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Wick's Review
Summary - OK 2.5
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is a competent Marvel movie. Yet it’s also chock-full of agitprop for woke sophisticates, making it hard to swallow. Worse, it’s hard to follow and its Quantum Realm setting turns into a hall-pass for cinematic hokum. What kind of hokum? Michelle Pfeiffer, age 64 and a mere 119 lbs, as an action star. That kind of hokum. Worse yet, the sublime Evangeline Lilly is largely wasted. Boo!
That Ant-Man 3 is competent Marvel is more than can be said about many Biden-era Marvel movies. This one features several classic elements that make Marvel movies marvelous, including major family issues, humor that’s actually funny, big stars with big scenes in a big movie, and plenty of engaging backstory. So, buying a ticket isn’t a waste of money, notwithstanding the movie being an offensive mess.
Acting - Very Good 3.5
Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man is a master of self-deprecation.
Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne / The Wasp is curiously wan and not given nearly enough screen time.
Michael Douglas as Dr. Hank Pym still got it.
Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet Van Dyne isn’t a credible action star.
Jonathan Majors as Kang The Conqueror is a deeply centered villain. Bravo!
Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang: A star is born? Not sure.
Bill Murray as Lord Krylar is a master of mugging.
Male Stars - Great 4.0
Female Stars - OK 2.5
Evangeline Lilly and Michelle Pfeiffer are great stars. However, Lilly is curiously wan and not given nearly enough screen time, while Pfeiffer simply isn't a credible action star, cinematic hokum notwithstanding.Female Costars - Great 4.0
Male Costars - Great 4.0
Film - OK 2.5
Most of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania takes place in the “quantum realm”, giving the filmmakers a hall-pass from reality. They didn’t use it to best effects, distinctly worse than did those behind Thor – The Dark World, to pick a Marvel movie that made its off-Earth setting work consistently well.
Direction - Very Good 3.5
Dialogue - Bad 1.0
Music - Very Good 3.5
Visuals - Great 4.0
Edge - Risqué 2.0
Sex Innocent 1.5
Violence Brutal 2.7
Rudeness Salty 1.8
Reality - Fantasy 4.4
Marvel cinematic fantasy aside, Ant-Man 3 is distinguished by its casual woke-ism. Police are the bad guys because disallowing homeless camps is now woke verboten. Plus, Ant-Man Sr. says “Socialism gets a bad rap and all, but look at ants.” That’s it then, we should all just be ants. It’s how the Left sees us anyway.