Third Ant-Man Movie Shrinks Expectations
Marvel’s newest movie doesn’t live up to the excitement seen when the first trailer dropped.
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
Marvel’s newest movie doesn’t live up to the excitement seen when the first trailer dropped.
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four ending with “The Guardians of the Galaxy: The Holiday Special,” Phase Five has officially begun with the return of Ant-Man in the newest movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which was released in theaters on Feb. 17.
Two years after helping defeat Thanos in “Avengers: Endgame,” Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has been living his best life as a best-selling author, recognized hero and married man. It was all in his opening narration, but a phone call, a family dinner and a new quantum idea ruins the peaceful moment that Scott and his family are living in. Scott’s daughter, Cassie (Kathryn Newton) creates a device with the help of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lily) that sends a signal to the quantum realm. However, that signal turns into a gateway that sucks everyone into the quantum realm. In order to make it out of the quantum realm and back home, Scott strikes a deal with Kang the Conqueror (Jonathon Majors), but like the many things living in the quantum world have said, Kang is not someone to be trusted.
As far as a Marvel movie goes, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” wasn’t half bad. In my opinion, the storyline was too choppy, as it moved from one thing to another much too quickly. There was always this new truth about Janet van Dyne’s (Michelle Pfeiffer) life in the quantum realm uncovered as the story commenced, but as each new thing was discovered, they began to feel repetitive and over the top.
The “Ant-Man” movies are on the funnier side of Marvel, but the humor in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” fell short. Only a few of the many jokes told actually hit their mark, and the others were just either uncalled for or just so bad I internally cringed. It was disappointing to see, especially since the last two movies were pretty funny in my opinion.
Despite the less enjoyable parts of this movie, the best part of “Quantumania” was the villain, Kang the Conqueror, who (sorta) made his first appearance in the last episode of “Loki.” It has been teased from the beginning of “Loki” that Kang would be the next big villain of the MCU, but this movie took it to another level. Kang is ruthless. He would pretty much do anything to get what he wants. Majors portrayed this character in the best way, revealing the different sides to this villain.
Unlike the first two “Ant-Man” movies which focus more on Ant-Man’s story, this one focuses more on the bigger conflicts of the Multiverse Saga while also keeping to telling the story of the Ant-Man. This movie starts to set up the rest of Phase Five and Phase Six which was incredibly cool to see. “Quantumania” does a really good job setting up for season 2 of “Loki” and the other movies and shows that will be coming out in Phase Five and Six.
Both the good and bad parts of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” made for a pretty okay movie with a choppy storyline and one of the MCU’s best villains.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” is currently playing in theaters.
Two years after helping defeat Thanos in “Avengers: Endgame,” Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has been living his best life as a best-selling author, recognized hero and married man. It was all in his opening narration, but a phone call, a family dinner and a new quantum idea ruins the peaceful moment that Scott and his family are living in. Scott’s daughter, Cassie (Kathryn Newton) creates a device with the help of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lily) that sends a signal to the quantum realm. However, that signal turns into a gateway that sucks everyone into the quantum realm. In order to make it out of the quantum realm and back home, Scott strikes a deal with Kang the Conqueror (Jonathon Majors), but like the many things living in the quantum world have said, Kang is not someone to be trusted.
As far as a Marvel movie goes, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” wasn’t half bad. In my opinion, the storyline was too choppy, as it moved from one thing to another much too quickly. There was always this new truth about Janet van Dyne’s (Michelle Pfeiffer) life in the quantum realm uncovered as the story commenced, but as each new thing was discovered, they began to feel repetitive and over the top.
The “Ant-Man” movies are on the funnier side of Marvel, but the humor in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” fell short. Only a few of the many jokes told actually hit their mark, and the others were just either uncalled for or just so bad I internally cringed. It was disappointing to see, especially since the last two movies were pretty funny in my opinion.
Despite the less enjoyable parts of this movie, the best part of “Quantumania” was the villain, Kang the Conqueror, who (sorta) made his first appearance in the last episode of “Loki.” It has been teased from the beginning of “Loki” that Kang would be the next big villain of the MCU, but this movie took it to another level. Kang is ruthless. He would pretty much do anything to get what he wants. Majors portrayed this character in the best way, revealing the different sides to this villain.
Unlike the first two “Ant-Man” movies which focus more on Ant-Man’s story, this one focuses more on the bigger conflicts of the Multiverse Saga while also keeping to telling the story of the Ant-Man. This movie starts to set up the rest of Phase Five and Phase Six which was incredibly cool to see. “Quantumania” does a really good job setting up for season 2 of “Loki” and the other movies and shows that will be coming out in Phase Five and Six.
Both the good and bad parts of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” made for a pretty okay movie with a choppy storyline and one of the MCU’s best villains.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” is currently playing in theaters.