“Creative, irresistibly energetic and packed with great action sequences”
The Marvel Cinematic Universe begins its next series of entries, called Phase 5, with the next premiere on February 17 of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” They are the curtains for the film’s premiere on Monday night night in Los Angeles, with the first reactions to the superhero sequel hitting social media.
Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly reprise their superhero namesakes in what has been billed as the most ambitious Ant-Man entry to date.sending Scott Lang and his family of dwindling scientists, including his now-grown daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), into the dangerous Quantum Realm.
The new landscape will present challenges for the heroes, including the rise of Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors), who will play a major role in upcoming Marvel entries, including “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,” due in May 2025.
Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Douglas also return to ‘Quantumania,’ joined by a supporting cast that includes David Dastmalchian, William Jackson Harper, Katy O’Brian and Bill Murray.
Peyton Reed is back in the director’s chair after helming ‘Ant-Man’ and ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp.’ The director previously told Entertainment Weekly that he was eager to give his franchise the gravitas of an Avengers-sized epic and intended to do so with “Quantumania”: “People were like, Oh, these are little appetizers after a gigantic Avengers movie,” said the filmmaker. “For this third one, I said, ‘I don’t want to be an appetizer anymore. I want to be the big Avengers movie.'”
Will he have achieved it? At the moment we already have some first opinions after viewing the film.
“Had a blast watching #AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania. Creative, irresistibly energetic and packed with great action sequences. Welcome Jonathan Majors, such a bad guy. The effects are magnificent”
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania…trying to imagine a Marvel newbie, ‘one ticket please,’ then gets two hours of talk about variants and multiverses. Jonathan Majors is great as Kang and for a good part of the movie, Michelle Pfeiffer is the main character, which is amazing”
“They found the perfect actor in Majors for Kang, and we’re going to have a LOT of Kang, but I’m not entirely sure, ‘do you think Thanos was bad? He Knows Kang! ”, Strategy. It’s fun here, but being the bad guy in multiple projects?”
“Marvel’s #AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania is a good start to Phase 5. Now I understand why it’s called #Quantumania. Jonathan Majors is excellent as Kang and can’t wait to see where this all goes. 2 after credits scenes and both they are very good”
“#AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania has just too much going on, it’s hard to connect emotionally with any of them. Jonathan Majors’ Kang is a charismatic, intense and visually stunning baddie, but the threat he poses is too abstract.”
“#AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania gives off some strong Star Wars vibes! Fantastic performance by Jonathan Majors who is amazing as the big bad villain. Make sure you stick around for 2 post credit scenes!”
“Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania is a lot of fun and has a lot to build on. I loved seeing Scott and Cassie’s relationship and the quantum realm. Michelle Pfeiffer is so good. She pays close attention to everything Kang says. This It’s just the beginning.”
Source: Fotogramas
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