Not when Ironman 2/3 thor 1/2 age of ultron inhuman all exist... Y'all need to stop acting like the marvel didn't have blunders before... The problem is mainly y'alls expectations... I do think the MCU could do better with overall story progression, but damn, chill.
@@Multiversetraveler93 Yea Marvel had a FEW blunders before, but they were rare. Now it seems like every other Marvel movie that comes out now is a sloppy mess. It’s like they don’t care about quality anymore.
@@sammalone7881 I personally think cap and iron man shouldn’t have left if they heading avengers route keep the main avengers on and later on just be killing off the side avengers characters. Cap and iron man pretty much the main avengers. They should’ve stayed longer and have other avengers die
I think people truly want to believe in their heads that Jonathan Majors is this awesome actor. What a lot of people don’t know that he’s a new actor, relatively green. he started acting later in life. in an interview, he said he started acting about five years ago. When I saw Loki season one, I was completely blown away, and then I was a little bit disappointed when I saw he who remains… I’m a big marvel fan but I didn’t know who Kang was. Kang is pretty simplistic. He is a time traveler that wants to conquer. what villain doesn’t want to conquer the word & now the vast multiverse? If you want me to believe in this villain, he needs to be more complex than just a conqueror. So where do I begin with Ant-man quantum mania? I loved all the ant Man films, they’re lighthearted, corky, funny and uplifting. Who doesn’t love an underdog story? In Ant-man Quantamania, there are times where jokes are funny, and their times where jokes are inappropriate at inappropriate times when things are supposed to be more serious. You have Hank’s wife Janet, who is terrified of the quantum realm yet an ant man, too. She was totally fine with Scott Lang going into the quantum realm before they blipped.. Fast forward to Ant-man quantum mania Janet is completely terrified of the quantum realm, she doesn’t want to talk about the quantum realm or what she has been through. To make a long story short, Janet talks about how horrific Kang the conqueror is, once they go to the quantum realm. Everyone that lives there talks the big talk about how scary and conniving Kang is. Finally, when we get to meet Kang the conquer At first, he is very serious, and he does seem like somewhat of a threat. He has high technology and can kill you with just conjuring his hands. It took kAng 50 minutes to show up. Fast forward to the battles with Kang to get out of the quantum realm without him he is EASILY defeated. If a whole bunch of ants & Ant Man can defeat him how is he a threat? His powers where inconsistent, at first, he seemed very powerful, and then at the end his powers were very ineffective. You could tell Jonathan Majors was trying his very best at what he was given, but I feel the writers were a tad bit lazy. In this movie, they explain things to you, but they don’t show you. Murdoch is in this film yellow jacket from first Ant Man Kang uses him as the “ultimate killing machine” he’s a big floating head with baby arms and baby legs. The fact that Kang can be around something so stupid makes me less intrigued by him. Remember, Thor love and thunder? It felt like a parody of Thor.. Where is Thor was just one big joke? Then you have an awesome actor like Christian Bale that has a very dark and complex character that you want to enjoy and love, but doesn’t fit in the movie because it’s a silly parody? That’s what happens in this film. Don’t get me wrong I like Jonathan Majors, but the introduction of Kang has fumbled twice. He was easily killed in Loki & easily defeated in Ant man. & we are supposed to be scared of him In loki season 2? Secret wars? Kang dynasty? Come on. I guess if you shut your brain off and you grabbed some popcorn and didn’t think too hard I can see how this movie is enjoyable for some people, but I’ve always loved marvel and their amazing story telling, and their story arcs that all beautifully intertwine with one another. This was a very weak and strange way to kick off phase 5. END CREDIT SCENES So when someone tells you that there’s an end credit scene with a council of Kangs it sounds cool right? When I first saw it, I was in disbelief, you have Jonathan Majors playing king tut kang, scarlet cyborg Kang and I forgot the other kang he had cheap blue paint on his face and sounded like he smoked 20 packs of newports a day. Then you see a trillion other kangs come to the council of Kangs from every possible multiverse and they’re all howling like monkeys from planet of the apes! It felt like an SNL sketch rather than something that is supposed to instill fear into our hearts. Loki season 2 is the only thing I’m excited about but it makes me sick that we have to see Kang so much. You DONT give Ricky & Morty writers the keys to the kingdom of the multiverse saga.
