Ant-Man: The Movie is official!

[AIR]

She was very adorable with her missing teeth, but when she told her step dad bumbling cop something along the lines of "Good, I hope you don't catch him", it came off so phony and scripted beyond anything someone that age would've ever thought to say.

I didn't buy it.

Adding it to my eye rolling list.

Btw, I meant when he interrupted Tauriel and Kirk jr.

But you bought a man shrinking to the size of an ant.

 

[jye4ever]

Of course, his character was appropriately handled, nothing forced about his motivations.

If he didn't shrink and become the Ant-Man then I would've had a problem with him.

 

[The Mike]

Have some patience, because

Spoiler

Scott's Giant-Man ability will be introduced in Civil War. They already set it up during the final battle in Ant-Man and when Scott used the blue disc on himself.

Interesting.

Spoiler

Scott never has the Giant Man ability in the comics. Hawkeye does, Pym but never Lang. I'm interested to see them change the script so quickly after having just introducing Ant-Man in general

 

[jye4ever]

Forget the comics.

 

[spidermonkey]

Saw this today finally, and thought it was awesome. Definitely in the top 5 Marvel movies for me. It was my second favorite movie of the year.

 

[DiFabio]

The tabloids had written Michael Douglas off just a couple of years ago, and he comes back with a career-capping turn in Ant-Man. Best thing he's done since BLACK RAIN.

What about Falling Down?

 

[fosing]

anybody catch the spiderman reference in the end?lolz

i love the briefcase fight, with the cure playing....on an iphone.lolz

civil war: apple vs samsung.lolz

 

[jye4ever]

An Ode To ANT-MAN’s Most Triumphant Scene

A look at the scene that sums up the movie.
By DEVIN FARACI Jul. 21, 2015



This contains spoilers for the ending of Ant-Man.











The best Marvel movies all have heaping helpings of heart - from skinny Steve Rogers refusing to back down in an alleyway at the opening of Captain America: The First Avenger to everybody standing up with Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy - but none have the heart reserves found in Ant-Man. That’s because the movie’s plot comes not from a place of exterior conflict but emotional fulfilment: it’s all about Scott Lang trying to be the man his daughter believes him to be.


That’s why Ant-Man’s best scene isn’t an action sequence or even one of the comedic training montages. It isn’t the drop-in by The Falcon or Luis’ hilariously rambling stories. It’s Scott at the dinner table with his family at the end. It’s the scene that truly pays off the movie’s heart.


In another film that scene wouldn’t exist. It’s easy to imagine the version of this movie where Scott Lang, forced to go on the run after the events of the story, sits outside the house in his van, looking in on the family he lost in order to serve the greater good. It’s also easy to imagine a version where, during the finale, Scott totally humiliates Paxton (or Paxton humiliates himself), allowing Scott to become the alpha male of the house, maybe even running Paxton out of the picture.


Instead the movie has Scott joining the family - complete with Paxton - for a dinner that is at first awkward and then becomes more comfortable. Paxton brings Scott in to the workings of the family by sharing video of Cassie doing somersaults; instead of making this a pointed reminder that Scott has been missing out on his daughter’s life the one-time antagonist creates a bridge to include him.


The capper on the scene, for me, is the revelation that the bizarre overgrown ant that made for such a great gag in the final battle is present, surreptitiously being fed by Cassie under the table - a strange looking dog for a strange looking family. This represents the fact that the weirdness of Scott’s new life has been accepted and absorbed by his family; he’s Ant-Man, and they’re okay with that.


Some might dislike this happy ending, wishing instead for something more brooding, or for an ending that seems - on the surface - more consequential. But I love this ending, and I think it’s actually harder to pull off than a darker or more conflicted finale. As modern audiences we tend to recoil at endings that feel pat and happy, and on the surface this could be seen as pat. But we understand that while this is a happy family this is also an unusual family, a post-nuclear family that is constructed along its own lines, a family that doesn’t follow the usual script of divorce.


That’s a script that’s replete with bitterness and resentment, a script that cannot allow two men to sit together at a table without one feeling threatened. Both men had spent the film feeling threatened by the other, but in a display of healthy masculinity both set that aside for the good of the family. Cassie doesn’t end up with a bad stepdad or a ****ed up biological dad, she ends up with two strong, heroic men who give her harmony instead of strife.


