As much as i am a big fan of Wright, this situation has always rubbed me the wrong way.
Im seriously surprised that Marvel were willing to put the film on hold for so many years to allow Wright to go and make the film for his dying friend. To me that shows a lot of class and empathy.
The fact that Wright couldnt seem to do the same compromise for Marvel is quite shitty in my mind.
I need Marvel Studios to add a Pixar-like short in the front of Infinity War Part II.
In it, Luis would recap the entire MCU from 2008 to 2019 in the same style as his stories in Ant-Man.
I need it.
They played it way too safe.
While i appreciate that Ant Man wasnt well known and so the expectations are lower, the fact is Marvel changed their plans. at the height of their structured phases period, and put the film off for years for him."Put my film, that I brought to you and no one is expecting or hyped for, off for a few years" vs "Hey, change your film so you add some shitty MCU stuff--We don't care if it makes the final product worse" are two different things.
I wished we had gotten his version as the movie as is is forgettable as fuck I honestly can't remember what was the central conflict
While i appreciate that Ant Man wasnt well known and so the expectations are lower, the fact is Marvel changed their plans. at the height of their structured phases period, and put the film off for years for him.
If adding a few 'shitty MCU things' in are enough to make your film shit i think you have bigger problems than that.
Like i said, im a huge Wright fan but i just feel in this situation i actually have to side with Marvel. They didnt have to do any of the exceptions they did, in fact everyone would expect them to do the opposite yet apparently that wasnt enough for Wright to just play ball and fit his 6 years late film into a world that has evolved while he was gone making other films that marvel helped with.
Funnily enough I really enjoyed it.The scene with Falcon is one of my least favorite things in the current film. It's just completely pointless /aside/ from setting up Antman in Civil War . . . kinda. It's handled with little thought for the film's pacing or characters.
That actually sounds pretty great. I'd be all for more "period-set" super hero movies. Could diversify setting by not having everything set in the modern era and no have events so cluttered around, well, the modern era.Now I am thinking about the Peyton Reed Fantastic Four film that never was. I thought talk at the time was making it set in the 60s and a lot like the style of Down With Love. That would have been a lot of fun.
That actually sounds pretty great. I'd be all for more "period-set" super hero movies. Could diversify setting by not having everything set in the modern era and no have events so cluttered around, well, the modern era.
Yes the Michael Pena stories were Peyton Reeds idea.
I didn't know Luis was in Iron Man 2.
I like how people hold these things so goddamn sacred.
Should have been Disintegration and it should have lasted longer (starting before they fell out of the chopper). :/
Still hoping Ant-Man and Wasp opens with Michael Pena's character giving his own telling of everything that happened since the last Ant-Man. Just imagining a scene of Ultron talking with Pena's voice coming out.
Sorry if I derailed the thread early. I guess I was just frustrated because it's the only MCU movie I dislike and I loved Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. I know humor is subjective but the dialogue and acting really rubbed me the wrong way. It felt like when I watched Austin Powers 2 or My Favorite Marian in the theaters. At least the visuals were excellent. I'm hopeful for Baby Driver though.
But Plainsong is the song that begins the album Disintegration. I know they skipped the slow build up at the beginning of the song, but it is still great that they got the correct song for that album.
Fixed that for you.Those were the best parts of the fifth worst MCU movie.