Ant Man 3 Quantumania

By Joshua Xiang

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania mostly lacks the spark of fun that elevated earlier adventures, but Jonathan Majors' Kang is a thrilling villain poised to alter the course of the MCU ( Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus )

A lot of critics have already reviewed the movie, so I want to try to use another way to discuss Antman 3 and the problems that Marvel has right now.

Lately, I've read an interesting article about how Marvel characters nowadays use high-technology nano

tech helmet too much. (browntable.youtube) The criticism was inspired by Ant-man 3 where Scott Lang can just pop out his helmet and suit out of nowhere. And the author realizes that after Tony Stark starts to use nanotech in Infinity War, most of the superheroes after it starts to use this more "convenient" dress-up way. However, the director forget that why the nanotech works in Infinity War and Endgame is that we saw the progression of Tony’s tech in every movie he was in. The suitcase suit in Iron Man 2, the capsule suit in Avengers 1, the Mark 42 in Iron Man 3, and finally the nanotech in Infinity War. We saw the progression of his tech as it got more advanced in each film, and so when he finally had instantaneous nanotechnology, it felt earned because that was the natural endpoint he was reaching for. But going from Ant-Man 2, where the suit is a physical thing that has to be put on, to Ant-Man 3 where it can just morph around people for seemingly no reason is just really lame.

This article kind of gives me a point where as nowadays directors in Marvel movies are trying to instill too many grand world views and complex information, whereas they forget to focus on the detail in order to create resonance. For example, behind the helmet or the mask, anyone can be a superhero, rather than right now they are forcing characters to get rid of their mask when they are talking. Because they believe that will express the emotion and feelings of the actors better, whereas it only decreases the "empathy" and resonance between the audience and those heroes. For example, One of my favorite moments in the MCU was in Civil War, when T'Challa slowly put down his helmet while confronting Zemo. It was a small but impactful moment because it added humility to an otherwise powerful hero.