My MCU Ranking 1. Avengers Infinity War 2. Captain America The Winter Soldier 3. Guardians of the Galaxy 4. Captain America Civil War 5. Avengers Endgame 6. The Avengers 7. Spider-Man No Way Home 8. Iron Man 9. Black Panther 10. Black Panther Wakanda Forever 11. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 12. Thor Ragnarok 13. Spider-Man Homecoming 14. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 15. Spider-Man Far From Home 16. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 17. Avengers Age of Ultron 18. Captain America The First Avenger 19. Ant-Man 20. Doctor Strange 21. Black Widow 22. Eternals 23. Thor 24. Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania 25. Ant-Man and The Wasp 26. Iron Man 3 27. Iron Man 2 28. Thor The Dark World 29. The Incredible Hulk 30. Captain Marvel 31. Thor Love and Thunder 1. WandaVision 2. Loki 3. Werewolf By Night 4. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 5. Ms. Marvel 6. Moon Knight 7. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier 8. Hawkeye 9. She-Hulk Attorney at Law
Wow. Did we watch the same kathryn newton? To me, she gave one of the flatest, deadest performances in mcu so far. Shocking how bad she was given that all the other young avengers are pretty likeable. She had the charisma and line delivery of a piece of wood. They shouldntve replaced the endgame cassie. She gave a better performance in her 1 minute on screen than newton did in the whole movie.
Just got home from my screening. I didn't dislike it, but didnt necessarily like it either. Im very on the fence with it. Wasnt a fan of the mid credits execution, and our theatres lights turned on before the end credit scene so we quite literally saw nothing haha. I dont normally let CGI bother me, but some shots looked very "sharkboy and lavagirl" it almost took me out of it at times. I loved Kang and Major's performance was a big part of why. I look forward to seeing more of him
Love the honesty Perry but I felt the complete opposite with Cassie and Kang. LOVED Jonathan Majors as Kang but really thought Cassie was annoying and the typical “rebellious” teen that’s only there to get a “new generation” avengers in the ranks 🤷🏻♂️
Is she really mainstream? Nobody watches her cos of her shilling over absolute trash like mulan and Disney star wars. Nobody listens to these shills anymore. People like the critical drinker or red letter media gets 10 times more than people like her and campea combined 🙄
I came away taking the flip side on Rudd and Majors. Despite Majors getting hamstrung by a terrible script with contradictory character development for plot reasons, he excelled in my eyes and really elevated the movie once he appeared. Rudd, on the other hand, was just a frumpy dad that made three faces. It really exposed how shallow his character has been in the AM series when he isn't able to use his charm to bounce of others. Props to Newton who was able to maximize what she could from the script portraying her as the stereotypical teen. And yea, MODOK was terrible. I get he's supposed to be ridiculous looking but he's supposed to be intentionally ridiculous. He's supposed to be menacing, not goofy and glistening. It's amazing now reflecting back to how silent the audience became once he revealed his face. None of MODOKs jokes landed from that point on. Edit - And yea, cosign Pfieffer. She was great and really worked through that terrible wig.
I really enjoyed the movie, really don't have problems with it that some critics say. Sure, MODOK wasn't best CGI, and was a little goofy, but other than that, I really had great time, unlike with Thor Love and Thunder, I really hated that one. It ruined characters, but in this one, characters are as they should be, movie is really creative swith some stuff, and villain is great!
Modok’s human face was the worst CGI I’ve ever seen. So amateur in comparison to some of the other cgi. Did Kevin Feige not go, uhhh ya that needs to be better? I loved Johnathan Majors, but I also never felt Kang was a real threat like Thanos. He wasn’t intimidating and he was defeated like any other standalone villain at the end. He wasn’t set up as the big baddy enough. Hera and Christian Bale were more intimidating than Kang which makes me nervous for the future. Maybe phase 4, 5, and 6 are meant to not be good so they can redeem themselves in 7, 8, 9 with x-men? Haha
Brilliant review! I’m sad to say I agree Kang was a bit underwhelming hopefully they can salvage the villain going forward i loved Kang in Loki and the actor totally rocks the role
Agree with lots here Perri. Newton was a great addition. Other Pros: Rudd Murray The comedy/sci-fi scenes Cons Kang ( confusing motives) Douglas (not his fault. Not written well) Action scenes
Her opinion on Kathryn, Michelle & the side characters I thought almost the exact opposite while watching lol. I only really enjoyed Paul at parts but mainly Jonathan, it’s funny how people interpret things differently. Edit: should say though I agree with her take that he appeared to be trying to elevate the script, (prob cause he was carrying it lol)
funny how she didn't like your comment cus it disagrees with her pov, pretty pathetic asmshe liked peoples comments that agreed with her...thath's why her channel is like meh and not going anywhere.
