Title: Ant-Man Quantumania
Year: 2023
Director: Peyton Reed
Country: US
Language: English
Ever since Kang the Conquerer (Jonathon Majors) appeared in Loki (2021) I was excited to see how the character would be portrayed in later films. Supposedly, he has killed The Avengers in countless Universes. I was greatly impressed with the Infinity War (2018) villain Thanos (Josh Brolin) and I thought the stakes could only be increased.
After a mishap, the Pym family is accidentally sent to the Quantum Realm where they found themselves at odds with the creatures within.
I have a numerous amount of problems with the film. Visually, I could not tell if we were in the MCU Quatum Realm or the Star Wars Universe. There's a bar scene where many of the creatures look like they came straight from A New Hope's Cantina scene. The villain is a jabroni who doesn't pose any real threat. The stakes for future films (Avengers: Kang Dynasty) are so high that they are unfathomable.
The film's attempt to be both dramatic & comedic come off as awkward and tone deaf. A character makes a big heroic sacrifice scene...and afterwards we laugh at him. The overt political messages about socialism (Hank Pym even says "In this political climate it's hard to talk about socialism, but it seems to work.") just come off as weird considering the film is made by one of the biggest corporate overlords to ever exist.
I also hate that in recent MCU films/shows the new characters shrug off older heroes' accomplishments. They have a scene where Scott Lang's daughter basically tells him "You saved the world, but what have you done lately?" What!? Avoid Quantumania if you can. At least I can confirm it's more tolerable than She Hulk (2022).
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