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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Star Wars Prequels Meets Horton Hears a Who
This movie was ambitious...I guess? I'm sure glad it was only two hours. The first few minutes were alright, but it went downhill FAST. The storytelling was lazy, the plot was cliche, and all the characters (excluding those you have to see in several previous projects to understand), are underdeveloped.
Though the world-building had its okay moments, I was rather disappointed, especially after other movies like Avatar and LOTR have paved the way for creativity to prevail in this category. The effects reminded me of the Star Wars prequels in the worst way, as did the dialogue, but we'll get to that later. Many of the character designs were also reminiscent of Star Wars; others were outlandish and ridiculous. (Broccoli guy anyone?) And Darren?! Poor guy looks like he just stepped off the set of Spy Kids. That was too awkward to be even ironically funny. And the fact that all of this is happening on a miniscule scale reminded me only of Horton Hears a Who rather than anything remotely scientific. Imagine a world where there's another tiny world inside of it! Dr. Seuss already did.
The dialogue was bad. Just bad. Maybe an AI read all previous Marvel scripts and came up with this, and no one made any edits. Just a thought. Several lines of dialogue seemed desperate to become a meme. Jokes are littered throughout, which made for an awkward movie-going experience, because very few people laughed.
The soundtrack was probably good, but not memorable. There were a lot of horns used, like John Williams would have done. Unfortunately, John Williams walked so this film could crawl.
I hate to say it, but this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I've tried to make myself give it more credit, but I can't. It gets two stars because it got me to brush off my writing skills to write this review and because Paul Rudd is a delight.
Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
I drove home in silence
Without relying on an A-list cast or a soundtrack of radio hits, this film left me speechless. After listening to one song I decided to drive the rest of the way home from the theatre with no music. I was left in awe of the way this film made me feel so hopeful. Never in my life as an avid movie-goer have I loved or rooted for a character as much as I did watching this. A definite must-see, this is a film I will be sharing, talking about, and returning to for years to come. I always cry in movies, but this was a new level of crying, in the best way. Thank you to all those involved for the powerful acting performances and gripping plot points that made this movie so important to me.