Ladies, and gentlemen, today, we shall be hanging out with the superheroes of the Marvel Studios gang, and hang out with some of the Avengers, particularly with Ant-Man, and his family to explore some new worlds. About time we got to hang out with Ant-Man again, eh? Well, let’s discuss Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania.
Plot: After it is discovered that Scott/Ant-Man, and Hope Lang’s/Wasp’s daughter, Cassie (Kathryn Newton) has been using particles to send communications to the Quantum Realm, a problem occurs that causes Ant-Man, Wasp, Cassie, and Hope’s parents, Hank (Michael Douglas), Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) to be sucked down to the Quantum Realm. When there, it is discovered that a great evil has befallen that world in the form of a leader (Jonathan Majors) that wants to destroy the Realm, and all of the world. Can Ant-Man, and the gang stop him before it’s too late?
Okay, first of all, I would like to ask, why on Earth did this film get a low score of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes? Do most professional critics not understand the true meaning of a good story? Were they upset about there not being any gay, or lesbian characters in this particular Marvel superhero film? Is it both reasons, and maybe even more? Well, one could only speculate. Either way, please don’t listen to what the majority of critics are saying for this particular film. I mean in the past, there have been plenty of films that I have understood where critics were coming from, whether it was when films like The Lion King, and Zootopia got really high scores, and extremely good reviews, or when Home On The Range got mixed to negative reviews, you name it. Even back then, there were times when I disagreed with some of the reviews that critics gave a film, like when The Joker got a really high score, or The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian got mixed reviews for some reason. Well, with Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania, either I’m missing something, or maybe I just have to respect the opinions of the critics, and maybe even some of the audience viewers. You got me! Either way, if you plan to see this film, go into it with an open mind. First of all, the Quantum Realm, though we could have maybe gotten to know the world a little more, and maybe even the citizens of that realm a little more, the place consists of a mostly great world building. For one, the characters there are very likable, and fun. There’s even this one alien like creature that especially has a great sense of humor, and delivered some really fun jokes throughout the film. One might even go so far as to say that he might be a better version of a character like Jar Jar Binks from the Star Wars prequels, or someone like that. And as for the rest of the main cast like Scott, Hope, Cassie, you name it, how can you go wrong with these characters? In this third film, Cassie, for being a newer character, is very well fleshed out in this third film of the Ant-Man film series. Anyway, speaking of Star Wars, Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania does a surprisingly excellent job of acting like both a Marvel superhero film, and a Star Wars type of film as well. Okay, it may not start that way. However, when we, the audience, enter the Quantum Realm (aka Quantumania), it’s almost like the filmmakers may have taken inspiration from Star Wars. Hard to believe? Well, get this, then. Some of the creatures, and aliens seem to have personalities, and behaviors similar to those of Star Wars, some of the homes, and technology have a Star Wars type of feel, and things like those as well. Next, there’s the music by Christophe Beck. Man, did he do awesome with the score. He really helps set you in the mood, be it the good parts, the action scenes, you name it. Additionally, just like with many Marvel films, Ant-Man & The Wasp is incredibly funny. Yes, the alien in the space suit is most hilarious this time around. However, quite a few other characters bring some rather comedic lines as well. And another thing! Who wouldn’t want to see Bill Murray at one point during this film. I won’t say what character he plays, or what his character does. However, let’s just say that it’s interesting what they did to his character. Finally, there’s the climax of this film. Again, I’m not going to say how that turns out. However, I will say that you’d be surprised by how much raw emotion is contained in this climax, along with how well many of the characters get developed especially during this portion of the film. And of course the climax lasts just the right amount.
And that’s my review for Ant-Man& The Wasp: Quantumania. Despite there being a tiny bit of character development lacking, the movie is overall really well done. The characters are likable overall, the world of Quantumania is well done, especially having a Star Wars few to it, the climax is surprisingly excellent, and well-written, and choreographed, and the acting, and actor are also great. Plus, considering how woke some of the more recent Marvel films have been with them putting in gay characters, or unnecessary things like those, this film is a nice welcome back to movies not pushing the gay agenda. If this continues to perform well at the box office, hopefully even Marvel films will slowly reign back to normal, the way that they were before. So, go see Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania, and see what you think!
Final Grade: A
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