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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

A solid, fun animated kid's movie!

[9/10 · 17 October 2023]

Gorgeously made, funny, and stylized action in a fun kid's film. I heard a lot of good things about this movie since it has come out, and since I had a Paramount+ subscription and it was showing this, I decided to go ahead and watch it, and I was not disappointed at all at the results. Is it a perfect film? No, it had it's moments I thought could improve, but was it fun, exciting, and cool? Heck yeah!

This movie rocks in so many ways. The animation is so visually, gorgeously amazing to look it. I enjoyed on how it was created, how it was unique and different from a lot of the other animation films I see. The characters, likeable and fun. I enjoyed that for once the Teenage Mutant Turtles were actually teenagers, it made this film more enjoyable to watch, seeing inmature teens learns some lessons but have fun along the way. Plot is simple, but fun, and that's all that mattered to me I guess. Now the theme of acceptance . . . Great theme, heavily overused in many other different other movies I've seen this year. Don't get me wrong, I love the theme of accepting others and all that, but I don't feel like I need to see that in every movie I see; it feels less effective everytime I see this being used in a movie! The human part of their wickedness was not explored enough, but to the directors credit: I don't blame them because it could have overstuffed the movie . . . Hopefully explored more in the much needed seqeul. Now while this is basic, it comes with its cliches and tropes I've seen a millian times in a movie. Tiring, boring, and even can come off at cringe, it was tolerable in this movie! But overall, this movie was creatively exciting, visually amazing, and packed with likeable characters that you wish you could spend more time with; highly recommend to watch!

Sound of Freedom (2023)

An empowering movie speaks against child trafficking!

[8/10 · 9 October 2023]

What an empowering true story about saving people from the human trafficking world. It was nothing short of feeling emotions throughout the film, finally realizing that the world is truly not a safe place, knowing men and women alike are slaving children to be their object of pleasure. It's digusting and one of the most horrofic crime to be ever committed. Not only are you raping, you're raping innocent kids who are no older than 7 a lot of the times. It's a horrofic crime that just makes me mad when just thinking about it after seeing this movie!

This movie was effective in so many ways. It made me feel so many emotions throughout the film, and personally, it was worth my time to sit down and watch this. It made me fully realize the world of human trafficking and the wrong morales and values around it. This true story is nothing short of awe and wonder and hope. It's such an inspiring story that so many more people should see. It casues you to be more self-aware of the world and people around you! This movie is powerful, sad, uplifting, but most of all it tells a strong message of hope even in the darkest places of the world!

Champions (2023)

It tells a good message about accepting others in this heart-felt, feel-good movie!

[7/10 · 9 October 2023]

This movie has always been sitting on my watchlist in my mind. Ever since I saw my first look at the film, it appealed to me. It released in February and now 6 months later I actually see it, and it doesn't really disappoint. While there were few elements of the story that I thought they could disregard (like the relationship part felt just there and not needed for the story) and some people I questioned near the end during that big basketball game were actually disabled adults, it was a pretty good feel-good kind of movie. It taught me the lesson that we ourselves are champions when we overcome our fears, worries, and problems. And it also, it opened my eyes to see that disabled people do have lives and they're just like us in the outside - they have feelings. Their appearance and how they act may turn us off, but we forget they're humans with emotions, goals, and fears just like us. It's a pretty good film despite some elements I didn't enjoy and moments that could have been cut out; it delivers on the messages and it was a worthwhile movie to watch!

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

It's fun to watch, but can feel underwhelming at times!

[6/10 · 9 October 2023]

This is another detailed, intrguing stop-motion picture that is very enjoyable to watch. The intricate details and the coloring of the whole movie makes this such a good one to watch. While I do enjoy the simple plot, one of my main problems with this movie is how it wasn't explored more, and how it kept on losing my interest. Now don't get me wrong, where credit is due, I give credit: the amazing details and animations are gorgeous, and I would just see this movie for just that, but this stop-motion picture can come off lame and boring. Not that I want it to, but it doesn't help some of the music score is slow, and could put you to sleep and the story is simple but underwhelming. My big complaint for this really is how we barely explored this amazing world; trust me, I want to explore this with all the amazing, visual details! Overall if you get anything out of this, is that it's goregously animated with a lot of amazing details just put in this film!

