Ant-Man and The Wasp Ant-Man and the Wasp News and Speculation Thread - Part 2

[Fallen]

STOP talking about Nolan .

 

[Silvermoon]

I bet there won't be any change though, because even if someone's home team is knocked out, people will switch to supporting another one. Football fever will continue for the next month.

I don't remember what happened to other MCU films during previous World Cups. Were these pushed back? Was there a film in 2014?

2014 had The Winter Soldier in April (International Markets started showing it mid-late March), and then GotG in early August (International Markets started showing late/end of July).

 

[Dark Raven]

2014 had The Winter Soldier in April (International Markets started showing it mid-late March), and then GotG in early August (International Markets started showing late/end of July).

Well those would've missed the World Cup entirely because of their timing. I'm pretty sure GOTG was in August in the UK.

Ant-Man should've just been in August everywhere in the world so it all came out at the same time.

 

[DyeLorean]

We're getting the first reviews today, am I correct?

 

[harlequinade]

Yeah, in few hours!

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

It started. I see 9 fresh reviews on RT.

 

[harlequinade]

Already? Wow, off to read!

 

[Tekic]

24 reviews in. All Fresh!

 

[DyeLorean]

24 Reviews
100% so far

 

[harlequinade]

Very high praise for Evangeline in the reviews! And a lot are mentioning it's superior to the first movie

 

[Web-Head]

High praise for the Wasp and even better than the first one? That's all I need to hear! I still think the first Ant-Man is one of, if not the most underrated movie in the MCU. 8 long days til I'll be seeing it and I cannot wait

 

[TheVileOne]

I can now say I saw Ant-Man and the Wasp. Overall, a good sequel. It's a pretty tight and focused narrative. It's not an end of the universe stakes kind of story. It's a more personal and intimate one.

Fair warning, this is probably the closest Marvel has ever been to a straight out and out comedy. It's even more of a comedy than Thor: Ragnarok. I will say though, Paul Rudd does a good job handling and carrying the material for the most part.

The villains were more or less props so to speak to move the story along. The movie was more about Scott not trying to land back in jail, while also trying to figure out how to help Hank and Hope and redeem himself in their eyes.

I did enjoy all the large-size ant humor.

 

[legendkillin]

With reviews this good, I guess I will have to dip out of here. Amazing that it is being looked at as a Winter Soldier level movie. This is a huge boost for the Ant-Man character, possible to get more than 3 movies if Rudd and Lilly enjoy the roles.

 

[DACrowe]

Well only a handful of the reviews are raving about it, but most are saying "it's a pretty fun time," even a few of the negative ones. That should be a pretty hopeful sign for fans.

 

[Kev4000]

Well only a handful of the reviews are raving about it, but most are saying "it's a pretty fun time," even a few of the negative ones. That should be a pretty hopeful sign for fans.

After the dark IW this light-charmful movie will fit very well in the row.

 

[terry78]

It'll be one of those summer crowd pleasers for sure. I'm sure you'll have your stint of fanboys *****ing about too much trademark MCU humor, but that's part and parcel.

 

[DyeLorean]

Does anyone know if the flashback sequence in Buenos Aires is still in the film?

 

[Aximili86]

Fair warning, this is probably the closest Marvel has ever been to a straight out and out comedy.

And the first one wasn't? This isn't a bad thing.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Well, for me, I'll just leave it at saying that's your opinion. As you probably can guess, I strongly disagree.

For the record, Ebert liked or loved every one of the Nolan movies he was alive to review, except ironically Memento (I wonder if he changed his mind on that later). He called TDK near perfect and that it "redefines the possibilities of the comic book movie."

For Inception, here is Ebert's take on the "middle brow" filmmaker:

"It's said that Christopher Nolan spent ten years writing his screenplay for "Inception." That must have involved prodigious concentration, like playing blindfold chess while walking a tight-wire. The film's hero tests a young architect by challenging her to create a maze, and Nolan tests us with his own dazzling maze. We have to trust him that he can lead us through, because much of the time we're lost and disoriented. Nolan must have rewritten this story time and again, finding that every change had a ripple effect down through the whole fabric.

...The movies often seem to come from the recycling bin these days: Sequels, remakes, franchises. "Inception" does a difficult thing. It is wholly original, cut from new cloth, and yet structured with action movie basics so it feels like it makes more sense than (quite possibly) it does. I thought there was a hole in "Memento:" How does a man with short-term memory loss remember he has short-term memory loss? Maybe there's a hole in "Inception" too, but I can't find it. Christopher Nolan reinvented "Batman." This time he isn't reinventing anything. Yet few directors will attempt to recycle "Inception." I think when Nolan left the labyrinth, he threw away the map."

Ebert was truly one of the last great critics of our time, and a Pulitzer winner at that. His presence is sorely missed.

Anyway, nice to see that Ant-Man and the Wasp is being well-received. I wasn't a fan of the first film, but this one looks like a blast.

 

[TheVileOne]

And the first one wasn't? This isn't a bad thing.

Even more of a comedy than the first one

I never said it's a bad thing. It's a fair warning to those who don't like those aspects for Marvel films because there are plenty of detractors.

Once again, Aximili86, you're being very defensive .

I even said I liked it more than the first one. I never said it's a bad movie.

 

[JtheDreamer]

Not really a surprise that they chose a heavier hand of comedy with this one. The material itself lends to it - so does that fact that the lead is Paul Rudd and it would be a waste to not continue to show off Michael Pena's talents.

 

[Xeno]

STOP talking about Nolan .

I second this. People who absolutely have to go off-topic and fight over Nolan should take it elsewhere. And the mods should enforce this.

 

[ironman_rick]

I can now say I saw Ant-Man and the Wasp. Overall, a good sequel. It's a pretty tight and focused narrative. It's not an end of the universe stakes kind of story. It's a more personal and intimate one.

Fair warning, this is probably the closest Marvel has ever been to a straight out and out comedy. It's even more of a comedy than Thor: Ragnarok. I will say though, Paul Rudd does a good job handling and carrying the material for the most part.

The villains were more or less props so to speak to move the story along. The movie was more about Scott not trying to land back in jail, while also trying to figure out how to help Hank and Hope and redeem himself in their eyes.

I did enjoy all the large-size ant humor.

so is the stuff in the spoiler thread correct ?

 

[Spider-Fan]

I second this. People who absolutely have to go off-topic and fight over Nolan should take it elsewhere. And the mods should enforce this.

It's pretty much stopped at this point, so no need right now. But if it creeps up again, I will do something.

 

[zenith16]

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Marvel's Ant-Man and The Wasp Behind the Scenes - Electric Playground


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