Ant-Man...Yes, It's Actually Worth Your Time

I'm going to be flat out, and say this: Ant-Man is good for all the reasons one would not expect, and that's what makes it better than the majority of MCU movies out there.

To be honest, I never really read an Ant-Man book, and for the great majority of my life only believed there to be one Ant-Man, Hank Pym. Now, for me to hear they were making an Ant-Man movie, I was rightly pissed off. In none of the prior films have they mentioned such a BIG contributor to the Marvel mythos.

Hank Pym, arguably the first and greatest Ant-Man, is a freaking genius. Arguably the top 8 most intelligent characters in Marvel Comics. In my opinion, he far exceeds the intellect of Stark, and personally I would place him under the scientific attitude of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic. Why do I make such boastful claims? Well, Mr. Fantastic on a regular basis deals with the unknown science of the universe, Ant-Man deals with things on a particle level and was actually the creator of Ultron, with Stark's assistance (not the lies that Avengers 2 has lead you believe being Stark and Banner being Ultron's creator). Iron Man, at his finest, is merely an engineer, that remodels his suits based off how badly he loses to his opponents. That's right, Iron Man is reactive, and therefore neither proactive, or practical. This serves as another reason why he only really lead the team in the absence of both Ant-Man and Captain America.

But, I digress. Do know, readers, that the likely reason this film was not based off Hank Pym was due to the fact he is known for schizophrenia, and the fact that he has slapped and later divorced his wife. All of this has been greatly over-exaggerated over the years, and in my opinion, has actually made some great character development as Pym has had to rectify these past mistakes and earn the forgiveness of the ones who he holds closest to him.

Since I only knew this much, I was completely open-minded to whatever they do with the second Ant-Man, Scott Lang.

The movie is humorous, but not too much so, to the point where you can't take it seriously. Paul Rudd, actually acts, and acts well for his part. The cast as a whole is also well-balanced, and likewise, the situations believable. There is a lot of failure for the character, which is well appreciated since you are not perfect when you get your superpowers. There is a great scene where it shows how little control he has over his power, which is reminiscent of Spiderman first using his powers in the film the Amazing Spiderman.

What I loved about the film was the constant use of diversity. There was various ethnicity and ages within the cast, and none of these characters had small roles. The use of family and relationships was not forced, and actually was integrated well into the story and the burdens of the hero. What I also liked was the demonstration of corporate evil. It exists people! Both in the real world and the comics.

My only problems within the movie are rather minimal. If you could actually call it a "fight", Falcon has utterly lost the respect of everyone ever (if Avengers 2 didn't already do that for you). As odd as this may sound, I think that there was an over-reliance of ants in the movie...yes, it was necessary to show his powers and to garner kids interest and make the 3D option worth your money (for me, 2D was more than fine), overtime for me it seemed too repetitive and unrealistic. I personally wish there were more fights in the movie, as I feel that the final fight scene, though good, was not enough. The actor playing the villain was god, he just didn't do much, arguably the bare minimum to keep us aware that he embodies a future, greater threat. Lastly, the end was predictable, however, I was still happy.

I think the movie deserved an 8, it was a complete story with no plot holes, that was surprisingly good. Also, there's barely any falsities in comic-wise. Yet for the biased MCU fans, I give it a 6, because its not that flashy as the other, and in my opinion, vastly poorer films. Hopefully he's used more for strategy and not limited to intel in the future films. Also hopefully he comes up with tech that should supersede Iron Man's. What I most look forward to is how Wasp will be used, and if Ant-Man can finally turn giant, as he's supposed to.

At the very least, you should watch the movie, since its better than the majority.

Why are Dinosaurs Extinct? Because of Bad Movies Like Jurassic World

So this movie wasn't much of a surprise. To be fair, I had no intentions to see it, based off of my own predictions and the fact that it got a lot of mixed reviews. The only reason I saw it, was because I came to see Ant-Man so late on opening weekend, there were no seats. This shows that you should never spend money on a movie that your friends want to see, when you're the only person in the group who actually remembers what the other movies in the series were about and fully watched them. This movie is proof that high box office results mean nothing in terms of the quality of a film.
It was a 6 out 10, which to be fair, is higher than what I thought I would give it, but it least its better than Terminator Genisys.

So why did it suck?

