ANT-MAN 3 Writer Was Surprised by the Bad Reviews and Was "Really Sad About It"
Critics and fans haven’t been kind to Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. While I enjoyed the film for what it was, which was Saturday morning cartoon-type entertainment, the movie wasn’t without its issues. The film was full of problems, and the writing was a big one. So many people have complained about the bad dialogue, which I can’t argue with.
Quantumania is one of the worst-reviewed Marvel films in history, with 48% on Rotten Tomatoes which nearly matches the Eternals record-low score of 47%. On top of that, the film dropped 69% at the box office in its second weekend. It’s not doing very well.
Well, now the film’s screenwriter, Jeff Loveness, is addressing the bad reviews, telling The Daily Beast: “To be honest, those reviews took me by surprise.” He went on to say that these reviews put him in “a pretty low spot… Those were not good reviews, and I was like, ‘What the …?’”
Regardless, he is proud of what he did with certain characters saying: “I’m really proud of what I wrote for Jonathan Majors and Michelle Pfeiffer [scientist Janet Pym]. I thought that was good stuff, you know? And so I was just despondent, and I was really sad about it.”
He started to feel better after he watched the film with audience members in a theater at a real screening saying: “I’m like, ‘Goddamn! No, [the reviews] are wrong! I’m right! MODOK is great!’ I’m pretty happy with it overall, and I think I learned how to take a punch this week. And now that I learned that it’s not too bad, I can just get on with making things.”
Quantumania was Loveness’ first big feature film. Before that, he worked on shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live and Rick and Morty, and when he set out to write this Marvel movie, he wanted “to make a type of adventure movie that I loved growing up.”
Loveness went on to say: “With Paul Rudd, we had the opportunity to do this throwback ’90s dad protagonist, the way Robin Williams in Hook or Jumanji feels. You have this playful superhero that most people think is pretty low stakes, and the pitch we had was what if he’s accidentally in an Avengers movie basically by himself, completely out of his depth? That felt like a really fun challenge to tackle.”
Loveness is now currently developing the script for Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
I’ve seen Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania three times so far, and each time I watch it, it just gets worse. So, I’m probably not going to watch it anymore. After three time all of the problems of the film stick out like a sore thumb, and one of it’s biggest issues, other than the special effects, is the script and dialogue. But, Jonathan Majors’ Kang The Conqueror still holds up.