Most of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's negative reviews point out that the script is what hurts the final product, and among the main reasons for that are that too many things happen and there's not enough time for everything, the characters are underdeveloped, and the story ends up feeling rushed.
And the story is not even that good. You can feel the lack of great characters from previous movies. They were setting the tone of story and we don't even know what happened to them after previous movie. It's hard to believe that the director is the same person who made two prior movies.
Commercially, Quantumania was just as disappointing. While the latest Ant-Man title earned $476 million at the global box office, the film became the first non-pandemic MCU movie to lose money, falling well short of the $600 million it needed to break even.
Without this stupid stupid trope, the movie would've been much better. The problem with Quantumania is that there's no heist and they forgot to include half the cast in the movie. So basically, it wasn't an Ant-Man movie. It was just a weird sci-fi thing that they threw some existing characters into.
Ant-Man 3 earned $476 million on a reported $200 million budget, but beyond the financial information, it broke some of the trust of diehard MCU fans. The villain being set up as the lead antagonist of the Multiverse Saga, Kang the Conqueror, was defeated... by ants.
Why Ant-Man: Quantumania FAILED...But it's Actually GREAT
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The film received mixed reviews from critics. It was a box-office disappointment, grossing $476.1 million worldwide against a gross production budget of $326.6 million, and was one of the few MCU films not to break even in its theatrical run.
Not only did the third installment in the Ant-Man franchise reject the same light tone of its predecessors, but the narrative was jumbled, its CGI was some of Marvel's dodgiest in years, and it somehow managed to waste one of the studio's most charming talents, Paul Rudd.
The overall effect was a movie that didn't have the spirit of the previous Ant-Man movies and also wasn't breaking any new ground. It truly felt like Marvel was phoning it in, making a movie just to tease its next few movies. It's one thing to be bad while trying to do something ambitious.
A report exploring the behind-the-scenes drama behind Victoria Alonso's untimely exit from Marvel Studios has revealed that Disney chose to remove gay imagery from Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania ahead of its theatrical debut to avoid a ban.
MODOK is a very “comic booky” character, beloved by fans, but reduced to a weak punchline in the film, while Kang is intended to be the next Thanos, the big bad, integral to the structure of the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward.
However, the rest of the movie is fairly woke-free, and even paints Scott as a heroic and selfless dad who would sacrifice himself for his child without a second thought.
Once a household entertainment staple, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has lost its way. The MCU is a series of superhero movies and TV shows, carefully interconnected in one overarching universe. Featuring iconic characters like Captain American and Spider-Man, the MCU began in 2008 when it released Iron Man.
Whilst Quantumania made a $38 million loss on its box office revenue, Marvel's team-up movies Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame made $1.2 billion of profits as we revealed.
To introduce Kang, really, is all Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania exists to do. In and of itself, it's a boring story devoid of meaningful stakes. The post-Endgame era of Marvel has been crying out for some kindling, something to throw the afterburners on; this is just more ugly cement.
It is possible that Marvel altered Quantumania's ending to set up future MCU projects. In fact, not long before the reshoots began, a reliable plot leak offered a very different ending than the one that audiences eventually saw in theaters.
At this rate, “Ant-Man 3” may become one of the rare Marvel movies to either fall short of (or barely surpass) the $500 million mark at the global box office. At this point, it's earned just $470 million globally after six weeks of release.
In addition to the violent scenes and scary visual images mentioned above, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has some scenes that could scare or disturb children aged 8-13 years. For example: Janet is confronted by a huge spider which splits in 2 and then 4.
Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has two end-credits scenes, both of which have major implications for Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's reviews were very mixed after initially positive early reactions. The continued divisiveness of the MCU Phase 5 movie has resulted in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania tying a record for the lowest score of any MCU movie on Rotten Tomatoes.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” took a sizable hit in its sophomore outing at the box office. Ticket sales for the third Marvel movie starring Paul Rudd's subatomic hero were down 69% from its $105 million debut, resulting in the biggest second-weekend drop in the franchise's history.
Reportedly, 'Captain Marvel 3' and 'Ant-Man 4' Are No Longer Being Considered for Development - IMDb. In 2023, three MCU movies hit theaters: 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,' 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,' and 'The Marvels.
The film grossed $760.9 million worldwide, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2022, as well as the second highest-grossing film in the Thor franchise.
With such a dramatic time span, the character obviously needed to be recast to accommodate Cassie's true age. Thus, Abby Ryder Fortson was replaced by Emma Fuhrmann to embody the teenage Cassie.
