Ant-Man

Released on July 17th and still in theaters, Ant-Man has gained exceptional reviews from positive critics and budgeted $332 million worldwide.

Plot

After discovering that S.H.I.E.L.D has tried replicating his shrinking technology, scientist Hank Pym resigns in 1989 while believing his creation is dangerous. Hank promises to hide his Ant-Man suit despite the offers that come in hopes of buying it off his hands for bad or worse. Regardless, he keeps it locked away in the dark corners of his house guarded behind steel doors.

While Hank has tried relentlessly to battle against the horrors of his mind and grieve for his lost wife, his relationship with Hope, his only daughter, becomes strained and she grows to become affiliated with Darren Cross.

Darren, once looking up to Hank, has lost all respect for the man whose time in S.H.I.E.L.D had given him a reputational boost. Hungry for power, Darren tries desperately to mimic Hank's shrinking technology and is close to succeeding.

It's then that Hank chooses Scott Lang, a former systems engineer recently released from prison for petty crimes. Manipulated by Hank in trying on the suit and realizing the power behind it, Scott agrees to help whatever cause Hank is trying to prove while also becoming a good example for his daughter. And with Darren Cross close to uncovering the truth behind Hank Pym's shrinking suit technology, disaster lingers closer than one could possibly assume.

Overall

I probably felt a lot of disappointment because I had my hopes up for this movie. But it's not the first time I've been disappointed with a Marvel comic turned film. Ant-Man has serious potential, but I think the make up of it as per the events strewn together really turned me off from the whole thing.

I was pretty annoyed watching Hope's interactions with her father and Scott mainly because she acted like a two-year old throwing a hissy fit. Half the time when she came on screen, I just closed my eyes and sorta zoned out of the movie itself until the scene changed or she was out of it. Also, I so did not feel that kiss between Scott and Hope at the end because it honestly seemed very random despite their growing chemistry. I don't know, it just didn't work for me.

In the beginning, there was the event in which Hank had manipulated Scott into breaking into his home and honestly, that threw me for a loop. It was very hard to follow his train of thought. It was interesting, but it just didn't score well as to why Scott, in my defense, so easily agreed to help Hank despite his doubts of using the Ant-Man suit.

Also I have a really big pet peeve when it comes down to evil villains being funny or doing things out of character. That's usually when I start disliking them mainly because I picture an evil villain being nothing but evil and greedy and power hungry, not cracking jokes and making me or the audience laugh. Like, what happened to those characters that you just hated with a passion? It seems like you don't find any of those anymore.

To me, Ant-Man was very boring, but after leading up to the heightened climax did I find myself sitting upright. The action scenes were quite intricate and Darren Cross vs. Scott Lang had me squealing with delight because the Yellowjacket and Ant-Man suits truly are as they're made up to be.

Also, the only thing I found myself fangirling about were the ants that Scott had to interact with upon shrinking down to their size. Honestly, if I could have pet ants that cute, I'd totally go for it.