Ant-Man: The Movie is official!

[Kibagami]

There is something that has been bugging me about Ant-Man.

Big spoiler, don't click unless you enjoy ruining your movie.

Spoiler

Talk about anticlimactic the way finding Bucky was handled, some cheap post credit scene

Ah, the puns.

 

[jye4ever]

 

[Wor-Gar]

Could this be the 'little' movie that could?

Toot-toot!

(That's was for you, Jye.)

 

[Kibagami]

 

[jye4ever]

I saw this a couple of hours ago, it was alright I guess. The beginning was kinda weird with Douglas/Pym, didn't feel like a good opening. I would have opened it with Scott/Rudd in prison. The jokes were pretty good like the Baskin Robbins bit. I really liked his three friends. The Thomas Schiff guy from the Dark Knight with that crappy russian accent, the black guy, and Michael Pena's Louis. I loved when Louis is describing the job from the contacts he had and as the people talk in the flashback, he narrates. I thought that was funny and clever. Uhhhh, nothing else really stood out. I thought the ants were too weird and I just couldn't get into the story with how ridiculous the whole thing was. It was too formulaic for me.

Didn't think this was as good as Winter Soldier or Guardians of the Galaxy last year, but it was alright. I won't mind seeing Rudd as an Avenger.

I thought his friends were horrible, the humor really bad especially by the time it got to them bumbling around with those 2 dumb cops.

The job description scene was fun but when used for the 2nd time it got a little old, but Stan Lee involved was funny.

The BR scene was funny, but humor is just so difficult to pull off and I don't feel they did in this movie.

YJ as presented here is one of my favorite looking villain costumes.

Overall still a fun movie. Since I was a kid I always loved human shrinking science, like what Fox did to Apoc.

Could this be the 'little' movie that could?

Toot-toot!

(That's was for you, Jye.)

Watch JW beat it.

 

[Anzik]

I went last night with my 16 yr old son and we had a great time. There were some tone issues, where some of the humor didn't seem to fit alongside psychopathic behavior, but the acting was all really good and especially liked the flashbacks. Rudd did a great job with the everyman quality and the special effects were really well done.

 

[The Mike]

**SPOILERISH**

Watched it and loved it. It followed a lot of the blueprint of Iron Man, a character looking for redemption, tech being used/abused/replicated, a villain who suddenly knows how to use it, a move to be unique by the end of the film, the big difference is Pym and Lang both played the Stark part, having to grow in different ways but becoming heroes in their own rights. It though had the charm of Guardians where it kept lighthearted and the side characters really stole the scenes they were in.

Rudd was great as Scott Lang, charming and likable but I could see people complaining that he was just playing Paul Rudd. Both Lilly and Douglas stole the show in their respective parts and the dysfunction in their relationship felt genuine, it really felt like a father/daughter relationship. The effects were good, I loved all the shrinking scenes and the way the audience was brought in with Scott, although with the Disneyland preview really taking advantage of the 3D, I saw it in IMAX and it wasn't really worth it IMHO.

The digital de-aging of Pym was fantastic! Looked more realistic than anything I've ever seen and better than the aging on some other actors.

The villain was forgettable. He was a poor man's Stane. He wasn't charismatic and even in the scenes where you were supposed to see some emotional push and pull it was eh. He followed Stane's path almost to the letter which was a little disappointing.

The cameos was well done, even the references to Spider-Man were funny, Stan Lee's cameo, even the humor in general felt very Edgar Wrightish but didn't have the same finish that he would have put onto it. Payton Reed did a fine job but it definitely felt like he was finishing someone else's stuff.

For me it ranks underneath the original Iron Man and Captain America: The Winter Soldier and ties with Guardians of the Galaxy for Number 3. Unfortunately a lot of the jokes in the trailers never made it. Even some of Douglas' lines that were heard in the Disneyland preview was gone by the film. Another unfortunate thing is that a lot of the surprises in the film were given away in the trailers.

