Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Review
Evangeline Lilly's Wasp introduction through earned narrative foundation. Ghost's underdeveloped sympathetic antagonist.
Erik Sommers writes with Chris McKenna and the two are credited jointly on Spider-Man: Homecoming, Far From Home, No Way Home, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Jumanji: The Next Level.
He came from American Dad and The Simpsons, which is a comedy-room background and not a film-school one, and their scripts favour character-driven jokes over spectacle-driven ones.
No Way Home is the structural achievement, resolving three actors’ versions of the same character in a way that treats each as legitimate.
Andrew BarrerEvangeline Lilly's Wasp introduction through earned narrative foundation. Ghost's underdeveloped sympathetic antagonist.
Chris McKennaTom Holland's age-appropriate Peter Parker, Michael Keaton's working-class Vulture, John Hughes-influenced high school direction. The 7 reflects honest evaluation of one of the better Phase Three MCU entries and the best Peter Parker since Tobey Maguire.
Chris McKennaJake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio, the European tour, the basketball court Blip gag that confirmed the franchise wouldn't engage with its own catastrophe. The 6 reflects honest evaluation of a competent Phase Three closing film that operates as the franchise's first major…
Chris McKennaSpider-Man: No Way Home turns twenty years of Spider-Man films into one event. Three Peter Parkers, five returning villains, and an ending that costs the hero everything.
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