Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Spoiler Review & Talk

[@thefilmwatcher1216]

The first thing I thought when Cassie was talking about building the Quantum communicator was "Cassie Lang was able to build this in a basement! With a box of scraps!"

[@gonk1012]

My friend literally turned to me and said this in the theater

[@BenjiM514]

My favorite part was definitely when all the ant men started working together like ants. It’s one of the few times the visuals looked really good.

[@iraford5788]

Yep it was an amazing sequence.

[@scruffd0g193]

I feel like MODUK is the sole reason for the bad criticism, because Kang was the show stealer while MODUK was a joke.

[@c_l_a_d_d_i_x]

And then kang went and popped his ward of dawn for that weapons of light

[@rocketrigby5845]

@@c_l_a_d_d_i_x Lmao I see you’re a man of culture

[@c_l_a_d_d_i_x]

@@rocketrigby5845 I whispered titan bubble to my girlfriend next to me when It happened and I had several people cackle behind me. The joke was a success

[@willtriplett4128]

Imo the humor in this one was much better than Thor 4 because this one had funny situations (Modok, holes etc.) vs the characters and heroes constantly cracking jokes in situations where they shouldn’t. This one felt more like classic mcu with humor interlaced with serious things when Thor 4 felt just like a big joke that none of the characters took seriously. There was obviously a tone problem here but it’s in all of the mcu movies and I don’t really have much of an issue with it

[@irreplaysable]

Yeah I fully agree with you - Thor 4 was definitely much more egregious in this regard, and I thought that this movie had enough moments where they completely stopped with the jokes, in order to make the serious moments land. I understand the critics’ perspectives on the tonal issues, but I can’t say it impeded on my enjoyment as much as it did for them.

[@ultimateslinger9857]

@@irreplaysable Just imagine if they pulled a Thor 4 moment in the de powered Kang fight. I can’t even think of the corny line he’d say

[@irreplaysable]

@@ultimateslinger9857 yeah omg that would have been terrible

[@LinkMarioSamus]

I didn’t hate that Thor movie but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get that criticism.

[@stormlander]

My biggest complaint is that Scott's friends aren't in the movie.

[@rpgranked]

Literally my same feeling

[@michaelnally2841]

I did wish they were in here although I don’t know exactly what their purpose would be in the film.

[@rpgranked]

@@michaelnally2841 I think they could have maybe showed up in one of his montages at the beginning or end? Or maybe when they had dinner or something?

[@michaelnally2841]

@@rpgranked possible

[@ultimateslinger9857]

Oh snap, I forgot about them! No disrespect but I did not think of them when I saw it

[@aidenbell3487]

The Kang dynasty scene. Holy crap. The council of Kangs finally.

[@scruffd0g193]

Yeah, avengers 5 can’t come soon enough. Where are Wanda, Thor and Captain Marvel where you need them because good god the avengers will need them against the Kang Dynasty.

[@ultimateslinger9857]

@@scruffd0g193 Don’t forget Hulk (rampaging version)

[@Leon-fh8up]

that was ripped straigth outta the comics

[@brendan4784]

Sean absolutely hit the nail on the head. I’m liking Marvel movies less and less because the same problems are in every movie recently(minus Wakanda Forever) and aren’t being fixed. There’s been 18 projects in the last 2 years, and most of them have suffered from this problem. I felt Quantumania was painfully meh and a step down from the first 2

[@starwarsfan729]

I personally enjoyed it more than ant man and the wasp but that’s my least favourite marvel film. This one was painfully mediocre and I’ve already forgotten a lot on it.

[@Smilunibrow]

I dont have to win, we both have to lose. Instantly proceeds to win with no stakes of being stuck in the quantum realm

[@therealmrnoobr0blx]

Ikr! Like it was so cheap that they just get to go back. Would've been so much better if they were stuck in there cuz that would add stakes and consequences.

[@alechorrell2373]

Agreed didn't like how that ended

[@SFNDMK]

​@@therealmrnoobr0blxI'm only assuming they didn't go that route due to it happening in the previous film.

[@TheFilmSpace1]

“He’s stopping worse Kangs from conquering” so true !!!

[@irreplaysable]

I was pleasantly surprised by the movie when I got out of the cinemas. I thought both visually and on a worldbuilding basis, it was leagues ahead than most of the other MCU output over the past few years. I also did not notice the tonal problem as much as critics did. However, I would say that the one major problem I had with it was the lack of development in the relationship between Hope and Scott. Throughout the movie, they barely even interacted, which felt like an odd juxtaposition with how their dynamic was explored in the previous movies. For me, it just made the “I love you” at the end ring really hollow, particularly when they ended up just making their way back to the real world straight afterwards anyway. Idk - we have seen through WandaVision that Marvel is clearly capable of developing good romances, so it feels like they really dropped the ball with this one.

