Ant-Man (2015)

Busy, busy days ... I have the same time to spend for "Ant-Man" as much as he occupies on the poster area. So let's get to the point ...

I'm waiting for the day when I'll see a super-hero movie that I'll like. But something to really like. I don't think this happened since '92: "Batman Returns", where either I was too young to be really impressed or Tim Burton did some magic in that movie. Ant-Man comes with an interesting perspective, and quite original compared to what's on the market. Literally speaking. Spoiler: we can see a tsunami in the bath tub. The subject itself is sort of average, but I didn't expect much more. Probably the best part of the movie is the comic relief, very present and sufficiently well integrated to not leave the rest to get to the disaster state of alternating cliches with CGI sequences as we've seen in Avengers 2. The script and the acting ... better not talk about it (= fortunately Evangeline Lilly and her green eyes were there to save it a bit .. at least for my concern).

It's a light, summer movie. Fine if you don't expect much, and also if you don't expect that you'll be surprised for not expecting much. Worse in my opinion than the last Spiderman or Iron Man, but above Thor, Avengers, etc. from the Marvel Universe (yeah, I know ... I have a messed up scale compared to the box office and fan preference in the super-hero niche). Obviously, I didn't include Guardians of Galaxy in the Marvel list. That was brilliant. Probably because, technically speaking, that wasn't a super-hero movie ...

Rating: 3 out of 5

Summer-Fall 2015 Movie Preview Part 1

Let's start counting what this year's summer-fall season brings with a horror. My current mood asks for one ... In June we have the release of the third part of "Insidious". The first episode was spooky. The second I skipped since it seemed too lame. The third shows some promise. We'll see ...
If we're talking about sequels, soon arrives also "Jurassic World". Generally, I don't trust obscure directors leading box office hits, but in this case (Colin Trevorrow) we have an exception = remember "Safety not Guaranteed" ? ... probably not :) anyway ... If this is at least half heart touching as that one was ...
After evil spirits and sharp teeth equipped dinosaurs, let's move to a lighter area (not that I have many options left for June). "Inside Out", the latest Disney/Pixar production carries us into the dark threatening corners of the mind (I'm struggling to make this look like a horror too ... told you .. my current mood requires it)
July starts with "Terminator Genisys", top expected movie on my personal list for this summer. If it's hard to get why, after the last two iterations: T3 (which wasn't that bad actually) and Salvation, well ... the reason is sort of ... personal let's say = if somewhere around your 10th birthday you've watched T2 in cinema, trust me, the sequels can be as bad as possible, you'll still wait for the next one ;) (even though it's hard to accept Emilia Clarke in place of Linda Hamilton ... but well ... at least Arnold is back).
The only problem of "Self/less" is that the trailer says a lot. Pretty much everything. So I won't write more ...
I liked the previous "Mission Impossible". Much more than the latest Bond. So for the end of July that's on the what-to-see schedule.
Since it's impossible to pass a summer without Marvel movies, I decided to mention one for August - the reboot of "Fantastic Four". Contrary to most of the opinions, and opposite to other gatherings of this type (aka "Avengers") I liked the first two movies from 2005/2007 where Chris Evans was training as Johnny Storm for Captain America. I don't know how the new version it's gonna be, but I have at least a subjective reason to be interested in it: Kate Mara :P the rest doesn't count that much ...
I started with a horror, I'm closing the summer with thrillers. The first is "The Gift". Classic psycho stalker subject apparently.
Also in August we have "Cop Car". Seems more original. With a Kevin Bacon who looks so mean as we didn't see since "Invisible Man" (actually we didn't see him there either ... matter of interpretation).
That's the summer. Next round - september - november.