Fun and phenomenal.

Rating: Null/10 (23 July 2018)

4/4
The first time I ever saw this movie was in the theatres on my birthday. This movie has held up over time amazingly, as I have had multiple screening of it since. Marvel's smash-hit "fun sized" hero, the Ant-Man has an original and hilarious take on heroism that really can't be missed.
Paul Rudd really brings a comic-book honoring preformance and accessibility to mass-audiences in his role as Scott Lang. He's an every-man disguised in an ant suit. He's the criminal, hero, father, and bro combo package working with the "old-man-with-a-past" Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) against the "evil-capitalist" Darren Cross. Along for the ride is Pym's "hot daughter" Hope (Evangeline Lilly, nice to see her in more than LOST and The Hobbit) and Scott's unwitting pals Luis, Dave and Kirt (Michael Peña, T.I., David Dastmalchian). Every character (and their actor) is truly great and compliments the others well.
What makes Ant-Man better in the ranks of Marvel's many movies to date is its balanced sense of genre. The action is smooth, the emotion is real, and the humor is, well... very funny to say the least. It will definetely be interesting to see how this characters ages in the MCU.
Most superheroes don't have as much going on as poor Scotty. He is juggling trying to be a father, a life of small-time crime, and getting tangled in the aftermath of one of Pym's soiled relationships with a former pupil. He can still pack one hell of a punch when he downsizes, and that's why he's great.
To say that this is one of Marvel's best yet is more than fair. Not many heroes (in Marvel's wonderful universe, DC's not-so-wonderful universe, or anywhere else) capture both the depth of a man and his arguably shallow antics. Ant-Man is a true winner.