@@anuph.3806 Yeah, I didn’t know her channel at all aswell but looking now I noticed that yr right, she didn’t like my comment..eh, if she didn’t like it cause it disagreed that would be weak to me but honestly someone who likes everyone’s comments in general makes the like meaningless.
I’ve been checked out of the MCU for a while now so maybe my opinion on the matter doesn’t hold much weight, but I hope that now since we’re in a post Avatar: The Way of Water theatrical landscape, these big $200 million cgi spectacles can stop looking so ugly
@@_ChrisRobinson movies have deadlines and budgets, believe it or not. The studios and artists dont release "unfinished work" as you put it because they like to see you cry on the internet. But because they either ran out of time or money. Avatar has been rendering for 10 years literary. Its a outlier, a one of its kind. So comparing stuff to it is dumb.
Way Water is in the making 10 years maybe next film will be another 10 years again. Quantumania has good CGi even the quantum realm, bad thing is Because we already know that movie will be green screen we give bad expression immediately this happen every movie today. Yes artist can do much better if they have more time but they are fighting against time and the actors is getting old.
Thanks for your honest opinion!!! I always respect it no matter what, film is subjective and that's the beauty of the industry that we hold close to our hearts. Very exciting to see it Thursday night!
Totally agree ,cringe fest apart from Jonathan Majors. Cast tried there best but the writing and directing were horrible. Effects good but 3/10 as a MCU movie. Since Endgame , Black Widow,Shang Chi,Spiderman huge successes.Wakanda not as good compared to the original but still a very good movie. Then downhill from from those movies.
Marvel and superhero movies in general are like candy bars.....and I enjoy the heck out of almost any candy bar. Not looking for anything sustaining, just a good sugar rush. I'm looking forward to it.
Seriously??? If that's what you want you can switch your brains off and enjoy Fast and Furious and that horrid Jurassic world dominion! Why does every superhero movie have to be like that??? Even calling it a "candy bar" is too damn generous! Some of us want ACTUAL GOOD STORIES!
@@nikitamohanan2124 I personally never understood the Fast franchises but I get that I'm in the minority. I don't think I said I wanted to "switch my brain off", I said I wanted a sugar rush. If you want actual good stories, Living is really good, All Quiet on the Western Front is fantastic, The Banshees if Inisherin is terrific and Triangle of Sadness is great....just don't watch while eating dinner.
@@aaronhall5715 Weird analogy. Candy bars don't cost $20 a pop, $50+ if you are treating people. Sorry not sorry but I need substance-- even from an action movie. People really need to raise their standards, or Marvel's standards will continue to drop.
@@INFILTR8US The analogy wasn't a price comparison. I think that's where you got lost on it. I'm comparing the substance of superhero movies to other narrative storytelling and how they have long or short term impacts on you.
Agree with your review largely. I thought the action in particular was very bad with not one memorable setpiece. Also, for whatever reason there was shaky cam in some action scenes which felt very bizarre. Not to mention those scenes also looked rather bad visually. Saw it in IMAX and was really underwhelmed by the cinematography and visual effects compared to Raimi's film last year for example. Kang was good and Majors did a lot considering what was on the page, but the mid-credit scene was real bad. Agree that Rudd, Pfeiffer and Newton are the best parts of the film along with Veb. MODOK was entirely unnecessary and should not have been in the film. Comedy largely worked thanks to comic timing of Ruud, Harper and Dastmalchian. Overall, seems like another MCU film which needed more work on script level and later in post-production to improve VFX. But then again that is unsurprising as we read more and more stories of how poorly Marvel treats its VFX teams by not giving them enough time or money. Thankfully, they are giving them time on 'The Marvels' by pushing release date of that flick. Hoping that it pays dividends.
The problem with Marvel is everyone's afraid to call them out when they make trash. It's always "well,you know....aaah...it has some problems.....6 or 7 out of 10"
I have a feeling that they didn't want to show too much of Kang's power in this film in order to save it for the forthcoming films. I felt the same about the 1st end credits scene. Seemed corny, really.
