Ant-Man

This is the recent M.C.U movie and the second one to come out this year next to Avengers: Age of Ultron. It originally had some production problems but again Marvel has made another great film. What's the story? It centres around this man named Scott Lang played by Paul Rudd. He's just been released from prison and wants to be accepted back into his daughter's life but his ex-wife and her new fiancée won't allow him to see her because he's criminal. So he tries to get a normal job to help his reputation of being a criminal isn't helping. So, for some reason, he thinks if he robs another place, that'll help somehow. However he's actually stealing from a man named Hank Pym, played by Michael Douglas. He says to Scott that he's been watching him for a long time and thinks he should be redeemed. So he also explains about how a corporation is using his invention that he thought he had gotten rid of years ago. So he asks Scott to steal it back for him. It turns out to be a suit that has the ability to shrink a person down to the size of an insect and control ants when ever they want if you put it on. So he steals it and Hanks daughter named Hope played by Evangeline Lilly helps him understand how it works. But the man who was using it named Darren Cross, the villain of the movie, is angry so he puts on the Yellowjacket outfit to kill Scott, Hank and anyone else who stands in his way. So yeah, very basic. But with the really good cast, the well done effects, the awesome fight scenes, the hilarious scenes and a very easy to follow story, the M.C.U has made a really great comic book movie this year. But personally, for this year's M.C.U comic book movies, I think I prefer Age of Ultron better. The cast once again are really talented. I personally liked Michael Douglas' performance as Hank Pym the most because he's so likable and wants to do what's best for Scott and Hope. But also, Paul, Rudd does really good as Ant-Man. The effects also are perfect. The best kind of effects are when Ant-Man shrinks and commands the ants. The best fight scene is when Scott is fighting Darren in Scott's daughter's room and it's really funny when you see that it's taking place on a Thomas the Tank Engine toy set. The way they move and when Darren gets hit by Thomas is beyond funny. And the comedy in this is probably some of the best in the M.C.U. And that's saying a lot because every movie from the M.C.U has a lot of funny scenes in it. The funniest character in this, in my opinion is Luis. One of Scott's criminal friends. The funniest part is his running gag with flashbacks and he says exactly what the people in the flashbacks are mouthing. And there's another thing that Hank says to Scott at the very end of this that cracks me up every time. However, the story, while easy to understand, is not perfect. The 1 thing that the M.C.U is not good at is the villains and Darren/Yellowjacket is no exception. The only 2 villains that the M.C.U have done really good are Loki and Ultron. The rest are just boring, have weak motivations, aren't very interesting, don't serve as a real threat and don't make much sense. Darren just wants revenge on Hank because he disowned him and didn't trust him with the technology of the Ant-Man suit. Oh, come on, I've seen this kind of thing 10000 times before and it's never been good. It's always been boring. And the other thing I didn't like was Paxton who's Scott's ex-wife's fiancée. He just doesn't like Scott and he annoyed me every time he came on screen. The only time I did like him was at the end. But that's it. But aside from that, I really like this movie. And there are actually 2 end credit scenes. The first is Hank giving Hope the Wasp suit and the other is Steve and Sam finding Bucky. which is going to lead into Captain America Civil War. And I'm really excited to see Scott join the Avengers. It will be amazing to see him do that. So yeah, if you haven't seen this yet, definitely watch it. You will have a blast.