In terms of quality, July 17's Ant-Man may be Marvel's biggest gamble. In addition to the whole Edgar Wright debacle, it's a property with less fans today than Guardians of the Galaxy had when it initially came to theaters and even co-star Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd's son Jack think the property is stupid. But Marvel has the magic touch these days, and it should make a ton of money regardless. Is it any good, though? It depends on whom you ask.
No reviews were released on the web yet, but the first handful of tweet reactions released the first public reactions to the movie, many courtesy of Comic Book Movies, Slashfilm and The Playlist. Overall, it looks as though more people thought positively than negatively, but those who didn't like it weren't having it at all.
Compared to the early buzz for Avengers: Age of Ultron just a little earlier this year, these responses feel a bit muted, and that movie didn't even turn out to be that good. But it would seem most people are enjoying what they're seeing so far, and this one apparently does a better job at standing on its own. That's certainly a plus.
Here are the very positive ones:
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Here are some not-quite-as-positive, but still enthusiastic responses:
And here are the Negative Nancys:
Overall, whether people liked the movie or not, there are two things people seem to be taking away from this new superhero movie: Michael Pena's performance and the two after-credits sequences, the latter promised to be bigger and more significant than the ones we've been seeing recently. Which is good, because of late they've been slacking in that department — especially with the last Avengers movie. Hopefully, there's something here at least at the very, very end. Fingers crossed.