that this whole plotline was gonna see… shifted priorities. Because of how much I loved Loki, i was really disappointed.

Anyhooo, here I am tho, finally beginning QM (no way im typing allat again n again)

Spoilers below for Antman QMania {~.~}

I dont like squiggly, slimy, fungy, weird watery shit. I am more uncomfortable than i thought possible (i also made the mistake of watching it on my parents 84 fucking inch surround sound so it really is my bad)

I REALLY DO NOT LIKE SUCH SQUIRMY SQUIGGLY CREATURES

Quantum people? Cmoooooonnn r u kidding me? The novelty wore off after seeing such shi in ragnarok

So quantum people AND infinity stones for a head people

This is like really really really really really bad Shang Chi

What is this weird mix of ragnarok, dune and avatar type shii

Ok my fear and underwhelm is now suddenly… hard and heavily amused skepticism since he DRANK THE OOZE o.O

“I can pour my ooze into your hole”

“Hi you just drank me”

“How many holes do you have”

That second antman autobiography is gonna FLY off the shelves

Theres a lot of this type going around Indian cinema these days and the last place i expected to find such a movie was in a marvel lineup. The one where really fucking horrible shit stuff happening to real people in real life is too political to address so it gets represented by vaguely similar caricatures. You get the dopamine hit of the righteous fight won right there in the theatre, so your just anger dies and you can scroll away from the news with a slightly lighter conscience than you do every other day.

Its pathetic and this was the last place i expected it but i guess the world hasnt changed that much in 3 years. I also doubt anyone’s getting any dopamine from this.

God there is some truly fucking revolting visual and audio in this fucking circus movie fuck my life Bill fuckin Murray just slurped up a fucking octopus baby

I like the light saber for rope things

The irresponsibly of giving a child a suit. But then ig he gave it to scott and that wasnt a v responsible decision either. Ig i expected better from Hope at least.

DARREN?! Wow Im gonna need a sec to stop dying and process this. LMFAOOOOOO

Ok multiverse canonically real.

Which kang is this is the question

Kang’s ship’s energy core looks like a version of the kree signal device from Agents S3 that SquidWard uses in Failed Experiments yes i remember all the names of all 100 smmin episodes of that show tyvm

The Janet Kang story is giving Jemma-Will ngl they totally copied the plot

I am TIRED of marvel copying from itself that too from one of its own underdog under appreciated underrated properties Agents of SHIELD WALKED so Wandavision could run smh

Damn he is a good actor, at least in this role

The ACTING

At the very least this movie doesnt have the marvel movie problem of a weak villain. Thanks to the buildup, Kang is a legitimately and fairly juicy opponent. The conflict and resistance is legitimate at least, but i think the storytelling could’ve definitely been better.

She’s got that kristen stewart in twilight thing going on

What’s coming? Me. A lot of me

They really did not think these through

That blackmail/torture thing was not as intimidating as it should have been. Trust. I didnt buy it :/

Probability storm is one of the best fucking things ive ever seen. Fucking hilarious. For the man who is uncertain of every breath every step. This is genius. Fr. Im in splits. LMFAO

Okay now i see the REAL mindfuck.

Not hank pym loving scotts book and being so proud of him and scott being so happy imma cry ngl

This movie shoulda been called Kang and the balloon animal buildings

Scotts speech was kinda F its almost like they had no money to hire writers

Its never too late to stop being a dick wowwww i mean there’s spidermans power and responsibility speech and then there’s don’t be a dick darren

I dont think ive ever been as speechless as i am now. Darren the avenger. May he rest in poop. A lot has certainly happened scott

I dont wanna harp on about this but this race to get to the portal is ONCE AGAIN giving Will vs Fitz at the end of season 3 ep 10 i believe called Maveth

Ok lot of nice timey wimey adventures and that hug reminds me we barely got any scott hope together. They have nice chemistry but we got zero in this movie. Big thumbs down :/

I dont understand. Scott doesnt like cake anymore? Huh? I also see the side effects of the probability storm. He has very few definitives holding him down to this reality my poor dude. However, it is true that they didnt fucking show shit about Kang after he exploded to the size of a sun? Ish? You know what? Its probably fine. This movie really tried to remain unserious. The first half hour and the last two minutes succeeded and the rest was a weird tense mess.

Welp thats a lot of kangs.

Ngl that post post credits scene was more interesting to me than the whole movie. Sorry scott ily paul but yeah. Nothing beats morbius my favorite jet ski salesman

Onto Guardians 3 🍃

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Eric O'Grady as Ant-Man, sneaks into the Avengers Mansion by hitching a ride on Beast's fur. Eric O'Grady tries to jump onto Stature's hair but he gets swatted away by Justice. Then, O'Grady tries to hitch a ride on Iron Man's boot but he gets zapped, forcing him to fly up to the lamp where he gets bored from hearing Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes talking to each other. O'Grady gets into the hole where he sees Hawkeye and Spider-Woman are having a sparring match. Unfortunately for O'Grady, his jet pack is fried by Hawkeye's stray arrow, leaving him to ride on an ant. Just before O'Grady could leave, he gets caught by Quicksilver who tells him that he knew Eric O'Grady is skulking in the Avengers Mansion all along. Quicksilver explains that the Avengers Mansion has high-security systems which could detect any shrinking superhero as well as some superheroes like Wolverine have super-senses. Also, Quicksilver tells O'Grady that his predecessor, Scott Lang used to be a criminal but because of his good heart and heroic actions, he had been invited to the Avengers. It turns out that Eric O'Grady was actually invited into Steve Rogers' Secret Avengers stealth team. Thus, Eric O'Grady turns up at the Avengers Mansion in his normal size.

I Am an Avenger #5, 2011

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Things the MCU should have done with the Avengers

Hank and Janet should have been younger and a part of the Avengers

Clint should’ve been deaf was earlier

Natasha should be more morally grey in the beginning

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They quickly became my favorite thing about EMH

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Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes Season 1 Hank Pym is a kind of dead wife

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