Ant-Man is a fun and successful MCU entry

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2015)

I don't know why I liked this film so much. It seems like another Guardians of the Galaxy film, but a better Marvel tie-in and more awesome story! This small hero's film may be short and have a small box office (which is not that important), but the film made itself a fun and successful MCU entry.
The movie has more focus on a new Ant-Man with the first Ant-Man being present as an old character. We also focus on new characters like Hope van Dyne instead of her mother Janet van Dyne (also known as The Waps) who has (presumably) died while joining Hank Pym on a mission, Darren Cross who is Scott Lang's first enemy (though he was working with a younger Hank Pym). It has a "reboot feeling", but this idea from Marvel was a great idea. Surprisingly, unlike Age of Ultron, has a fewer city destruction (in this film, a building blows up and shrinks) and a lighter tone (though it was 15% percent darker than Guardians of the Galaxy), yet the story is well done. Darren Cross was kind of underdeveloped but even his alter ego, the Yellowjacket, was a more menacing villain than Ultron. Ultron's evil plan was just to destroy the world. That's it? Kind of stupid, eh? Leave it to the Yellowjacket who was more menacing and his evil plan was to take over Hank Pym's company and destroy everyone Scott Lang cares for. That doesn't seem too menacing, but his attitude is really menacing.
Let's move on to the acting. Paul Rudd is as awesome and likable as his character Scott Lang. Michael Douglas as usual, has an impressive acting. Evangeline Lily who will be the new Wasp (as revealed in the mid-credits scene) was much better in her martial arts training. Corey Stroll who plays a menacing villain indeed is menacing in his role. Michael Peña who has a familiar voice and face (I felt like he played a character in Turbo) has a comedy role and seriously was the funny one.
Ant-Man was better than Age of Ultron. It is just like Guardians of the Galaxy with a 5% darker tone, yet very light. Age of Ultron wasn't better than the first one but was still fun. But Ant-Man was such a big improvement that it ended up being more fun and better than Age of Ultron. Again, this is just like Guardians of the Galaxy, but the only similar things about the two are the light tones and comedy. Guardians of the Galaxy was a big success. And this little hero has become a successful Marvel film. Yes, it does also feel like another Iron Man too, but Iron Man's tone is still dark. Iron Man 2 ended up OK, but failed to be better than the first. The same happened to Age of Ultron. Let's hope that the Ant-Man sequel will not end up like Age of Ultron. For now, all I can say on this verdict is this: Ant-Man is a fun and successful MCU entry.
10/10
P.S. Unlike Age of Ultron, this film now has two bonus scenes! Make sure to stay for it.