Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Mania opens up the fifth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it's starting to look like a version of The Flash.
The storyline of each MCU chapter revolves around leaders unknowingly moving in the wrong direction and then fighting a new normal that doesn't exist (is this the epitome of an epidemic?). With a $200 million production budget and universe-shattering threat levels, it's been frustrating to see the MCU's most sophisticated franchise grow like a tick while efficiency dwindles.
Enjoy Ant-Man (2015); Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) is also funny. Again directed by Peyton Reed, Quantum Mania is light and visually stunning . The requisite throwback jokes and violent binge antics of the previous films have been largely scrapped in favor of the digital world-building seen in Infinite and the Quantum Realm.
Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne/Wasp. The second account includes some action and dialogue, but Lily is very quiet in Quantummania and you are constantly waiting for an explanation for this. Cuss? The character insult we end up with? Has the artist's attitude towards the Covid-19 vaccine claim recovered? Aside from the occasional cliché ("I read about Scott!"), Hope is an entirely secondary ingredient.
This time, Scott, Hope, flamboyant blonde parents Hope (Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Douglas) and socially conscious entrepreneur Scott and daughter Cassie (Katherine Newton) travel to the Quantumville universe. "Quantumania" will take place not only in San Francisco, but also in Bookends , a land of famous magical visual wonders that look like the remains of Pandora after the "HR Pufnstuf" reheat . »
Q: How can I return home? Confrontation: why did Khan win, playing Jonathan Majors, who is trying to kill us and destroy the world? Well, he's a supervillain and we've seen him before (similar to the Disney series Loki). Major is a great actor, so we'll see him again.
Usually it is. Like any actor, it comes down to the material, and here the Majors are trying to make this supervillain his own, not like anyone else. The majors, the thinkers on screen, make a rare blunder in dramatic strategy in Quantummania, using dramatic stops to move… race and race. An hour later, many of the MCU's smaller films feel like green screen prisons, both to those on the screen and to viewers.
Forced into hand-to-hand combat by his script, Principal Reid still plays a major role in the business thanks to Ant-Man and the company's ability to scale from the size of an ant to a metal giant. when needed. . The film isn't bad, shall we say, but the kinetic combat is messy, and aspects of the Quantum Realm are surprisingly lacking in the digital and visual fabric that sometimes feels like a first draft of a new film. War. Franchise, not a continuation of the realm. Between everyone on screen repeating their wish to go home, I thought: “Same thing!
However, not all is lost. Quantumania follows Genthor , a sinister, terrifying and highly respected sailing warrior and leader of the revolution, played by Cathy O'Brien. He is a beast, the best and ready for anything. Even if it's not in the movie.
