Ant-Man 3 Off to Upsetting Start on Rotten Tomatoes | The Direct

While Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania looks to make a splash as the MCU"s first Phase 5 movie, its Rotten Tomatoes has caused some initial concern.
Ant-Man 3 is set to become the MCU’s 31st movie and the next step forward in the Multiverse Saga, pitting Team Ant-Man against the MCU’s next big bad, Kang the Conqueror. 
Even though this is an Ant-Man movie first and foremost, expectations are through the Multiversal roof for this movie to be a great one, particularly with it being an important stepping stone towards 2025’s Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
Early reviews for Ant-Man 3 brought a wide range of reactions from early critics, with some praising it as the best Ant-Man film yet while others thought it was too jam-packed and didn"t serve as much more than a filler movie. But the mystery now is this - how will that translate to early reception for the threequel?
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Gets Mixed ReviewsAnt-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is currently listed on Rotten Tomatoes with a 63% Tomatometer score from 70 critics reviews, one of the lowest ratings in MCU history. Even though the threequel won"t release in theaters until February 17, this paints a worrisome picture for the MCU"s latest theatrical release.
Phase 4"s Eternals from November 2021 opened up with a 59% rating before becoming one of the lowest-grossing films Marvel Studios has ever made, even though the reviews were compounded on top of rising Covid-19 concerns.
Reviews have been less than positive for the film overall too, with many feeling as though the movie was held back by its MCU ties and hollow emotional story.
Inverse noted in its review that Quantumania feels more like "a building block" than an actual movie, describing it as "three movies jostling for screentime" while being completely overshadowed by the overarching MCU narrative:

"The problem with "Quantumania" is that it’s not a movie, it’s a building block. There are three movies jostling for screentime within Quantumania — Scott and Cassie’s father-daughter story, Janet van Dyne’s repressed guilt over Kang’s origins, the Quantum Realm’s long fight to overthrow the tyrannical Kang — but they’re all overshadowed by the MCU of it all… The result is an undercooked, overstuffed action movie that feels like a shadow of better pulpy adventure sendups before it."

The Playlist made it clear that Ant-Man 3 "is not a dud," but used terms like "sub-par" and "unremarkable" when reviewing the movie as a whole:

"‘Quantumania’ is not all dud, per se. Even if it’s not as comical or entertaining as usual, there is a good cast involved here, Kathryn Newton is a welcome edition, and Paul Rudd can’t help but elevate sub-par material. But otherwise, ‘Quantumania’ is shockingly unremarkable."

Rolling Stone saw this movie as one that is "merely killing time," noting that fans might have to "simply keep enduring overly familiar, frustrating placeholders" like this one unless something changes creatively:

"The powers that be have several years worth of narrative mapped out, and given the last few entries in their superhero soap opera, even they seem a little tired by all of it. Until some sort of creative second wind blows in, casual moviegoers and deeply invested fanatics may have to simply keep enduring overly familiar, frustrating placeholders like this. Quantumania revolves around a powerful villain who wants to control time. The movie itself is merely killing time."

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