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Scotland what is going on to all my MCU fans out there and welcome back to the channel we
have officially begun our journey into this new phase five of the MCU and it begins with Ant-Man
and the wasp quantumanium in the beginning of the King Dynasty now the question is is this a
must-see MCU film that you got to see in theaters or is it a middle of the road Ant-Man Adventure
into the quantum realm we'll be discussing that and much more in today's spoiler-free
review but before we get into it let's start the conversation in the comments below let me know
if you all were excited for this film and if you're a fan of the Ant-Man franchise and of
course once you've seen it let's talk about it what worked what didn't work let's talk about
the story the scope the scale the performances are you excited to see more of Jonathan Majors
as Kang and since this is the third film of the franchise where would you rank it amongst
other two let's talk about that in the comments section and of course if you enjoyed today's
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with that being said let's get into my thoughts starting off with the positives and let's talk
about the director of all three Ant-Man films and that is Peyton Reed who has come out and said it's
finally time for Ant-Man to get their big event film and coming after Age of Ultron coming after
infinity War do we get those expectations does the hype feel like it's there well I'll just say this
about Peyton reg he takes a lot of swings and for the fences and some of them hit and some of them
don't but we're focusing on the positives and with that I gotta say I thought Peyton Reed by
far brought us the biggest and most ambitious Ant-Man film in every sense of the word as we
finally get to explore the depths of the quantum realm and what comes with that is this whole new
civilization of aliens and creatures and I really enjoyed that element being added to
the experience because for me I thought Peyton Reed really captured this idea of other worldly
feeling it felt like a real cool science fiction adventure and you can tell his time on working on
the Mandalorian he directed Two episodes of that show and then particular when you think about the
finale of season two he brought a lot of those tools that he got from that Star Wars universe
and implied it to this film which I thought was really handled pretty well for the most
part but then pairing that with the right of the movie we have the writer of the movie here being
Jeff Lovelace who you all might know for his time on Rick and Morty and other different TV programs
I thought that Jeff brought a good amount of lore and mythology to the table especially establishing
these different pockets of the quantum realm and given the audience just enough backstory to get us
excited for Kang now if you all do not know Jeff is the writer of Avengers Kang Dynasty and after
seeing this film I'm excited to see him continue that lore in that World building but I'm also a
little bit nervous and we'll talk about that a little bit later but again I thought the pairing
of Peyton's Direction and Jeff's writing was for the most part pretty solid but let's talk about
these performances and I want to start off by talking about the lead Avenger Scott Lang paid by
AI Paul Rudd who I'm a fan of and I gotta say I thought Paul rub was pretty great in this film
he's Charming he has the Charisma as we always know he has the jokes but seeing him in this
film what I really enjoyed is seeing Scott Lang dealing with the aftermath of what do you do after
in game what do you do after saving the world what's next well we see him wanting to focus on
being a father to Cassie which to me was the main heart of this particular story and I thought he
did a good job of not only capturing the most powerful most Ant-Man version that we've seen
in him in the MCU like this is the best version of Ant-Man we've seen he's doing a lot of cool
stuff getting big getting small he's perfected the science behind it but more in particularly
focusing on that father element I thought it was really interesting to see him really wanting to
protect his daughter by any means necessary after being hunted by this conqueror so again if you're
a Paul Rudd fan if you like Scott Lang I think you'll enjoy what he brings to the table in this
third film which also brings me to his daughter that's talk about Cassie who's played by Catherine
Newton who's making her MCU debut I'll be honest with you all I thought that she was okay there
were some moments in which I felt like the more emotional beats felt a little bit underwhelming
but I did enjoy how the film Incorporated her motives in this film being someone that wants
to help people which to me builds on this idea of the Young Avengers which I assume she will be
a part of that particular crew and having her fit right in with them so again overall Catherine did
an okay job again I just felt like some of the delivery was a little bit off but I'm excited to
see what they do with her moving forward we gotta talk about my man the original Ant-Man you know
Hank Pym who's played by Michael Douglas he's also okay he's just kind of there in this movie
