16.4.23
I like spending time with the Langs and the Van Dyne’s, but being stuck down in the CGI goop of the quantum realm for 2 hours with them wasn’t that enjoyable.
Quantumania is a cheap looking, exposition filled sludgefest that is probably the low point of the MCU so far. Jonathan Majors impresses again in 2023, and Paul Rudd just about keeps the film’s heart beating with humour and willpower. But a stretched plot, boring supporting characters and predictable action scenes really make it hard for the viewer to enjoy the film as a piece of escapism. I knew “that supporting villain” was going to pop up, but I wasn’t quite ready for just how bad the CGI is. It’s a cringeworthy and now infamous moment of modern cinema that deserves all the memes that mock it so hard.
Kang as a villain is just about interesting and cunning enough to keep my interest in the MCU films going for at least another phase. Quantumania confirms what the casual cinemagoer feared when the credits of Endgame rolled; we are sadly seeing the creative decline of Marvel on the big and small screen.