Small man BIG Movie! a GOOD quirky addition to the Marvel Universe

Rating: 8/10 (30 November 2015)

I grew up in a time here in England when the BBC used to show wonderful late night movie seasons on BBC2 (sadly no longer)there were Hammer and Sci-Fi seasons and a wonderful film called "The Incredible Shrinking Man" was brought to my attention, a wonderfully scripted film by Richard Matherson.
Ant Man is something of an updated version of that film for a modern MARVEL generation. This is at the other end of the spectrum of MARVEL movies to the likes of The Avengers, Iron Man and Captain America and i'm grateful for that, it's a wacky, quirky, fun movie more akin to "Guardians of the Galaxy"
I'm delighted Marvel aren't just focusing on the crowd pleasing all-action Blockbusters (although they are fun aren't they?) and i get the feeling that the upcoming "Dr Strange" could be something quiet different again.
Ant Man is a delightful Superhero heist/origin movie with some fun little in-jokes (i liked the Poltergeist one) and Mr Rudd gets a role that should catapult him up to superstar!
A great support cast especially from the beautiful Evangeline Lilly but it's Michael Douglas that really stood out for me (it's been awhile since we saw this truly great actor in a great role) and as Pym Marvel choose wisely as he added much needed gravitas to the film.
I would guess that most having seen this film would comment 'Yeah, Better than i thought it was going to be' as it's a crowd pleasing, fun film and look forward to seeing Ant Man join up with The Avengers, he's a quirky addition to the Marvel film universe (like Star Lord)