Haunted Mansion (2023)

It's fun and have some funny moments, but it can feel heldback at points!

[7/10 · 9 October 2023]

The beginning and the set up for the film was so much fun to watch. It had lots of funny moments sprinkled throughout the film. I also loved how they set up this film. It was funny but yet, it had it kept on forshadowing on how this movie would get more errie and dark. While the first act and even maybe the 2nd act were all pretty good with enough potential for me to go on,it just kind of lost me in the 3rd act. I didn't very like how this whole movie was just about the theme of grief; now don't get me wrong, grief and how to handle it is a great theme, but for being a silly, kind of dark haunting movie, it felt out of place. It felt like because of the theme of grief, it felt limited to the hauntedness. It felt like it could have explored a lot more . . . Brought more fantasy and exploration to the table, a few more hauntings, and lore of the "next realm." But the grief theme felt like it was restraining it. It felt like after we find out the whole grief thing and how it played in this movie, it kind of went down hill from there on forth. Now don't get me wrong; I enjoyed my time with this movie for the first half. It was enjoyable, scary enough to get me some goosebumps, and even had some good laughs. The characters were likeable and fun to be around with, and I thought the potential plot I hoped was more than it turned out was great. But after the first half is done, we go down a second half that isn't as fun or potentially more daring to explore the movie. It felt restrained . . . We could have done more exploring aound this haunted place and maybe even into the other realm of ghosts. The grief theme was handled fine in this movie, don't get me wrong, but it felt wrong to be in this movie. It felt like all the fun kind of got sucked out near the end, and all I was watching were ghosts and humans and screaming. For the most part, I enjoyed it. It was a fun time, enjoyable with many likeable characters, and what could have been potentially even better, but bogged down with the theme of grief and felt restraining because of that, the second half of the movie doesn't feel as fun or enjoyable to watch as the first!

Blue Beetle (2023)

It may have some good visuals, but the overused supehero cliches and tropes make it eh to watch!

[5/10 · 9 October 2023]

Pro: This movie is visually stunning, with such bright colors to keep you emgrossed in the movie. I have to admit the Blue Beetle suit in the movie looks pretty wicked. And it entertaining and fun for the most part.

Con: This movie was an absolutely lazy movie! Everything about this movie felt lazy, even though it was an all different supehero origin movie. And that there is the problem. Every origin supehero movie I've ever seen felt like it all got injected and pumped into this one film. Nothing about this film felt original (except the suit), and everything about it felt like I had already seen it before (if not more than once). The lack of originality was such a struggle to watch in the movie! I was even cringing at the part when the main character realises killing isn't the right path. I've seen this same scenario in so many other superhero movie that it isn't even impactful at all, it left me cringing (which isn't a good part). Even the sentimemtnal, sad moments didn't cut it for me. The message about "Family is what makes you Stronger" . . . Seen it already. Because of its lack of originality in the movie, it felt very predictable and it had nothing amazing up its sleeves to wow the audience. It may had been funny and entertaining but all at the expense of lacking the originality of being its own true origin story, and not ripping off from so many other superhero's origin story.

The Creator (2023)

A visualizing sci-fi film is too overwhelming to enjoy some of it!

[6/10 · 9 October 2023]

If I had to put this movie in one word it would be: overwhelming! Everything about this film felt very overwhelming- whether it was to the plot, characters, and any developments. I found it very overwhelming to take it all in. We would jump places to places to places in matter of 5 minutes. Sure, I enjoyed the world exploring of it all and how visually amazing it was to see each place, but it just added to the overwhelming I felt during most of the film. The plot seemed simple and easy to follow but I found it hard to follow - we were being distracted by so many things by the movie that following the plot was hard, even though it's quite simple. The characters added to the ever growing overwhelming of it all - I found each character distractible from the plot. None of the characters were memorable (besides the protagonist and the child), and I just found them to be easy distractions from the plot. I really did enjoy the visuals of it all. How epic and grand scale it was. How a simple plot was built around such a grand place the director made it to be. Look, no denying the movie looks good but it is so easily one of the most overwhelming movie I've seen in a long time. So many things got me distracted from the plot, and many of the characters just seemed like "copy and paste" type - they're there but nothing differentiate them from all the others. It's grand in scale with a simple plot but very overwhelming in my opinion to watch!

