Legendary Ant-Man Film Analysis

One of the founding members of the famed Marvel superhero group Avengers finally had the chance to take the spotlight for himself. Ant-Man took the big screen on July 17 and grossed about $58 million on its opening week end. Contrast to the protagonist’s physique, the story reached big milestones no one could have imagined. The film started with a glimpse of the past where Peggy Carter and Howard Stark still worked for the early version of S.H.I.E.L.D together with a genius doctor named Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). Pym made a scientific breakthrough by discovering the so-called ‘Pym Particle’ which allowed one to shrink the size of organic matter but still with tremendous amount of strength. Unfortunately, due to an incident involving his

His former protégé Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) knew about the buried secret and was so close to replicating it. In order to stop what could be a huge mass destruction, he recruited an ex-convict in the name of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) to reprise his role as the legendary Ant-Man. Lang, who was just freed out of the jail, has only one thing in his mind---to be a father to his daughter Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson). After serving his prison time as a convicted burglar, his daughter was the only person he wants to be with. Essentially, the movie evolved around the love of Lang to his daughter and how a man with a broken past will do everything to make his daughter proud of him. It also featured the relationship between Dr. Pym and her daughter Hope, whose hate-love relationship could be traced from a broken past.. A combination of comedy, action and drama, the Ant-man surpassed expectations and proved to be worth watching

Hope, who trained her entire life to be the successor of his father’s work, finally uncovered the reason behind her father’s decision to abandon the legacy worth being immortalized. She knew then why Pym chose Lang instead of her to don the Ant-Man’s suit. The father-daughter side track surely added to the beauty of the plot. Many had predicted it would not cater the movie-goers interest since Ant-man’s character in the comic books was usually a source of laughing stock. But with this adaptation, Ant-Man undoubtedly proved critics wrong. The wit and humor of the film was absolutely not the result of stupid things made by Ant-Man—maybe slightly—but it was amusing because it surely hit the emotional button of those who watched it. To see people laughing at one point followed by a complete silence was a sight to see. It was funny because it was not everyday something could make us all worked up like that. Overall, the Ant-Man did well. Although not as good as compared to other Marvel Movies in terms of ticket sales, it performed at par in serving as a good breather for those who wanted to escape reality. It did well for those who wanted to reprise their childhood and have a good