Sure, I’ll do a short one:
- fun chase movie.
- sense of humor from the first movie intact, so that’s good.
- could have used a bit more object-based size changes: the salt shaker and the Pez dispenser were good, but they were in the trailers and there wasn’t much else.
- liked the Inner Space-style Quantum Realm stuff. Michelle Pfeiffer as one of the Vuvalini was a cool take.
- really liked that it ended with the main antagonist being reformed. Marvel hasn’t really done that before (don’t think Bucky quite counts.)
- bit of a tonal shift in the post-credits.
Technically, both Loki and Scarlet Witch count as reformed villains (though Wanda wasn’t the main antagonist in Age of Ultron). But they were rather poorly done (in Loki’s case, consisting of a personality transplant between movies to get rid of those pesky Nazi sympathies), whereas AM&tW is upfront about Ava’s faults – she’s perfectly willing to hold a gun to Scott’s kid’s head, after all – but also makes it clear that they come from a background of pain, abuse, and looming death. It also gives her a support system in the form of Foster, who both helps her and draws boundaries. It’s a really nicely done character arc, and probably not one that I would expect for a more central character, where the writers are more invested in getting the entire audience on the right page – i.e. “now you’re an Avenger”.
Right. I was specifically thinking about the main antagonist of a film being reformed in the film in which they are the main antagonist.
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