Superhero movie not like the others

Rating: 5/10 (14 January 2019)

Ant-Man is a bit of a different movie than others I have seen. Sure, it is not like Deadpool, but it does have an interesting aspect: a superhero who does not have superpowers, a bit like Batman & Robin, Iron Man, or Spider Man who each depend on their gadgets but have no superpowers of their own. In that way, this movie sorta reminded me of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Still, it does not subvert the superhero genre but carefully stays inside of it, even tying to the Avengers, even though commanding ants with gadgets is kinda cool. The movie did not have the strongest plot though, with the typical "good guys" and "bad guys" who worked on a government project, and it could have been more developed. For instance, at one point Michael Douglas breaks out of the lab with a big tank, and the helicopter with Corey Stoll and his henchmen. I don't understand why the tank doesn't fire at the helicopter, blowing it up, killing Stoll, rather than Paul Rudd as Ant Man leading the ants to attack. But, plots of these movies don't always make sense.
So this wasn't the worst movie I saw, but if it was between this and other superhero movies (apart from Deadpool), I would recommend this one. Paul Rudd does a good portrayal as Ant-Man and Michael Douglas (as Hank Pym) is always good. While Evangeline Lilly as Hope is good, as is Bobby Cannavale as Paxto, among others, Michael Pina as Luis is annoying. I know he is supposed to be comic relief but he is more annoying than anything else.
With all that is why I rate this film 5 stars.