We finally get our Luis cameo!
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We finally get our Luis cameo!
The film will finally arrive on Disney+ on May 17. No word on when its Assembled episode will be released but presumably it'll be a week after the film, following the same schedule as Wakanda Forever.
I did not enjoy this one as a theatrical experience, keeping my fingers crossed for a better home viewing experience...
I've only watched the first half of this movie for the first time. I will finish it tomorrow. So far . . . it seems to be a pretty good movie. The tone is slightly darker than the two previous films, but I don't have a problem with that. Some of the CGI is nice and some of it is questionable to me. Michael Douglas seemed to have become the film's comic relief . . . so far. And Evangeline Lilly seemed a bit wasted in this first half. However, I am impressed by the performances of Paul Rudd, Michelle Pfieffer, Kathryn Newton, Bill Murray, Katy O'Brian, Corey Stoll and Jonathan Majors. But I guess I'll see how the second half will pan out tomorrow.
I just don't understand why Disney-Marvel didn't release this film during the summer - namely July, like it did its previous two "Ant-Man" movies.
I just don't understand why Disney-Marvel didn't release this film during the summer - namely July, like it did its previous two "Ant-Man" movies.
That's right--they released it in February--the month where movies go to die a quick death. Without Luis, Feige figured it didn't meet summer blockbuster potential.
Why oh why didn't they have Luis as the voice reading Scott's book?
Feige needed Michael Peña as Luis in this movie in order to consider it a potential summer blockbuster?
Seriously? I didn't even miss him, let alone Dave or Kurt. This just doesn't make any sense to me.
I am pretty sure that that was a joke.Feige needed Michael Peña as Luis in this movie in order to consider it a potential summer blockbuster?
Was this before or after Jonathan Majors got into a Bar fight and beat up his own girlfriend?
Movie came out in Feb, he was charged in March.
Never mind.
They are removing his name from DVD/Bluray promotion.
https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-ne...p-trouble-with-the-loss-of-its-great-villain/
Majors and Miller should get together and try to destroy Dark Horse Comics.
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That could take years, and the girlfriend does not want to prosecute, so maybe never.
Watched the movie on Wednesday, I really liked it.
He's credited on the Disney+ details page.
They would legally have to probably, depending on his contract.
He's credited on the Disney+ details page.
Finally got to watch this on D+ yesterday. It was... ok?
The scope really hurts it. The first two films were kind of low stakes, in their lane fare. They felt almost offbeat. It was charming and different. This one tries to keep that flavor by trying to keep the focus on the Pym/Lang family, but the whole imperial revolution, Kang can't be allowed to escape vibe kind of crashes it for me.
The size changing also loses all it's "wow, cool!" when you take it out of the everyday world and put it in the fantasy microverse. Without the familiar frame of reference, it's just a power instead of a cool visual or an exciting action beat. And they repeatedly break their own, previously established, rules and have the characters opening their helmets while giant/ant sized. Stop it! Internal consistency is all I'm asking for.
Also, a personal thing, but what the hell did they do to Hope's hair? Kill it with fire. She's had awful haircuts twice in this franchise now.
It wasn't all bad. Pfeifer is still amazing, and she and Douglas bounce off each other well. Kathryn Newton was EXCELLENT as Cassie. She did the sassy teen thing without coming across as overly petulant or whiny. And I loved that they didn't have her already be amazing with the suit/powers and still had stuff to learn from dad.
Kang was enjoyable. A lot more understated than I expected, but it worked. Majors does barely contained violence really well (or, maybe he doesn't, we'll let the courts decide). Kang always felt juuuust on the edge of completely exploding, like he was two words from going fully nuclear at any moment.
Neither Lilly nor Rudd really had a whole lot to do, here. Rudd is endlessly charming and somehow ageless, but his arc was obvious as soon as he picked up Cassie from jail. And Lilly was reduced from badass action hero to whiny daughter and sidekick girlfriend.
Also the effect for MODOK was AWFUL. I love that they kept the comic design, but uncanny valley swept that giant face right off the cliff.
Not as much fun as the first two, but a better threequel than Thor or Iron Man got. I think the second one is still my favorite of the three.
The scope really hurts it. The first two films were kind of low stakes, in their lane fare. They felt almost offbeat. It was charming and different. This one tries to keep that flavor by trying to keep the focus on the Pym/Lang family, but the whole imperial revolution, Kang can't be allowed to escape vibe kind of crashes it for me.
The size changing also loses all it's "wow, cool!" when you take it out of the everyday world and put it in the fantasy microverse. Without the familiar frame of reference, it's just a power instead of a cool visual or an exciting action beat. And they repeatedly break their own, previously established, rules and have the characters opening their helmets while giant/ant sized. Stop it! Internal consistency is all I'm asking for.
Also, a personal thing, but what the hell did they do to Hope's hair? Kill it with fire. She's had awful haircuts twice in this franchise now.
It wasn't all bad. Pfeifer is still amazing, and she and Douglas bounce off each other well. Kathryn Newton was EXCELLENT as Cassie. She did the sassy teen thing without coming across as overly petulant or whiny. And I loved that they didn't have her already be amazing with the suit/powers and still had stuff to learn from dad.
Kang was enjoyable. A lot more understated than I expected, but it worked. Majors does barely contained violence really well (or, maybe he doesn't, we'll let the courts decide). Kang always felt juuuust on the edge of completely exploding, like he was two words from going fully nuclear at any moment.
Neither Lilly nor Rudd really had a whole lot to do, here. Rudd is endlessly charming and somehow ageless, but his arc was obvious as soon as he picked up Cassie from jail. And Lilly was reduced from badass action hero to whiny daughter and sidekick girlfriend.
Also the effect for MODOK was AWFUL. I love that they kept the comic design, but uncanny valley swept that giant face right off the cliff.
Not as much fun as the first two, but a better threequel than Thor or Iron Man got. I think the second one is still my favorite of the three.
It was okay. The biggest issue is the CGI. I'm guessing it's the art direction because it all looked fake. Green Lantern fake. Obviously in an all green room fake. And we know most Marvel films are like that, but they don't all come across as obviously fake looking as this one did.
For some reason when it came to Kang all I could think was, this is PG Homelander.
"You houses are alive?"
"Your houses are dead??"
Was the best bit.
Oh, and Darren was great.
For some reason when it came to Kang all I could think was, this is PG Homelander.
"You houses are alive?"
"Your houses are dead??"
Was the best bit.
Oh, and Darren was great.
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I had completed watching the film some time ago, I agree that the movie's real issue was the CGI. But some of the photography wasn't that great, either.. Despite these two aspects, I enjoyed the movie. I don't think it's good as "Ant-Man". But I must admit that I thought it was better than "Ant-Man and the Wasp". For me, the two best performances came from Michelle Pfieffer and Jonathan Majors. However, I was also impressed with Paul Rudd, Kathryn Newton, Corey Stoll and Katy O'Brian and William Jackson Harper. Michael Douglas had a better presence in the film's second half. Aside from two major action scenes, Evangeline Lilly still seemed slightly diminished in the movie.
It was announced at the end of April