Saw X (2023)

It's intense, brutal, grisly but for once . . .it has a compelling story to go with it all!

[7/10 · 4 October 2023]

For me, I didn't know what to expect from this film at all. I was really going in expecting brutal traps with over-the-top gore and violence, which of course they did have, but this Saw movie is far more than just that now. Everyone was saying this had a compelling storyline, but I didn't know that was actually true. But now, it's all true! This is the most compelling Saw movie ever been written and directed in the whole franchise. While the first one was arguably sometimes compelling, this one felt compelling on a whole different level. This was compelling because we were actually going to spend time with John Kramer and his cancer. While it is stated and addressed in the other Saw movies, this one explores it more. This feels such a more personal Saw film than any others. The games felt more personal because for once in all of Saw histroy, the games were about John Kramer! It wasn't what John Kramer saw in people and their wickedness, it was what the wickedness and conceited con artist doctors did to him. These concieted con artists actually deserved what they got. They took away the one thing Kramer had left in him: hope. I loved how the games felt more on a personal level than ever. It wasn't just about the torture anymore, there was actually a solid, defining plot behind it all.

While this is still an over-the-top gore fest violent movie, it is well written. It has such a well-written out plot, that for once: the movie is built on this plot than its tortue devices. It didn't feel like any moment of this film that it was all tortue and nothing else, the plot made the tortue have a place in the story. It felt deserved, it felt like it belonged there! Many of the Saw films just have the tortue violence there because that's all what this series is known for, but I stand corrected with this movie now: it is possible for a Saw film to have a good plot and have tortue. All it needed was its rightful place, and this movie knew where how to. I also couldn't help but enjoy also the score for this music. The hype, tense music playing during the excruciating tortue scenes was such an amazing addition to the scene. But like all Saw fans, they were waiting for that one soundtrack, "Hello Zepp (titled in Saw X playlist, Zepp X). And I have to say, when that soundtrack got played, I was smiling like I was a Saw fan. I felt genuinely hooked and intrgiued by this whole film.

While this movie is never going to win any awards, it did win my attention for it. It was the most surprising film I've seen this year. Barely any hype, it strongly delivers on the storyline; it got me hooked up, it had unexpected twists, it was a brilliant plotted out film. While Saw X may never reach more than the 7/10 it got (due because the Saw series has never been my thing, and I don't think it will), it will be one of the most memorable movie I've seen. I'm no Saw fan and me saying this actually has to tell you something about Saw X; that's it is different than all the others while still staying to the origin of it all!

A Haunting in Venice (2023)

What's haunting about this was how bad it turned out to be!

[4/10 · 29 September 2023]

This was one of the most disappointing movie of the year by far . . . It had so much potential, but it was such a let down. The biggest problem I had with this movie that it felt like facts and not a story. It felt like they were throwing facts after facts after facts about what the person was involved with the killings. The first 20 minutes and the last 10 minutes didn't feel like I was being the throated down with boring facts about the mystery. But 90% of the movie felt like we were going one person after another after another with just asking the usual questions they ask in these types of Hercule mystery movies. But unlike Death on the Nile (by far, so much more intriguing) and even Murder on the Orient Express, this felt like a no breather to expand more on the storyline or even the tone/direction but just go from person to person to question them - it was boring, lame, and just felt like a waste of time. One thing I will give this movie is this - they had at least the guts to change the tone and the direction of the whole Hercule mystery movies. I enjoyed the haunted, eerie atmosphere but it also didn't help that they didn't explore it even more. This movie felt like a waste for so much potential that was lost. One of my most anticipated movie of this month just turns out to be definitely one of the most disappointing movies of this year I've seen.

