Ant-Man (2015)
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While I agree with Martin Scorcese that the Marvel movies are largely not much more than rollercoaster rides, I still dig 'em. The best of them are good fun. For me, that's Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man. Too many of them are self-serious, but these two are solid comedies. They're well done to a degree that the serious bits work well without ever being too po-faced. We'll get to Guardias down the line, but this is about Ant-Man.
I've liked Paul Rudd since seeing him in Clueless. He's a solid comic actor. Aided and abetted in the comedy by Michael Pena (and T.I. & David Dastmalchian), Rudd is perfect in his deadpan funny delivery. Evangeline Lily and Michael Douglas are fine and Cory Stoll is good as the villain.
There's not much else to say about Ant-Man. The funny bits (whih are the best bits) are funny, the action is cool, and the caper-driven plot is better than most of the overblown stories of a bunch of the other Marvel movies. It's a good popcorn movie and something we throw on if we just want something silly to watch.
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