Let's start with the beginning. It was too long and too slow. The first 5 minutes were filmed in such a way that it was made to appear that perhaps there would be a time skip of the boys into Chris Pratt's character, which could have ideally made for a better movie. Too bad, this never came to fruition, since the kids were very annoying, and the focus of family neglect, divorce, and brotherly love were forced. There was an unbearably long opening full of talking, where no one was being attacked by dinosaurs (just saying, I would have very much appreciated a helicopter being attacked by dinosaurs, since there were so many practical scenes to do so).

Jumping to Chris Pratt's character. It was okay, its just that there was very little depth, for which I couldn't take his character seriously. In the end, no matter how heroic he was trying to be, he was never really the "alpha". He was a douche. He had no real control over the dinosaur, which was demonstrated multiple times throughout the film. Therefore, he had no real right to really lead anybody, if you think about it. Literally, all he was doing was trying to get the girl. I honestly think the fat bad guy, made more sense than Chris Pratt's character, and that's saying something. All the other characters were irrelevant, and like the nanny, should have been killed off. Surprisingly, the black guy didn't die.

The I-Rex was cool, but too powerful. I say I-Rex since two years from now, no one will be able to remember the name of this dinosaur. First off, you have a GMO, that could turn invisible in every sense. There is no way, so few people died. It's also ridiculous you make the most powerful dinosaur, and it just kills for fun, and doen't eat its victims. That's just stupid. It makes no sense, being the largest being on the island, that it was not the fastest. There should have been more cool kill scenes, like that in the movie Predator. Sadly, this movie was clearly made for family and kids, so that practical idea got tossed out the window. There were cool scenes, don't get me wrong. But they were not violent enough and they dragged on too long. When you have something too powerful, everything else immediately becomes inferior.

The ending was complete crap. The T-Rex was crap, honestly just for show and for the fans. Sadly upon, fighting it was utterly worthless. The raptors were unbelievable, and were pretty much inexplicable turncoats. And yet, a sea-monster conveniently kills the I-Rex. Literally, cheat code. You're saying you GMO a dinosaur, and you can't make it swim!

In the end, there's still dinosaurs left on the island, the bad guys get away with dinosaur DNA, the kids return to a broken family, and Chris Pratt ends up with the girl that arguably risked everyone's lives. (Literally, there's a scene where she cries for the massacre of dinosaurs, but sheds no tears for the crew she let die). Entertainment goes only so far, and I have no desire to go for lesser quality. I don't care if you like dinosaurs on the big scene, like this movie, you shouldn't set yourself up for such failure.

Justice League #42: Batman Makes Comic Book History

So...I've been way too busy, my apologies. I read this at least 2 weekends ago. However that weekend I was kicking it with the homie. Had to trade back comics that were a year overdo. I believe I spent at least $60 on a variety of good comics, from almost a complete set of single issues of Batman: The Long Halloween, and other cool finds like Sarah Palin and a story about Oracle, Calculator, and the Anti-Life Equation. I spent hours gaming...and FYI Mortal Kombat X is AMAZING, along with Arkham Knight! Lastly, I saw a crappy movie and a bad movie, both of which will be reviewed in another post. Thanks Nathan, for a fun, memorable weekend...but I digress.

I'll be honest nothing really eventful happened in this issue, except for the fact that (SPOILER) Batman is now a god.

Yup. I'm serious and I'll say it again: Batman is a god.

It's not one of those stupid what-if stories. This is real. It's in the beginning of the Darkseid War, and Batman has arguably now taken the perhaps pivotal lead, as the majority of the Justice League has been taken out (come to think of it, is Flash DEAD???). The real question is how did Batman do it?..

Simple, really, you should be sitting down before you read this...cause Batman did. Yup. All Batman had to do was sit on a chair.

But not just any chair, but the chair of another god. Metron's legendary Mobius chair, to be exact. For those unfamiliar, its the giant floating space chair that hold all knowledge of the universe, and allows you to BoomTube across time and space.

But what are the implications of god-power? Well first thing Batman does, is find out the identities of who killed his parents and who is the Joker. Also, the next issue is entitled "Bat-God". What other secrets will he learn? Will he enlist help or have the new-found power/authority to do so? Should we fear the Bat-God or does he have something good up his sleeve?

Here's my predictions. Batman will go power-hungry, and do some epic things, but ultimately lose his power stupidly, probably to an angry Metron. Then later on, the Justice League will be losing horribly until we realize that Batman was waiting for an opportune time to reveal something he's learned through the Mobius Chair for his time as God. I am assuming this will be something rooted on the planet Apokolips as there has to be a reason that both Luthor and Superman have been there for so long.

Whatever happens, I'm excited to read Darkseid War, and you should be too...Hail Darkseid!