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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2024
- Watching Ant-Man (2015) for the second time and remembering not a damn thing lol
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Source: Marvel Studios/ Disney Ant-Man
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41:42 Outro/ Initial Thoughts
Hank Pym was actually one of the founding members of Avengers along with Wasp (his wife Janet) in the comics.
39:28 Now _this_ scene, I think, illustrates a flatteringly _distinguishing_ trait about this movie. It shows Paxton, the husband and step-father, and Scott, the ex-husband and father, honest-to-god getting _along_ with each other. It's a rare movie that manages to pull off _that_ kind of dynamic.
When Scott returns to normal size after his first use (on top of the car), the actor in the car below was Garrett Morris. Morris was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live in 1975. In 1979, SNL did a skit about a superhero party, in which Morris became the first person to be a live action Ant-Man.
He was also stan in Martin tv show
I love the set pieces in this movie, especially the whole final fight is phenomenal.
Agreed!! I think there's a reason why I ended up remembering that scene the most out of all of them
4:08 "Whenever you have companies in a _movie_ like this, like Baskin-Robbins, I always wonder, like, what the agreement is for that, and how... the companies are okay with being portrayed. You know? Because, in this particular instance, they're portraying it as a job... that, like... isn't the _best_ job."
Yeah. And they're portraying Baskin-Robbins as a company that does not _appreciate_ and properly _utilize_ the talent of its _employees._ I mean Scott has a Masters Degree in Electrical _Engineering_ and they employ him to take _customer_ orders, like someone with nothing beyond a high school _diploma._
Some of the movies/characters are meant as lighter breaks from the wider more daunting narrative. I think it's a smart move that helps to prevent drama fatigue
So excited to watch you go on this journey! Just found your channel and binged all these over the weekend 😅
Isn't that always fun?!
Yay! Welcome aboard 😄
I guess if she thought her mother was dead, he thought she wouldn't hang onto an unrealistic belief she'd return?
Hey, Shadowcat! "Ant-Man" surprised everybody! Despite Hank Pym being one of the five Founding Avengers in the comics, not even readers were clamoring for a movie version of the tiny hero. MCU fans were intrigued but wary especially after Edgar Wright dropped out as director over creative differences. Finally, everyone just decided to trust in Kevin Feige's grand design and did it ever pay off! The result was a spectacular superhero adventure with just the right mix of action, humor and heart! In the comics, Hank Pym's Ant-Man may have co-founded the Avengers with his partner Janet van Dyne aka Wasp, Iron Man, Thor and Hulk but his history with the team is a troubled one. He never felt his power set measured up to the other heavy hitters, he kept changing his identity with his size, he had difficulty reconciling his passion for pure research with an adventuring lifestyle, he had marital trouble with Wasp, he suffered a mental breakdown and, worst of all, he created Ultron! Tony Stark creates the killer A.I. in the MCU but Ultron is Pym's baby in the comics. Pym is actually happy to pass the mantle to Scott Lang when he comes thieving along in "Marvel Premiere" # 47 which this film is based on. Lang takes to the superhero lifestyle and his relationship with his daughter Cassie is as depicted on-screen. Pym settled into a sort of emeritus position as tactical support and gadgeteer for the West Coast Avengers simply calling himself Dr. Pym which is similar to his function in the movie. Although he and Janet never had a child, he had an illegitimate daughter called Nadia he never knew about until she was an adult which mirrors Hope's estranged relationship with Hank in the film despite Nadia's very different personality in the comics.
Peyton Reed had directed a couple of successful comedies called "Yes Man" with Jim Carrey and "The Break-Up" with Vince Vaughn but had no experience with an effects-heavy blockbuster. You wouldn't know that from the end result which comes across as smooth and polished. In a departure from the New York-centric MCU, the setting shifts to San Francisco showcasing the West Coast city nicely. The script achieves a perfect balance of comedy, sentiment and thrills but also, crucially, gets the audience past any entomophobia it might have by making the hero's ant allies palatable. Differentiating the three species showcased proves to be fascinating and personalizes the little critters. Shrinking as a story gimmick is as old as "Alice in Wonderland" and has been iconically portrayed in films like "The Incredible Shrinking Man", "The Fantastic Voyage" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!" but the size reduction sequences in "Ant-Man" are truly wondrous and imaginative! Scott's first adventure throughout his apartment complex is a memorably dizzying odyssey. A hilariously clever motif is utilized that contrasts titanic insect-size drama with its insignificance when perceived on a human scale. However, it is with the introduction of the Quantum Realm where the film distinguishes itself. Known as the Microverse in the comics, the sub-atomic level of reality is represented as kaleidoscopic geometry and echoing stillness where the rules of normal physics don't apply. The latter is as true in our world as it is in the MCU.
