A good movie

I already saw this movie but since I just bought a brand new TV, I thought I might as well check it out again on Disney+. Apparently, this movie is considered as one of the weaker MCU instalments but, I have to admit it, the first time around, I really enjoyed the damned thing. Indeed, against all expectations, I really loved this flick and, at the time, I was really convinced that it was by far one of the best stand-alone flicks delivered by Marvel so far. It was even more impressive because, not only Ant-Man seemed to be a rather lame character but, after Edgar Wright left this project, I was pretty sure the whole thing was doomed. Well, after all these years, I have to admit that I was apparently slightly too generous with this movie though. I mean, I still think it was visually spectacular with some impressive special effects and it was still quite hilarious. However, it was pretty clear that the story was nothing amazing though. On top of that, even though the casting was just spot-on (Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña), they didn’t do anything really interesting with their characters. Finally, it was really awkward how they tried to connect the whole thing with the MCU. Eventually, after all these years, you can still wonder what Edgar Wright would have done with this material, especially after working for so long on this material. Anyway, even if it wasn’t as amazing as I thought it was, I still think they managed to make Ant-Man, a seemingly rather pitiful super-hero, quite awesome and bad-ass. To conclude, even if this movie has a rather weak reputation, I think it is actually a really enjoyable super-hero feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.


7/10