The author of this article: Li Xiaotian
After Marvel failed in the fourth stage, it officially entered the fifth stage starting from "Ant-Man 3". The good news is that, as a prelude, Marvel finally shows signs of getting out of the quagmire. The bad news is that "Ant-Man 3" lost the sense of humor in the first two films and became dull.
In the first stage of Marvel, "Iron Man 1/2", "Invincible Hulk", "Thor" and "Captain America" were released successively, and finally there was a gathering of heroes, "The Avengers" came with a bang. In fact, at this stage, the really good-looking movie is actually only one "Iron Man", and the rest are mediocre and not excellent, but the appearance of "Avengers" has pushed the movie to a new height, but it makes people see the movie. a new possibility. The heroes are bundled together, each performing their duties, grand yet interesting. This unprecedented model has made the scale of the film quite huge, and it has also played a huge role in the advancement of the film industry.
Without The Avengers, it would be very difficult for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to really build. After all, "The Incredible Hulk" has been a complete failure, and "Thor" and "Captain America" are just so-so. But with "The Avengers", everything has become different. This film has greatly improved the audience's expectations for watching movies, and it has also given Marvel great confidence in its production.
So, in the second stage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, although "Iron Man 3" and "Thor 2" are not very good, they have also improved compared to the previous works in the series. More importantly, "Captain America 2" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" are exceptionally exciting, once again raising the height of Marvel movies.
It's in this second phase, when the other films are all grand. "Ant-Man" is released. It chose a completely different model from other films in the Marvel universe, taking the model of an urban light comedy, and making the structure of the story as small as possible. What's more, the wonderful performance of supporting roles makes this skit-style superhero movie full of wit and wit, which makes people's eyes shine. There is a feeling of having enjoyed delicious food, and the appetizers are also amazing.
Looking at "Ant-Man" alone, it seems that it is not very integrated with other superheroes, but it has its own flavor, small and exquisite, full of wit and wit. Moreover, in "Captain America 3" and "Avengers 4", the little ant has played a big role, and it can be regarded as grafted with other superheroes.
"Ant-Man 2" explained the reason why Ant-Man was absent from "Avengers 3" because he was grounded after "Captain America 3". It also explained that although the little ant did not participate in the heroic battle, he was not idle, but took the time to build up the "Ant-Man Family". The "Ant Woman" (also called "Transformer Woman") who completed her transformation in "Ant-Man 3" is also growing rapidly.
The important thing is that "Ant-Man 2" inherits the sense of humor of "Ant-Man" and continues to take the route of urban light comedy, and the first two parts combine the elements of urban love, making this series look different from other Marvel superstars. The hero-themed movies are a bit inconsistent, but they are full of humor and just the right amount of humor, making this series a unique series in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Of course, a considerable part of the audience is not interested in the "Ant-Man" series, which makes this series somewhat separated from the Marvel universe, and there seems to be a gap. In particular, the weakness of the villain in "Ant-Man 2" strengthens this feeling. That's how
has survived until now. In the fourth stage of Marvel without heroes, Little Ant didn't participate in it, didn't get promoted, and didn't lose his status. At the fifth stage, it is the first shot that comes out.
said that the Marvel Cinematic Universe, before the fourth phase, has always been steady and steady. There are detailed plans behind each film, and then rely on the "Avengers" series to form a series and upgrade. No matter how bad it is, there is "Captain America 3" "A film like this allows different heroes to be mixed together. "Spider-Man" and "Thor 3" also play this way, and they all work well. However, in the fourth stage, before the liberation overnight, each hero played his own way again. "Doctor Strange 2" linked Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch, but it was not good-looking. On the whole, the superheroes in the first generation of Avengers came to an end one after another, and the new heroes introduced in the fourth stageBut it's not very powerful, and then it lacks linkage. The entire fourth stage is like a pile of shit, which stinks so badly that countless movie fans start to lose their fans and turn into passers-by.
Now, the time has entered 2023, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe has also entered the fifth stage. At this stage, "Avengers 5" is still not seen, and the foreshadowing and extension of the old universe are still being made. At present, "Captain Marvel 2", "Captain America 4" and "Thunder Secret Service" still make people sweat. "Captain Marvel 2" and "Captain America 4" don't seem to be much different from "Doctor Strange 2" and "Thor 4" in the fourth phase. . With a high probability, this fifth stage still won't explode, it's just another mess.
Fortunately, "Ant-Man 3" is okay, although it is not high-quality, it is by no means a bad movie, and it is still worth watching. And "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" has whetted everyone's appetite. "Deadpool 3" and "Blade Warrior" are also worth looking forward to.
Looking at it now, the fifth stage of the Marvel movie has a somewhat not-so-good feeling. It will be better than the fourth stage overall, but it has not completely changed. The remarkable feature of
is fully reflected in "Ant-Man 3: Quantum Frenzy". Below
, let us take a look. Since
is the beginning of the fifth stage, the biggest role of "Ant-Man 3" is to introduce a new super-strong opponent to the superheroes, that is "Kang the Conqueror".
From the perspective of "Ant-Man", "Ant-Man 3" has opened up a new realm, moved towards a new field, the layout has been upgraded, it has become luxurious, and it looks good. But from the perspective of "Kang the Conqueror", "Ant-Man 3" is far behind, and it is nothing. A notable feature of
superhero movies is that the quality of the movie depends on the villain. Because superheroes are heroes who don't eat fireworks in the world, they cannot have flaws, and even if they do, they are minor flaws that are harmless. Therefore, heroes can only look up, not just sit and talk. Although Marvel has done too much in this regard, the DC next door is too strong, but it still cannot change the fundamental attributes of superheroes. Therefore, if an anime movie is still good-looking, the villain must be exciting enough.
The villain is weak, the film must have flaws, it's not that good, "Ant-Man 2" has this flaw. And "Thor 2" is the worst one in the whole series, but because of the handsome villain Loki, this movie that was originally a bad movie was saved. The reason why "The Dark Knight" has become a masterpiece of manga movies is that the villain, the clown, is really exciting enough.
The reason why "Avengers 3" is wonderful is that it created a powerful Thanos, and the important thing is that in this film, the superheroes have become supporting roles, and the whole story has been transformed into "The Rise of Thanos" ", with a complete construction and description of the psychological construction of Thanos, this hero has a foundation to stand on, with flesh and blood, and has a sense of sight of a tragic hero.
The highlight of "Ant-Man 3" lies in the process of "Kang the Conqueror" (actually "Kang the Exile") in the quantum world from nothing to building a powerful quantum empire, making this character's Powerful has a clearly visible development process. It also made it extremely difficult for the "Ant-Man Family" to fight against Kang, and there are many things to watch.
However, comparing Kang in "Ant-Man 3" with Thanos in "Avengers 3", I found that Marvel obviously did not absorb enough wisdom and did not replicate the successful path to the rise of Thanos, and this One point before is precisely what Marvel does best. Marvel has always been good at copying itself, over and over again, so that Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan and others are very annoying and sniffy.
The rise of Kang the Conqueror in "Ant-Man 3" looks very clear, but his psychological construction is not clearly outlined, and it is flat and superficial.
In fact, in terms of the whole story, Kang has a complete story line from the original exile, from nothing to the king of the quantum kingdom, plus his interaction with the first generation Wasp. If this line is dealt with well, fuller, and Kang becomes a flesh-and-blood character, this film will become very good-looking.
But, it doesn't.
Throughout the story, the protagonist in the first half is actually the original Wasp. In the quantum world, also usingFrom the perspective of the first-generation Wasp, to unfold the magical and mysterious veil of the quantum world, and to draw Kang's growth line. In fact, it is obviously better to use Kang's perspective on this line. The film adopts the perspective of the first generation Wasp, but she is obviously an old lady who has been trapped in the quantum world for more than 30 years. She has no longer grown up, so what is she trying to explain by using her perspective? The perspective of the
film adopts the perspective of the original Wasp, in order to expand the quantum world. However, can a different world like the quantum world, no matter how beautiful it is, be better than "Avatar"?
Therefore, the first generation of Wasp has no growth line, and Kang has no growth line, and the quantum world that focuses on portraying is not exciting enough, so what else is there to watch in the first half of this film? In the second half of
, "Ant-Man 3" still adopts the story line of "Avatar". It is the story of a superhero from outside the territory leading the aborigines to resist super-powerful opponents. In "Avatar", the human Jack became the savior of the aborigines of the Pandora forest. In "Ant-Man 3", Ant-Man became the savior of the aborigines in the quantum world. Savior.
However, since you have "Avatar" and "Ant-Man 3" using this model, how wonderful do you want it to be?
On the story line, the protagonist at the beginning is the original Wasp, who later became Kang. As for the real protagonist of the story, Ant-Man, in "Ant-Man 3", he became a supporting role through and through. The outline of the personal image is gone, and the psychological construction is even more gone.
In order to serve the Marvel universe and the quantum world, "Ant-Man 3" has made too many compromises. As a result, the Ant-Man who should not have compromised is gone, and it has become a dispensable supporting role. What's even more unbearable is that in the first two works, one of the biggest highlights is the super interesting supporting characters and super funny sense of humor. As a result, it was gone in "Ant-Man 3". Who dares to call "Ant-Man 3" like
a success?
sat in the movie theater, watched "Ant-Man 3", and watched it in a relatively relaxed way. However, after thinking about it again, I found that nothing was right. This was not the "Ant-Man 3" I wanted at all.
lost the advantages that his series relied on for survival, and then adopted a brand-new adventure mode, stepped into a brand-new world, and used novel landscapes to promote the direction of the story. The small abacus of "Ant-Man 3" made a lot of noise, but he completely lost himself, which was tantamount to nonsense.
Fortunately, the director is still the director of the first two films, Peyton Reed. He tried his best to use his talents to support the third film without collapsing. He still kept some jokes in some places, but the result was far Not enough.
As for fighting Kang, what the Ant-Man family defeated here is actually just one of Kang's many variants. Just like in the drama version of "Rocky", Rocky and Sylvie killed a Kang, but it was only a variant of Kang, not the one that the heroes in the Avengers will fight against next.
In this way, "Ant-Man 3" plays back and forth, but actually nothing is played. The real Kang has yet to appear. Kang here is just messing around.
Fortunately, "Ant-Man 3" can still be watched, at least it looks much more comfortable than "Black Panther 2", but it is far from enough for fans' expectations.
It successfully drove the fifth stage of Marvel to take a step forward, but lost too many things, it is hard to say.