Expend4bles (2023)

If Expend4bles was as fun as the orginal, maybe it would have gotten a higher rating!

[5/10 · 29 September 2023]

Expend4bles I was pretty meh about. It's a downgrade from the previous other movies in its series. This movie says it's in the Expendable series, but it doesn't feel like that for the whole movie. It just felt like the directors wanted to shine on how talented Jason Statham was in action movies and not really give screentime to the others (not like I cared about them, but Expendables has been about a team, not a lone wolf action dude, save it for John Wick). And no offense here to Statham; this dude has his moments in the action department but he will never reach the top tier action actor like Tom Cruise (for the Mission Impossible series) and Keanu Reeves (for the John Wick series). He tries I feel like too hard, but he isn't quite yet an elitist action actor. With Expendables not giving the old vibe it used to have, it doesn't feel right. All I wanted from the 4th film was to get some of the original crew back (not get Megan Fox and a dope amount of people I don't give a crap about) and make the action higher and better (maybe even make the stakes higher). But nope: instead of bonding even more with some of the OG crew, we get some new crappy characters who gets I swear 15 minutes of screen time each - the rest of the 1 hour 28 minutes screen time goes to Jason Statham. Overall, this movie delivers some on the action, none of the actual title (only about Jason Statham really), and the plot is meh. The only thing that's stopping this movie getting an even lower rating was I've seen worst than this - at least it entertains, and that's all it did!

Creed II (2018)

It's a strong build-up to the Creed Legacy!

[9/10 · 15 March 2023]

Some people are going to disagree on what I'm about to say, but I really hold fast to what I'm going to say. Creed 2 is better than its predecessor, Creed! Like, look, I know a lot of people love the first Creed movie a lot more than this, but this one . . . This one made me feel what was at stake!

I liked how Creed 2 kept with its same formula from the first film but yet change it up. It developed more of Adonis Creed's story arc and Rocky while we are at it. It is such a step up from the first movie in not only storytelling but what is at stake, that I can't help but really, really enjoy Creed II. It's amazing to see that even Adonis Creed can be defeated, and I felt like he needed that. To remind himself why he fight. He had a strong opponent to face, and he went in with the wrong mindset which led him to lose more than just his title.

Rocky is such a strong, loving mentor to Adonis Creed and knew right from the beginning what Adonis was getting into. Rocky warned, but Adonis having a hot mind and wanting to keep his title went in blindly. Even after ignoring him and moving on from him, Rocky comes back to train Adonis for the final fight of the movie. It's what makes me love Rocky. That he isn't about to give up on Adonis, but keep on going. He still feel like he's also doing it out of loving will for his friend, Apollo Creed!

Without a single doubt, I felt the stakes for this movie. This movie builds up the stakes. For the first fight against his opponent, I never felt like much was at risk, but after that . . . It was the changing game of the whole movie. Adonis' who was not only broken, but his title I could say he lost it for a point. But when you realize - when you realize the pain and endurance he is willing to go through it gain it all back, you just can't help but cheer Adonis all the way through!

For me, I felt like Viktor didn't box out of his own free will, but out of his father's command (you could even say it was a demand) to do it. His father lost everything to Rocky in the earlier franchise of the Rocky series, and Viktor's father out of hate and jealousy wanted to have revenge on it by attacking not Rocky himself, but his trainee: Adonis Creed. Viktor I felt like knew what he was getting into, but I don't think his whole heart was in it - he was doing it mainly I felt like out of the obligation of his father.

Creed 2 uses a lot of familiar themes/formula from its predecessor movie and I really love it. It also adds a nice touch of the power of loss and what you're willing to do to get it back. It has a strong and maybe even emotional story knowing that family, friendship, and love also plays in this movie. It's powerful at times and gripping. It knows what it's doing, and above all: it shows the power of loss!

Scream VI (2023)

It delivers the fun in kills and all, but with the overall plot . . .it could have done better!

