Ant-Man

How to be diplomatic about this one?

Okay, Marvel's bound to have a screw-up at some point, something that's so unimaginative and formulaic that it's profoundly painful to watch.

Yes, the Ant-Man idea is imaginative, but the surrounding details, the support network, the venom, the drama, must have been written for the really young of age.

Lure in the next generation.

Even they may have knew exactly what was going to happen, yet since they may not have seen dozens of similar films, they may not have been able to tell that this one never even attempted to try something out of the ordinary.

Just because the concept is extraordinary, it doesn't mean you don't have to exercise your right to preponderate.

Laziness.

Alright, I know Marvel films aren't artistic philosophical masterpieces, but that's not really what I'm looking for.

What I am looking for is something like Mad Max: Fury Road or Aliens, Terminator 2, Die Hard, an engaged thoughtful hyperactive multidimensional salute to passion and existence that symphonically agitates myriad disparate domains.

Methinks Mad Max: Fury Road will endure.

It's just disappointing because the Marvel films are earning so much profit.

It's possible, although I hope this isn't the case, that the people running things behind the scenes at Marvel are starting to follow the same strategies adopted by the Toronto Maple Leafs for the last decade.

Decade.

Say it ain't so Marvel.

Say it ain't so!