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I'm gonna skip it.
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Apart from Paul Rudd's performance, which was pretty good with not a ton to work with, Ant-Man is nearly conclusive proof that if you just put the right pieces together in the right order, you'll come out with at least a decent Marvel movie. There are some neat, unique elements in the third act, but the buildup is very slow and travels over well-trod ground. Michael Douglas is -- well, to say he was disappointing would be to say that I ever really had any expectation for him in any film anywhere. It really does feel like this one was in the development hell that it was always said to have been in. It feels like it finally got enough rewrites to hold off from being a real turd, but it's definitely in the lower tier of Marvel Studios movies, down with (and maybe a notch below) the Thor movies.
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Black Barney wrote: Some guy said it's at least as good as Guardians of the Galaxy but I think that's a guy who is mistaking infatuation for love. There's no way this is on par with Guardians.
Some guy? You talkin' bout me? =(
Also, aren't you the one that said Fury Road was gonna be for dumb people and then went and saw it 17 times /tease
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yeah, i was pokin' fun at ya. I watch that trailer and I can't even imagine how this comes close to Guardians.
Did I really say that aboot Fury Road?! I thought that was only John Carter. I wouldn't be surprised if I said it though, the trailer wasn't good at all.
man did I love that movie. I might actually see it a 6th time. I'm mad I only saw it once in three dee
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I think this was one of the more "difficult" characters to tackle and I think they did a great treatment of it. It was light, fun, and humorous. And the battles were classic. The audience got into it too. Sure, it was the usual origins story but it has a lot of charm. I suppose a lot depends on whether one likes Paul Rudd or not. I would say more but spoiler alert...
FEEL GOOD MOVIE OF THE SUMM0R!!!
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The latter is, in my opinion, the great failing of Guardians. Yes, it's fun. Yes, it's occasionally funny. But mostly it's a shell of a story laid on characters that are archetypes (like DC!) and with pretty poor-to-average dialogue and a ton of flashing lights. They took decent actors like Zoe Saldana and made them look like they couldn't act their way out of a paper bag. Almost none of the characters were interesting on a human level except for the CGI raccoon. To me, there just wasn't anything there to really get excited about, even for comics nerds (of which I remain one even if the closest I've come to superhero books for 20 years is Astro City.) But I'm in a distinct minority, so...
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Yeah pretty much so. Well, except for the expert safe cracker and surveillance expert bit. It's comic books so you can roll with that. But yeah, he's humble and relate-able like you suggest. One really cool scene in particular highlights this but dammit spoiler alert!Jackwraith wrote: I think Ant-Man kind of defines what sets Marvel characters apart from DC: they're real people. From the sound of it, they played up this side of the character and let it carry the movie. True?
The story isn't going to come as some brilliant surprise or anything. I mean you know who the "boss" is going to be from the first 3 minutes. But I think that's fine for a not-so-serious caper flick like this. And nerds aren't going to pull their hair out dissecting character motivations, accuracy of pseudo-science, and powers etc - it's just not that kind of movie. (I could be wrong about that). I enjoyed the ride and thought it was pretty refreshing. Maybe in the same way Iron Man #1 was, somehow.
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Pros:
Humor, special effects, casting.
Cons:
Forgettable plot, shoe-horned Avengers references.
I appreciated the lightness of it most of all. The most disappointing aspect was that you could clearly see which parts were written by Edgar Wright, and it made me pine for the whole movie as he would have directed it.
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