[@zekegonzaldi6230]

My Spoiler Thoughts Scott Lang Post-Endgame: Pretty much agree with everything you said. Just wish we spent more time in San Fran before getting thrust in the Quantum Realm. Cassie the Rebel & Genius: I like that Cassie is trying to help everyone. We know that Scott is her hero, she grew up watching him help those in need. They overtly state this in the second movie, she tells her dad that she wants to be his partner. So from her point of view, he's taking the easy way out, he saved the universe and now he's taking it easy. Whereas she sees the world in a different way and is trying to push her dad to be her hero again. Even in the Quantum Realm, she continues to push her dad. He doesn't want to help the Freedom Fighters, he just wants to get out. But she sees people in need. I do wish that this was more in the center of the story, as it gets lost in all the grand scope stuff. And I think this idea would've worked better in a movie outside of the Quantum Realm. As for Cassie being a genius now, I didn't have a problem with it. Again, it was rushed. We just get lines of dialogue of how she's been studying Hank's work and all. It makes sense, I mean look she probably studied a lot during the Blip on how to save her dad. But I wish they would've showed more of her genius rather than just tell us. Everything in San Fran was rushed just to get to the Quantum Realm, and I didn't like that. Inciting Incident: To start off I didn't even connect the dots between the Ant-Man and the Wasp post-credit scene where they send Scott into the Quantum Realm and the inciting incident here until you brought it up. It is very weird. Like Janet was there in the post-credit scene, if she knew how dangerous the Quantum Realm, was why would she sign off on sending Scott there, even if it was for 10 seconds. To me, it just feels like the post-credit scene was necessary for Endgame and they didn't care about it for the context of this movie. I mean yes, Ant-Man and the Wasp was written way before they had any ideas on what this movie would be like, but still, it's frustrating, I feel like this could've been somewhat fixed with a few lines of dialogue, but no, we just have to get straight to the Quantum Realm in this movie Star Wars of the MCU: Not much here. I liked exploring the Quantum Realm. It felt a lot like Star Wars to me, but as soon as we got there, I wish we went with another direction for the third movie of this franchise. It just didn't fit with its predecessors. Everything in the Quantum Realm felt like it would've worked better as a Disney+ show set in between Ant-Man and the Wasp and a proper third Ant-Man movie. Would've it have been ambitious for a Disney+ show, sure. But I don't particularly care. Also, we spent a lot of time just meandering in the Quantum Realm before meeting Kang, but all of the time spent is pointless because it's all just exposition and characters telling us about the impending doom. I wish we could've actually explored the Quantum Realm. Kang: Not much here either. I loved Kang in this movie. Agree with everything said. MODOK: Similarly, MODOK didn't work for me. I think he could've worked better as the main villain of another Ant-Man project later down the road. Just didn't fit with Kang at all. Was gonna touch on all the chapter markers, but I ended up agreeing with you a lot near the end haha. In the end, the movie was fun, but poorly paced and I just wish they went in a different direction I gave it a B Fun, well-made movie, but should've been a lot better

[@lukerota1547]

Great comment that deserves more likes! I agree with everything you said.

[@zekegonzaldi6230]

@@lukerota1547 thank you 🙏🏻

[@Charlie-lu4wi]

7.7/10 pretty solid film, i actually thought they didn’t over do it with the comedy like they usually do. It was just maybe a bit too much star wars like for me, too much CGI. I thought that the end fight was amazing, I didn’t like how Kang was written off.

[@oddbulbsaur935]

Just watched it and thought kang being killed was pretty good. He was destroyed by his own creation and his craving for conquering.

[@davinci3478]

When Modak revealed his face I laughed really loud in theaters thinking it was hilarious and the rest of the theater was dead quite

[@adamtamer8767]

Idk why no one is talking about this, the movie should have been longer, like cassie should've gotten a character arc, they should've spent more time in the real world, and they should have had more world building, and explore the rebellion and the quantum realm more, so maybe it should've have been 20 or 30 minutes longer

[@jethrosuhardja]

I watched it yesterday... It was fun but I had some certain issues with it... i'd give it a 6.9/10

[@julianortiz5712]

I feel like the whole Janet situation about her not being worried in Ant-Man and the Wasp may be related to the fact that in Ant-Man and the Wasp, they weren't sending signals, they were just sending Scott inside (And Hank before that), so there was no way Kang could've detected it. Even on Quantumania, she was pretty chill about Cassie building the quantum manipulator UNTIL she heard it was sending signals. Before that, she had only heard it was a map of some sort. It wasn't until just after Cassie talked about signals that she started panicking.

[@sammelhuish286]

I couldn’t relate more to what you said about the out of theater excitement fizzling over the last couple of years. I told my dad after the movie that I just don’t remember the last time other than Spider-Man that I felt giddy and blown away after watching a marvel movie like I did in phases one through three.

