Into the Longbox

I will be honest. When this movie was first announced, just like with the first movie, I thought this was a reach by Marvel. Be honest, who really cares about Ant-Man? Even if he is being portrayed by the charming, Paul Rudd. Well, I ended up liking the first movie more than I thought I would. I am happy to report that I liked this movie even more. There are a number of things I think this movie did better to correct the problems of the first. Most importantly, there is not a mustache twirling villain in this movie. Ghost, who we can say is the main antagonist, is not so much a villain as someone that is in a terrible circumstance. He/She will do anything to correct that. The motivations are crystal clear and he/she is a sympathetic character. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is still a sometimes bumbling Ant-Man, but I think he has more heart in this movie. You can see that reflected in the relationship with his daughter, which is really sweet. He means well, but keeps messing things up ...

Before I say anything else, if you have not read "X-Men: Gold" #30, do not read on. If you have or have no idea why I am making this post, join me! As is my way, I only really post my random comic book thoughts if something significant has happened. I don't want to oversell it, but this is that kind of post. In X-Men: Gold #30, we were SUPPOSED to get the marriage between Kitty Pryde and Colossus. For long time X-Men fans, this is a relationship that has been off and on for about thirty years. It's one of those marriages that you figured would have happened already by now and only made sense when it finally did. Instead, Marvel gives us a weird swerve where they do NOT get married. Instead, we get Rogue and Gambit?! Although this relationship is not as old as Kitty and Colossus, it has had it's up and downs as well. This relationship is the epitome of 90's X-Men comics. I mean, it made it into the cartoon! They were characters in X-Men vs. Street Fighter...

I saw this movie a few weeks ago and I have to confess, I really liked it. In my opinion, this is a movie that did not need to happen. With that being said, it was really fun. After watching the initial trailers, I was not sold on Alden Ehrenreich playing Solo. However, he grew on me. Donald Glover is definitely a great choice as Lando. He attempted the cadence at times of a Billy Dee Williams, but I don't think he needed to. If his whole character is boiled down to his speech pattern, maybe there is something wrong with the character. Also, over the years, I've become a real fan of Woody Harrelson. He's fantastic in this movie. Anyways, here is my short review of this movie. Like I said above, it was a lot of fun. It is essentially a heist movie that has a couple of twists and turns. To be honest, it didn't feel like Star Wars and that was a good thing. There were no lightsaber battles. There was no mention of the force. You just have regular dudes and shades ...