[7/10 · 15 March 2023]

Okay, to start off with: I was disappointed on how it turned out and I guess the ending too. I mean, people were hyping me for Scream VI, and I had already watched all the others. So after watching Scream VI, I can totally say: this movie had potential, it delivered it, but at the same time it could have done better.

I'm still glad I saw this movie in theaters - it was fun watching it with all my co-workers, and it was entertaining and all but the character development was poor and whenever Ghostface wasn't on screen, the scenes dragged. I remember seeing Scream (2022) when it came onto streaming services and loving it at once (to this date still my favorite Scream movie), and I have revisited that movie at least 4 times. And that wasn't in theaters - now I have an opportunity to see a Scream movie in theaters and it delivers but also let downs in more than one aspect!

Like I said before, the character development for this movie was okay; I wished they did a lot more to actually care for most of them, and the plot was decently good. I wasn't wowed on who the killer turned out to be and how it turned out tot be, but the satisfying kills and whenever Ghostface was on screen made this movie uphold strong in the end. I wouldn't be one to exactly go and see this again because of how I was actually let down, but when it comes to streaming services I may check it out again.

Still peeved on how Scream VI turned out to be. It did have some shocking kills/entertaining moments but it didn't deliver the fun or amazing reveal as its predecessor film, Scream (2022) did. It felt drawn out in many moments, and there were for sure some moments that could have been cut out. The reveal scene was a let down, and the intentions were alright. Overall, Scream VI delivers some shocking kills and entertaining moments, but it gets bogged down by the characters and the plot I feel like!

Creed III (2023)

It's another solid hit in the Creed Legacy!

[10/10 · 10 March 2023]

What a solid, phenomenal storyline and continuing on with the Creed legacy!!! I had some doubts about this one . . . But I shouldn't have! With Micheal B Jordan's first debut movie and even starring in it, I have to give it to him this: it's a strong start for him, and even a stronger building to the Creed legacy. None of the movie felt forced, but it felt all come naturally!!

With the Creed legacy continuing on, I kind of had my doubts wondering if they could continue on the legacy in a strong storyline. I mean, we had two great Creed movies, was it possible they could do another one? And Micheal B Jordan's squish that question without any effort: he DELIVERS such a strong continuation of the Creed legacy and it's near perfection in my eyes!

I really loved how they finally got Rocky out of Adonis' legacy, and started making it more on Creed than ever! I mean, when Rocky was in the Creed movie it always felt overshadowed more of Rocky's legacy then moving on with Creed's legacy, but with Micheal B Jordan's bold move to not add Rocky, it definitely felt like the right choice!

The character arc for Damian was quite well done! I loved the motives and intentions they added for Damian. I felt like maybe his past could have been a bit more developed and his life in prison, but overall: it was a strong character arc. Damian wanted a shot, and he would do anything to prove to the world what he started out to be: one of the world's professional heavy-weight champion.

But we have Adonis Creed (now retired) in his way. Adonis sees that Damian is willing to go do anything to be on the top (even cheat). Adonis wants to treat Damian a lesson - that you can't go from a nobody and just be there but that you have to work your way up there and gain respect and a reputation for yourself. It isn't always about the glory, but the respect you get from the people.

Adonis and Damian have strong relationships in the earlier years of their lives but after an incident, it leaves Damian in slam for 18 years. This ruins chances for Damian to become what he wants, but when he comes out he's ready to show the world what he was made to do! I love in the movie how it showed that even if Damian lose, he had nothing to lose. But Adonis made sure Damian had everything to lose!

How the boxing fight match was shot . . . Cinematography at its best without any hesitation! Micheal B Jordan's up the boxing match and change how it should be view, and it payed off in a lot of ways. Those intense hits and punches and how they were so well coordinated made the fights epic to see. There were moments I gasped, and moments I wondered who would win in the end.

What makes Adonis Creed the character he is, is that he won't give up. That he'll give his everything to make sure he wins in the end. It's this that always makes me root for Adonis in not only in his boxing life but his family life! Adonis' character arc has come a long way. He's learned lessons from his wise mentor, Rocky, and now it is his turn to teach Damian a lesson.