he gives the occasional jokes he is the smart scientist he's exploring the quantum realm he
also lets the audience know just how important his ants are so again Hank Pym is he's there he's okay
in this movie but there were a couple other pieces to this puzzle like for example an actress by the
name of Katie O'Brien who plays generatorga who is the leader the Freedom Fighters of this film I
enjoyed her performance but we got to focus on the main attraction which the two best performances
for me in this movie comes from Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet and my man Jonathan Majors as Kang the
Conqueror let's talk about Michelle Pfeiffer first who is Janet who is making her return and I really
do think the title of this movie which is Ant-Man and the Wasps really focusing on the original wasp
in his film Janet has a lot more to do this time around more so than hope and I'll be honest with
you all hope does take a backseat in this film but I was okay with that I wasn't mad at that because
if you think about it she's the driving force of this narrative it's because Janet has spent 30
years in the quantum realm she's an expert so she knows all the ins and outs and I really enjoyed
seeing her perspective going on this journey her being a leader but also her being very fearful of
what's in the quantum realm and particularly her relationship that she had with Kang so I thought
that Michelle was great in this movie and I'm glad they gave her a little bit more to do than
previous times when we saw her one thing I will mention without giving too much away they didn't
explore some of the abilities that we saw from her in part two I'll just kind of leave it at that but
let's talk about the Kang the Conqueror Jonathan Majors oh my goodness y'all when I tell you all he
completely steals every single scene I mean that the way he demands your attention the words had
weight whenever he spoke and you notice the way he talks is so meticulous and just knowing how
much time how much content he experienced the man is not here for any BS and I love that this film
didn't do the Marvel thing they didn't throw any jokes towards the character he was very serious
throughout the entire his entire time on screen which is roughly about like 18 to 20 minutes but
you felt his presence in his movie there were no jokes there was no BS I also really appreciated
how the film didn't take anything away from him being imposing the casting was perfect the costume
was so fire seeing him using his powers him being in his environment was just great to see as a fan
of Jonathan Majors I cannot wait to see more of Kang moving forward in this multiversal Saga if
you are a fan of Kang if you are a fan of Jonathan Majors I don't think you'll be disappointed I
think it's almost impossible to be disappointed there are some elements that I didn't like about
the writing which we'll say for a little bit later but overall Kang is that dude get into some other
elements before we get into my criticisms I will say this film is a lot more serious than
the previous Ant-Man films which I personally appreciated but I also want to get into being
impressed by the post credit scenes without giving away obviously there are two of them and I'll just
say this both of the post credit scenes are very important to phase five in a very major way I'll
just say that but let's get into my criticisms here and just getting all the small nitpicking
on the way this is MCU films with 30 plus movies into the franchise not all the jokes work for me
and we know every MCU film has this elements of jokiness and I didn't find all the jokes to land
which was okay but also I did feel like there was some underused actors man like for example we have
William Jackson Harper and as well as Bill Murray I feel like both of those characters were wasted
and also just want to bring up the fact that if you have known me and whenever I talk about the
Ant-Man franchise I have a favorite character in this franchise and that fairy character
isn't in the movie and I won't say who that is but it broke my heart to not see that character
I'll just say that but get into the series and see here as far as Seasons didn't work for me
first off I will admit the film is a bit messy and what I mean by that is think especially thinking
about the last half of the film the first half of the film to me did a good job of catching us up
with Scott and Ant-Man family within the first 10 minutes and once we actually get into the action
and we go into the quantum realm and when you see the actual reasonings and the setup of why we find
them in a Quantum realm to me was a little bit it was purely accidental which to me just kind
of added this sense of like Fitness to the script but also when we get into the quantum realm we're
split into two different groups and to me I feel like the film had a hard time juggling those plots
because they felt uneven in my opinion which also going back to what I mentioned the heart of the
film being the father and daughter relationship between Scott and Cassie to me the trailer sold me
on the idea that Scott's motives to helping Kang was because he believed he was going to get more
time with his daughter but when you you see the film that's really not the case and I won't get
