Monday Movie Mania - Ant-man and the Wasp

Our story picks up two years after the events in Captain America: Civil War. Scott has three days left in his house arrest for his part in helping the Winter Soldier escape. Meanwhile Hank and Hope are on the run for providing Scott his Ant-man suit while trying to recreate Scott's entry and return from the quantum realm in a desperate attempt to find and save Janet.


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PROS
1) The entire cast is back! (Well, everyone except Yellowjacket since he bought a one-way ticket to hell in Ant-man.)

2) The Wasp gets equal billing, and she shows just how dangerous her sting can be.

3) While Goliath didn't technically make an appearance, I was ecstatic Bill Foster made an appearance since he was the Goliath I grew up with.

4) Michelle Pfieffer was perfect as Janet Van Dyne-Pym!

5)The revised Ghost was a sympathetic character who Bill saved in soul long before the team saved her life; this went a longer ways in cementing the positive family vibe of the Ant-Man franchise than Janet's rescue.

6) The film neatly ties into Avengers: Infinity War, and a possible solution to Thanos, with the mid-credits scene. It also manages to give Hawkeye a damn good reason for not appearing in A:IW too.


CONS
1) Some the visual special effects gave me a headache.

2) The joke of Scott being the size of child was dragged on a little too long.


Overall, I give Ant-Man and the Wasp 9 stars out of 10.