Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania 3D Movie Review

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Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania

3D Movie Review

Written By:Adolph Vega

3D

I am very disappointed by the 3D visuals in Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania. I expected more from Marvel, and I expected more from this sort of movie. I watched this movie in IMAX 3D, and I felt like my 3D experience can be best described as adequate. The IMAX projection seemed to be 100% fine in other trailers before this movie started, so I can’t fault the theater’s presentation. I went to the eye doctor earlier this week and the ophthalmologist said that I have essentially 20/20 vision with only a minor astigmatism, so its my eyes are not the problem either. The 3D aspect of Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is not terrible per say, its just underwhelming. San Fransisco and the various microscopic environments are very flat looking, and only offer a few basic layers of 3D. The movie is darkly lit, and that is always an issue with 3D movies. Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania uses the new stagecraft method of filming. In this method of filmmaking they essentially use giant video walls as the background on the sets as the actors are filming the movie. This technique helps the actors get more into the scene as they will see the visuals that the audience will see. For  fantastical settings it can be very helpful for the actors to see something instead of seeing nothing but a green screen. This filming style works well in TV shows like The Mandalorian, but for a 3D movie it makes the world appear very flat. The background seemed like a flat high definition 4K painting, and not like actual environments that could potentially exist. The sci-fi visuals in this movie are fine, but they always look fake and alien and the lack of depth makes it more difficult to get engrossed into the movie. The 3D does shine in a few scenes. These scenes have the characters falling, and those moments while rare have a nice amount of 3D depth. You have a few moments when gun barrels and other objects pop out of the screen. One critter attempts to bite a character and its snout pops out of the the screen as it takes some bites. On the other hand one scene has characters who are walking through a microscopic forest and it should be lush with multiple layers of 3D, but it has maybe two or three layers of 3D. You will see characters look far into the distance and it should be a great showcase for 3D depth, but it is only a pretty picture and it appears to have no substance. As you watch Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania it is easy to forget that the 3D aspect even exists. In a plus the 3D never gave me a headache or nausea as I watched it. With my experience being in IMAX 3D I imagine that regular 3D experiences might be even worse than my experience. The 3D aspect of Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is okay, but should be better. Only 3D super fans should bother to watch Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania in 3D. Sadly this is the worst 3D presentation that I have seen in a marvel movie in about a decade.

Final Verdict: Weak 3D 2D Recommended

Movie

Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania reminds me allot of the ‘classic’ Flash Gordon movie from 1980, but without the awesome soundtrack from Queen.

Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is an old school silly science fiction romp of a movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The story of Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is fairly simple. The main crew of Ant-Man ( Scott Lang, Hope Van Dyke, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne and Cassie Lang) are accidentally sucked into the quantum realm and they must reunite, and get back home. In some ways it feels very similar to Disney’s 2022 animated movie Strange World. While in the quantum realm the Ant-Man crew discover Kang the Conquerer. Kang wants to escape the quantum realm and he puts Scott Lang in an impossible situation to either save his captured daughter Cassie or to save the multiverse. This is your standard marvel formula just set in an old school science fiction epic.

Kang is the new major villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he is portrayed by Jonathan Majors. Johnathan Majors is fantastic as a menacing conquerer. Kang is a terrorizing man from the future who is also stuck in the quantum realm. I was surprised how scary Kang was presented in this movie. Kang is given a good amount of screen time and back story. Kang is probably the best new character in the movie and I found his performance to be dark and charismatic.

The quantum realm presented in this movie is a character onto itself. Sadly this character is extremely underdeveloped and not fully explained. The quantum realm has been teased in several previous marvel movies, but this is the first movie where the majority of a movie is set in this location. The quantum realm is a one very strange place. The quantum realm has diverse unique environments and an interesting population. The quantum realm even has some ‘probability storms’ that will mess with your mind. Kang has conquered the quantum realm, and the beings that exist in this realm are fearful of him. We really don’t know anything substantial about the creatures that exist in the quantum realm. How was the quantum realm before Kang conquered it? Do these creatures understand that they microscopic? Did these creatures previously shrink or have they always been this tiny? The movie has dozens of characters and we know only the superficial aspects of them. I don’t even remember the names of the various tiny characters and I watched the movie last night. The quantum realm just doesn’t make much sense and it’s frustrating. I’m willing to go with crazy sci-fi concepts but this realm was not nearly fleshed out like I wanted. I have so many unanswered questions and it left me angry and wanting more.

Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is a frustrating movie for many reasons. The movie only lightly explains what is going on. When the movie finally explains itself, it just leaves you with so many more unanswered follow up questions. Many aspects of the lore are just exposition dumps and they don’t feel like natural story telling. Why do some many creatures in the quantum realm look humanoid ? How small can Ant-Man shrink to? How do they breathe with being smaller than oxygen atoms ? Why exactly does Kang need Ant-Man when his technology should be far superior? The movie shifts tones quickly from being wacky to dark, and its jarring. The ending of this movie just feels odd. The last act has many fake endings. How everything wraps up feels too easy and cheap. How many damn bridges exist in Kang’s city? The movie doesn’t fully satisfy my curiosity, and it feels like this could have been a five season TV show, but it is just summarized as a two hour movie.

Despite its many flaws I still enjoyed my time with Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania. I was frustrated by the narrative, but I was never bored. This a fun sci-fi adventure. I love sci-fi and I am intrigued by all the weird concepts presented in this movie. I think Kang is a very interesting and compelling character. The action sequences and visuals are fascinating to watch. The humor works well, and I just love Paul Rudd in this movie (and everything that he does). For me the good aspects outweighs the bad aspects, but just barely. Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania has two post credit scenes, one scene is mid credits and the other scene is after the credits. I enjoyed both scenes and I feel like both scenes are important to the future of the marvel cinematic universe. One scene directly references events of this movie, and the other scene directly references another related Marvel TV show. I guess they learned their lesson from Ant-Man and the Wasp, and that stupid ant playing the drums post credit scene.

Ant-Man And the Wasp Quantumania is one odd pulp science fiction movie. I liked this movie, but I can understand why many people won’t be amused by it.

Final Verdict: 6/10

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Ant-Man and the Wasp 3D Movie Review

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Ant-Man and the Wasp

3D Movie Review 

Written By: Adolph Vega

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3D

 

Depth based 3D is the main star of this show and it works well for this movie. The depth gives the viewer a greater sense of scale which is an important factor for a movie where the main characters can shrink and or become gigantic. Pop out 3D is rarely used within this movie. One car chase toward the end of the movie looks especially strong in 3D. Other CGI scenes in the quantum realm also look very nice in 3D. The 3D aspect is always present but not always apparent and in many scenes it’s fairly subtle. One interesting use of the 3D is how they present the character of the Wasp when she is flying around in a miniature state. It appears that the wasp character is in a different layer of 3D and doesn’t easily blend in with the background. Many people may not catch this detail, but I did and found it to be ingenious. I imagine watching this movie in 2D it might be difficult at times to see the Wasp buzz around because she might blend in with elements of the background. The 3D never wows the audience but it’s a nice visual enhancement and I can recommend it.

 

Final Verdict: Good 3D 

Movie

 

 Ant-Man and the Wasp is the direct sequel to the 2015 Ant-Man movie but in many ways this movie is also a mini sequel to Captain America Civil War. For anyone wondering this movie takes place shortly before the events of Avengers Infinity War but is relatively self-contained. Ant-Man (Scott Lang) is in house arrest after being caught fighting with the Avengers. Dr. Hank Pym has needs the assistance of Scott Lang in getting a specialized quantum part to help him in a personal mission within the quantum realm. A villain called Ghost wants the specialized quantum part and attempts to intercept it from Dr. Pym, Ant-Man and the Wasp. The movie has a secondary villain which is a gangster that wants to use Hank Pym’s advanced technology for his shady purposes . Another antagonist is the FBI which is keeping track on Scott Lang and wants to make sure he stays at home. The movie has allot of things happen at the same time .


Easily the best aspect of the movie is the comedic element . I haven’t laughed this often or this hard in years. The jokes and comedic elements feel natural because of the excellent dialogue, writing, and excellent character moments. The comedic aspect is interwoven brilliantly into the action scenes. Speaking of which I found the action scenes to be very well executed and clever . The movie fully utilized the micro / macro element of the characters and scenario. The original Ant-Man movie was a very funny movie but I thought this movie was funnier.


Sadly the plot is the weakest aspect of the movie. The movie juggles many story aspects and sadly drops the ball on a few key plot points. The idea behind the ghost villain is intriguing but the execution of this character is fairly generic and underwhelming. The secondary villain is poorly acted and is mostly frivolous. The FBI element is a somewhat fun game of cat and mouse.  Will they or won’t they catch Scott Lang this time ? The FBI dynamic is cute at first but they over do it. The movie is overstuffed with too many characters and unnecessary subplots that are underdeveloped and simply not needed.


Overall I really enjoyed the movie despite its flaws. The comedic aspect and action are superb . The story sadly falls apart and is subpar.

 

Final Verdict: 7/10

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