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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
**Hello friends, good vibes to all.
The last review I did of a Marvel movie I think was Thor: Love and Thunder and with it I thought, naively, that it could not be at the same level or lower in terms of quality than that film. It is true that then came out Wakanda Forever which I also saw but I never reviewed it being the cause that my mood improved a little, for me that movie is not bad, in fact it is quite passable with respect to the dullness that lately Marvel is presenting us. With that in mind I decided, not long ago, to give Scott Lang's latest adventure a chance to see if the superhero giant, in this case Marvel, would follow the path of Wakanda or we would return to the fiasco of Thor.
Sadly, and let this not be considered a spoiler, I think it's back to having a major setback. It is true that for me this is much better than Thor but it is not at the levels of the great films that once graced theaters; it is not the worst of Marvel, as I have read out there, because to overcome in that sense Eternals and Thor: love and thunder itself is complicated but it can easily be in the top 3 or 5 of the worst that Kevin Feige and his people have put out. This is frustrating because I'm a fan of this kind of movies and at the very least I want a quality product but there's something that's not allowing that to happen and it's something that's been going on for quite some time. But well, let's go ahead and talk a little bit about what this trip through the quantum multiverse was like.
This new stage begins with Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) living a life of fame and tranquility after the events of Endgame and now being an Avenger he has the recognition of the whole world after having helped save humanity at that time. Scott's daughter, Cassie (Kathryn Newton), is very passionate about all things scientific thanks in part to her grandfather Hank (Michael Douglas) with whom she has been secretly working on certain experiments, one of which goes horribly wrong. What happens? - Well, in their quest to discover a little more about the quantum world, the whole family in question is dragged into it, where they realize that the multiverse is wider than they imagined.
Being there they notice strange things and they realize that they are not alone, there is a perfectly developed civilization which suffers a big problem, they are subjected under the yoke of Kang, the conqueror (Jonathan Mayers) who is called to be the new face of evil in this phase 5 of the Marvel universe, but it will be under another actor as Mayers has been canceled and removed from everything. It is here when the film begins its course in which they will have to face a villain in theory quite powerful in order to stop the plan that is at hand, without giving many clues but it has to do with timelines and the multiverse itself. With all this, a madness filled with the typical Marvel-Disney comedy is unleashed.
While it is true that Marvel was acquired by Disney back in 2009, at that time we still did not see that hand or influence in the movies as we see it now, partly because they were other times, we are talking about 14 years ago, so the world was not as alert as it can be today. Personally I do not like the way they are taking these films where everything has to be "friendly" with a comedy that does not give laughter, with situations that do not give laughter and poorly structured characters that also do not give laughter and all to please a few and thus not fall under the finger of the inquisition of social networks. What they do not know or well I think they do, is that under that formula they are loading stories that could be much more impressive than what they end up being.
Having said that here in Quantumania for me the big failure is what I said before, how terrible certain characters are and the clearest example is MODOK. What they did with him has no name, for those who do not know him is a villain of this universe quite dark and sinister whose variety of powers is quite interesting; in this film they caricatured him to the point that it is pitiful and pitiful to see him. He is a kind of clown lackey of Kang who is very pitiful on screen, this for me was a major downturn, I did not expect it and is another confirmation that Marvel seems not interested in being faithful to their characters.
As for the plot or story I did not find it so bad, if repetitive because if there is something that we have seen in large numbers is everything that has to do with the multiverse and in Marvel even more so it seems that the arguments are running out or want to continue exploiting something that the public may already be getting a little tired of seeing. When I was watching it I honestly didn't get bored but it was a bit predictable and certain scenes and interactions took me out of the action and tension mood we were seeing at times. There was something that bothered me a lot and it has to do with creative decisions and it is the way in which Kang is "defeated", for those who saw it will know what I'm talking about and how absurd it all was and for those who still haven't seen it, get ready for that.
In terms of characters, the only one I'm going to talk about is Kang. At no point in the film did I connect with him, I found him to be a totally empty villain with no charisma whatsoever. I think one of the main reasons why I wasn't completely caught by this film was because of the bad guy and to think that he is an incredibly powerful one, in the comics you can notice it, but here his structure as a character was pretty lame. One of the biggest hype I had was to see what Kang was going to be like, well nothing, a big disappointment. As for the rest of the cast, you should know that even Bill Murray makes an appearance. Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd himself are always right, nothing to say about them.
Overall I give this movie a 7/10 and I'm being generous. It's not as bad as Thor which I gave less than 7, if I remember correctly, but it's not Marvel's great success either. It can be seen, the effects are acceptable, the plot is good in the background, not so much in the form and well as for his characters there if the thing if the thing falters a bit. If Marvel doesn't change course I'm afraid that their next productions will have the same destiny, tired, repetitive, NOT funny and even cheesy. I leave the trailer here.
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Bueno mi gente por hoy es todo, espero que les haya gustado. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
***Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it. ¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!