{"id":51776,"date":"2015-07-17T23:25:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T05:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/17\/movie-review-ant-man-2015.html"},"modified":"2015-07-25T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T18:00:28","slug":"movie-review-ant-man-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/17\/movie-review-ant-man-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: "Ant-Man" (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ant-Man<\/i> is an interesting film, probably the most idiosyncratic of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, arguably the most flawed, yet in some ways very, very much a comic book<\/i> movie, for better and worse adopting a lot of the tropes and bad science of the comic book Ant-Man series. <\/p>\n

It's also a lot of fun and, despite its flaws, I enjoyed it a lot.<\/p>\n

(There are spoilers in them thar review.)<\/p>\n

Note that there are<\/i> two credits scenes at the end of the movie, in their traditional MCU spots: after the "fancy" credits roll, and then at the very end. Both are worth watching.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nA ★★★½ review of Ant-Man (2015)<\/a><\/span>
\nMovie Review: “Ant-Man” (2015)* Ant-Man is an interesting film, probably the most idiosyncratic of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, arguably the least successful, yet in some ways very, very much a comic book movie, more so than some of its ilk. It’s also a lot of fun, so bear that in mind alongside the criticism. It’s a compact film, too. Despite call-outs and cameos to the rest of the MCU, it’s very much focused on the lives of Scott Lang and Han…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ant-Man is an interesting film, probably the most idiosyncratic of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, arguably the most flawed, yet in some ways very, very much a comic book movie, for better and worse adopting a lot of the tropes and bad science of the comic book Ant-Man series. 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