This was a really fun and entertaining movie with great characters, but [spoiler]that post credits scene hurt, bro. [/spoiler]

Got back from watching **Ant-man and the Wasp**. I really enjoyed this one. I loved how it was its own adventure and relatively self-contained in terms of the MCU. I actually really liked the original Ant-man a lot more than I thought I would when I saw it, so it's no surprise that the humor and tone of the sequel works for me as well. Paul Rudd definitely plays a solid Ant-man and I love me some Evangeline Lilly, who is the star of this one. Even the secondary characters of Ghost/Ava, Foster (and others) were pretty well fleshed out and had good backstories and development to them. What really made me like this movie was that it had a very good "end game"/goal to strive toward (don't want to spoil it too much), so it made the adventure, journey and conclusion that much sweeter. It's definitely better than some of the other MCU movies where they just inject a rando bad guy trying to destroy the world for some nefarious reasons. I definitely recommend checking this out if you liked the first at all. If you haven't seen the first, you'll miss out on a ton and not have a good idea of the what is going on emotionally and what is at stake. The original Ant-man is a great movie as well, so this just gives you another excuse to watch it :P

After the mind blowing Infinity War and its grand scale. I expected nothing out of this one. But then i was surprised how MCU is now practically a hand of Midas touching every movie script and turning it into gold. Ant Man & The Wasp DOESN'T DISAPPOINT. The movie is so light and funny. The infinity war consequences and stakes are not present here [spoiler] because it hasn't happened yet in the movie. right till the haunting mid credits scene [/spoiler] Any good praise this movie is getting is deserving. Moreover let me add that this movie focuses on lot of characters rather than just Ant Man. Wasp , Ghost , Hope's mother and somewhat Hank and Bill too. Not to mention the brilliant Michael Pena and team and a group of baddies. Its a coherent story. The comedic timing of Paul Rudd is worthy of diamonds. And they use that to their advantage. Its just so good to see they work so hard on their characters even if they have little to do. Scott's daughter is so cute and continues to play her role accordingly and thus you are happy when she is on screen. :cough: Jurrassic World Fallen Kingdom girl who is mission impossible spy at first then screaming like anything when seeing a dinosaur :cough: other studios please pay attention to Marvel but dont copy them. Ghost and quantum realm VFX were mind blowing. You think you have seen everything. But MCU will shut you right up there. I am MCU fanboy and I dont have to spell it out loud that GO WATCH IT !!! . You will have fun and enjoy it till the very end.

This will be a minority opinion (of the 8 reviews posted here on Trakt immediatley after the premiere I was the only one who feels this way - the other rating ranges from 7 to 10 out of 10) but as I left the theatre I felt the whole movie was flat and didn't quite hit the mark. The humour seemed more miss than hit. The people around me seemed similarily unamused. During the whole movie there were only two guffaws from audience members at different moments, one from a child during a silly bit and the other from an adult male as a cynical response to a piece of dialogue. I should reveal that I am not a big Paul Rudd fan and found the first ANT-MAN uninspiring as well. Evangeline Lily (who's work I really do enjoy)'s character was at the forefront of this movie but her strength in expressing a depth of emotion (especially internal conflict) was thwarted by a script that didn't allow any depth beyond stoic determination and there didn't seem to be any reason for her character to be drawn to Rudd's Scott Lang. I thought Michael Douglas role and performance was a disaster. Walton Goggins' villain lacked any convincing motivation. However, Hannah John-Kamen (always a good actor) gave us a convincing portrayal as Ava Starr/Ghost. It's always good to see Michelle Pfeiffer (even for the 15 minutes she is in this movie). CGI was great. Adventure was pivotal. Sight gags abounded (as the last post-credit scene attests). I can see this movie appealing to: 1) people who liked the first movie, 2) Junior High males, and/or 3) Marvel Universe purists (by the way, there is a mid-credit and a post credit scene). Although I will always watch each new addition to the Marvel Universe whether in TV or Movie format, I can only give this film a 5 (meh) out of 10. [Superhero Action Adventure]