Ant-Man (2015)

Ant-Man is a Marvel comic book character who has existed for more then fifty years, but you probably hadn't heard of him until you saw previews for this movie. Yes Marvel Studios great success and need for a steady stream of product has lead the powers that be to dig a little deeper into the barrel for characters to build movies around. That being said Ant-Man certainly has his place, he's even welcome because not only is he that rare super hero property who you don't start the film knowing everything about, but as a result of that you don't bring a ton of pre-existing expectations to the film and it can thus be easier to enjoy on its own terms. Not that the other films in the Marvel series are oppressive by any means but the tone here was refreshingly light, in part both to the script co-written by Edger Wright of Shaun of the Dead fame but also as Ant-Man is the perfect super hero character for Paul Rudd, who of course is a lightly comic actor here playing a lightly comic hero. I also liked how the story line here didn't feel needlessly out-sized, forgive the obvious joke. Ant-Man is a fun, straight forward super hero comedy that is delightfully unpretentious. Enjoyable. ***