[@trevorfultz]

Just realized that perhaps Tony had bequeathed the glasses to Peter “a dead teenager” on purpose as 1) a way of honoring his name and character, but also 2) ensuring that no one got that technology. Though I wonder if SHIELD or some government agency would have seized that tech if there was no living recipient…

[@elliotchilds6686]

I really really liked this one. I thought it was funny and charming, nothing special and not devoid of flaws but a good time.

[@vinnyg1715]

The mcu has a real problem recently with making just randomly smart teenagers.

[@lucasbertsche3710]

I definitely agree there was a lot of missed potential with Scott and Cassie’s relationship. I feel like there are still ways to explore their disconnect even with this quantum realm storyline. Scott missed 5 years of his daughter’s life. She’s a completely different person now than the little girl he left behind. There’s so much potential there for emotional character arcs but it’s barely touched on at all. Instead, we get MODOK, easily the most embarrassing thing the MCU has ever done.

[@danielpedretti541]

Been waitin’ for this one. Let’s go!!

[@TheMarionick]

Jonathan Majors is so good in his role as Kang that I felt bad for him when Janet found out that he is evil.

[@n4meless116]

6/10 for me, just for Kang

[@vasiliszacharatos]

I think that MODOK had the potential to become the darth Maul of the mcu. He could hate ant man for turning him into a monster and becoming a slave to Kang and he could even trying to kill Cassie for revenge. But they made him a goofy character that died in the end.

[@tie8975]

Saw the movie last night and I didn’t enjoy it. I don’t feel like Kang is really a threat and I agree there should had been more consequences

[@akihikosanada2020]

This right here. Kang has now died in every project he's appeared in and hasn't killed anyone or made a presence.

[@thedisneynerd7866]

I felt like this movie suffered greatly from the same issues that, Thor Ragnarok & Multiverse of Madness suffered from. There'll be a serious scene that has tension and building it up.. Only for it to throw a joke at us. Thus cutting the tension and undermining the entire scene...Just like Ragnarok. It felt like there was so much potential to show us a lot of interesting stuff and really explore the quantum realm... But it just gave us the most boring, uninteresting version of the world that we could have gotten...Like in Multiverse of Madness

[@suzrysai6368]

I don't know what more u wanted to experience from the quantum realm. This was a great movie it was antman not avengers so keep your expectation according to the movie..

[@thedisneynerd7866]

@@suzrysai6368I wasn't at all expecting an avengers movie. I was expecting an antman movie that was still goofy. But not THIS level of goofy. The humor is ONCE AGAIN too much. Maybe that's Disney's fault, I don't know. But they gotta learn to dial it back.. We don't need a joke thrown in our faces every 30 seconds. Just because it's an Ant-man movie. Doesn't mean they should be trying so hard to make us laugh. Which sadly has become a common re-occurring issue in the MCU. Every joke feels forced. Which messes with the tone and the characters.

[@iraford5788]

Really enjoyed this movie a lot.

[@damaribrackett1159]

Hate how all the critics almost made me not watch the movie I honestly liked it I give it a 7/10 wish they didn’t just kill off MODOK and used him as a more serious villain he could have not been added to the movie and it wouldn’t have mattered wish the tone was more serious as what he said in his video

[@scruffd0g193]

@@damaribrackett1159totally agree, thing is MODUK has always been a humor comedy comic book character, once Kang was introduced he stole the show.

[@sandeepgullapalli5568]

What absolutely didn't make sense was how Janet was fine with Scott going into the Quantumrealm in the Ant Man and the Wasp post credit scene, but here she doesn't even want to here the word quantumrealm.

[@dylandurrance4130]

I personally wish we got to explore this variant of Kang more.. The MCU is just killing off villains left and right and not allowing us to build any sort of relationship with the character.

[@rileyribble6733]

Dylan Durrance Oh trust me, this Kang will be back. Don’t for a second believe he’s dead. His “death” was VERY similar to that of Darren’s “death” in Ant Man. I think he just shrunk down and vanished to another realm. My theory is that he’s either within the multiverse itself somewhere, or the Beyondverse. Either way, I definitely believe this specific Kang will return, along with the Council obviously

[@IAmNotYourBuddy]

No chance this Kang is dead. He'll be the final boss Kang for the Avengers to take down

[@MarcusRenberg]

I think Tony changed his will the day before. He had time to record his hologram among other things in case of his death, so he thought ahead what could happen. So he hoped the plan would work and bring everybody back, and in the case of his untimely death he updated his will just in case. So in that head canon far from home makes a lot more sense😃👍 He was optimistic that the plan would work and therefore he prepared Peter for a new life without him. That note was very short so if he hadn't die Tony would throw it away.

[@julianortiz5712]

I hear all your concerns about how this movie could've been in the real world and told a more personal story between Scott and Cassie. But honestly, the logical progression of the Ant-Man franchise for me had to be eventually them going into the Quantum Realm and spending the whole movie there, and what better movie to do it than the end of a trilogy. Put it this way, the quantum realm's been such an important part of every movie Scott's been in, there's no way they wouldn't have actually shown us the world.

