Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania ‘worst’ MCU movie since Eternals | Films | Entertainment

During Marvel’s Infinity Saga, which stretched from 2008’s Iron Man to 2019’s Avengers Endgame, the MCU never suffered a Rotten Tomatoes green splat of disapproval. Even the not-so-fondly remembered The Incredible Hulk and Thor The Dark World survived on 67 and 66 per cent respectively. To be classified as a “fresh” red tomato movie on the reviews aggregator, a film must score at least 60 per cent positive reviews ranging from three to five stars. However, just two years ago the franchise had its first “rotten” with Eternals.

Oscar winner Chloé Zhao’s Eternals followed an ensemble cast of immortals played by the likes of Richard Madden and Angelina Jolie. Yet the film’s screenplay, pacing and character development came under fire from critics, with the blockbuster being awarded just 47 per cent positive reviews in 2021.

Now Marvel’s latest movie Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is set to arrive in cinemas this Friday and has suffered a similar fate from reviewers.

Daily Telegraph
Another two-hour blast from Marvel’s inexhaustible multicoloured CG gunge hose.

New York Post 
Sorry to Raid on your parade, “Ant-Man” fans, but the third chapter is a pile of dirt.

Washington Post
In Quantumania sprightly pacing and lighthearted humour have succumbed to the turgid seriousness that plagues so much of the comic book canon.

Deadline
I have to confess I am getting quite sick of the sorcerer-style flashy and fiery effects so many of these comic book movies revel in. Mix it up next time, guys.

CinemaBlend
[A] blockbuster that’s never compelling for more than five minutes at a time and has nothing original or special to contribute to the superhero genre.

Rolling Stone
Quantumania is somehow heavy without feeling substantial, almost desperate in its dourness. Even scattered with occasional wisecracks, it makes Eternals feel positively breezy by comparison.

Meanwhile, some critics weren’t so harsh, highlighting the best part of the film as Jonathan Majors’ introduction as the MCU’s new Thanos-level villain Kang the Conqueror.

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The Independent 
All in all – particularly when balanced against the weightiness of Majors’ performance – Quantumania nicely hits the mark: it’s goofy, but goofy to just the right degree.

Hollywood Reporter
While it’s not surprising that [Majors’] imposing physicality perfectly suits his iconic villainous character, he also invests his performance with such an arrestingly quiet stillness and ambivalence that you’re on edge every moment he’s onscreen.

The Guardian
Does Kang bang? Why yes, he does. Majors brings the same emotionally intense it-boy energy of Adam Driver in The Force Awakens.