ANT-MAN & THE WASP QUANTUMANIA directed by Peyton Reed (2023) 11 11

[Bosco685]

Sounds like the 1:1 scenes are where this works but it is more mass character scenes.

 

Edited February 16, 2023 by Bosco685

[paperheart]

might not be a gold rush for this clunker

[Microchip]

On 2/17/2023 at 5:06 AM, kimik said:

And that sums up every Ant-Man appearance in the MCU. Rudd is miscast in this role - he is better suited to other types of comedy than forced MCU comedy.

Hm, you might have a point there.

He fit the first two, light hearted, child-friendly content.

Edited February 16, 2023 by Microchip

[Microchip]

On 2/16/2023 at 12:52 PM, Hawkman said:

Woke agenda? You mean diversity and inclusiveness? SMH at the ignorance of people.....

Was this sarcasm?

[kimik]

On 2/16/2023 at 2:57 PM, davidpg said:

Bro, I made two things in the toilet this morning better than Eternals.

With better or worse consistency than the plot for the Eternals............

[PeterPark]

"What do you care what other people think?" - Richard Feynman

[Jesse-Lee]

Anyone going to see this tonight? I wanted to, but we got a ton of snow - just bought my ticket online for the Saturday matinee. Now to stay away from spoilers for the next 36+ hours...

[Straw-Man]

just hung up with one of my best friend comic geeks, and he LOVED the flick.   couldn't wait to see it again.

[paperheart]

On 2/14/2023 at 2:02 PM, Bosco685 said:

86% forever!

It has begun

 

[Bosco685]

On 2/16/2023 at 7:52 PM, paperheart said:

 

They're trying to figure out what to set it at. One moment it was 84%. Then it jumped to 87% when I refreshed. Then I refreshed again and it went to 84% again.

[theCapraAegagrus]

Can the MCU let drama breathe for more than 2 f**king seconds?

Don't waste your money on this.

It's not bad (well, some of the 'comedy' and political BS certainly is), it's simply not worth the ticket price when you can watch it for free in 3 months.

Jonathan Majors nailed it, and that's about it.

It's better than everything in Phase Bore, other than No Way Home. Low bar, but it makes the hurdle.

Definitely the lovechild of Mediocre MCU and Disney Star Wars in many ways.

I logged in outside of work hours to bring you this message.

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 2/16/2023 at 1:07 PM, kimik said:

I will be going with some other boardies next week. I just hope it is better than the last turd we saw as a group, which was the Batman.

I might rate them the same? Except that Quantumania spares you that extra hour of your life.

[theCapraAegagrus]

This will be one of those movies that, instead of re-watching it, you'll Google YouTube search, "All Kang Scenes in Ant-Man".

Edited February 17, 2023 by theCapraAegagrus
Wrong website.

[Xenosmilus]

Pretty bad but I did like Jonathan Majors as Kang. Actually I was rooting for Kang everything else was so bad!

Edited February 17, 2023 by Xenosmilus

[Azkaban]

well it's better then Thor: Love and Thunder but that wouldn't take much. I went with my comic friends to see this the same as we do all comic movies and I went to sleep at least twice that I know of in the first hour  I'll be going again this weekend to take my daughter like we always do every comic movie and will try again  the action scenes towards the end of the movie were good but wow will let you know after the second viewing 

[bronze_rules]

One of my favorite reviewers said people were walking out of the theater early. And sounds like he would have followed them had he not stayed to create a complete review.

Edited February 17, 2023 by bronze_rules

[Buzzetta]

Not going to lie.  I have a lot going on and forgot this movie was released. 

Apparently a lot of other people did as well. 

I just got back from the theater.

Texted a few friends that I normally see these things with.  One person said that they saw it this afternoon.  Another said that they will wait until it is on Disney+.

I had bought a ticket and reserved a seat in prime real estate in what turned out to become a 1/3 full theater about a half hour before the movie was to start. 

Review forthcoming.   I am trying to figure out a way to explain what I saw without being all spoilery. 

[Spider-Variant]

Grade of C for me and D - from Mrs. Spider-Variant.  She's a tough grader.

 

[ExNihilo]

I saw the early Rotten Tomatoes score which lowered my expectations, but honestly, the movie is much better than what the critics score shows.  It's a fun popcorn comic film.  This isn't a film that's going to be up for an Oscar.  It is an enjoyable way to spend two hours.  The CGI of the last few films has been subpar, but there's a return to form.  I think some of the color palette is still too bright, and one of the characters in particular looks misplaced.  But beyond that, it looks better than the last few Marvel films.  In terms of writing, the film has a decent pace, but there are elements that feel lazy.  The final battle felt like it borrowed from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.  There's a deus ex machina moment that feels cheap.  And the solution to many of the problems our heroes faced is solved in a rather straight forward fashion without some of the wit that we've seen from the first two films.  But despite all that, there were a lot more positive moments than there were negative.  Paul Rudd is charismatic as ever and Jonathan Majors does a great job as Kang.  A fun film, not a top tier MCU film, but not bottom tier either.  

[Larryw7]

In spoiler tags, what happens in the mid credit sequence?