[@Jay-Zech]

I liked it and thought it was good, but definitely not great. Kang, Ant-Man, and Janet were all great, loved them, but I felt I definitely had some issues with the rest of it. When it was serious it was really good, but it REPEATEDLY undercut itself with bad humor, particularly with MODOK and the rebels. Also, it wasn’t even an Ant-Man and The Wasp film, Hope was disappointingly absent. Also, I totally agree that Cassie was a HUGE missed opportunity. For example, she says about the quantum telescope thing; “if I had built this while you were in the quantum realm I could’ve found you.” That would’ve been a good way to show that she wasn’t just naturally adept at Quantum science lol, she was desperate to learn whatever she could to find Scott. I personally really liked the first 2, and I do like this one, but it could’ve been much better. It’s a 7/10 for me personally.

[@agentpear]

Personally I think that they should have killed off a few major characters. That would establish Kang as a huge threat, and it would mean that the avengers movies would be a bit less crowded

[@MichealAfton1983]

I’d give it an 8/10, it was good imo

[@-Down-D-Stairs-]

Yea I actually enjoyed it and I didn't care for any of the 3 offerings from last year I was pleasantly surprised

[@joshhunter6928]

Ehhh, it was fun nothing more nothing less. I’d say a 6/10 personally

[@YaBoyCori]

Sheep 🐑 3.5 movie.

[@MichealAfton1983]

@@YaBoyCori how am I a sheep for having an opinion?

[@MillerTheOriginal]

I basically agree, it wasn't bad. If I was to watch it a second time I think the novelty and spectacle will wear off and it won't be no where near as good tbh

[@4ProStudios]

i don’t know about modok’s CGI, I feel like it was better then I expected it to be, I thought it would be cheaply rendered stretched face, but it looked as good as they could’ve made it look, I think they should’ve saved modok for a later movie, where he could really fit the tone.

[@jacrispy1150]

I think there was about 3-4 times in this movie I can remember when a character has 2 guards escorting them and they break free from the guards. Kang has this massive army and he can only spare 2 guys for his most valuable hostages? Even after they break free and then get captured again later?

[@pommiersydney9628]

I Had Fun But It Did Have Issues 🎥 7/10

[@WOODS2779]

My biggest question is how much time passed when they were in the quantum realm. With Janet it was around 30 years both on earth and quantum. With Scott it was only 5 hours when in reality it was 5 years. Please someone make it make sense

[@jamesjamaica7189]

He wasn't in the quantum realm. He got stuck in a time worm hole on the way to the quantum realm. That's how the avengers were able to figure out time travel because of how he stuck in a time hole. So because of this he didn't have the same aging affects has Janet because he never actually made it all the way there.

[@WOODS2779]

@@jamesjamaica7189 ok thank you for clearing that up

[@wilddog3087]

I wish Kang had so much more screen time. The fist 50 minutes they kept mentioning Kang has “him” or “he’s coming” and a lot of scenes could’ve been cut and nothing would’ve changed. Same problem with Gorr, two awesome villains that could’ve been so much more.

[@XX-vz3fb]

But Kang is gonna be in plenty of other movies. Gorr is most likely never returning

[@JordanEvansMusic]

It was a fine movie but I did feel like it was a little boring at times and the emotional moments really felt empty. I really enjoyed Paul Rudd and Jonathan majors. It just sucks that it seemed like they had to nerf kangs abilities so that ant man could contend with him at all. I think it would have been better if ant man was absolutely decimated and it wasn’t close but he does saving his family. The ants were realy freaking cool though loved seeing hank get a win like that

[@scruffd0g193]

I think marvel nerfed down Kang honestly because this is isn’t even the biggest and baddest Kang, we saw at the end their is an entire stadium of Kangs.

[@codemanmovies]

For me the reason Cassie knows how to fight in the suit and such is because of Hank and Hope… they taught Scott in the first one and I feel like they had a part in it. We know at the start that they are in on it a bit it never really says they are helping but that’s how I think of it I guess.

[@farfromblake]

I really liked this movie… I don’t get the hate at all…. I really don’t get it… there’s a bunch of MCU movies that are way worst imo…

[@26LJ]

I agree with the people who said that the visuals weren’t great at the beginning. But I think it was enjoyable but I feel like something’s missing within the final battle because I think it maybe should’ve been longer with Kang. Overall I think it is pretty good, 7.5/10

[@scruffd0g193]

I liked the movie, thought it was a fun stuffed movie, Kang was a show stealer for sure, MODUK yes was a swing and miss joke. Marvel really gave us a big preview of Kang because we see that stadium filled with more dangerous looking Kangs.

