{"id":961,"date":"2018-03-05T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T22:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=961"},"modified":"2023-05-18T20:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T02:00:20","slug":"movie-ant-man-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/05\/movie-ant-man-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Ant-Man (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ant-Man\"Ant-Man
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2015
\nRating: PG-13
\nLength: 117 minutes \/ 1.95 hours<\/p>\n

In the never-ending array of superheroes feeding into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to support such franchises like Captain America<\/a><\/em> and The Avengers<\/em>, it can be difficult to make some of the B-tier and C-tier heroes seem interesting enough to devote a whole movie to them. To ensure each movie feels different from its predecessors, certain unique attributes must be applied. Whether it\u2019s the sci-fi-themed Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a><\/em> (2014) or the mind-bending visuals of Doctor Strange<\/a><\/em> (2016), each film requires a gimmick to make it work. For Ant-Man<\/em> (2015), it\u2019s comedy.<\/p>\n

If you approach Ant-Man<\/em> as a standard superhero film, you\u2019re likely to be disappointed. There are almost too many off-hand references to much of the MCU to make anyone not familiar with the vast array of movies lost and confused. Plus, the hero\u2019s \u201corigin story\u201d in Ant-Man<\/em> is almost par for the course. However, if you watch this film with the understanding that it\u2019s more similar to comedy\/caper\/heist films than a superhero film, you\u2019re likely to be satisfied. From Michael Pe\u00f1a\u2019s third-party information chains to some of the physical comedy involved with the ants, the movie is fun to watch.<\/p>\n

And while Edgar Wright (of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/em> (2010) and Baby Driver<\/a><\/em> (2017) fame) didn\u2019t end up directing this movie, his influence in the screenplay is certainly recognizable. Of course, Ant-Man also owes a debt of gratitude to other \u201cshrinking\u201d films like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids<\/em> (1989), just as much as it owes to Bokeh photography and any number of heist films (like Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em> (2001)). Sure, CGI made much of this film possible, but without the ridiculous nature of a shrunken world infused into the plot, it would have been more boring than fun.<\/p>\n

A fun little movie for fans of comedy and heists, I give Ant-Man<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" <\/strong>\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" <\/strong>\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" <\/strong>\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\"<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ant-Man Year: 2015 Rating: PG-13 Length: 117 minutes \/ 1.95 hours In the never-ending array of superheroes feeding into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to support such franchises like Captain America and The Avengers, it can be difficult to make some of the B-tier and C-tier heroes seem interesting enough to devote a whole movie to them. To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[33,1089,104,115,84,779,780,13,8],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-0-stars","category-movie","tag-33","tag-ant-man","tag-comedy","tag-heist","tag-marvel","tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","tag-mcu","tag-movie","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3532,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/3532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}