“Ant-Man” features two post-credit sequences that foreshadow the future of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.
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Where “Ant-Man” succeeds, as others in the genre have grown predictable, is in the slow, deliberate, set up and good, solid storytelling.
I can’t even say for sure why it didn’t, maybe it was because it lacked some action in the first half of the movie. If you havent seen the film yet, do yourself a favor and bail on this article.
Unless you were already well-acquainted with Marvel Comics, Ant-Man probably wasn’t on your radar, but Marvel decided to bring this tiny titan to the big screen. Then the movie was put into the hands of director Peyton Reed, writer Adam McKay and star Paul Rudd… As those who’ve seen the film know, this encounter results in Falcon looking for Ant-Man at the end of the movie. During the 1980s, Pym had a mental breakdown and took on an alter ego called Yellowjacket, who was very aggressive. A good portion of the comedy can be attributed to Rudd, whose dry humor is such that he hardly ever smiles, yet constantly creates laughs, and everyone in the cast has their moment. Scott Lang has a young daughter, but his ex-wife doesn’t let him visit her since he just got out of prison, and Scott has to prove himself as a father.
Hope (Evangiline Lilly), Hank’s daughter, is not convinced that Scott can fill the Ant-Man shoes. Going back to the possibly deceased Janet van Dyne, since Scott “went sub-atomic” and returned from the world of the ultra-small, could Hope’s mom actually still be alive and possibly return?
The film is moderately paced but rushed at some parts of the plot. There’s a simple pleasure in seeing every-day objects from a new perspective: the first time Scott shrinks to ant-size, for instance, is also the most memorable: he falls between the floorboards into a house party filled with deadly platform heels. Ant-Man is entertaining, despite a slow start, with decent performances.
Lang is approached by a scientist named Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to help him stop Pym’s former mentor Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) from unleashing a variation of an experiment that Pym began years ago – the creation of a suit that that gives a person the ability to shrink in scale, while increasing strength. This seems to show us that he will be aligning with Captain America’s side more than likely in this case. But even though he can change size, he cannot control insects like Lang can.
With a narrower scope in both story and action than others of its ilk, Ant-Man is another in the seemingly endless superhero film onslaught but with enough charm and imagination to have cinemagoers return.
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He’s relatable. While it’s highly unlikely you’ll run into Thor or Iron Man in a grocery store, you might bump into a guy like Rudd.
