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    ANT-MAN & THE WASP QUANTUMANIA directed by Peyton Reed (2023)

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    On 2/22/2023 at 11:58 AM, @therealsilvermane said:

    From comics legend Roy Thomas:

    John Cimino and I joined our friend Jim Clark (a retired USAF officer) at an early showing of "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania."  It wasn't my favorite Marvel movie, but I've got to say that it reinforced my view that "Rotten Tomatoes" and a lot of other Internet sources are just this side of useless when it comes to accessing the quality of a Marvel film... or maybe any other one, as well.  Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Michele Feiffer, and the rest--but especially Rudd--made this "Ant-Man Meets Star Wars" episode a fun romp, even if there was necessarily so much CGI that sometimes it became hard to get your bearings.  But hey--they're a quintet of Earth humans in a sub-atomic universe--this isn't Mayberry or Fernwood, for Crom's sake!

    One common complaint seems to be that this "Ant-Man" isn't small-scale and light like the first one.  Well, duh (as they say).  Why should the third "Ant-Man" movie follow the same pattern as the first one or two?  If it had, then these same souls would be complaining that Marvel was just making the same movie over again (remember "Thor:  Dark World"?)!  Why shouldn't Ant-Man, especially in the wake of his crucial role in "Avengers: Endgame" be involved in something bigger--even if it's actually something smaller?  Even Spider-Man started off as just a high school kid bitten by a spider, and a few movies later he's battling Thanos on another world.

    The film has flaws, sure... and I agree with the complaint that too much cheap humor is made in recent movies of the heroes' names, like MODOK in this one.  (The only such joke I ever liked was in the first "Ant-Man," when Pym tells Lang his code title will be "Ant-Man" and he asks, "Is it too late to change the name?"--because that's a quite normal reaction for a person to have.  "ANT-man"?  By the way, am I right in thinking that that joke was only in the trailer but didn't make it into the finished film, or did I blink and miss it there?).  But, flaws and all, it's better than most of the Disney+ shows to date ("WandaVision" definitely excepted)... It was just a good solid visual romp, enlivened by several very good actors playing well-delineated characters.

    And by the way, for the record, I'll have to disagree with one or two of my fellow comics pros in saying that never, from his first appearance early in THE AVENGERS comicbook till now, have I considered Kang the Conqueror a silly character, or the notion of a villain trying to change history in his/her favor a not-worthwhile approach to a storyline.  Au contraire.

    Too bad the MCU probably won't follow my lead back in the late '60s and pit Kang in battle with the Grandmaster.  The comics world got both the Squadron Sinister/Supreme and the Invaders out of that one.

    Best wishes,

    Roy

    I hope we get a live action Hyperion!

    ANT-MAN & THE WASP QUANTUMANIA directed by Peyton Reed (2023)

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    On 2/22/2023 at 10:05 AM, Jaydogrules said:

    Except that it's actually only made 250M.  The "49M" being reported by the numbers is clearly wrong.  And again, mighty funny how the box office reporting on this FLOP are seemingly deliberately wonky and always immediately being pumped by Marvel shills before they are eventually.and quietly "corrected".  

    -J.

    Who knows who’s right??Disney buys tickets for black panther and Captain marvel in my opinion!

    ANT-MAN & THE WASP QUANTUMANIA directed by Peyton Reed (2023)

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    On 2/20/2023 at 8:10 PM, paperheart said:

    MCU apologists and trade rags hiding $135M opening weekend BO :roflmao:

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    ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ Flies To $225.3M WW Opening Amid Softness In Asia Pacific – International Box Office

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    The superhero adventure, starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly as the titular heroes, brought in $105 million from 4,345 North American theaters over the traditional weekend and finished the President’s Day holiday frame with $120 million. It’s the first $100 million domestic debut of 2023. The film added $121 million at the international box office, bringing its global tally to $225 million. “Quantumania” failed to live up to expectations in China, sputtering with $19.2 million.

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    ANT-MAN & THE WASP QUANTUMANIA directed by Peyton Reed (2023)

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    On 1/17/2023 at 2:43 PM, theCapraAegagrus said:

    We know that Kang isn't dying, though, so not only do they have to set him up in a manner that we don't mind him existing beyond this movie, they have to still make the stakes meaningful for Ant-Man & Co. None of the other movies had to accomplish this, because their villains were 1-deminsional, one-and-done.

    Kang has 60 years of stories to pull from!Plus when did you become a Kang fan??😁