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| The smallest hero to conclude the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 |
It’s very unexpected for a not well known
hero to have a blockbuster movie even having the thought of having his own
movie is really surprising. Ant-man for consecutive weekends is at number 1 and
topping “Pixels”. Marvel studios has now made $226.5 million globally and more
than $106 million in the United States.
To give you a short background, there are
different people who wore the Ant-man suit in Marvel Comics but the most
popular from them is Dr. Hank Pym. He is a scientist who discovers the Pym
particles (the size manipulating particles). One thing that most comic book
readers cannot forget about Hank is beating his wife Janet Van Dyne. He is also
a founding member of the Avengers but in the movie, he is an old scientist and
considered as an urban legend because of his Ant-man missions while working for
shield. Then the second Ant-man is Scott Lang, which is the protagonist in the
movie. He is a thief who wants a shot for his redemption in order to give
something good for his daughter, Cassie Lang (In the comics, Cassie became a
part of Young Avengers and known as Stature).
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| HENSHIN! |
The story is very simple and it tends to
target audience that doesn’t have any idea about Ant-man. It’s about Scott Lang
helping Dr. Pym to prevent the Ant-man shrinking technology to be replicated by
Darren Cross because the technology might go in the wrong hands. The movie is
fun to watch because of Michael Peña and his buddies’ crackling jokes that made
us laugh all throughout. The difference of the movie from the comics is that Darren
Cross, not by Hank Pym, portrays Yellow jacket and he is the villain in the
story. I really like the appearance of the Yellowjacket costume especially the
two stingers and the helmet that makes me think he could be a great kamen
rider, Henshin Hahaha!
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| Concept Art for Wasp |
Easter eggs are also present in the movie. Most notable part is how Anna Akana describes Spider-man in the last part of the movie, "We have a guy who can jump. A guy who can swing. A guy who can crawl up walls." This really implies that it is Spider-man. Also the OsCorp logo at the brief case in the presentation of Yellowjacket tho I'm not sure if it's really an OsCorp logo. The credit scenes tell us many things, first one is Hope Van Dyne as the Wasp. Hank Pym shows to his daughter the prototype wasp he and his wife working on and it's about damn time. The last credit scene shows that Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson found a badly beaten Bucky. It maybe vague for now but in my opinion Steve and Tony already have a faction and finding Bucky/ Winter Soldier should remain secret or might as well Stark will capture him. Enter Ant-man which could play a big role in keeping it a secret either by making them small as they stay hidden or as they accompany Bucky in a safe place. Lots of stuff could happen since in MCU they don't really follow the story in the comics.
Therefore, if you haven't watch Ant-man go give it a try and you may see things differently.
