Ant-Man (2015)
Chosen by me on netflix last night though i had seen it at the cinema
Ostensibly Marvel Studios have been trying to give their movies a different feel. Winter Soldier was meant to be more political thriller. This was meant to be a heist flick.
In actuality they are all pretty much the same tone-wise. Luckily that tone includes being breezily entertaining, with a good mix of humour, stakes and character based shenanigans.
Ant-Man can't quite escape the shadow of Iron man (there's some similar plot beats here and a very similar villain - though it gets some points by not hiding the fact this time) but is still a lot of fun.
It's hard to know the behind the scenes details, and it will always be a shame we didnt get the Edgar Wright vision for this film (he and Joe Cornish! get screenplay credit and there a couple of moments that feel very much in Wright's style) but Peyton Reed does a solid job.
One of the most commendable things about Ant-Man is that it gets weird pretty quickly and doesnt care too much (oh sure there's a sub-atomic world where time and space cease to matter, oh sure i can control ants who can do all sorts of cool stuff).
One of the least commendable things about Ant-Man is that it goes out of it's way to explain why a woman is not the lead. Instead of, you know, just making a woman the lead. Still the next film gives title billing to both Ant-Man and Wasp, so that's something I guess.
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