I felt like the improvement I would want in this movie if the stakes for the movie were more higher bar. That's what made Creed II be the better sequel, and I feel like with a higher bar at what it is at stake, it would have made this movie even better. But even though it isn't in that, it still a phenomenal movie that delivers not only a strong storyline but some emotional moments also. Creed has always been a movie about love and family in a boxing movie. It's what holds this live so strongly!

At the end of the day, Creed III delivers another strong storyline that with hardly any fault, it teaches a life lesson and it shows that you can't always hide from your past. Creed III hold everything together so nicely, that nothing in the movie feels out of place; it truly is Micheal B Jordan's debut movie!!!

Grease (1978)

It's fun . . . but it's a Nostalgia Ride for Me

[10/10 · 23 February 2023]

I remember the very first time I saw Grease. I was around the age of 7 or 8, and me and my family were on a road trip and we stopped I believe at a Walmart, and my parents saw Grease the movie there. They remembered how good it was, so they wanted me and my siblings to see it . . . And firs time watching it, it became a hit with us because after that we saw Grease more times than I could count, and Grease was always a movie choice for our road trips! Now 9 to 10 years later, I come back again to watch Grease, and let me say: it's a nostalgia ride for me because it brings back so my childhood when me and my siblings were into this movie and its songs!

There were a lot of things in Grease that went over our head, but now older and I hope a bit wiser, none of it goes over my head. But I don't care how inappropriate it gets because the soundtrack, humor, and I guess even the story distracts me from it. And not to mention all the memories it brings backs when we were into Grease. Now a movie critic, I thought it was time to rewatch it to see how good it was. And to be honest, I really, really enjoyed my time with it The music were as good as ever (with an exceptional few I still dislike), and the characters are a whole lot of fun to be around.

I like this movie because in some sort of shape, way, or form I can relate to these unmature high school kids. Because I'm still one, and I can relate in more than one way to them. They're just high school students hunting after girls, getting their heart break, and getting into some mischief if they can. At times it can be a feel-good movie because you can relate to these characters. Plus, the Grease characters are a whole lot of fun to be around. They crack me up, they make me be like, "I so would have done it," and I approve at their underage drinking and all their smoking . . . Because they're just high school students who don't really know best.

If you really come to think about it, the story is a bit of a cringe and predictable! I mean, a boy running back to regain a relationship he didn't exactly mean to brake with a girl . . . I mean, you know the outcome without having to watch all 1 hour 50 minutes of it. But what makes the story interesting is how it is told. It's told through some misfits, and humuores situations. It's a story that yeah, it may lose your interest but when we have high school students being themselves, it's hard to lose interest. The soundtrack is good in some respect; while there are some songs I dislike and could care less about, there are others are still awesome to hear and one that is my 1# Nostalgia song which is "Grease!"

Without a doubt, this movie has its fault whether I try to think about it or not. But what outweighs it in a lot of ways, is that this movie knows it has faults. But the writers/directors didn't want a pure perfection movie, they just wanted to protray high school kids as they are and not trying to do some professional thing, and for me it works! I like to see these high school students romp around, goof around, and go after every girl they see. It's just a blast to chill back and watch a simple, predictable story and see how it is going to unfold and lead you each time . . . Because this time, I had a whole lot of blast, and it was even a better ride than I thought because of nostalgic it turned out to be!

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

It's okay for a standalone movie, but for setting up Phase 5. . .

[7/10 · 23 February 2023]

Let's start out with this, I had no big expectations for this Marvel film like I did with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and there was a reason why. I wasn't expecting much from this movie, plus I wasn't a big Ant-Man fan to even begin with . . . The previous Ant-Man movies didn't leave much lasting impressions on me, and I was meh about the whole series and the superhero in genreal. So when I heard that this movie was coming out, well of course I was going to see it opening weekend just so I could be on top of the game of seeing it, and not being ruined by the movie. I wasn't seeing this because I was really interested into it . . . Not really, anyhow. But after watching this movie twice in theaters the same day, I can say this: it falls short of what I was hoping it would be, but it deliver a solid set up for Phase 5!

