ANTiclimactic: dull and predictable

Rating: 5/10 (21 July 2015)

How can the viewing public accept that this is a "quality" film? Who rates this as a 10? I've been watching the various Marvel movies over the years and there is definitely some more interesting ones. For example, I enjoyed the first Ironman and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The problem with this genre is that they are so predictable and formulaic.
1. Take one vanilla street guy that magically obtains super hero powers 2. Mix with one bad guy with parental or rejection issues 3. Blend with some sappy family oriented back story 4. Add a shot of lame slap stick humour 5. Garnishe with some form of save the planet panacea 6. Optionally shake with some nefarious consequences at the end of the film that allow you to make a second crummy sequel.
Ant-man is cut from the very same cloth ... the bits where he miniaturized were interesting, some of the CGI was neat ... there was the occasional laugh but overall this film really lacked any intention nor had any energy. It was just tortuously boring and fell flat. There was no adventure, no intrigue or even mystery. Michael Douglas' character just spelled out the entire plot in advance. The script and screenplay were down right abysmal. The characters were one dimensional and stereo typical.
Avoid this film unless you are a die hard Marvell aficionado. There's plenty of other better action cum super hero movies out there.