Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp

(Movie Review)

Why I Saw This Movie
After being wowed by Infinity War, I've officially given in. I'm a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I want to see all the movies.

Positives
* A good fun movie

* Walton Goggins

* About halfway through the movie, I realized that the stakes in this movie were going to be a lot less than in other Marvel movies.  There wasn't really a villain.  (Ghost didn't actually want to harm anyone). "How are they going to make an exciting climax out of this?" I thought.
But... they still managed to make a really fun exciting climax after all.

Mixed
The fun of the Ant-Man movies is supposed to be the humor.  And although this movie was funny, it wasn't hilarious.  There were quite a few jokes that didn't land, and a few more that the movie built up too much. Too much emphasis (music cues, reaction shots) for a mediocre joke.  It wasn't terrible.  There were some good laughs.  Paul Rudd, Michael Pena, and Walter Goggins are all good.  But it wasn't spectacular.  (This may be a result of these Marvel movies being cranked out too fast.  Action scenes are the easy part.  But it takes a lot of time and talent to make a funny movie.)

Review
Nothing spectacular, but a good fun movie.  Some great chase scenes.  Some good action scenes.  Decently funny (even if it is not absolutely hilarious).

Rating :
6 out of 10 Stars.  (Good fun movie.  Nothing spectacular)

Marvel Cinematic Universe Links:
1. Iron Man
2. The Incredible Hulk
3. Iron Man 2
4. Thor
5. Captain America: The First Avenger
6. The Avengers
7. Iron Man 3
8. Thor 2: Dark World--Haven't seen yet
9. Captain America 2: Winter Soldier
10. Guardians of the Galaxy
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron
12. Ant-Man
13. Captain America 3: Civil War
14. Doctor Strange--Haven't seen yet
15. Guardians of the Galaxy 2
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming
17. Thor: Ragnarok
18. Black Panther
19. Avengers: Infinity War

Video Review
Video Review HERE and embedded below:



Link of the Day
"Chomsky on Evolution", Stony Brook Interview #3 with Richard Larson

No comments: