Ant-Man

As my 75 year high school reunion approaches this weekend, I find myself wondering if I can actually still pull young, hot tail like Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd obviously can. Now that it appears as though Douglas has at least physically recovered from his battle with cancer, he once again looks like the four digit suit wearing player that somehow roped in Catherine Zeta-Jones while she was still in her prime; although I think she just has a thing for older white men as Sean Connery clearly tagged that while they were filming Entrapment.

And while I have no doubt I can still probably trick one or two 21 year olds into hooking up with me, I lack the Scottish accent or the HPV I contracted from going down on too many girls (i.e. Douglas) to actually keep them around! I'm not quite sure that last one is a great opening line but after you've been with a girl, maybe the fact that she now clearly has it too and you've had the opportunity to display your skills will make her think twice about leaving you.

Anyway, what does any of this have to do with the movie Ant-Man? Not much outside of the fact that STD's can come in the size of an ant and sting just as badly as one of their bites can... I am never getting or giving head again after this article!

Well if you liked the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, you will love Ant-Man as the same guy that brought you that movie wrote the majority of this one. Edgar Wright was originally slated to write and direct Ant-Man but pulled out due to creative differences; but his handprints are still all over this film. You can tell when he stopped and Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) took over but Cornish was talented enough to keep up with the spirit and the tone that Wright had already set in place.

And just like last year's Guardians of the Galaxy, this is an action-comedy at the highest level. It never gets too bogged down with a serious storyline like the first Captain America does but it instead finds a healthy balance between having an actual storyline and not taking itself too seriously.

And while I questioned his casting initially, Rudd wound up being the perfect fit for this movie. His charm and almost casual ability to make you laugh at any situation made this film about an ant sized superhero actually work. And what I particularly loved about this film was that it involved a heist; something relatively new for Marvel movies.

Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Rudd) is a talented cat burglar who gets recruited by Dr. Hank Pym to break into his old facility to destroy all of the research and technology the insane Dr. Cross/Yellowjacket has developed, as he plans to use his miniaturization discovery for evil. But they are on a clock as Cross is getting closer and closer to overcoming his final obstacle in achieving this feat, so Lang must learn the ins and outs of how to properly use the technology himself so that he can save all of humanity.

Director Peyton Reed (Yes Man) does an excellent job of using all sorts of gags to keep you laughing throughout the movie and you find yourself walking out of the theater with a new appreciation for insects and The Cure (you have to see the movie to get this joke). Ant-Man wound up being my second favorite Marvel film after Winter Soldier, so based off of that, I gets a rating of very FRESH!