Crap, I accidentally posted the same review twice...
My favorite character is Luis. I think this is the first time I watched a Marvel movie and the guy with no powers at all is my favorite character.
I admit, he was funnier than the average comic relief^^ and much more effective.
Completely agree: not a stellar movie, but a good one, funny, and it was excellent in showing why Ant-Man has awesome powers even without going giant.
I agree with most of this review, though I personally would give more credit to Cross' performance rather than the actual writing. Corey Stoll really sells the weird pseudo-daddy-issues Cross has got with Pym and makes the villainous breakdown a lot more convincing than him simply going after Pym's daughter because he's evil now.
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
Fair enough. Looking back I probably should have given his performance credit.
Not the best film the MCU has ever done, but definitely on my top three "would watch again and again and again" list (accompanied by The First Avenger and The Avengers). There's something so refreshingly human and engaging about this film and I just adore it. Can't wait to see more of Scott and Hope in the future!
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Heart Is an Awesome Power: The Movie
I had really huge expectations for this movie, even bigger than I did for Age of Ultron. Antman is one of my favourite secondary heroes in the Marvel Universe, and sadly a big victim of What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?. I wanted this film to make him grow out of his Memetic Loser reputation, to prove he could be a great character of his own, which wouldn't be easy, what with his biggest contribution to the story being taken away from him to be given to Stark. I wanted this movie to prove a guy who shrinks and controls ants could be awesome.
And boy did it succeed.
While Antman doesn't really breaks new ground in its premise and formula (it's essentially the same basic plot than Iron Man, with some Caper side added in the mix), it's still a really good movie, and shines in two areas. The first, as I said, is by how it takes its hard to take seriously premise, and manages to make it look badass. The Fridge Horror of being shrinked to micro-size, the potential of soldier the size of an bug while still retaining his normal strength and density, the various species of ants and their abilities... everything is explored. This movie actually managed to convince me Antman had the potential to be one of the MCU's deadliest assassins.
The second strength of this movie is his characters. Hank Pym is by far my favourite: aside from the fact Micheal Douglas is great in the role, he is played as a Crazy Awesome Mad Scientist who is basically using ants solve all his problems, and looks awesome doing it. This gave him something really unique, and made him stand out amongst the characters. Scott is not quite as great, but the fact he is a (semi)former thief, and a father, makes him interesting enough for a superhero, and I do accept him as a worthy successor. Hope was great too, especially in her relationship with her father, and I look forward seeing her as the new Wasp. Darren Cross was, on paper, a rather cliché rehash of every Iron Man movie villain ever, but the writing actually managed to make him entertaining and effective, especially his Sanity Slippage.
Overall, Antman is a worthy new installment in the MCU, and a really fun, enjoyable movie. I really hope it will have enough success for us too get a sequel.