Following up on Avengers: Age of Ultron - a film all about the tangled relationships between parents and their offspring, as well as about the dark consequences of superheroism - the ending of Ant-Man is a breath of fresh air, a blast of earned optimism. Yes, The Avengers are off dropping cities from the sky, but not every hero has to be tortured in some way. At the end of Ant-Man doing the right thing brings Scott to a better place, not to the morally grey place The Avengers have found themselves.


The ending of Ant-Man is one of the reasons I’m so excited to see Scott in Captain America: Civil War. As the heroes choose sides and assemble for battle over philosophical issues relating to the larger meaning of heroism and their role in the world, Scott is only concerned about his family. Captain America and Tony Stark are looking at the world in big, abstract ways, while Scott looks at it through the prism of one thing only: Cassie. The choices he makes in Civil War must be informed by the dinner table scene at the end of Ant-Man, by the fact that his whole reason for wearing that suit is to be the kind of hero a father should be for his daughter.

 

[Scareb]

Anyone else hear the blaster noise from star wars occasionally used when yellowjacket was firing?

 

[pturtle]

Just got back and man, did this movie disappoint me. I expected to enjoy it quite a bit, especially since it was coming off the abysmal AOU, but boy was I wrong. I'm convinced that Marvel has reviewers paid off. After about 30 minutes in, all I could think about is "how the hell is this movie getting good reviews". It's was formulaic and predictable as hell.

The only thing I really liked about this was the humor. I'm not a fan of the sarcastic, quips, and one liners from every one of the MCU movies, but Ant Man genuinely funny at times. It's borderline a comedy so I guess it makes sense that was the best part of the movie.

The little bit of action the movie did have, was okay at best, nothing memorable at all.


I like Paul Rudd a lot, but he didn't do anything for me as Scott Lang. He was basically the same guy I've seen in every other one of his comedies.

Once again, we get another average villain with no substance whatsoever. Yellow Jacket is probably in my top three worst villains in the MCU, he's right up there with Malekith and "The Mandarin".

Michael Pena was the absolute best part of the movie, this movie probably would have been better if the whole thing was narrated by him like some of the stories he told in the film.

I just can't see how Fantastic Four can be the worse superhero movie of the year after watching AOU and Antman. Marvel is 0/2 this year in my opinion.

 

[fosing]

Anyone else hear the blaster noise from star wars occasionally used when yellowjacket was firing?

all i heard was pew pew pew.
like the one in capt. america's first avenger.lolz

 

[ironwez20]

Just got back and man, did this movie disappoint me. I expected to enjoy it quite a bit, especially since it was coming off the abysmal AOU, but boy was I wrong. I'm convinced that Marvel has reviewers paid off. After about 30 minutes in, all I could think about is "how the hell is this movie getting good reviews". It's was formulaic and predictable as hell.

The only thing I really liked about this was the humor. I'm not a fan of the sarcastic, quips, and one liners from every one of the MCU movies, but Ant Man genuinely funny at times. It's borderline a comedy so I guess it makes sense that was the best part of the movie.

The little bit of action the movie did have, was okay at best, nothing memorable at all.


I like Paul Rudd a lot, but he didn't do anything for me as Scott Lang. He was basically the same guy I've seen in every other one of his comedies.

Once again, we get another average villain with no substance whatsoever. Yellow Jacket is probably in my top three worst villains in the MCU, he's right up there with Malekith and "The Mandarin".

Michael Pena was the absolute best part of the movie, this movie probably would have been better if the whole thing was narrated by him like some of the stories he told in the film.

I just can't see how Fantastic Four can be the worse superhero movie of the year after watching AOU and Antman. Marvel is 0/2 this year in my opinion.

Right. Movie was just predictable and bland but the shrinking and growing fight was cool and innovative. Thats all though I didnt like much else. Ant man as a character is cool tho.

 

[jye4ever]

Just got back and man, did this movie disappoint me. I expected to enjoy it quite a bit, especially since it was coming off the abysmal AOU, but boy was I wrong. I'm convinced that Marvel has reviewers paid off. After about 30 minutes in, all I could think about is "how the hell is this movie getting good reviews". It's was formulaic and predictable as hell.