[@everettenjeze6276]

Your doing a better job with having interesting story concepts and themes that should play out in the story then the actual paid writers. Please get into the movie writing side of the movie industry Sean

[@alexandersilva3327]

to me i felt mostly bored until the very very end when all the ants show up to attack kang, everything after i was interested in also i noticed how come when Scott was in the quantum realm he said it felt like 5 hours but for Janet it was as if she was there for actually 30 years instead of 30 hours

[@geobreaker2971]

I have now seen this movie. And I honestly did not mind it. In fact I liked it a lot. Some of what the critics say are true, but most of the issues people have with it I believe are from people going into the movie super hyped with expectations so high the movie couldn't possibly live up too those expectations. Like Eternals, I liked that movie. It's a good movie that moves the MCU plot forwards and sets up future movies. But it didn't live up to the hype that it was getting beforehand. Same with this movie. But overall I did not mind this movie at all.

[@TheFilmSpace1]

“You talk to Ants” 😂😂 Hank for the win !!!! 7/10

[@FanThemePark]

I'd give it an 8.5 out of 10. Considering that the Ant Man movies have always had lots of humor, I didn't think the humor ruined it. I also thought they kept most of the Kang stuff serious without getting too jokey during it. Honestly liked it a lot.

[@missugh1890]

Hey sean another problem with the film is the wasp 🐝 she didn’t do as much work in the movie 🎥

[@nicholasgarcia6588]

Every gen z kid immediately thought mr electric from shark boy and lava girl when they saw MODOK

[@kaps1___785]

In the post credit scene they had control and knew where Scott would be going in the quantum realm. Everything was under moderation to make sure it was safe. Cassie’s device was a signal just to the general quantum realm which could have reached anywhere

[@evandercaldwell9993]

Spoiler reviews are my favourite, because I never watch those movies (because of bad script-writing), but I enjoy the storytelling and long and thorough reviews of movies

[@francescocalce6208]

I didn't like it, I really didn't like the tone, I really miss the one from the first three phases. My vote is 5.4

[@Richard-ot9fn]

I actually really liked this film. The problem I have with the mcu now is phase 1-3 each character film had its own genre. The newer films all just feel the same with different characters. Also marvel have the same problem as star wars now, they are trying to aim their films at both kids and adults and thats hard to get right

[@avatarenthusiast2289]

I enjoyed most of the movie. Obviously, Kang and Johnathan Majors steal the show. I was glued whenever he was on screen. I also loved how weird the movie gets at times. Sure, it is random, but at points it really worked. There are some great visuals (and not so great visuals). The pacing is good and the whole story works. I do think the side characters aren’t memorable, the first act was the weakest part of the movie, MODOK was poorly executed, and I wanted more charm similar to the other movies. At the end of the day, however, this isn’t the worst MCU movie and is pretty enjoyable. I do understand why the reviews are the way they are, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. The post credits were awesome with the teases of the Kang variants. Bring on more Kang! My score is an 8/10.

[@scruffd0g193]

Same I feel like MODUK and the silly jokes the first 30 minutes is the reason for those bad reviews, MODUK was a joke

[@tristanmcdermott]

Hey Sean just thought you should do a ranking of all the mcu projects since endgame because ant man and the wasp quantum mania makes it 20th since endgame (if you include I am groot and all the disney plus shows)

[@jeffmichael6050]

How does modok Darren even know that antman is an avenger?

[@dogood8750]

Hey Sean 2 thoughts on the movie 1. for me Darron cross MODOK was like Topher Grace as Venom I like them when they are full suited in their character but they look is the problem whenever I try to take it seriously and if you remove them or edit them out of the movie the movie is MUCH MUCH better. 2. As far as the Quantum realm problem I didn't mind that because in the last 2 Ant-Man movies their a like different layers to the super small and that the quantum realm is not like 1 place their like a voyage downward like when they where shrinking you could see them passing through smaller more bizarre things and I think that since the Quantum realm is entirely outside of time their was like a area in between the real realm and the Quantum Realm where its kind of half in half, and in the first Ant Man he goes subatomic but returns to Cassie in almost real time I get why their a little bit of a plot hole their but that didn't bother me to much I agree with you I think the first act should have been longer to establish fuller character arcs and to expand on the relationship between the ant family. Overall still liked the film not perfect at all but I enjoyed it most of it and was neutral for the rest the whole way through B- would watch again

[@dylanburton4955]

MODOK looks pretty ridiculous in any medium including the comics and I appreciate that the film embraced it I mean it is a comic book movie and I appreciate that the MCU has been embracing some of the more ridiculous and whacky side of the comics

[@runninwizard8609]

@Do Good I think MODOK was made ridiculous looking on purpose😂

[@JohnCAbb]

35:22 Yeah, I leaned over to my dad and quoted one of my favorite Dr. Evil lines: "No I'm just gonna leave them to die and hope everything went to plan." Or at the very least, I just commented in general about Kang not bothering to check that his enemies are dead.