Problem with today's movies and CGi is fact that it looks so damn fake that your brain tells you that it's just actor trying hard to "act" and read lines from script. Quantum Realm to me felt like kids toybox that somebody decided to film. How those people ended up there ? Why there are Mad Max rippoffs mixed with vegitables and Star Wars rejects? Why Michael Douglas character talks about socialism in positive fashion? They are THAT desparate for China market? This is filler cartoon episode of 1990s show . This movie, imo, is popcorn movie even compared to rest of marvel- popcorn movies. Just there because Figie and Disney have raging need to put out 2-3 movies + 5 tv shows a year that nobody can ( or feels like need to) follow (any more).
I’m not sure how much better they could have done MODOK. He’s a ridiculous character from the get go. I thought his origin story was mostly well done and the look was pretty good. Only thing that seemed off to me was him being bald. I get that it’s because Darren Cross was bald, but I’d have covered the top of his head.
I think the family dynamic has been throughout the majority of the Ant Man films especially between Scott and Cassie which is fine, the explanation in particularly of the Quantum Realm and alternate dimensions was fantastic. Not knowing as much of Kang who he was was cool at first Jonathan Majors as KANG was 🔥🔥 he knock it out the park, Michelle Pfeiffer was good as well. The movie wasn’t it felt like a tale of 2 half’s. Didn’t have much expectation’s going into it regardless from the disappointment of Ant Man & The Wasp. But the CGI felt so bloated just really all over the place to the point where it takes away from the enjoyment. The writing, pacing was not good in the slightest. Solid Review Perri I feel the MCU has lost some spark & hasn’t yet recaptured it.
I actually liked this movie but your concerns about MODOK & epic-y feel of this is rather valid. I guess it comes down to whether we're ok with the rules of the Quantum Realm as a whole. I liked Kang but I really like Kang and Janet's relationship, as that too me gave this movie the needed jolt to push things forward. Not a great movie, certainly, but I think it worked well enough.
Just watched it tonight and I think I agree with you on everything 100% Perri! I will learn slightly more positive. Planning on seeing it again tomorrow night
After this and some other reviews, I think will wait until the film hits Disney+, and skip it on the big screen. Also, Emma Furhmann did a phenomenal job in Avengers Endgame, so I was disappointed to see Cassie being recast. For me Emma is still Cassie.
I just got out of the movie, and I have to disagree. It doesn't have the gravitas of Wakanda Forever, but this was probably the most fun I've had at a Marvel Anything since Shang-chi (except maybe Werewolf by Night) and I enjoyed the ending of Quantumanium more than Shang-chi. Maybe I'm a Marvel mark because I grew up reading 80s Avengers, but Kang was everything I wanted him to be, and Jonathan Majors was brilliant. Kang always felt like the smartest and most dangerous person in the room, and didn't have to raise his voice to do so. Intimidating in the scene where he coerced a character to do what he wanted, and menacing when explaining what and why his goals were. I didn't have a problem with MODOK personally, if you're talking about the face, because that's what I expected it to look like. I don't know how you make a giant head look more realistic? But those are just my non spoiler thoughts, I really enjoyed the experience and was hyped for more of that during the mid credits.
Not surprised in the least, typical hollywood cutting off its nose to spite its face. Why they would officially introduce the main villain foe the phase in an Ant man movie is beyond me. They lost a lot of future ticket sales by doing that
I’ve missed Perri! After the fall of collider I’ve been going back and forth through all the casts personal stuff and Perri is by far the best! Campea and Rocha used to be great as well but are falling off fast.
I skipped Wakanda Forever and waited until streaming. It was alright. Gonna do the same w this. Just don’t seem to be excited about Marvel anymore. Can’t tell if it’s me or them! Lol maybe my tastes are just changing
Thanks for your honest review, Perri. Still going to see the film this weekend, but with yours and other reviews along with "meh" trailers, my excitement level for this film is really low.
I really liked the movie. I liked the performances, action, and story. It was also very visually stunning. It was the best Ant Man movie. Some of the smaller characters weren’t great. Overall 4/5
Im sorry. Probably the weakest MCU movie to date. 70% 🗑 Way cringier than I want to admit. Especially the "Freedom Speach" by a particularly young person, whom I wont name, but you know who im talking about. Too many plot holes and question marks. Especially about Kang. Is he reallly bad ass or not. He seems very hit and miss. Also the humor is getting worse with every film. Just my honest take.
