{"id":908,"date":"2015-08-19T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/?p=908"},"modified":"2015-08-19T06:00:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T06:00:41","slug":"have-you-seen-ant-man-yet-why-the-hell-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annaalexander.net\/wordpress\/have-you-seen-ant-man-yet-why-the-hell-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you seen Ant-Man yet? Why the hell not?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Seriously? What are you waiting for?<\/div>\n
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The big question that had been asked prior to the\u00a0release of Ant-Man was how was it going to fit into the Marvel Cinematic\u00a0Universe. Since the-powers-that-be at MCU failed (in my opinion) to make the connection between worlds with every\u00a0movie after the first Avengers, I wondered about that too.<\/div>\n
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My fears of disappointment were settled from the very first line of dialogue.
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Turns out Michael Douglas’s character, Dr. Hank Pym, worked\u00a0for shield. Bam! <\/i>Just like that, we are in the MCU. But the\u00a0connections didn’t stop there. With Ant-Man, the creators took those few seconds to\u00a0show where the movie fits into the universe. And they did it simply and beautifully. I won’t give away any spoilers. It\u2019s more fun\u00a0if you discover those gems on your own.<\/div>\n
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What I also loved about Ant-Man, besides the adorable Paul
\nRudd and his hysterical Guardians of the Galaxy-like crew members, were the\u00a0fight scenes. I swear, it seems as if every superhero movie must destroy at\u00a0least a good percentage of the planet. There are only so many scenes of mass\u00a0destruction I can take. I don’t know if the possibilities presented with having\u00a0characters that are smaller to scale than the average human inspired the filmmakers, or if\u00a0they just put forth that little bit of energy into providing something new, but we had awesome\u00a0fight scenes that went beyond\u00a0 the spectacle\u00a0of exploding buildings. From a battle on a toy train to the inside of the\u00a0briefcase (Yes, the inside of a briefcase!) it was fantastic. And my eyes didn’t grow tired by trying to separate shrapnel from story telling. J<\/span><\/div>\n

But don\u2019t take my word about the greatness of this move. Go see Ant-Man. And stay until after the credits roll. Yes, I screamed and my fists\u00a0shot into the air victoriously.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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