The cast is great led by Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man whose long list of comedic credits and unassuming good looks make him an affable lead. In yet another remarkable casting coup for Marvel, a post-cancer Michael Douglas was cast as the prickly Dr. Hank Pym, inventor of the Pym Particle and the original Ant-Man who, in the MCU, is a former SHIELD operative prior to becoming a tech magnate. Evangeline Lilly of TV's "Lost" plays his estranged daughter, Hope van Dyne, whose adoption of her mother's maiden name as her surname speaks volumes about family tensions. Corey Stoll brings both pathos and menace to Pym's embittered protege, Darren Cross, whose unstable approximation of the Pym Particle serum fuels the Yellowjacket suit which actually was one of Dr. Pym's monikers in the comics. The supporting cast includes Judy Greer as Scott's ex-wife, Maggie Lang, Abby Ryder Fortson as the adorable Cassie Lang and future Young Avenger Stature, Bobby Cannavale as Cassie's stepfather-to-be, Detective Paxton, and Wood Harris as his partner, Detective Gale. Adding comic relief are Michael Pena as Luis, David Dastmalchian as Kurt and T.I.P. as Dave playing Scott's ex-con buddies with Pena's grapevine monologues making him a stand-out. In the secondary villain role is Martin Donovan as Hydra representative and former SHIELD honcho Mitchell Carson who links the current proceedings with Dr. Pym's SHIELD past in a prologue that features Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter and John Slattery as elder Howard Stark. The digital de-aging done to make Michael Douglas look like his '80's self in that prologue is nothing short of incredible! Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka Falcon makes a surprise appearance that puts Scott on the Avengers' radar. In bit parts are Gregg Turkington as Dale the Baskin Robbins manager, Joe Chrest as Frank the skeptical Pym Tech executive, Jean Louisa Kelly as a Pym Tech employee who remarks on the founder's presence in the lobby, Anna Akana as a guerrilla journalist and Garrett Morris of "SNL" as a cab driver.
TRIVIA:
1. The Pym residence was the same house used for exterior shots of Halliwell Manor in TV's "Charmed".
2. The enlarged tank from Hank's keychain was a functional Soviet T-34-85 given as a goodwill gift to the US by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991.
3. The rights holders to Thomas the Tank Engine had a number of specific stipulations before permitting use of the character such as not having Thomas run down anyone tied to the tracks!
EASTER EGGS:
1. During Scott's escape from prison astride Antony's back, he flits through a trolley briefly alighting on a commuter's newspaper whose headline reads "Who's to blame for Sokovia?" which references the events of "Age of Ultron" and presages the events of "Civil War".
2. During his presentation, Cross jokes that reports of an ant-sized operative sounded like pulp fiction that would appear in magazines with names like "Tales to Astonish" which is actually the name of the anthology comic Ant-Man's adventures first appeared in before he graduated to his own title.
3. Scott and Luis share an apartment in the Milgrom Hotel named after comic book artist Al Milgrom.
4. When guerrilla journalist Anna Akana tells Falcon he has to specify who he's seeking because she has information on people with various abilities including one 'who crawls up the walls', she is making the MCU's first reference to Spider-Man!
CAMEOS:
1. Garrett Morris' cameo as the driver of the cab Scott lands on after his first time using the suit is a tribute to Morris' portrayal of Ant-Man on a 1979 "Saturday Night Live" sketch called 'Superhero Party' which was the character's first live-action appearance!
2. Stan Lee appears as a bartender in Luis' closing grapevine monologue commenting on Anna Akana's good looks.
END-CREDIT SCENES:
1. Dr. Pym shows Hope an unfinished upgrade to the Wasp suit he and his wife, Janet, were designing when they were working for SHIELD. He proposes that he and Hope finish the suit together so that she can make use of it which she agrees to enthusiastically.
2. The second end-credit scene is an excerpt from "Captain America: Civil War" that has Falcon and Cap debating what to do with a captive Bucky.
The next chronological stop in the MCU are Episodes 1-19 of Season 3 of "Agents of SHIELD".
12:43 Now I _have_ to figure, at about _this_ point, Scott would have to wonder why this suit fits _him_ so well. I mean, he _has_ to figure that he and the old man he stole it from are not likely to have dimension _this_ close. They _could,_ but it's not _likely._
Fun fact: In the UK, the name Anthony is pronounced "Antony"with a hard T. So every time you see a British person with that name (think Anthony Hopkins) you need to pronounce it the British way.
This is due to an initial error in spelling by the British in the seventeenth century, and then an error in pronunciation by Americans thereafter.
TIL!! I've literally given 0 critical thought to that pronunciation and just assumed that whenever I hear it said like that there's no h 😆
32:45 "Hank. No. You're gonna be _just fine."_
🤦♂ Dammit, Scott.