into the details but I was kind of disappointed by the way Scott was helping Kane because it felt
very generic and very kind of stereotypical so when you see the film you know what I'm talking
about but to me I also want to mention film didn't know really really what it was until understanding
of Kang and he actually comes on screen and it wasn't to that point that the film at points
it felt like the Journey to the Center of the Earth meets Thor Ragnarok so it was kind of like
totally speaking it was kind of it didn't know what it was until we finally got came into the
picture which once that happened the film kind of finds his momentum but I talked about the swings
but let's talk about the misses of the writing and Direction with Peyton Reed and Jeff script
to me I got to talk about one of the big misses and that is the inclusion of the one mechanized
organism design only for killing AKA Moda cool by all accounts in the comics is a very obscure and
weird concept of the character within itself but I'm gonna be honest with you all I wasn't a fan
of the use of the character in this film I wasn't a fan of the handling of Modoc in this movie and
to me without getting to all the weeds of who is Modoc I just felt like that character was just
used for a punch line it was just a joke every time the character was on screen it was a joke
never menacing never scary I wasn't a fan of Modoc and I'm very curious to see how other people feel
about Modoc but for me personally I wasn't a fan but get into how I talked about being a fan of
Science Fiction and really loving how we dive into the quantum realm I also kind of felt disattached
when we were in the quantum remote points because I felt like I was more or less watching a movie
versus fully being immersed into what was going on on screen because 95 of this movie is in this CGI
Quantum realm obviously areas so to me sometimes I feel kind of disattached with being in this CGI
world but now talking about Jonathan Majors who I talked about his performance being top-notch but
going to his writing I will admit that the actual writing the character sometimes felt like the film
numbed him down or maybe I should say they adjusted his power level in order to match
the power and the skill set of the Ant-Man family and seeing certain things going against
the Ant-Man quickly to me makes me a bit worried of how they're going to handle Kang and the MCU
moving forward because I always talk about how the MCU has an issue with power scaling and sometimes
not fully giving the character their Justice and this was my issue going to Ant-Man and Quantum
annum was how can you have such a pivotal Avenger Threat Level villain going against and this is no
disrespect but going against Ant-Man and to me my kind of concerns were seen at points in
this film and when you get to certain elements you'll know what I'm talking about but last but
not least speaking of elements I do want to mention I don't know if I truly bought into
after now Cena's film the hype and the idea that this is a big event Marvel film that believes it
is actually the launching pad of phase five while also being the end of a trip Trilogy to me this
is one of the most open-ended trilogies to an end of a Trilogy of any Marvel film so far because it
didn't have like the sense of like it was actually ending so again the balancing of being something
so important but also ending something that has been around for eight years it didn't really match
those needs so those are my main Pros those are my main cons before I give you all my score and
let you know if you should see this when it comes out in theaters if you stuck around to this point
in this video I appreciate you just reminder to like share comment and consider subscribing
to the channel overall if you enjoyed the previous Ant-Man movies and if you enjoyed the weirdness of
a Thor Ragnarok then I believe you'll enjoy this film as a fun experience and enjoying through the
world of the Ant-Man Quantum realm going through the quantum realm with the Ant-Man family as it
also introduces a new big bad of phase five but just a pro tip for you all don't go into this
film with these huge expectations because I think if you do that you'll be fine so overall for me
I'm gonna man the lost quantumanium a three out of five and I'll say this I won't say that I'm
disappointed by the film because if I'm being honest with you all I was never a big Ant-Man
film to begin with but I was hoping that this was gonna boost my confidence into this new phase five
and I'll just say that it was just you know like I said it was it's an okay it's not the big event
film that I thought it was that Marvel was kind of pitching it up to be so with that being said
if I were to rank the Ant-Man films I think for me it's gonna be Ant-Man one 2015 Ant-Man this
Ant-Man Quantum made him and then Ant-Man and the WASP which I'm not a fan of that film at all so
there's my thoughts on Ant-Man 3 Pros con score with that being said it's your time to participate
in the comments once you've seen it let me know what worked what didn't work are you excited for
more Kang is this your favorite Ant-Man film in the franchise let's have all those conversations
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