Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) by Jluis_001 — 18 Feb 2023

55/100.

Paul Rudd is funny up to a point because his humorous skills only go so far and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has put him to the test because while you can blame it on the script and the directing, I think it's more than proven that he's already gone as far as he can go, and I doubt there's more to do for him on this franchise.

This third installment of Ant-Man is colorful and fun. Another entry with more of the familiar Marvel Studios fare, but this is where you can already tell they're starting to hit a wall that they're being unable to climb over, and as the saying goes, all's well that ends well.

This is entertainment that doesn't do anything else beyond the time you're going to be sitting in the movie theater.

Kevin Feige has already shown his plan for the next three years, but the MCU has lost steam and I'm not quite sure what its future will look like heading into Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars.

The weight of this film's existence lies in putting Kang into perspective in a way that Loki was unable to.

The plot itself has no major relevance to other events. In fact, the real weight of Kang's entrance lies in the mid-credits scene, as Marvel did surprise me there by making the introduction of the council of Kangs so early with the appearances of Immortus and Rama-Tut, characters who I honestly didn't expect to see so early.

And that's pretty much the film's offering.

Also, we're in the fifteenth year of the MCU. So, you know very well where you stand. The ''This is not cinema'' argument is getting tiresome.