[@MrFancyDragon]

Okay hear me out and this is gonna be a hot take. This movie’s biggest problem is the tone. It’s the same thing with Thor 4 except kinda the opposite where this movie took itself too seriously sometimes when it didn’t need to. So here’s my hot take: The best solution to actually making this movie tonally consistent and in line with the franchise, Kang is the big fat wrench that didn’t need to be there. Especially with how they treated him at the very end DX. If MODOK was the big bad guy and Kang was the puppeteer (like something similar to the Thanos/loki dynamic of Avengers) I think this movie could’ve been a lot more entertaining and enjoyable to watch… If you fix the design and cgi on him.

[@brandonreed3670]

The tone was a bit off but I thought this one was WAYYYYY better than Love and Thunder

[@mrmarvel6484]

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is kinda like an episode of your favourite TV show... not as good as other episodes, but you need it as well to understand the end. My cynical thoughts would be: Most of Quantumania is a directionless, poorly constructed, tention-less mess that doesn't know it's own tone, doesn't really give it's main character a definitive character arc any more than the Avengers movies and makes us (the audience) feel like we're still stuck in Phase 4, if not for Kang who finally gives the MCU the focus it needs. My more optimistic thoughts would be: The jokes weren't forced on Kang and they never made him look stupid in any way (Thank God). Though it suffers from the sickness that plagued Wakanda Forever (trying to do so much in one movie), Quantumania still doesn't really waste any time. It doesn't fully know where it's going, but it gets there quickly. That's it. Quantumania, 5.9/10. Marvel, please learn your lessons. Prioritise story over the comedy... and make it marvellous!... like you used to 😔

[@daanhouben16]

Great commentary on Cassie's character Sean! I thought the same thing

[@lukerota1547]

I’ve been waiting for this spoiler review, and you did not disappoint! I honestly agree with everything you said.

[@sgtmidgetpanda2121]

I really enjoyed it it definitely has its flaws but I expected that going in and I just had a really good time I’d give it a 7.2/10

[@carsonglass7345]

I’ve been watching your videos since I was a freshman in high school. When I was younger, I disagreed with you on a lot but always enjoyed your opinion. Where as I’ve gotten older I agree with you on a lot more, such as Guardians 2. And this movie I very much agree with you on, I had very high hopes for it, and it disappointed me as meh

[@bdonovable]

Something I noticed early on that kind of bothered me with the mechanics of Pym particles was Hank's use of drops to enlarge a mini pizza into one to feed the whole family. It's funny for the nanosecond before you realize that Ant-Man could have solved world hunger! 🤔

[@adogsilly]

I felt like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was mostly a good film, but I had a few issues. 1. I felt like the movie was too short. The movie could have easily been 2.5 hours if more backstory was given to Janet or Kang. Or even just a clear vision of how Scott is doing after the events of Endgame and his work (we could have had his friends back to). We could have also been shown a progression of Scott and Janet's relationship. I feel like the 1st part of the film went too fast and if Marvel took some more time for the 1st part of the film, in San Fransico, the film could have been way better going into the Quantum Realm. 2. I am very confused with Janet's time in the Quantum Realm. Cassie is sending "signals" deep into the Quantum Realm and then Janet snaps. The first scene of the movie got me confused as time went on. Where was Janet in the Quantum Realm, deep in or not? Hank was able to save Janet in the Quantum Realm without any "signals", but "signals" became a thing in the next movie. It got me really confused. 3. I hate the reliance on comedy and humor in this movie. It is ok if it has some humor here and there, that won't hurt, but when it is repeating humor, it gets a bit annoying. When the tension was building for an hour while everyone was exploring the Quantum Realm and the tensions of Kang kept building, comedy shot down that tension. In the final battle, same thing with MODOK. I also felt like the trailers revealed too much as we all knew what was coming in the movie. If the trailers didn't reveal Kang, it would have been a gamble, but it would have payed off. If the humor and comedy didn't interfere in the Quantum Realm scenes, the movie would have been way better. The humor in San Fransico is very fine to me. If I had to rate this film, I would give it a solid 7. This movie has improved a lot compared to other MCU projects. Did it start Phase 5 off with a smash? A little bit, but I had my issues.

[@JediPastorAaron]

I think the explanation for why Janet wasn’t concerned about the quantum realm in Ant-man and the wasp was explained in a line or two when she said that there was a world deeper in the realm. Perhaps they weren’t sending Scott down to the part that was actually inhabited.

[@michaelkeelingmodalsurrealist]

Loved it. 1 of 5 i've watched 3+ times in the theater.

[@corrado8955]

I think maybe what you could be missing from the inciting incident is that she gets anxious when she hears they are sending a signal down to the quantum realm. If I recall she seems fine when she thinks it is just a device that is viewing or mapping it. I also think that their research of the quantum realm in the previous film was so much on the surface that perhaps she wasn’t worried about it. I mean these are stretch explanations and it is a marvel movie so it hardly needs to make a ton of sense but they certainly could have done better.

