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ant-manSuper-hero movies are all the rage… so the powers-that-be are scraping the bottom of the barrel. Ant-man? Sure, why not? While I’m sure true comic aficionados respect Ant-man for all the right reasons, many of the rest of us look a bit sideways, saying “really?  Ant-man? And he can not only shrink, but control ants too? How does he do that again?” There were a few fun moments in this, but overall it was just kind of really well… stupid.

What did it for me was one particular sequence that I can best describe as “action fatigue”. When the hero first shrinks, he get thrown into about 5 death-defying sequences, back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back… it’s completely ridiculous. The scene would have been much more powerful if he shrunk and just had to sit there and think about what has happened to him. He’s never allowed to think, just react. And we never get to think about it either… I felt like I was watching a boardroom brainstorm sequence where every stupid idea was brought to life in one overwrought ugly sequence.

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4 different takes on the drug “trade”. It was a bit overly-dramatic and preachy at times, but still worth a watch. Some scenes and bits were very watchable. I especially liked the actor who played the Mexican cop. By the end of the movie, I couldn’t help but think… “so what’s the solution?” Someday, this issue will settle… it may take a hundred years or more, but someday… So, how do we get from here to there? is there any way to speed the process? or do we just have to wait for history to unfold and tell us the plan?