Marvel’s tiniest hero packs a big punch.
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“Ant-Man” is never boring, nor is it anything close to rousing.
The setup is easy to get comfortable with. In one of the coolest fight scenes in the movie, Ant-Man squares off against Falcon when he attempts to break into what Hank Pym thought was one of Howard Stark’s old warehouses. As someone large, we see it as something minute, but in all actuality they have to dodge all types of things that can result in the end of their lives. It’s all familiar so just roll with it.
HOLLYWOOD-There is something about the hero in Marvel’s “Ant-Man” that stands out.
The motorcycle suit is actually a uniform, one with buttons sewn into the gloves that when pressed allow the wearer to shrink at will to ant size.
Not exactly a spoiler for those with the internet, but at the end of the film, “Ant-Man will return” is flashed across the screen. Just go with it and keep sipping the soda. In this film, different from some other Marvel films, there is minimal large-scale destruction and giant citywide battles.
It’s a great scene because it teases the direction so many have hoped Marvel would finally veer into: the inclusion of more female superheroes – either in standalone films or included in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “The standard climax featuring good guy versus bad guy plays out just as you would expect”. But what would the Avengers want with Scott? Despite the possibilities available in the concept, the movie never gets better than what you saw in the trailer.
“Ant-Man” came out Friday and it was indeed very impressive. Lang’s friends in the film, T.I. and Michael Pena, provide comic relief.
In classic Marvel movie style, Ant-Man is filled with plenty of tongue in cheek jokes and a less serious tone in general. “Our movie is a more intimate movie by design”.
Corey Stoll is game for the part of protege, and eventual villain Yellow Jacket, but he isn’t given much to work with.
Throughout it all, Rudd is the key ingredient. Ant-Man, directed by Peyton Reed, starring Paul Rudd & Michael Douglas, is now playing in theaters everywhere.
And I’ll post the answers next Thursday, or earlier if someone gets all twelve of them right. “This is what the movie is about”, Rudd says. Hot Toys has already announced their Ant-Man sixth scale figure and now they have also announced an Ant-Man Cosbaby series. Rudd describes it as “feeling like Ant-Man” when he was in the suit.
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I am curious to see how Lang/ANT-MAN merges with Captain America and the Avengers and it seems I won’t have to wait long as the ending credits set it up perfectly for him to make an appearance in Captain America: Civil War in 2016.
