![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexThis is an utterly forgettable bit of fluff that I think Marvel made because they needed something for the kids and to lighten up the DOOMLY DOOM of Avengers. I've seen lots of speculation online that this movie contains clues or keys for Infinity War 2 but I just don't care. (2.5/5 stars unless you really like schlocky kids adventure flicks)
This movie returns all the cast members from the first movie doing the same things as they did last time. It features flying giant Pez dispensers, giant ants, Hot Wheels cars, using a flatbed truck as a scooter, and a general lack of concern for anything. Newcomers Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet Van Dyne), and Laurence Fishburne (Dr Bill Foster) are OK if unexceptional.
The movie doesn't do anything particularly badly, nor anything particularly well. Every single character is comedic relief but when there's no tension or drama or suspense it's not clear what you need relief from. So you get two hours of schtick, of which Michael Peña's fast-talking storytelling is probably the best, closely followed by Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly's snarky banter that in any other movie would be verbal foreplay.
Some of the best bits are in the production/SFX, including how they subtly changed the top part of Wasp's mask so you get more of her facial expression, and the level of detail in the miniature action scenes (running along the blade of a knife flying through the air, surf/skidding on spilled table salt. The fight scenes with the not-actually-here Ghost ought to get a technical award - they're excellent. That I spent my time noticing this kind of thing tells you how engaging the story was.
Also, the post-credits scene is totally Marvel trolling us, which just made me sigh annoyedly.
This movie returns all the cast members from the first movie doing the same things as they did last time. It features flying giant Pez dispensers, giant ants, Hot Wheels cars, using a flatbed truck as a scooter, and a general lack of concern for anything. Newcomers Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet Van Dyne), and Laurence Fishburne (Dr Bill Foster) are OK if unexceptional.
The movie doesn't do anything particularly badly, nor anything particularly well. Every single character is comedic relief but when there's no tension or drama or suspense it's not clear what you need relief from. So you get two hours of schtick, of which Michael Peña's fast-talking storytelling is probably the best, closely followed by Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly's snarky banter that in any other movie would be verbal foreplay.
Some of the best bits are in the production/SFX, including how they subtly changed the top part of Wasp's mask so you get more of her facial expression, and the level of detail in the miniature action scenes (running along the blade of a knife flying through the air, surf/skidding on spilled table salt. The fight scenes with the not-actually-here Ghost ought to get a technical award - they're excellent. That I spent my time noticing this kind of thing tells you how engaging the story was.
Also, the post-credits scene is totally Marvel trolling us, which just made me sigh annoyedly.
no subject
Date: 2018-07-31 02:14 pm (UTC)Ha!
Well, at least they got you to look, like a flasher in a trenchcoat!
no subject
Date: 2018-08-01 03:27 pm (UTC)