I’m going to make this easy–Go see this movie. It’s fun and action-packed and gets back to what Marvel does best.
What we knew going in:
This movie was to take place “before” Infinity War. Scott Lang was under house arrest after the events in Germany which happened during “Captain America: Civil War.” We knew Hope had been given the Wasp costume with significant upgrades and that Hank Pym used his tech to shrink both buildings and cars.
After watching “Avengers: Infinity War” we were looking forward to getting back to a simpler and hopefully more light story line. It did. At times jokes and the use of giant ants almost bordered on cheesy, but it was a welcome change to the dark tone of “Infinity War”.
Our Impressions: Warning!!! Spoilers ahead
Somehow I completely missed that Michelle Pfeiffer was in the movie, or that she’d be a big part of the story line in a roundabout way. Essentially she plays Janet Van Dyne-the original Wasp. (Also Hank Pym’s wife and Hope Van Dyne’s mother). In the first Ant-Man movie we learned Hope’s mother went subatomic and presumably lost forever. When Scott came back from being subatomic, Hank begins to wonder if there is a way to rescue Janet and bring her back. The quest to rescue Hope’s mother is a big part of the story line.
We were happy with the ending of the movie. Everything wasn’t perfect for the characters, but they were all by and large in a better place than they were at the beginning of the movie. We stayed for the two end-credit scenes and expected a nod to Infinity War. There definitely was acknowledgement of what happened there. And pay attention to the punctuation on the “Will Return.” It changes.
From My High-Functioning Autism Kids
Acroboy-“It was waaaay better than Infinity War! I still want to see the next one though, but I like this way better.”
Lawboy- “Losing three people out of four makes it 75%. What happened to 50% of the population disappearing? Why take all the smart ones? Is Scott going to go crazy? How is he going to eat until they can retcon everything?” (Yeah, that’s where his mind went). “Overall I liked it much better. I’m glad we went.”
Whirlwind was still in Germany on his student trip so he didn’t see it. Firstborn hasn’t seen it yet. He’s attending classes this summer and has a full schedule.
Conclusion:
We universally enjoyed this movie. There were a couple of double entendres, but nothing like Guardians of the Galaxy. The recurring theme of Scott Lang (Ant-Man) trying to do right by his family and friends was positive. It also showed he hard choices to make in order to do right by them. He takes time with his daughter seriously and it was nice to see positive parent-child relationships. Note to parents–some swearing as in all PG-13 movies these days.
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