Don’t Worry; Ant-Man 3 Is Better Than Eternals

You can ignore the Rotten Tomatoes scores

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Eternals was the first MCU movie that I actively disliked, and yes, that means I tolerated Thor: The Dark World. And Iron Man 2. And Avengers 2. Eternals was to the MCU what The Last Jedi was to Star Wars. It wasn’t just bad, it was wrong. Like a papercut between your fingers wrong.

If you go by the Rotten Tomatoes score, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is right there with Eternals in the gutter of Marvel movies. Well, I’m here to tell you that those critics don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.

Quantumania certainly isn’t perfect. Aesthetically, it looks like a pulpy sci-fi cover from the 1970s, where everything is too pink and orange. Then, of course, there’s the whole annoying teenager trope where her stubbornness seems like a flaw but then magically becomes an asset. For me, though, the biggest offense is the complete lack of Michael Peña.

I also missed Bobby Cannavale and Judy Greer. And would it have killed the filmmakers to give Randall Park at least one line?

But what this movie lacks in Michael Peña, it more than makes up for in Jonathan Majors. His presence as villain Kang the Conqueror is undeniable even to most critics. I always prefer my baddies to be forlorn and…