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Sheep007
I watched this one in the cinema, pretty much on release. I forgot almost everything that happened until just now rewatching it. Firstly, it has the worst opening of any MCU movie. It starts off with a cute joke a worlds greatest grandma trophy for your dad. Its funny and made me smile, because its the sort of thing Ive bought for someone in the past and is just a nice visual gag. And then they explain the joke in the dialogue. I guess they think were too stupid to read? Something about that irrationally bugs (get it?) me. The humour doesnt really pick up from there, and for the movie intended to be lower stakes and goofy, thats a big problem. Ghost is intended to be sympathetic but I cant bring myself to care about her, and theres another even more generic villain whose name Ive already forgotten despite rewatching it yesterday. I dislike every character more than before in this: theyre pretty much all more irritating and less funny. Luis is good to watch in one movie, for the first time, but once you know that most of the gag is just a dude talking quickly it loses you a bit. Ill admit I liked the ant at the house, though. This leads me to another issue, though: theres too many plotlines, and not enough characters I care about. Seriously, how does Ant-Man of all things have so many characters or threads who require screentime in it? The plot is just so pointlessly complex, and this might be excusable if it were good. The film isnt boring, but few MCU movies are (and theyre all below this one), and I would like to be able to praise something to a higher standard than not boring especially when its an action movie with this kinda budget. People make movies ten times more entertaining and with hundreds more things to say, on fractions of this money. Marvel at this time started taking some risks (safe risks, but still outside the comfort zone of their previous work!), making the bland mediocrity of this even more apparent. Ive criticised it a lot, but its still a clear step up from the worst MCU movies. Ill even throw in some praise! The quantum realm is really interesting both in idea and execution (something with pretty colours in a less-good Marvel movie! Shocking!), and while it doesnt redeem it entirely, it could make the future Ant-Man films a massive step up.

VengefulKaelee
It's fun enough to watch in the moment, but in the long run, Ant-Man and the Wasp is one of those movies that you forget even exists shortly after you've seen it. Honestly the most memorable thing about this movie is the post-Snap mid-credits scene, which was an inspired choice.

Whiskey Nick
(No write-up.)

XIII Rocks
Sad that Michelle Pfeiffer (and Walton Goggins) went so underused and underserved here, but we did get Paul Rudd's impression of her, which was one of the most amusing and bizarre moments of a movie that was in general not amusing or bizarre enough; a lesser Doctor Strange in that regard. Still, Rudd/Lily/Douglas do a good job and it's reasonably entertaining. Very much Marvel at a stroll.

Eddv
The quintessential Marvel movie. I watched this once and it was fine. Perfectly inoffensive. It tried nothing, accomplished nothing and left no lasting impression. MCU in its pure state.

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