Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania

[jerrygoodman]

 

There's something I never told you...

[durendal]

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD!!!!

*Squeals like a fangirl*

Ahem, did not expect that to come in so soon.

[jerrygoodman]

Random thought, but I've been wondering, could this guy possibly be Psyklop?
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Psyklop_(Earth-616)

[Salkafar]

I think you got something there.

But does that mean we might also get to see Psycho-Man?

[jerrygoodman]

Oh man, if that happens, it'd be a good back door for the FF to show up...

[jerrygoodman]

 

[jerrygoodman]

 

[Tora Tan]

the first trailer inspired me more. This new trailer makes me feel a little underwhelmed.

Still going to watch it of course.

Edited January 10, 2023 by Tora Tan

[durendal]

So what does Kang want with Antman?  

[Tora Tan]

10 hours ago, durendal said:

So what does Kang want with Antman?  

could be his strong connection with Cassie?  I think that's the only think unique to him.

[jerrygoodman]

You're an Avenger...have I killed you before?

 

[Tora Tan]

That is rather visceral dialogue. In terms of Marvel movies, that is possibly the most scary line I can think of.

[jerrygoodman]

Imagine if they gave us this scene following that line...

[Tora Tan]

oh my god that would be absolutely terrifying!!!

I just never realised how dangerous Kang must be. I see him as a human, just a human, but then I guess he has all technology going on, so it makes sense.

I'm going to look forward to what we get in this upcoming movie. I'll be there on release day as usual.

[jerrygoodman]

"You're not the one with the hammer?"

I think Jonathan Majors is really gonna nail it as Kang.

[durendal]

So who's gone and seen this?  I have plans to see it this weekend.

[Tora Tan]

I've seen it and I regret it.

Antman 1 and 2 are fun films with good comedy. It's like they set out to make a serious MCU film then realised it was too serious and decided to try and inject some antman style humour into it, but it completely undermines what was there... Then they added what has become common MCU tropes into it... I don't want to do this any more. I reflect on the guardians holiday special and the past couple years of MCU products and I don't even think James Gunn could have managed to create something of beauty and purity. I think I may be done.

[durendal]

I wasn't able to see it last week due to scheduling conflicts, but managed to see it yesterday.  I did enjoy the movie, but you are right that there is no oomph factor.  Probably because although Ant-man is not an A+ character (in my opinion), but his setting is critical to jumpstart the next phase.  I guess the movie would have been better if you've seen Loki, as that's the first appearance of Kang, which would make the first post credit scene make much more sense.

[jerrygoodman]

Haven't seen it yet, but...how was Jonathan Majors as Kang?

[durendal]

On 2/26/2023 at 2:32 AM, jerrygoodman said:

Haven't seen it yet, but...how was Jonathan Majors as Kang?

I would say the Kang in Quantumania has a totally different demeanor from He Who Remains (from Loki).  So that says a lot about his acting.  A little bit off from my expectations of Kang, but I feel he works.

[Salkafar]

I think this says it all

[Tora Tan]

83 is not that good for a rotten tomatoes score.

The scores may say something but the financial performance says a lot more. Quantumania had the biggest drop off out of all MCU movies so far.

[Salkafar]

That's what I meant. The critics deemed it rotten.

I don't understand how the audience gave it 83% with that box office result.

[Tora Tan]

I think Rotten Tomatoes users are generally more generous with their scores for some things. It is weird how the scores differ across the different review sites, with metacritic having it's highest scores in the 8's and Rotten Tomatoes having it's highest scores in the 90's.  It's possibly due to how the score interface is presented to users, with Metacritic offering a straight 1 to 10 with a traffic light system, but Rotten Tomatoes offering a 5 star option with half stars available.