"Ant-Man": Marvel's standardized product

Rosanna 2021-10-13 13:07:00

Let me talk about the important things first.
When the movie ended, the actors and actresses began to subtitles, and the audience got up and crashed and walked away.
After about a minute or two, the first easter egg appeared.
Then there were only a few people left in the theater.
After waiting for about 5 minutes, after the subtitles rolled over the last copyright information, the second easter egg appeared. This egg not only connects Ant-Man’s storyline with the Avengers, but also gradually opened the prelude to the third stage of the Marvel Universe “Captain America: Civil War”. The famous CP appeared together, but there was still corruption. The woman screamed and screamed behind me.
Yes, "Ant-Man" has double easter eggs. After watching the movie, you might as well wait.

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as the final movie of the second stage of the Marvel Universe, the performance of "Ant-Man" is actually somewhat Too uneventful.

When Edgar Wright, who had a distinctive personality, used "creative disagreement" as his rhetoric, I had an ominous premonition in my heart. Nowadays, every Marvel movie can't stand alone. No matter how popular the hero is, no matter how big it is. The investment in Marvel also serves the overall layout of Marvel, and it is difficult for creators to let go of innovation.

The 2014 "Guardians of the Galaxy" surprised the audience. As the main line of the reunion becomes more and more dark, division is inevitable. The heroes of the first stage are burdened with heavy burdens, Iron Man is mildly depressed, the US team is deeply involved in political conspiracy, Thor has no mother, the Hulk is always at war with self, and the black widow is also full of black history. In contrast, the humorous works of "Yinhu" and "Ant-Man" are more like a breath of breeze and are likable.

Like the Star Lord Pratt in the Silver Guard, the new generation of Ant-Man Paul Rudd also belongs to the kind of upright but non-aggressive type. The audience of "Friends" must still remember Phoebe's good-tempered boyfriend.

The storyline of "Ant-Man" is completely a set of standardized Hollywood superhero templates. The beginning, the inheritance and the turn are all tightly integrated, without entanglement with logic and emotion, and neatly polished, but it is inevitable to be clichéd. The protagonist becomes The One unconvincingly. The villain grinned from the first moments of appearance, and played the humorous supporting role of gagging. The father-daughter affectionate (still two episodes) played 10,000 times, which happened inexplicably. Love, this kind of lazy routine, is neither suspense nor reversal. The core of the story can be summarized clearly without a hundred words. The previous "Reunion 2" has been controversial, and now it is "Ant-Man". See improvement.

Of course, "Ant-Man" also has its brilliance. This uniqueness does not start from the script, but benefits from the character itself. From the perspective of Ant-Man, the movie perfectly presents a microscopic world, and the battle scene supported by special effects makes the audience refreshing. Ant-Man's ability is to change the distance between atoms through a battle suit. In layman's terms, it can instantly increase and decrease. This kind of ability, read in text and comics, is good. This may be why Ant-Man's popularity is still not as good as Marvel's first-line heroes (perhaps because a generation of Ant-Man beats his wife). But when it comes to the big screen, this ability is simply dazzling. During the battle, special effects technology is used to quickly push the lens into the micro, and then pull back to normal. Ant-Man is big and small, flexible without losing power, in a sense of speed. It is very prominent in the sense of shock and shock, maintaining a good sense of rhythm. The contrast between the intensity of the blow in the micro world and the reality also inspired a different kind of humor. Especially for a period of the Thomas Little Train battle, Ant-Man and the Wasp were fiercely fighting in a micro-scene. You come and I are nervous and exciting, but the camera is sudden. Switching back to the normal angle of view, those actions that seemed to be the best of Thunder suddenly became limp, causing the audience to laugh. Apple’s Siri’s chaotic entry has contributed to textbook-level advertising placement, which dwarfs the BASS Robbins in the film. Not only does it have no sense of contradiction, but it also allows the picture, music, and atmosphere to be perfectly integrated, creating another part of the film. Classic battle.

After all, "Ant-Man" is still a commercial movie that pays attention to special effects. It is casual in the story, but it pays a lot of attention to vision and humor. Furthermore, it is just a piece in Marvel's big game, and it is even more creative. "Ant-Man" settled at the end of the second stage, shouldering the key mission of inheriting the past and the future. The heroes who have become popular before him will not lose their tails. The higher the pay, the upgrade has become the inevitable logic of commercial capital. The new generation of heroes will take over the mantle of the predecessor, and the unpopular heroes will slowly squeeze into the mainstream vision. Marvel's movie territory has been planned for 2019, but the dramatic space for writing heroic stories has also become increasingly narrow. Audiences see more similar themes, their tastes will become picky, of course the special effects will be upgraded, and the super powers can also be unreliable. Keep shooting, and there will always be audiences who like them to buy it. But Marvel’s universe wants to be for generations to come. Good characters and stories, innovative expressions, may be the right way.

PS:
1. Mike Douglas is still in style, can you tell that he is 70 years old?
2. Of course Stan Lee will still make a cameo.

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Extended Reading

Ant-Man quotes

  • Scott Lang: Sir, I'm sorry I stole the suit. I don't even wanna know why you have it.

    Hank Pym: Maggie was right about you.

    Scott Lang: How do you know about...

    Hank Pym: No wonder she's trying to keep you away from Cassie. The moment things get hard, you turn right back to crime. The way I see it, you have a choice. You can either spend the rest of your life in prison, or go back to your cell and await further instructions.

    Scott Lang: I don't understand.

    Hank Pym: No, I don't expect you to. But you don't have many options right now, and quite frankly, neither do I. Why do you think I let you steal that suit in the first place?

    Scott Lang: What?

    [flashback showing Hank setting things in motion]

    Hank Pym: Second chances don't come around all that much. So next time you think you might see one, I suggest you take a real close look at it.

  • Scott Lang: [after his boss learns about his criminal record] Dale, look, it wasn't a violent crime. I mean, I'm a good worker.

    Dale: No, it wasn't a violent crime. It was a cool crime. I'll tell you what, though. This will be totally off the books, off the records, but, uh, if you want to grab one of those, uh, Mango Fruit Blasts on your way out the door, I'll just pretend I didn't see it.