The only thing I really liked about this was the humor. I'm not a fan of the sarcastic, quips, and one liners from every one of the MCU movies, but Ant Man genuinely funny at times. It's borderline a comedy so I guess it makes sense that was the best part of the movie.

The little bit of action the movie did have, was okay at best, nothing memorable at all.


I like Paul Rudd a lot, but he didn't do anything for me as Scott Lang. He was basically the same guy I've seen in every other one of his comedies.

Once again, we get another average villain with no substance whatsoever. Yellow Jacket is probably in my top three worst villains in the MCU, he's right up there with Malekith and "The Mandarin".

Michael Pena was the absolute best part of the movie, this movie probably would have been better if the whole thing was narrated by him like some of the stories he told in the film.

I just can't see how Fantastic Four can be the worse superhero movie of the year after watching AOU and Antman. Marvel is 0/2 this year in my opinion.

Josh Trank how many times have you been warned not to come in here hijacking pturtle's name, now get out of here with that FF4 will be the best yo crap!

 

[pturtle]

Right. Movie was just predictable and bland but the shrinking and growing fight was cool and innovative. Thats all though I didnt like much else. Ant man as a character is cool tho.

The shrinking scenes were pretty cool, but they didn't save the movie for me. I really think under s better a director this movie would have been amazing. It felt too much like a parody a times for me to take anything serious.

Josh Trank how many times have you been warned not to come in here hijacking pturtle's name, now get out of here with that FF4 will be the best yo crap!

I haven't read everyone's post in here, did enjoy Antman Jye?

 

[jye4ever]

For the most part I did.

Other than Pena's fast talking scenes I did not like the humor from him or his 2 pals.

But it was overall a fun movie with decent MCU connections which is what i'm mostly looking for in these movies.

I want to enjoy being in an era of connected superheros.

 

[pturtle]

For the most part I did.

Other than Pena's fast talking scenes I did not like the humor from him or his 2 pals.

But it was overall a fun movie with decent MCU connections which is what i'm mostly looking for in these movies.

I want to enjoy being in an era of connected superheros.

I did like how connected this felt, and I wasn't a fan of Rudd's gang other then Pena.

I'm actually excited he's coming back for Civil War though, I'm interested to see Antman action scenes directed by the Russos.

 

[Jack D]

I think my favorite part was the flashback retro scene on the nuke.

 

[meth head]

Just got back and man, did this movie disappoint me. I expected to enjoy it quite a bit, especially since it was coming off the abysmal AOU, but boy was I wrong. I'm convinced that Marvel has reviewers paid off. After about 30 minutes in, all I could think about is "how the hell is this movie getting good reviews". It's was formulaic and predictable as hell.

The only thing I really liked about this was the humor. I'm not a fan of the sarcastic, quips, and one liners from every one of the MCU movies, but Ant Man genuinely funny at times. It's borderline a comedy so I guess it makes sense that was the best part of the movie.

The little bit of action the movie did have, was okay at best, nothing memorable at all.


I like Paul Rudd a lot, but he didn't do anything for me as Scott Lang. He was basically the same guy I've seen in every other one of his comedies.

Once again, we get another average villain with no substance whatsoever. Yellow Jacket is probably in my top three worst villains in the MCU, he's right up there with Malekith and "The Mandarin".

Michael Pena was the absolute best part of the movie, this movie probably would have been better if the whole thing was narrated by him like some of the stories he told in the film.

I just can't see how Fantastic Four can be the worse superhero movie of the year after watching AOU and Antman. Marvel is 0/2 this year in my opinion.

You seen Brian Fantana in Scott Lang?

 

[RIDDICK]

I think my favorite part was the flashback retro scene on the nuke.

This. And the entire "robbing TA HQ" sequence. And pretty much every calm moment with Hope and Pym.
A waste, but... at least it was an actual film and had all new cast of characters.
Still meh.

 

[Jack D]

This. And the entire "robbing TA HQ" sequence. And pretty much every calm moment with Hope and Pym.
A waste, but... at least it was an actual film and had all new cast of characters.
Still meh.

Thinking back, I like how it was basically a superhero heist movie.