[@hansenjacob545]

Overall I agree with your initial nitpicks on the film it's what stuck out to me the most. I was also getting serious Tron vibes from Kang's minions and the music when Bill Murray's character was introduced.

[@joshualederman2765]

This is a fantastic review. Maybe my favourite of yours, nailed every point

[@markling5058]

The problem with rotten tomatoes and metacritic is that so many people just downvote because they don't like franchise or movie

[@Jamie_Winsh]

I do have a few criticisms. One, Luis isn't in the film which felt strange. It felt a big piece of what makes films so enjoyable was missing. Ghost wasn't there too which so I wonder if they got the quantum particles too her!? Tbh I suppose they could have just given it to her off screen. Also the story felt quite rushed. They shouldn't have gotten into the quantum realm so quickly. They should have spent a bit of time in the real world first. Also found it odd how they made it like Cassie, Hank and hope are family. Like she called Hank uncle Hank. Since when are they that close!? I guess it's kinda strange Cassie could build the machine but that doesn't bother me too much cos she could maybe do it if she spent years studying it. Apart from that I loved this movie. Kang as a character, a villain and Majors performance were all amazing. Can't wait to see more of him. I loved how brutal it got in the climax, I was so scared for Scott. I think it had some nice heartwarming relationship moments between the characters mainly Cassie and Scott and Scott and Hope. Maybe should have had a bit more but still a decent amount, besides we're gonna see them again so. The action was fantastic, apart from a couple of shots that looked like they were on a green screen, the visuals and CGI was spectacular. I liked MODOK, his CGI looked good and I loved seeing him interact with Scott, Hank, and Hope. His origin was cool to see too. It had some great individual moments, like the hundreds of ants "killing" kang and Scott screaming "KANG!" I loved the shift in tone. I liked how it was more serious, it was refreshing and different. And it still had that ant man movie type humour. The jokes all landed well and it didn't undercut the drama for me. It's not like it was Thor Ragnarok. I liked how it explored Janents time in the quantum realm. I also the world building was great. I loved how much imagination and creativity went into the bizzare but cool creatures of the quantum realm. Finally the post credit scenes were so good! Both of them were unexpected and awesome to see. Overall while I do have a few issues, mostly I loved it. This is probably my favourite ant man film

[@ProfBAM2113]

Re:why Janet was okay with Scott in the QR in post-credits scene: there are different levels to the QR/QR is large enough that Kang wouldn't detect Scott. It would explain why various people did/didn't experience time travel.

[@katherinelarson1475]

I personally think that Janet's issue with what they were doing with the quantum realm was specifically the signal being sent down. Maybe Kang could track her through it. But Scott going down into the realm for 10 seconds nobody would know where he came from. And I also thought they said something about where they were being even deeper than Scott had been. So maybe that's the reason for it?? I don't know that's just my best guess. I dug the movie. Maybe it's just special because I got to see it tonight for my birthday...but I really liked it. MODOK was just as ridiculous as you said...but his 'origin story' and initial introduction did make me laugh!!

[@TheJPN23]

I think Janet was more freaked out about sending a signal to the Quantum Realm rather than just being there to collect particals for Ghost

[@tylerkeith9378]

Are you going to rank all the mcu movies with this one?,

[@youtubeislame-c1m]

I agree with a lot of what you said, but the plot hole with Janet in the post credit scene not being scared of the quantum realm can be explained with Loki. When Janet was in the quantum realm, He who remains from the end of loki was keeping the multiverse and all the other Kangs at bay. Sylvie kills him, and now all of the sudden it’s like he who remains had never been trimming the multiverse. Janet’s history has changed because now all the Kangs throughout time and space exist, and the conqueror was exiled to the quantum realm. I’m not sure if that makes any sense in writing, Feige really needs to give us some sort of proper explanation of how this all works so we don’t have to piece it together

[@missugh1890]

They when to the quantum room In just 5 minute in the movie and they should’ve waiting until after 15 minute in the film

[@therealmrnoobr0blx]

30:16 I only remember one scene in which they were together and Kang did shut him up in that scene. 44:34 Scott got stuck in a time vortex.

[@theblueartist1304]

I know right! Cassie has no development and she just comes off as ANNOYING

[@andyzachow9903]

Everything changed in loki when they hit the time threshold...that's possibly why Janet all of a sudden was afraid of quantum realm

[@extrememachine3293]

I’m pretty sure when they first got to the quantum realm janet explained that it had layers so i think that the reason janet was okay with going into the quantum realm with the van was because it was a layer Kang couldn’t reach

[@thephantomsplit]

I personally liked MODOK. Yeah, the uncanny valley is there, but what universe did people think that face was gonna be done right? Honestly, it wasn't THAT bad, i do think the uncanny valley aspect did add to the creepy part of it. I was fine with I got. The jokes yeah, aren't that funny. But I do like that conversation he has with Cassie, where she tells him "You don't have to be a dick." And when he says "But look at what I've done. I'm a huge dick," and she ends up changing him in the end, I actually really liked that! Granted, yes I wish he wasn't the butt of all the jokes, but for what they did and try to accomplish, I was fine with what I got.

