Originally posted by Zack M100% srs. it's a box office failure.
I don't know if you're joking, but it wasn't a complete failure. It had some funny stuff to the movie, but like half the Marvel movies so far it was pretty forgettable and underwhelming. The villain was a joke, imo. This article pretty much sums up most of Marvel's villains.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bring-bad-guys-marvel-needs-809686
I bet more people would have supported it (me included) if the story and character was handled with the same care as Iron Man.
Originally posted by marwash22I disagree- comic book nerds are the only ones who give a shit about comic-movie accuracy, and they make up one of the smaller demographics of viewers. The general audience doesn't care about how much of a departure from the comics MCU Ant-Man is, nor are they aware of all of the trouble this film had in its production (the average person doesn't research a movie before they watch it).
100% srs. it's a box office failure.I bet more people would have supported it (me included) if the story and character was handled with the same care as Iron Man.
A combination of general comic book fatigue and AoU being subpar is killing this movie.
Originally posted by Nephthys
The marketing was also weak and probably actively turned people off from the film. Which is a shame, I saw it on Thursday and it was a fine movie. Funny, good action, nice characters, no Adam Sandler......
i think Marvel knew Ant Man wasn't going to make a lot of money which is why they released it against competition. However they figured out this would make Batman Begins type of money and for a character like Ant Man $330 million worldwide is damn good...
Originally posted by Firefly218
It'll make enough money no doubt
agreed
I just saw this movie today. Considering that i intentionally had no desire of seeing an Ant-Man movie, i was pleasantly surprised. It's a very light movie, in the way that it never takes itself serious. There was definitely some competence put into the story and it could have easily followed the trend of being overly serious and dramatic but it truly was by all sense of the phrase, a popcorn movie. I don't mean to imply that i don't want to see Marvel continue to keep their heavy hitters as serious toned movies but ant-man, much like , Guardians, gives the, Marvel, franchise a nice contrast.
The movie has problems but the pacing of the movie makes it easy to forgive them. The only people going to see this movie are people that have at least heard of ant-man. So, i'd say if you were on the fence, definitely go see it. I don't usually like 3d but i thought the 3d was actually done well in this movie. although, i did see it in imax and that always helps.
Originally posted by jinXed by JaNxSounds like every non-Captain America movie Disney/Marvel has made.
It's a very light movie, in the way that it never takes itself serious... it could have easily followed the trend of being overly serious and dramatic but it truly was by all sense of the phrase, a popcorn movie.