Quiver Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 The film was released (at least in the UK) today, and I'm planning on seeing it this evening, so I thought it was worth opening a thread for! (It's also the last of the Phase Two films, so... I suppose this thread could fit for a general discussion on this past "era" of Marvel films as well? Or should that be it's own thread?) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvron Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I saw it yesterday and I must say, it was better than I thought it would've been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer12347 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 I loved this movie so much. It surprised me in so many great ways. The 3d was great especially in the quantum realm. I want a spinoff of Michael Pena just talking to all the marvel heroes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadoxicalZen Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'm currently on night shifts so i can't see it till next week. So hyped it is unreal. And yes to that spin off I actually liked all of Phase 2 although to be fair, i thought Ultron was going to be a bit creepier, a little broody and bit more malevolent from what was shown in the trailer. Not that i'm disappointed, but I was just surprised. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeenBlade Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'm hoping to go see it with my best friend today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver Posted July 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) I... actually did not like it as much as I thought I would? then again, I went in with extraordinarilly high expectations, and it was stilla good movie. I'll comment on Ant Man specifically... But Phase Two thoughts. Looking back at it, I think it's been interesting. Phase One was all about telling Origin stories; each film had it's own style, of course, but they were also, in a lot of ways, "standard superhero films", about the main characters getting powers and becoming heroes (the fact Marvel is now the standard for Superhero movies, of course, colours how I view them). The only films which really tried anything different were Cap -which had a bit of a war movie vibe to it- and the Avengers, for it's sheer scale. I feel like Phase Two has been marked by the studio trying to stretch those genre's a little bit. IM3 was an 80's style action movie, Thor was a road trip/war movie, Winter Soldier was a spy film, Guardian's was a space opera, Ant Man is a heist. Sometimes it worked better than others -Thor 2 was okay, Winter Soldier was amazing- but it's done it's job; it shows that superhero films can be "about" other genre's or other cinematic styles and still work. (Ultron doesn't quite fit this scheme, but... I'm working on a theory that Age of Ultron is a superhero take on Dante's Inferno and the afterlife.) Edited July 18, 2015 by Quiver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bort Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 I've not yet seen Ant Man, but I'm looking forward to it. For some reason, I'm not expecting it to be as big as the likes of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America (pun not intended). From the trailers, it seems to have a different feel to it, in the same way AoS and Daredevil have different feels to them. My only real criticism to the phase one movies was that they were all the same. Hulk was Hulk vs nasty Hulk (Abomination is his name?). Thor was demigod vs demigod guardian robot thingy. Iron Man was Iron Man vs Overweight Iron Man. Captain America, which seems to break the mold, is even US secret weapons division vs Nazi secret weapons division. Iron Man 2 was nearly the same, only instead of someone making a bigger and better Iron Man suit, they made lots of them and turned them into robots. And a bigger and better Iron Man suit. Even with this, they were all still good movies, and Avengers capped them off nicely. Phase two has been a lot better, especially Winter Soldier, which I thought was brilliant, and Guardians of the Galaxy, which I think is just sheer excellence. Dark World was pretty good, but not the best by far. Like Quiver said, they starred the superheroes, but were about something else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blad3mast3r Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Just saw it yesterday, loved it. Especially ant-mans Mexican friend and his "explanations" of where he got tips 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadoxicalZen Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 If i were to do an individual film-by-film thing, it'd be this; Iron Man 3: Charming yet a bit too long. House Party Protocol is an amazing trump card, and initially didn't like what they did with Mandarin, however the One-Shot improved my view of that Thor 2: I liked the cinematography of it, especially the dark/twilightish ambience. Told a more wider perspective story than the first one, which was rather an enclosed sandbox TWS: Definitely one of the best, granted just a smidge too long but it does play out well. That elevator fight scene (Y) GotG: I'd say this was better that TWS, but only by a slight margin. Enough sass, wit and charm to be funny yet not over the top. Not to mention that soundtrack! So glad they didn't ship Peter and Gamora. Liked Zoe's representation but wish it had been a bit more true to the comics, but that is probably more the writes fault. AoU: Amazing, heart wrenching. (I seriously hope that something is done to rectify this a la Infinity Gauntely!!!) I'll edit once i see Ant-Man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 I saw it earlier today and loved it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutellaspren Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Saw it last night, really enjoyed it, laughed a lot -- it was hilarious!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Anamaximder Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Seeing it today, so excited!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGen Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 I didn't like it. It's choppy, rushes character arcs, has a lazy rehash main plot, and generally felt like a bad action-comedy from the '90s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 This is the only Marvel flick I'm not in a rush to see at the show. I can wait till HBO or whoever gets it. Unless the reviews are just amazing. My friend feels the same. So I don't have the peer pressure to go when I don't want to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Well, I did love it, but it's far from the best Marvel installment EVAH. That said, the Ant Man suit lends itself to some freaking awesome fighting techniques. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 As the trailers came out ech seemed to bring more humor and it led me to believe that this one was going more for that comedy routine more then the others including Galaxy. Am I right? I will admit to loln the 1st time I saw trailer with Thomas the Train clip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadoxicalZen Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 As the trailers came out ech seemed to bring more humor and it led me to believe that this one was going more for that comedy routine more then the others including Galaxy. Am I right? I will admit to loln the 1st time I saw trailer with Thomas the Train clip. Anyone that didn't let out a slight guffaw at that needs to get their sense of humour checked haha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGen Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 The humor works in places, but for me those places were few. Mostly in the big action scenes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadoxicalZen Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Ant-Man....freaking amazing. Perfect send off for Phase 2. the slightly OTT humour actually works, and that tank! actually thought they were gonna do a bring janet back storyline for a second there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Just finished watching it, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Not only was it funnier than most Marvel movies I've seen, but it addressed some of the criticisms other Marvel movies have received (collateral damage, bystander deaths not considered, etc.). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Just finished watching it, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Not only was it funnier than most Marvel movies I've seen, but it addressed some of the criticisms other Marvel movies have received (collateral damage, bystander deaths not considered, etc.). How would you rate it next to Marvel's other recent films? My family and I are still trying to decide whether to make Ant-Man our next family movie night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 How would you rate it next to Marvel's other recent films? My family and I are still trying to decide whether to make Ant-Man our next family movie night. In terms of quality, I'd rate it somewhere between AoU and GoTG. It was definitely more like GoTG than AoU or TWS--it was funny and fairly lighthearted, but with the same sort of heart as GoTG. I don't think it was as good as GoTG, but it was far better than I expected. I was going to rent it, but I saw it in theaters and wasn't disappointed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Baskin-Robbins always finds out. Edited July 27, 2015 by Slowswift 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bort Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Got to the cinema to see Ant Man last night. It was really good. Funny, the action sequences were great, and the ants were awesome. Poor Anthony though Two things I think let it down slightly though... The montage scene. Ok, so they may not have been able to avoid it, since Scott Lang did need training, but they've managed to avoid using this tired old trope for the other Marvel movies. The crap between Hank and Hope. Why would Hank keep how his wife 'died' from his daughter to try to protect her, when she is already working with someone trying to recreate his tech, when that tech is the reason Hope's mother isn't around any longer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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