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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 309409" data-attributes="member: 23">Reflecting on this a little more, I&#039;m excitedly wondering how I&#039;ll feel about the next film I&#039;m due to watch, Captain America: Civil War. As you know, both Cap films have been my favourites to date, and I really wouldn&#039;t have anticipated this before watching them. And we know how I&#039;ve felt about the two Avengers films. From the imagery and limited information I&#039;ve seen, Civil War seems to be pretty much an Avengers film. But it has the writers of the two Cap films and the director of my favourite MCU film so far. This could be interesting. Definitely. There are a couple of the darker ones I enjoy, but they&#039;re the exceptions and yes, the DC films seem to really overdo that. I can understand that. I don&#039;t know why it clicked with me the way it did, or why I was more easily able to overlook some of its shortcomings. Some of it might simply be down to my affection for the Ant-Man and Wasp characters as concepts. You are right about the comedy elements. In some ways it felt like the dramedies that were popular in the mid Noughties (Desperate Housewives, and suchlike). Despite this,&nbsp; Ant-Man still feels like a good fit with the wider MCU for me. Especially when I think of how diverse the styles of the previous solo origin films were.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t want to see this kind of tone in every MCU film, but as a one-off I liked it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 309409, member: 23"] Reflecting on this a little more, I'm excitedly wondering how I'll feel about the next film I'm due to watch, [I]Captain America: Civil War.[/I] As you know, both [I]Cap[/I] films have been my favourites to date, and I really wouldn't have anticipated this before watching them. And we know how I've felt about the two [I]Avengers[/I] films. From the imagery and limited information I've seen, [I]Civil War [/I]seems to be pretty much an [I]Avengers[/I] film. But it has the writers of the two [I]Cap[/I] films and the director of my favourite MCU film so far. This could be interesting. Definitely. There are a couple of the darker ones I enjoy, but they're the exceptions and yes, the DC films seem to really overdo that. I can understand that. I don't know why it clicked with me the way it did, or why I was more easily able to overlook some of its shortcomings. Some of it might simply be down to my affection for the Ant-Man and Wasp characters as concepts. You are right about the comedy elements. In some ways it felt like the dramedies that were popular in the mid Noughties ([I]Desperate Housewives, [/I]and suchlike). Despite this, [I]Ant-Man [/I]still feels like a good fit with the wider MCU for me. Especially when I think of how diverse the styles of the previous solo origin films were. I wouldn't want to see this kind of tone in every MCU film, but as a one-off I liked it. [/QUOTE]

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