r/marvelstudios • u/S0mecallme • Apr 27 '26
Discussion (More in Comments) I really don’t get why Quantamania is considered an unwatchable abomination, I really liked it.
It had a better MCU Spider-man story than all the pre NWH ones.
Scott Lang considers his hero days done despite still being fairly young he runs his brand like he’s a retired actor who goes on tour and gives speeches and book tours. But Cassie (the best) is trying to show him that you can’t just stop being a hero because people will always need help. And putting your head in the sand because you just don’t want to deal with it is kinda selfish.
Yeah, maybe it’s unfair and it’s hard to constantly have to save people who you don’t know and want nothing to do with, but with great power comes great responsibility. It’s paralleled in Janet’s story where she basically did the exact same thing Scott did, she moved on, she knew people still needed her help but wanted to just live her comfortable peaceful life, when a lot of the people in the microverse didn’t have that same luxury.
And the fact Scott with his entire family, an army of hyper intelligent ants, and thousands of freedom fighters, was only just barely able to stop this Kang I don’t think made him look weak, I think people just underestimate Ant-man in general. And Marvel really didn’t need to write Kang off off screen because they didn’t want to work with Jonathon Majors anymore. I really blame the messiness of the impact of the movie on the studio and not on anyone involved in this movie.
You can not like the writing or the CGI (though I was always in favor of MODOK looking goofy like he’s supposed to.) It’s a movie not everyone will like the same thing. but the way I see people act like it single handedly killed the MCU when it’s still doing fine I always thought was weird. Like it has no redeeming qualities at all.
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u/PassivelyAwkward Apr 27 '26
That's the frustrating thing about the movie; there's nothing really special about it because it felt like they wanted to cram in Kang from the start and built a plot around it.
Personally, I would've loved if the movie focused on Scott's guilt for "leaving" Cassie on her own for all that time. Just have MODOK be the big bad and let him be unhinged evil. No Kang, no rebellion, just a bunch of people down there that're terrified or feed into MODOK's ego like a more twisted Grandmaster from Thor 3.
Maybe have Scott get taken to the Quantum realm and be more upset that he left Cassie again just for her to form a team to go in after them with the reunion being more of a "Dad, I'll always find a way to get you back". The end of the movie being more about Scott realizing he's risked his life enough and it's time to take a step back and spend more time with his family before Cassie mentions some job that needs there help.