Movies By Cho: Ant-Man
Now Showing: Ant-Man
Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Pena
Scene after the Credits: Yes. 2 actually. One just after credits start, and the other at the very end
Would I see this again: Yes
Notable Previews: The Finest Hours
Bottom Line: Fun & engaging heist movie
Paul Rudd does an outstanding job here as a down-on-his-luck ex-con who can't find a job because of his record, even though he has a degree in electrical engineering. The only bright light in his life is his young daughter, but his ex-wife (Judy Greer) and her asshole cop husband (Bobby Cannavale) won't let him see her until he gets a place of his home (he's staying with other ex-cons) and starts making his child support payments.
When he finally gets a low-wage job selling ice cream, he hopes things will start getting better, but then his boss finds out he was in prison. Even though the boss applauds him for the "Robin Hood"-type crime he committed, he still fires him. It's at this point, when he finally agrees to take part in a burglary that his roommate (and ex-cellmate) is planning. The job goes off without a hitch, until Scott Lang (Rudd) breaches the large safe he's been sent to plunder, and finds it empty except for some old dusty bottles, and a weird looking "motorcycle suit". Scott's life will never be the same again.
I really enjoyed this film. It starts in the late 1980s where we see a young Michael Douglas (as Hank Pym) meeting at S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ with 3 people: an elderly Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and Howard Stark (John Slattery, reprising his role from Iron Man 2). The third person I didn't recognize, and didn't even learn his name until later. (Mitchell Carson; a name I don't recognize, so I don't know if he's someone from the comics or not) What bummed me out about this scene is that 2 minutes into the movie, I find out that Janet Pym, AKA The Wasp, is dead. WHAT?! It's used as mean-spirited snipe at Pym by Carson, and after Pym walks out and the movie jumps to present day, I feared that would be all we hear of Janet. Fortunately, not true! There's a flashback sequence later on showing Ant-Man and Wasp in action back in the 1960s.
So, this is a superhero origin movie, with a cool Avengers cameo in the middle. (actually, I'm not sure you can call an extended scene with dialogue and combat, a "cameo") Also, like Iron Man 1, it's about a protege trying to usurp his mentor's creation and market it as a weapon for sale to the highest bidder. Once we have the setup, it becomes a heist movie with a group of people planning how to infiltrate a high-security facility, steal the bad guy's prototype and make sure he can't make more. Of course, nothing is quite that easy and things don't as smoothly as planned, so we then segue into the classic hero vs villain climatic battle.
There's humor sprinkled all throughout the movie, both in dialogue and visual cues, which I love, although the haters on IMDB.com use this as an excuse for why this movie "sucks" to them. You want dark, brooding, dismal movies? Go watch the DC films, and stop attending the Marvel ones. No one cares about your dreary, joyless life, and how you want everything in life to mirror it.
You want to laugh? You want an exciting action film? An engaging heist film? Agent Carter & Avengers cameos? A setup for next year's Captain America: Civil War? Then go see this movie. AND SIT THROUGH THE CREDITS. There are TWO extra scenes! The first involves Hank & Janet Pym, and most people left the theater after this one, while the second involves 2 well-known superheroes, in what appears to be a setup for next Marvel film.
Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Pena
Scene after the Credits: Yes. 2 actually. One just after credits start, and the other at the very end
Would I see this again: Yes
Notable Previews: The Finest Hours
Bottom Line: Fun & engaging heist movie
Paul Rudd does an outstanding job here as a down-on-his-luck ex-con who can't find a job because of his record, even though he has a degree in electrical engineering. The only bright light in his life is his young daughter, but his ex-wife (Judy Greer) and her asshole cop husband (Bobby Cannavale) won't let him see her until he gets a place of his home (he's staying with other ex-cons) and starts making his child support payments.
When he finally gets a low-wage job selling ice cream, he hopes things will start getting better, but then his boss finds out he was in prison. Even though the boss applauds him for the "Robin Hood"-type crime he committed, he still fires him. It's at this point, when he finally agrees to take part in a burglary that his roommate (and ex-cellmate) is planning. The job goes off without a hitch, until Scott Lang (Rudd) breaches the large safe he's been sent to plunder, and finds it empty except for some old dusty bottles, and a weird looking "motorcycle suit". Scott's life will never be the same again.
I really enjoyed this film. It starts in the late 1980s where we see a young Michael Douglas (as Hank Pym) meeting at S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ with 3 people: an elderly Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and Howard Stark (John Slattery, reprising his role from Iron Man 2). The third person I didn't recognize, and didn't even learn his name until later. (Mitchell Carson; a name I don't recognize, so I don't know if he's someone from the comics or not) What bummed me out about this scene is that 2 minutes into the movie, I find out that Janet Pym, AKA The Wasp, is dead. WHAT?! It's used as mean-spirited snipe at Pym by Carson, and after Pym walks out and the movie jumps to present day, I feared that would be all we hear of Janet. Fortunately, not true! There's a flashback sequence later on showing Ant-Man and Wasp in action back in the 1960s.
So, this is a superhero origin movie, with a cool Avengers cameo in the middle. (actually, I'm not sure you can call an extended scene with dialogue and combat, a "cameo") Also, like Iron Man 1, it's about a protege trying to usurp his mentor's creation and market it as a weapon for sale to the highest bidder. Once we have the setup, it becomes a heist movie with a group of people planning how to infiltrate a high-security facility, steal the bad guy's prototype and make sure he can't make more. Of course, nothing is quite that easy and things don't as smoothly as planned, so we then segue into the classic hero vs villain climatic battle.
There's humor sprinkled all throughout the movie, both in dialogue and visual cues, which I love, although the haters on IMDB.com use this as an excuse for why this movie "sucks" to them. You want dark, brooding, dismal movies? Go watch the DC films, and stop attending the Marvel ones. No one cares about your dreary, joyless life, and how you want everything in life to mirror it.
You want to laugh? You want an exciting action film? An engaging heist film? Agent Carter & Avengers cameos? A setup for next year's Captain America: Civil War? Then go see this movie. AND SIT THROUGH THE CREDITS. There are TWO extra scenes! The first involves Hank & Janet Pym, and most people left the theater after this one, while the second involves 2 well-known superheroes, in what appears to be a setup for next Marvel film.