This film is unspeakably bad.
It's actually worse than Eternals. Because I didn't care for any of those characters, it didn't bother me as much. Also Chloe Zhao, while being a great director, was simply badly chosen for that kind of film as sci-fi superhero entries are not her strong point.
In the case of this, there is absolutely NO excuse for how bad this is. I liked Scott Lang in other films, especially the ensemble ones like Endgame and Civil War. But seeing him in this travesty, where there is no strong development to any of its characters and has one of the weakest plots ever, is truly depressing.
Its entire purpose is only to introduce the next big bad guy of the multiverse saga: Kang the Conquerer.
Johnathan Majors is probably the best thing about the film, as he really exudes a brooding menace and aggressive physicality. But that's about it.
I ACTIVELY despised Cassie Lang in this film. Her character is so annoying, shallow and ridiculously badly written and acted. This is the third time in almost a year that there has been a young character with special abilities or technology whose sole purpose is to move the plot forward and be an inspiration to younger viewers. In the Multiverse of Madness, you had America Chavez, which was actually OK, but you could only kind of get away with it once. The second time with Riri Williams in Wakanda Forever, I was like: Really, again? And then with this, I went: Oh wait, this deliberate goal to create a Mary Sue teenager that promotes activism and surface level inspiration. And is just brilliant at everything she does and never has to learn anything because she is just awesome as she is. Ugh.
Also Darren, the villain from the first film, shows up as MODOK as second villain. But then after Cassie simply tells him to "Stop being a dick." he... is no longer a villain and now wants to be a hero? That was THE dumbest part of the movie for me. What the hell were they thinking?
It's not even worth watching the end-credits, as one has already wasted two hours watching this. I'm glad I didn't waste money in the cinema.
Do not bother.
It's actually worse than Eternals. Because I didn't care for any of those characters, it didn't bother me as much. Also Chloe Zhao, while being a great director, was simply badly chosen for that kind of film as sci-fi superhero entries are not her strong point.
In the case of this, there is absolutely NO excuse for how bad this is. I liked Scott Lang in other films, especially the ensemble ones like Endgame and Civil War. But seeing him in this travesty, where there is no strong development to any of its characters and has one of the weakest plots ever, is truly depressing.
Its entire purpose is only to introduce the next big bad guy of the multiverse saga: Kang the Conquerer.
Johnathan Majors is probably the best thing about the film, as he really exudes a brooding menace and aggressive physicality. But that's about it.
I ACTIVELY despised Cassie Lang in this film. Her character is so annoying, shallow and ridiculously badly written and acted. This is the third time in almost a year that there has been a young character with special abilities or technology whose sole purpose is to move the plot forward and be an inspiration to younger viewers. In the Multiverse of Madness, you had America Chavez, which was actually OK, but you could only kind of get away with it once. The second time with Riri Williams in Wakanda Forever, I was like: Really, again? And then with this, I went: Oh wait, this deliberate goal to create a Mary Sue teenager that promotes activism and surface level inspiration. And is just brilliant at everything she does and never has to learn anything because she is just awesome as she is. Ugh.
Also Darren, the villain from the first film, shows up as MODOK as second villain. But then after Cassie simply tells him to "Stop being a dick." he... is no longer a villain and now wants to be a hero? That was THE dumbest part of the movie for me. What the hell were they thinking?
It's not even worth watching the end-credits, as one has already wasted two hours watching this. I'm glad I didn't waste money in the cinema.
Do not bother.