Quite some fun- but surprisingly mediocre

Rating: 6/10 (1 August 2015)

I wanted, that this movie is great! I seen several reviews, which made me even more anticipating this film. But personally it is over-promised but under-delivered!
Where should I start? The characters are likable. I do agree. But it is the story which is for me bloodless and the "science behind the fiction" which is absurd.
First the selection of "the new Ant-Man"! The whole thing is not delivered believable. Paul Rudd's character doesn't seem really special enough, that he is secretly selected to be the new Ant-Man. Further the fall-out between Tony Stark and Dr. Pym (Michael Douglas) is also not really delivered believable. The whole plotting to get Scott Lang (Ant-Man) signing up, is also very stretched. The worst thing are the whole ants in the movie. While I can get it, to control ants- eventually they can miniaturize any tech to ant size, there are so many idiotic and unbelievable things, the ants are doing. One or two ant can move a sugar cube into a cup of tea? In which universe? A couple of ants can flip a coin? Not in my world.
Another thing is the villain, Darren Cross / Yellowjacket. Hope is suggesting him, that the Pym particle is altering his mind - but how I understood, he never really used the suit before. Even then - why is he so good in controlling the suit, when his arch-enemy needed a lot of training to control his suit.
Physics is also not the strength of the movie. On one hand I do understand, that the miniaturized person quite retains its power and density - but what is about weight? This could be explained with a bit more involvement of "tech" but the movie never really answered this phenomenon - and let's not talk about the shrinking to sub-atomic size.
Even further, the whole set up with the step-dad of his daughter, his wife etc. just felt staged. And at the end, the whole movie felt like a modern fairy tail.
I do value the reviews, which congratulate on a more relatable and imperfect character, the fun in the movie etc. Ultimately the "fantasy" just destroyed the fun for me. I don't want to turn completely my brain off for a movie. Yes - I can use my fantasy, and disregard some laws of nature, when it is sufficient explained - but this movie let me feel that the filmmaker thinks that I am stupid enough, to not understand how the world works.
Even the mid-credit scene and end-credit scene are just not as cool as I wished.
I have watched this movie in normal 2D - maybe due to the effects, I would have been more impressed in 3D. However personally I think a movie should not convince with the visuals alone (otherwise, they should have only released it anyway in 3D).