[@cooperwolfe5478]

I agree. The only issue I had was that I felt that having Yellowjacket as M.O.D.O.K just felt like a bad choice. I wish that M.O.D.O.K was truly a new character.

[@thephantomsplit]

@@cooperwolfe5478 see, I didn't mind that change. Because I'm one of the few people who liked Yellowjacket from the first Ant-Man movie, and I'm glad they brought him back. But yeah, I just wished that he wasn't so goofy.

[@cooperwolfe5478]

@@thephantomsplit I enjoyed Yellowjacket in Ant-Man as well, I just didn’t think he was the right choice for M.O.D.O.K. I’m not sure if this would’ve made the humor that much better, but I think having Patton Oswalt in the role would’ve made the character more enjoyable to watch.

[@cgm8243]

That was easily the best, most elaborate, spot on breakdown to QM! You thoroughly explained the highs, the flaws and the glaring lows. You're the maestro of MCU movie breakdowns, I salute and applaud you. Amazing job bro, & I tweeted @KevFeige & tagged your breakdown. Hope he watches it, he can get some provoking insight!

[@tungdil_1458]

I didn't understand it at all that way that kang left them there because janet left him. I thought he was just too arrogant to believe they would actually be able to do something against him. In my mind he got what he came for and everyone isn't important. They're just ants to him. (see what i did there? XD)

[@scruffd0g193]

I think the Kang in the movie wanted to revenge on the kangs we saw at the end and he was going to kill them all and now he’s gone that Kang dynasty is closer to being free

[@mrhorrorjunkie7873]

What I find interesting is how Kang is very much different from Thanos. While Thanos is a honest man and is a man of his word (ex: Him sparing Tony in exchange for the Time Stone and even being upfront about what he did to the stones after Infinity War), Kang likes to manipulate others and feeds off of their naivety and emotions and doesn’t seem to hold his end of the bargain, which is truly terrifying of within itself.

[@owenwoods4170]

I just saw it lol. I thought it was fine and agreed with some of the points. I do, respectfully, disagree with the MODOK thing lol. Idk how MODOK could have been designed any different? Like idk that's what he looks like, but it is very off putting for sure lol

[@fantasticfroggaming]

I loved it. Personally I think the critics are hating on it to much.

[@dylanburton4955]

Critics can never be trusted, I’ve seen critics be harsh on a lot of films that didn’t deserve it all and make really silly and ridiculous points to try back up what they’re saying And often they’ll completely misunderstand a film and won’t actually know what they’re on about

[@aidanfoley6463]

@@dylanburton4955 It just sounds like you can’t accept that critics are just people who have opinions like anyone else. There’s no such thing as trust or value when it comes to opinions, that literally defeats the point of subjectivity.

[@gazerock039]

Kang got beaten by ants... Got hurt from antman's punch and wasp projectiles.. really menacing villain huh.. lmao

[@michaeljordan5630]

4:35 I think that what the exec want. Call me crazy but I think I heard one of them come out and said that this tone is pantene MCU tone something that should exist in every movie to keep it together. A way to make the MCU with different styles but keep a constant tone to say hey your watching an MCU film enjoy.

[@charonthereflector8053]

Enjoyed the movie. Luis not being in it is my biggest issue

[@legofan9949]

5.5 out of 10 it was boring kang was the best part

[@skylarhillman1455]

I don’t think it’s phase 3 level quality, but I also wouldn’t say it’s fine. I’d say mid-tier. Like a 66-70%

[@stevenducken7224]

Scott had the time thing in endgame cuz he got sucked into a quantum vortex where time works differently. Kind of like the ants building a society in quantumania. Everyone else just got into the normal quantum realm. Just know that Tony stark took advantage of the time vortexes to go back in time, ant man got stuck and missed 5 years and the ants had years to evolve

[@jesleegan9807]

I saw the film on Sunday. I thought it was great, I had no issues with it. It doesn't deserve to get this much hate, especially with the reviews. I liked it that it was different, and it kind of reminded me of Star Wars mixed in with Strange World. I honestly didn't think the comedy was that bad, the jokes were pretty funny. In terms of the jokes in the film, I feel like there wasn't as many funny moments in the film. I thought MODOK was funny though, in terms of the CGI, and the way he looks, but he was comic book accurate. I love Kang though. I don't understand why people are hating it, it wasn't that bad. I liked it even better than the first two.

[@SneaksBL]

Great spoiler vid!, but those “ant” puns were getting a little tiresome. Also I don’t think it’s marvel fatigue, it’s just the movies aren’t as good as they were. If the movies were knockouts we wouldn’t be feeling this way