Ants can lift 100x there body weight. That’s why he’s so strong in ant mode. 🐜
As far as the physiques….that’s why I wanted you to finish X-men because the heroes & villains come in all shapes & sizes.
You can’t tell your kid that her parents are top secret super heroes. Also, I’m sure SHIELD is watching, but Pym has been off the map for decades and this probably isn’t what they call “An Avengers Level Threat”. They will throw that term around in movies like this for people like you and even sometimes me with “where’s the Avengers??” I hated Thor2 the first time because they definitely was an Avengers level threat. You’ll see. Also from a financial aspect, imagine how expensive that cast would be for a side movie. 😂
Always love your reactions and insights. I look forward to your upcoming reactions. Have fun!
Thank you William!! Happy to have you here 😄
@@shadowcatreacts I appreciate that.
Perhaps Scott was cut because of his workouts in prison.
gotta say, pretty excited for phase 3
Did you recognize Howard Stark and Peggy at the beginning?
Yes!
Hey, Shadowcat! Since Phase 3 is mostly a RE-WATCH for you, I suggest you see those films chronologically for a slightly different experience. You can even integrate "Black Widow" from Phase 4 since it occurs during the last act of "Civil War" to give the proceedings a slight sense of novelty for you. NOTHING IS SPOILED by doing this! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL! The only change to make is skipping the "Black Widow" end-credit scene until after "Endgame". Why repeat exactly what you did before? With absolutely no consequence, you can give yourself a novel experience by reordering the Phase 3 movies chronologically. Everyone seems terrified of doing this like the world will break but this is a RE-WATCH for you! No harm can be done. I know I'll be ignored and you will robotically follow the sacred programming lest the mob shriek with horror that you did something to cause the sky to fall.
In case you do chart your own course, this is the chronological order of PHASE 3:
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (occurs in 2014 BEFORE "AGE OF ULTRON" in 2015 just months after the first "GUARDIANS")
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016)
BLACK WIDOW (occurs during the last act of "CIVIL WAR")
BLACK PANTHER (occurs one week after "CIVIL WAR")
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (occurs two months after "CIVIL WAR")
VENOM (MCU-adjacent and required because the sequel partially occurs in the MCU)
DOCTOR STRANGE (second act occurs in 2017)
THOR: RAGNAROK (2017)
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP (occurs just days before "INFINITY WAR" in 2018)
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (2018)
CAPTAIN MARVEL (one end-credit scene occurs in 2018)
AVENGERS: ENDGAME (the big finale!)
Watch the "ANT-MAN AND THE WASP" end-credit scenes after "INFINITY WAR"
Watch the "BLACK WIDOW" end-credit scene after "ENDGAME"
Very simple and fun to do! Try it. You'll like it.
I realize you think you don't remember this movie before, but it's hilarious watching you "guess" about what might happen next.
I’m about the physic thing and the fact that she mentioned Thor… Who gonna tell her?
Don't know if you registered the older Howard Stark and Peggy Carter at the start of the movie
You said you didn’t want to talk about the custody and visitation but then you spent 5 minutes talking about it. There are lots of realities here. The primary as you covered is not letting Cassie get hurt. Building up a child’s expectations just for the absent parent to go back to jail or disappear is a very real thing. Your two biggest complaints about the movie are the two most realistic things people face everyday in life. With that being said, given his working relationship with Hope and it sounds like she certainly knew as an adult about the Ant Man technology, he could’ve told her as an adult. But imaging trying to come up with the words after lying so long about it, and also having to relive that pain all over again at the same time. It falls under that category of “I’ve wanted to say something for so long, I just couldn’t find the words or courage”. I think Scott being in the room weirdly made it easier. Hank gets to tell Hope while having a mediator figure present. Anyway, I’m a subscriber so I’m with you through this journey. You have some haymakers coming up.
I had a similar experience in that i appreciated this movie more when i revisited it a few years later
10:23 "Hey. If the job goes _bad,_ you know I got your _back,_ right?
🤨 You've got his _back?_ So if he ends up _caught_ and _arrested,_ you plan to... do what, exactly?
I think the shots showing off how in shape everyone gets to play leading roles is partially to sell certain characters (ie Captain America and Thor kind of have to be pretty ripped), but I assume part of it has to be the actors wanting to show off a bit. Like you said, it is not easy to get that cut for a role, I kind of wonder if there is a “shirt off” clause in their contracts when they take on a Marvel hero…
The best thing about this movie is that it features the legendary Gregg Turkington, renowned film expert, proprietor of the VFA(Victorville Film Archives), and the creator of "Decker Vs. Dracula" and "Deck of Cards".
If you don't know what I'm talking about, Shadowcat, look up something called "On Cinema, at the Cinema" I promise you will not regret it...I'm not kidding...