movie review - Ant-Man
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Toronto, 2016.10.04
Finally, a Super Hero movie I enjoyed. It's the story of a convict who meets a girl whose father is a mad scientist. The scientist's experimental technology grants our hero a strange power -- shrinking down to any imagineable size while retaining his abilities and strength. (You have to remember these are based on comic books; I really wonder how much of this is just Gen-X fan-service.)
What makes this one something I can recommend is the strong cast and the great chemistry between them, the good tone, the just-okay story (again; comic book), and the charisma of the lead. The tone is really important; unlike some of these things (ok, most), this one's not so self-serious.
Recommended.