I look forward to seeing this character in Phase 3 and how he plays into the grand plan.

Spoiler

I knew Hydra was still in existence thanks to Agents of SHIELD but them inserted here with an ex-SHIELD agent helping them really fell flat. Take Stane and selling to the Ten Rings and change that with Cross and Hydra and it's about the same. It even ends the same. I really hope Hydra isn't a big thing in Phase 3 as they are barely interesting in AoS.

I wanted to see more about Janet and Hank's adventures but I wish the Wasp suit was a little more different. Even in Hope's suit the helmet could have looked a bit more different. I did like the glimmer of hope that Janet would still be alive but given Hank's discussion with the rules of time and space don't exist I wonder if she'd still be young? Interesting they kept her face hidden in the picture with Hank.

The end cameo with Bucky fell flat too, he was basically in a mousetrap and they talked around him.

 

[JAWS]

If someone told me at the beginning of Summer that I was going to like Ant-Man ALOT more then Avengers: AOU, I would have said they were nuts.

But that is exactly what has happened... Now I am not saying Ant-man was the greatest film ever but it was fun and enjoyable... More then I can say for AOU

Anyways it was far from perfect but I enjoyed most of the cast. Paul Rudd's friends were about the only thing I did not care for.

 

[jye4ever]

Wasn't that scene with them in the van and those cops just horrible, like Punisher WZ horrible.

Every scene with his friends were horrible, reviews said that Pena stole the show.

He didn't.

The action plus Douglas, Lilly, Rudd and Stoll did.

I still enjoyed AOU more.

But Ant-Man was a fun thrill ride.

 

[filip629]

The movie was great. My sons loved it and I thought it was pretty entertaining.

 

[DiFabio]

I thought his friends were horrible, the humor really bad especially by the time it got to them bumbling around with those 2 dumb cops.

The job description scene was fun but when used for the 2nd time it got a little old, but Stan Lee involved was funny.

The BR scene was funny, but humor is just so difficult to pull off and I don't feel they did in this movie.

Wasn't that scene with them in the van and those cops just horrible, like Punisher WZ horrible.

Every scene with his friends were horrible, reviews said that Pena stole the show.

He didn't.

.

They're in it so much though. If you don't like them, then how did you like the movie!?

 

[jye4ever]

There were plenty of scenes w/o them.

I'm not saying they were bad all the time, maybe like 75%.

I like shrinking tech.

 

[JonWes]

There is something that has been bugging me about Ant-Man.

Big spoiler, don't click unless you enjoy ruining your movie.

Spoiler

Talk about anticlimactic the way finding Bucky was handled, some cheap post credit scene

It's possible...

Spoiler

There won't be any time for that in Civil War! They were planning to just say he'd been captured all along. Or, you know, they'll start before this scene actually takes place.

 

[DiFabio]

There were plenty of scenes w/o them.

I'm not saying they were bad all the time, maybe like 75%.

I like shrinking tech.

Imagine if they shrunk the Hulk. He'd be unstoppable.

 

[jye4ever]

Hulk Smash but sounding like a chipmunk.

 

[DiFabio]

It practically writes itself!

Spoiler

I liked the enlarged Thomas the tank engine, but the Ant getting bigger AND them keeping it kinda bugged me. Pretty silly.

 

[jye4ever]

Yup, it was a funny line from that cop about the ant, but then ruined later on with what you said.

 

[kinqcuonq]

Ant-Man was okay. There were some funny moments in it and it was heartwarming like Guardians. The cgi for Ant-Man was not on par with Avengers but probably due to a smaller budget. I would wait to rent it instead.

 

[Jaycepticon]

I wasn't bothered by anything and I absolutely loved the movie.

Spoiler

Cannot wait to get a Wasp 2.0 figure.

 

[meanstreak]

Haven't seen the flick yet, but I'm worried his friends are going to be annoying as ****. Especially Pena.