Ant-Man And The Wasp

Als einer der wenigen Filme aus dem MCU können die Ant-Man-Filme herausgenommen und als eigenständige Komödie betrachtet werden, ohne dass sie dadurch verlieren würden. Der zweite Film wird auch durch die Rückkehr von Michelle Pfeiffer zu den Comics aufgewertet (alle verneigen sich immer noch vor ihrer Catwoman aus Batmans Rückkehr), und es ist das erste Mal, dass Michelle und Michael Douglas auf der Leinwand zusammentreffen, etwas, das seit drei Jahrzehnten erwartet wurde. Und als Sahnehäubchen können sich Filmkenner über eine Liebeskomödie freuen, in der Paul Rudd mit Michelle ausgeht (auch wenn zwischen den beiden 11 Jahre liegen). Ich empfehle also auch, sich Hauptsache verliebt noch einmal anzusehen. (28.12.2018)

Viele Situationen sind zum Verrücktwerden witzig, so wie im ersten Teil. Im Unterschied zu ihm gab es aber auch Momente, in denen der Humor um jeden Preis da war. Vielleicht habe ich erwartet, dass der Hauptheld ein bisschen erwachsener ist und der Plot ein bisschen ernster, schicksalhafter (die Geschichte von Hank und Janet hat mich viel mehr als die Hauptgeschichte interessiert). Das ist aber nicht passiert. Am Ende des Films wurde mir bewusst, dass so etwas zu Ant-Man And The Wasp wahrscheinlich nicht passen würde. Wahrscheinlich. (08.07.2018)

I had a problem already with the first Ant-Man. I said to myself that within the entire Marvel Universe, he is a very average character that, on the other hand, has the setting in which it takes place working for him. Well, and the sequel? It lost even the entertaining setting, or well, it depends… There isn’t much going on in the first 80 minutes of the film and every now and then Michael Peña comes in to the rescue, as he is at least a bit entertaining. But in the final almost 40 minutes, things finally start happening, which fortunately makes the movie a bit livelier. Otherwise, I would have had to go with less than three stars. All in all, however, the Ant-Man did not convince me even the second time around and I rank him among the least interesting heroes in the entire Marvel Universe. (16.12.2018)

For me weaker than the first one and also a weaker cinema visit this year. This is a downright Marvel movie for kids. Not much Action, childish humour (at least Michael Peña was funny at times, but I don't find Paul Rudd funny at all). A weak villain who didn't really show much of anything, it dragged at times unfortunately and I would have preferred sleeping in places. Compared to The Avengers and Deadpool it's a big drop down, but it still sort of holds that standard average. 55% (03.09.2018)

More of the same, you could say. I wasn't particularly interested in the first Ant-Man, I don't really like Paul Rudd. Visually, the film reminded me of a more expansive episode of a TV series and I rank it as one of the last among the Marvel movies. On the other hand, I can easily respect it as popcorn entertainment that's supposed to be for the whole family. And that's what Ant-Man and The Wasp is. If you liked the first one, the second one won't disappoint you because it relies on the same things. Logically, I wasn't that blown away by it. Peyton Reed still can't do anything that is visually interesting and relies on Rudd, jokes and weird side characters. It's a shame, because he's got a very interesting villain that someone more skilled and with a more serious approach could have pulled off much better. Here, though, he crams in a lot of fun up front, which was unnecessarily too much for my taste, plus it often teetered on the edge of awkwardness. I don't want to be unfair to the film, however. With Marvel, I appreciate that they try to make the films somehow genre-specific. And for me, this genre simply doesn't fit well. (27.07.2018)