Review of Ant-Man (2015) by Joel N — 01 Sep 2016

A crowd-pleaser that didn't please me. It reminded me of 'The Rocketeer' (1991) and like that film, Ant-Man will probably be forgotten about in a relatively short period of time. A hero like Superman endures, but I don't think Ant-Man will.

'The Shadow' (1994); that film's almost completely forgotten about; that's what I think will happen with Ant-Man. Michael Douglas's goats beard annoyed me. The music was filler. I didn't like the smart tough girl played by Evangeline Lilly.

I didn't find Ant-Man funny; it was formula/seen it all before; just think 'Antz' (1998) with an ordinary guy (like Spiderman or Captain America) who gets a suit that can shrink him to a minuscule size who commands an army of insects and saves the world.

Ant-Man was clever, but it presumed the audience was familiar with 'The Avengers' and 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'. Other audience members seemed to enjoy it; maybe I wasn't in mood.