“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” Movie Review by Rafy Mediavilla (@Rmediavilla) #AntMan #Quantumania #MCU
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
it is no secret that every time I speak about the Marvel Cinematic Universe I always start explaining that I’m not the biggest fan of the franchise and I always feel as if I’m overly critical of these projects but there are exceptions to that rule when it comes to specific characters my main one being Spiderman followed by Iron Man and one that I have come to love since being introduced in the movies is Ant-Man.
This whole family relationship that is developed from their first movie that this one is something that I always connected when it comes to Scott Lang’s story yet with Quantumania I felt they went in a different direction where the family dynamics are still there but the whole purpose of the movie was mainly to introduce Kang as the main baddy of this new MCU Phase.
Story wise this is where the story as a whole falls short for me, while I did appreciate that we dove into what happened in the Quantum Realm while Janet was in there all this time, I felt as if we have already gone past that time, and I felt there is was no need to touch this subject. While I did understand that this was used as an excuse to find a way to introduce Kang as the main baddy, having him going one on one against Ant-Man as this first fight kind of diminished his wow factor in the sense of him being a powerful bad guy when compared to Thanos.
A visual standing, I absolutely loved Quantumania. The visuals are stunningly beautiful when they need to be beautiful and gorgeously colorful what they need to be colorful at the same time they become extremely terrifying and dark when it’s appropriate obviously when Kang Is wreaking havoc in the Quantumania.
When it comes to the performances it is impossible not to mention how commanding and scene-stealing is Jonathan Majors as an actor, because every single time he showed up on the screen as Kang he absolutely took over as we saw all the different emotions Kang projected to make us connect him. Michelle Pfeiffer’s performance was also a standout, mainly because on how it was written required a lot of screen presence for Janet Van Dyne as her back story gets told. This also became an issue for Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Kathryn Newton, whose time to shine on screen was limited, even though I feel all of them did a great job with what was required for them.
Ultimately Quantumania is a fun family movie, that takes the already established idea behind the Ant-Man movies to be used as a platform to launch Kang in the MCUverse as the main villain to keep our eyes on, without offering anything new nor worthy by MCU standards.