This film was the bus stop I got off from the marvel universe and don’t intend to take another trip… I think the marvel films need to stop as each one released recently just tarnishes the originals… and don’t get me started on the tv shows 🥴
With the exception of Rocha who loved Quantumania... Everyone else is either "meh" or "it kinda of stinks"... It really does feel like the MCU has lost its magic touch now. What happened, Marvel? Oh... The best use of volume technology I've seen is in 1899. Jaw dropping gorgeous...
Kristian Harloff liked it and so did Alonso Duralde. They were both enthusiastic about it. The EW critic gave it a B+ in her lengthy review of it. I think that many critics see Ant Man as an easy target and they want to seem smart by trashing it.
@@masteronionnorth2341 Kristian said that it's a "good" start to phase five and that Peyton Reed delivers on an "epic feel." He also said it was all wrapped up in "a nice bow." I don't know if he walks any of this back in his spoiler review, but that was his non-spoiler review.
Personally i think this review was way off. Modok was silly and not needed at all. Hope had a weak role after first scene or two. Other than that this movie wss flawless. And followed a very linear throughline plot. Unlike lots of other movies that bounce arpund between different total things happening.
I loved this movie. Much better than the second and I’m unsure but so far this one is slightly higher than the first one, though that could change on a rewatch.
I hate using one movie, but anyone that threw praise at the boring and overrated THE BATMAN, I just have a hard time taking their opinions seriously anymore. And SOOOOO many people bowed to that turd. At least you weren't crying about the lack of Michael Pena, which has gotta be the lamest thing I keep seeing people complain about.
The mcu will never be the same without RDJ & Chris evans marvel got rid of all the love and what held the mcu together now you got characters most don’t care about. They ruined Thor and made the hulk the joke. I hated the second antman movie it was boring I’m excited for kang that’s it.
Seeing these teenage women making some of the highest tech available in their free time is out of hand. The movie was a mess.. I'd say Michelle And Majors were the best in the film. I woulda rather of had the original ending (what i read) then the one they re-shot in January . I agree with the "Average" score..
I'm excited for Kang but will see how this plays out. If it's as a mixed bag as everyone says then I'm glad they are doing a reevaluation on everything. Love your review.
Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania is good even CGI (Do not compare to way water cgi with 10 years waiting ) Kang Explained Everything for summary of multiverse saga run and the dynasty. This is good because kang is very unknown villain character to others that recently we love to see again.
Just came back from the theatre. Majors is really good as Kang. But that's about the only positive I have. Not the return to form I was hoping for. This is more of the goofy meandering MCU that we got with Phase 4. It's just kind of boring at this point.
Great review! I recommend you see this movie again in 3D. This is one of those movies that benefits from the 3D format. I saw it in Dolby Cinema and I couldn’t agree with you more about the “green screen” effect. It reminded me of how Spy Kids 3D looked while watching it in 2D. I saw it again in RealD 3D, and the depth mostly alleviated this problem just like it did with Spy Kids 3D.
SAMUEL 1:17-27. 17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, 18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar): 19 “A gazelle lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen!
Mid credit scene underwhelms as no one cares what future Kang will do , now that you've shown us how lame Kang is. This guy could never beat the Avengers. Baaaaaaaad writing.
Summer Tyme I respectfully disagree. I’ve always enjoyed Kang as a character, both in the comics, Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes, and now in the MCU too. And he most definitely can and WILL beat the Avengers come Kang Dynasty
@@rileyribble6733 No one is saying the character cant beat the Avengers. Problem is this version, after this film, its not believable. 90% of fans have no idea who Kang actually is. You have to build him into the Kang fans know.
@@crawdaddct Exactly. I know the plot requires him to beat the Avengers in Kang Dynasty. So he will. But the bad writing undercuts the credibility of the character in advance. Kang being trapped in the Quantum Realm - it's like...well, Dr. Strange being trapped in the mirror dimension by a whiny teen age brat with nothing but high school geometry on his side. It's just another low point in the history of the MCU and they have been more and more frequent since the beginning of phase 4.
Yet Jeff Loveness 'bragged' about how they 'solved' MODOK. _MODOK is maybe my single favorite thing that I got in the movie_ Dude, wtf is wrong with you? Kevin? Kevin Feige, helllo....no mas, no mas, no more Rick and Morty!
