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MetalmindStats
Ant-Man and the Wasp effectively patches up the originals paucity of spectacle while preserving its upsides largely intact. Perhaps no one will mistake it for high cinema, but in a way, that only helps its standing as a capital matinee movie.

Inviso
For the last Marvel movie I had to watch (Id seen Captain Marvel, Endgame, and Far From Home before), this was a really fun film. Not to make a pun, but I appreciate that the Ant-Man films are such a smaller scale, because while it lowers the stakes, it also allows the writers to tell stories that arent completely driven by someone trying to take over the world. In fact, I think this is the only film in the entire franchise where the end goal of the bad guy isnt some broad, far-reaching power grab. Ghost may not be the most interesting character yet (I feel she could have potential in future movies), but her motivations are very simple, and its one of the better villain motivations weve seen. But yeah, Scott Lang continues to be a great, relatable everyman. Hes not your typical, quippy Marvel hero, but hes also able to be funny when necessary. The comic relief is left to his sidekicks, and Im fine with that. And the action scenes are pretty great as well, because they utilize a unique ability compared to just punching or chasing. Add in the emotional core of the relationship with Hank/Hope/Janet and the fact that the main plot of the film was just rescuing Janet from the Quantum Realm, and you get a really solid and enjoyable film.

Jesse Custer
While I cant say there was anything groundbreaking about this movie, it was refreshingly lighthearted and humorous for an MCU movie (which felt especially welcome right after Infinity War). It was nice to see Hope get a much bigger role than in the first movie, and the premise of Scott trying to save the day while on house arrest worked surprisingly well. It was also nice to get a sympathetic villain whos not truly evil with Ghost, whose abilities made for great fight scenes. Basically the movie did everything it sought out to do, even if none of it was particularly ambitious. And its one of the MCU movies I always enjoy rewatching.

Paratroopa1
Ant-Man and the Wasp is stupid and I love it. Like the first movie, it's funny as hell, Scott Lang is a relatable protagonist, and the action scenes are all super creative and entertaining - it's lighter fare than most of the MCU and I don't mind that at all. I do think the sequence of Hank Pym going to the quantum realm to find his wife is a little on the ridiculous side and gets resolved too cleanly - he doesn't really face any challenges and she's just like, completely okay, not changed by being stuck in the quantum realm at all, just kind of hanging out? No sacrifices are made and everything gets resolved a little too easily. I guess that's alright? I guess it does have one hell of a post-credits tease though to make up for it. Fun as hell movie - I'll always want to rewatch this one.

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