Review Time: this film is good.
Fundamental elements: there is a number
and words on screen, cultural elements, mental imagery, background music,
voice-over elements, time jumps and place jumps.
Storyline: generally speaking without
giving too much away, this storyline is origins based, it has elements of the
original Ant-Man [Dr. Hank Pym] and the origin of the second Ant-Man [Scott
Lang,] so with saying this; it does feel like they are covering the fundamental
elements of these two characters in this title and not forgetting Hope van Dyne
as well, it is one of those occasions where if you're going to have a storyline
like this; you may as well do it in the first film title, so you can move onto
something else in the second film title, if it gets a green light for a sequel
it gives them something to build on. I should point out with storylines like
this; you can only do them once as it relates to a small network of characters
[that are recurring characters, so for an example at some point way, way, way
in the future if they want to reboot this character with a different performer
as Ant-Man or just thinking about it for two seconds if they have Scott Lang
standing down to be replaced by a another one [I am just thinking outside the
box] then I have no problem with them doing another origin storyline of some
description, because yes in theory it would be another origin storyline, but it
would still be moving things forward.
Artistic visions/Action sequences: now it would make sense for me to talk about these two elements at
the same time, because they have a lot to do with one another and as everyone
should know by now I am not a big fan of splitting hairs too much. The artistic
visions and the action sequences do this character justice as in when he
changes sizes the viewers get great views to experience some of what this
character goes through or anything like this, be it training sequences [mental
or physical,] the landscapes and different kinds of ants look highly detailed
and easy on the eye and when it is time to have an action sequence the artistic
visions and the action sequences are able to blend in with one another, so
briefly they are more than happy to keep up with one another, but here are
three examples of the action sequences; breaking into this safe [I will discuss
this more later on,] Ant-Man vs. an Avenger and look out for this tank.
Comedy level/Character developments/Performances: there are some bits and pieces that are funny, I think as it relates
to the comedy level; it is there in this project, but because we don't know
these characters too well yet at this point it roughly is built for these
characters but not really defined to them [in short the more projects you use
these characters in with the same performers the more you can define their
personality traits, consequently their comedy style comes across as more
natural and other elements,] I should just point out that there is only one
character off the top of my head and currently out there which doesn't follow
this formula and his name is Deadpool, this character may indeed develop
between film titles but from his 2016 outing he hits the ground running and
doesn't look back. But back to this film title moving on to the character
developments and the performances, as I have already said because this film
does the origins storyline thing the character developments and the
performances reflect that as well, but to give credit when it is due the safe
sequence highlights that our lead role is resourceful, intelligent mixed with
street-smart intelligence, the performances from this cast are from an overview
perspective are good.
This film receives: 7/10, this mark
looks and feels right; there is one point I would like to make before ending
this review; Thomas the Tank Engine makes it into the MCU [Marvel Cinematic
Universe.]
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