Ant Man and the Wasp

[Greg]

Missed this one in the theaters. Paid money to stream it because I wasn't starting to hear spoilers, including the ultimate.

This is the light and breezy MCU. Very kid friendly. Very funny. They did lots of throw backs to what was funny in Ant Man

This takes place just a bit before Avengers: Infinity War. It gives an explanation of why Ant-Man Scott wasn't there to help in the battles. The main thrust of the movie is to save Hank Pym's wife. The team is also angry that Scott went to Berlin without them and got them all into trouble. There is still a lot of interplay between Scott and his daughter. There is an FBI agent who is really funny.

The whole film is played for laughs. Ant Man is the least serious of all the heroes and seems to enjoy actually being the hero, maybe like an older dumber Spiderman. Ant Man is never the smartest guy in the room.

I like it.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Very entertaining.

“You know Baba Yaga...?”

[Drunk Monk]

Finally got to this because it looks important to the Endgame trailer. Agreed on all points above. More digital redemption of an aging hottie - this time Michele Pffeiffer. Like with aquaman, she looked younger than Evangeline. I luv the x-con security guys. Also liked how after such a light romp, it’s brought back to the Thanos story arc in the credits scene. Another nonsensical SF chase scene. Some one should shoot one where the just get stuck in traffic.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

...or they need to park their van to do something superhero-y, but can’t find parking, then double park illegally and get towed.

[Drunk Monk]

Rewatched as a refresher in prep for that screener. Man, I did not remember much of anything from this film. In fact, had I not posted above, I would’ve thought I just saw the trailer. Some stories are indelible but comic book based flicks can be … well .. delible? That being said, it was an amusing romp. Set in sf but so not sf. The inside of Pym’s Victorian looks nothing like any sf Victorian I’ve ever been in. And a chase scene going down Lombard is beyond cliche. Maybe I should watch endgame again next. I wish there was a way for Disney+ to sort a storyline of a single character throughout all the phases. Jimmy Woo kinda bugged me in this one. Not sure why. The quantum realm really needs to do more ‘splainin’ - my fav line was when Lang said something about everyone putting the word ‘quantum’ in front of everything. Hard to say if I liked this one better than the original or not. It’s kinda a lot of more of the same. Not that it’s a bad thing. They’ve got an entertaining formula & good cast chemistry. But now I’m craving a mini-series based on the x-con guys.