A rather silly movie

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2015)

When I saw the trailers to this film the first thought that entered my mind was "this is going to be silly". I guess it had something to do with Antman and Yellowjacket fighting on the model train set and then Thomas the Tank Engine train falling off after cutting away from the superhero fight. After seeing it I'm going to have to say that yes, it was silly, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I didn't like it. Okay, it wasn't great, but it was still enjoyable (though I have a feeling that I am getting a little bored of those superhero fight scenes).
Anyway, I suspect that what is happening is that the creators of the Marvel Universe are in the process of introducing some new additions to the Avengers. This is not surprising since it appears that at the end of Age of Ultron it was flagged that some of the Avengers are retiring (such as Ironman and Thor). However that still leaves me a bit baffled since at the end of the last Thor movie we had Loki sitting on the throne of Asgard, so I suspect that the Thor story arc has yet to be completed (and yes, they will be releasing a third Thor film).
It was cool to see Michael Douglas back on the big screen, at least in an action/sci-fi role, particularly since he seems to only do serious films of late. In fact seeing Michael Douglas once again sort of took me back to my childhood (though I can't remember any sci-fi/action film that Michael Douglas actually starred in – he only ever seemed to do thrillers).
Yes, this film was silly, but that is not surprising since Edgar Wright, the director who conceived the Cornetto Trilogy, had written the screen play. I'm not really all that surprised, especially since I suspect that Wright grew up on comic books, and you can actually see some of his trade mark silliness (especially in the final part where we have the Thomas the Tank Engine grow to full size and go smashing through the roof of the house, or the giant ant that becomes a pet – sorry about the spoilers, but I did warn you). Actually, to me this film seemed to be a lot more light-hearted than some of the other ones, which is probably a good thing, especially after Age of Ultron.
I still want to go back and watch them through again, at least to see the after credit sequences (I always seem to miss them, which means that I should check IMDb before going into the film to make sure than I'm not walking out on anything).