I'm not really into the Multiverse, Time Variants, and the Quantum Realm because they just make not only my heard hurt just thinking too much of them, but it makes the MCU timeline even more confusing (than it should be). So to begin with, I wasn't into the Quantum Realm so I could care less if they explored it or not, or if they got trapped in it or not. It was just another big expansion on the MCU side just to get more revenue in, is how I see it. But after watching this movie, I guess you could say it got me to enjoy the Quantum Realm a tad bit better, and fully appreciate all the bright visuals and colors they did to make the Quantum come alive. I mean, beautiful world an all, but I could still care less.

This movie sets up not only Phase 5 very well, but the villain for it quite amazingly! If you're like me, you could agree that Phase 4 was a very weak and if I'm going to be honest, a bit unneeded Phase. The only two movies that carried the whole Phase 4 on its back was Spider-Man: No Way Home and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. No other mentionable movie that was released during Phase 4 made the best impression (although: Doctor Strange 2 could make it). So after an exhaustable Phase 4, we finally move on to I hope a better Phase, Phase 5. Now look, if Marvel/Disney does this right, Phase 5 could be the most interesting Phase since Phase 3!

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania by itself was a decent, average movie that had its moments while also having their cringy moments also. But for the beginning/start-up of Phase 5, not going to lie: it sets up Phase 5 very well. We get introduced to not exactly the most menacing/mean villain of all time, but it's the powers he has and its the other variants of him that just may make Phase 5 villain(s) the most interesting to watch . . . To see how Marvel and Disney unfolds his intentions, his powers, and the affect he'll have in the MCU timeline (that is, if they do it right of course). Kang was an interesting villian in this movie . . . He was played by a Johnathon Majors who actually did a great job, so I'm excited to see more of him in later Marvel films. Johnathon Majors has potential in the MCU, and if Marvel and Disney does it right, it may just be the biggest role Johnathon has played in his movie career . . . Or it could be the somewhat of a downfall, just depending on how Marvel and Disney plays out Kang.

But Ant-Man just being a standalone movie in its series does farily alright. I think the beginning struggled to catch my attention. I think the first time watching it I was just waiting for Kang to appear on the screen, and kind of caring less of what playing at the moment. People/Critics alike raved about Johnathon Majors' performance, so of course I wanted to see if hey did actually a good job . . . And after watching it, I think he did a great job! But this movie has some interesting points that they brought to the table; maybe I could have taken the whole thing serisously if the 3rd act of the movie didn't just go a bit out of hand. I felt like the 3rd act of the movie was the downfall of the movie. It's just got a bit out of hand and that cringy speech in that movie didn't help at the least.

The 1st and 2nd act were interesting enough, but my favorite moments were when we were trying to understand the villian Kang a bit more. He was easily the best part about the movie, and outshadowing everyone's elses role in the movie, and not lying here. He's just a villian we have never gotten before, so I'm interested on how they're going to handle Kang, and he might be one of my favorite villians that has been brought to big screen. The other characters in the movie that weren't main characters like Scott and Hope, were more or less so unmemorable and they were in the shawdows in a lot of the movie. So basically, any characters in the movie that didn't have a big role were sidelined people who were underused in the movie.

M. O. D. O. K. Was the worst character in the movie and also one of the most unneeded too. I struggled to comprehend/digest him fully, and to be honest I could really care less about him. He wasn't an annoying character, he was just one that made me question why we even have him in the movie to begin with. But besides that character, this movie undergoes a lot of underused characters, and more or less put them in the shadows. Really unfortunate that we didn't get to understand these people in the Quantman Realm more.

Besides some questionable choices for the movie, a cringy speech, a 3rd act getting a bit out of hand, characters being underused, and a character not needed, this movie is a bit solid. For being a standalone Ant-Man movie it was okay, but for setting up Phase 5 and its villian, it did a great job! It was a movie that I enjoyed more on my secondtime and understood more. It's not I would want to see over and over, but it's one that I'm glad I saw how they setted up Phase 5!