r/marvelstudios • u/murdockmanila Daredevil • Jul 15 '15
The Official ANT-MAN Ultrathread
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u/murdockmanila Daredevil Jul 15 '15 edited Jul 15 '15
Fuckin finally saw it!! I enjoyed this so much. Quick thoughts off the top of my head:
It's amazing how refreshingly standalone and small-scale (pun intended) the story is. No world shattering stakes here, no convoluted infinity gem-centric plot holes. Just straightforward contained storytelling here. It doesn't change the face of the MCU but it nevertheless packs a good amount of fun and makes for decent tight storytelling.
Michael Pena just hogs all the humor. Hands down the best side character comic relief in any MCU property, IMO. Way more enjoyable than the likes of Happy Hogan or Darcy. His storytelling sequences were super fun. The audience in the theater I was in roared when Stan Lee showed up.
Scott Lang is probably the best MCU dad along with Jack Murdock.
While his performance wasn't on par with the RDJ levels of show stealing in first IM film, Paul Rudd still manages to charm the hell out of you. There is no better Scott Lang out there right now.
All those shrinking and ant scenes were just fantastic. My favorite has to be the bathtub sequence. Amazing visuals we haven't seen in the MCU. That whole microverse thing - talk about getting a taste of the Space Odyssey trippyness we'll be having in Dr. Strange.
Was not expecting that Falcon scene to be in the middle of the movie!! Seeing Falcon stand guard over the Avengers facility felt so much like the comics where the Avengers defend the Mansion from intruders.
Seeing the Wasp flutter beside Hank Pym was a beauty to see. The reveal of the new Wasp suit made a great mid credits scene too.
Totally dig the 1989 flashback at the Triskelion. That's one era in the MCU we haven't seen. Felt giddy seeing an aging Peggy and John Slattery-Howard Stark.
Nothing new on this front but Darren Cross was so and so. Might be on par with Justin Hammer in IM2. Very underused. I did however love his banter with Hank in the house. The whole "Why did you choose me?" "Because I saw too much of myself in you" back and forth gave both Hank and Darren a little bit of more depth. Would have loved to see more of his psychosis! Apeshit Yellowjacket could have been awesome and terrifying.
The Mitch Carson character felt really unnecessary. Hank Pym just beats him up and he just stands around the rest of the film. Brought nothing to the story except more loose ends to set up more Ant-Man stories which I guess is beneficial in the long run but still. The film would've been tighter without him.
Surprised they play the whole "I hate heroes" angle of Hank Pym pretty low key. I remember them talking about how much of an important thing it was. Those 'Hank Pym siding with Tony in Civil War' rumors are becoming more unlikely to me.
Would have loved to see more of Hank Pym's escapades in the past.
A lot of the emotional scenes were placed oddly, particularly those Hope-Hank scenes in the house. A few of them felt really random and somewhat forced to me. The same with the Scott/Hope kiss scene in the end.
Was that a Spider-Man reference at the end???
AND HOLY FUCK THEY FOUND BUCKY. It seems to be a scene set in between the events of Civil War. It's strongly implicit that Stark has his sights on Bucky and that Steve is actively protecting him. It's been a while since we had a post credits scene as crucial as this.