What do you expect from a $130 million movie?

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So people will say to me, “  Haaan, it’s okay, what did you expect? ” 

I don't know?

But since Scott's not very smart, let's see what's going on with Doctor Pym, who on this fine day, is going to visit the premises of his company, which has lost its name of Pym'p my Ride (his mother was a hairdresser) to fax lists become Cross Industries, named after the new CEO, Darren Cross, since Pym is now retired. But why this visit from a retiree to his company? Well, first of all, because it's the opportunity to see his daughter, Hope, who is one of the leaders of Cross Industries. Hmmm, wait, so she's the daughter of the nice leader? I think I already know who the hero is going to kiss at the end. No, ladies, no kissing a hero if you're not the daughter of a leader. You'll just have to tell off dad. And don't tell me this cliché doesn't ring a bell: do you want to talk about Avatar again, for example ?

No but.

Anyway, here comes… Darren Cross? Wait, he's BALD! Since this is a cliché movie, I can already tell you he's bad and he's going to die. Bald people are like mustachioed people: unless you're black and a police captain, you're heading for serious trouble. But let's just pretend we didn't see those giant hooves (Sunday critics will probably see this as a deeply intellectual wink for a movie about ants), and move on. Because Cross has brought in Pym, along with all the board members, to talk about some big plans.

So we follow the small team as they slip through the corridors of Cross Industries to reach a huge laboratory, with lots of screens, doors that go psssht, and dozens of scientists in lab coats doing all sorts of things, like fiddling with their tables (look closely). Cross presses a button, and a video appears.

These are archival images, obviously from the Cold War, where we can see Soviet soldiers getting beaten up by an invisible adversary. Yes, but each time, by zooming in on the images, we can see a tiny humanoid dishing out slaps, barely bigger than an insect! Could this be the next generation of jokeys? We see him running around, slapping his cheeks, operating a machine gun who knows how since he doesn't pull the trigger, but you get the idea. Cross comments on the images:

“Look at these documents found on YouTube… Ant-Man! A legend! Some claim he never existed, Doctor Pym here first… it seems like someone is lying! Pym, who always refused to share his formula for shrinking objects… even with his own company! Now that I have it under my control, I have decided to pursue this path anyway and succeed with or without the help of… yes? Do you have a question? Mr…?
” “Asshole. No, I just wanted to say: your footage is cool. Instructive, really.