While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been running since 2008, it does at times need to be refreshed through the beginning of new phases. If this is what the new Marvel is going to look like, then they're in deep trouble. Ant-Man and the Wasp is probably the worst movie in the MCU canon. Previously, the worst Marvel movies weren't bad movies per se, they were just mediocre or forgettable. Quantumania, on the other hand, is a bad movie.
A lot of the complaints with this movie are that it doubles down on things that people have complained about with previous MCU movies. The CGI has just gotten lazy. Almost every environment in the movie looks super generic, as if it could be part of any Marvel movie. M. O. D. O. K is the worst thing ever. He is the most uncanny valley abomination in a major motion picture in decades. Granted, he does look like he does in the comics, but at least in the comics, he looks humanoid, rather than fully human. Semi-human characters have worked in the MCU before, but this was a huge mistake. The Marvel humor remains unchanged. Luis not being in it is disappointing. Nothing much really happens in this movie, it's a stepping stone to build Phase 5 on. It doesn't help that the metaphysics of the multiverse were introduced in Loki. Bill Murray has a minor role, which was really pointless, both to have the character in the movie and to cast an A-lister in the role.
If there is one thing to really like about this movie, it's Kang the Conqueror. Kang is the new Thanos, so expectations for him are going to be very high. He's awesome. Intimidating, well acted, sadistic, and unquestionably evil, this is the type of villain they can really build on. While he did appear in Loki, you don't need to see that show to understand this movie (unlike Doctor Strange 2), which is very good. The problem with Kang is that he ultimately gets defeated by ants and gets into a fistfight with Scott Lang that ends in a draw. It delegitimizes him before he gets his chance to shine. Honestly, they should've just made a Kang movie instead of making this Ant-Man 3. Ant-Man himself isn't even the main character, maybe not even top 3 in the movie.
This is the worst MCU movie. Marvel needs a course correction, or else they're in really big trouble.
A lot of the complaints with this movie are that it doubles down on things that people have complained about with previous MCU movies. The CGI has just gotten lazy. Almost every environment in the movie looks super generic, as if it could be part of any Marvel movie. M. O. D. O. K is the worst thing ever. He is the most uncanny valley abomination in a major motion picture in decades. Granted, he does look like he does in the comics, but at least in the comics, he looks humanoid, rather than fully human. Semi-human characters have worked in the MCU before, but this was a huge mistake. The Marvel humor remains unchanged. Luis not being in it is disappointing. Nothing much really happens in this movie, it's a stepping stone to build Phase 5 on. It doesn't help that the metaphysics of the multiverse were introduced in Loki. Bill Murray has a minor role, which was really pointless, both to have the character in the movie and to cast an A-lister in the role.
If there is one thing to really like about this movie, it's Kang the Conqueror. Kang is the new Thanos, so expectations for him are going to be very high. He's awesome. Intimidating, well acted, sadistic, and unquestionably evil, this is the type of villain they can really build on. While he did appear in Loki, you don't need to see that show to understand this movie (unlike Doctor Strange 2), which is very good. The problem with Kang is that he ultimately gets defeated by ants and gets into a fistfight with Scott Lang that ends in a draw. It delegitimizes him before he gets his chance to shine. Honestly, they should've just made a Kang movie instead of making this Ant-Man 3. Ant-Man himself isn't even the main character, maybe not even top 3 in the movie.
This is the worst MCU movie. Marvel needs a course correction, or else they're in really big trouble.