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THERE! I FIXED THE MOVIE! - Wish

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WARNING: The following post will contain spoilers for the film. If you haven't seen the movie yet, feel free to come back later. I don't think I'm alone in saying this, but Disney's 100th anniversary was one that went kinda poor. Granted, the company did produce some great films in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3  and Elemental , but everything else they put out was either forgettable, bland, or most of the time, a missed opportunity. And nowhere was that more apparent in their big celebratory movie: Wish . Going in, I thought this was going to be one of Disney's best animated films in years, if not the best. But when it ultimately released, it all came crashing down hard. In fact, to this day, people almost unanimously agree that this is one of, if not Disney's weakest animated film in recent years. I didn't hate the movie, but it's a film I'd describe as an airline movie. Y'know those cheesy, saccharine fluff films that always shows on planes si...

THERE! I FIXED THE MOVIE! MINI - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

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Of all the films in the MCU, the Ant-Man movies are the most that I have no opinion on. I mean, they’re definitely fine movies. They were just nice little moments of levity in between major tentpoles of the Infinity Saga, particularly with Ant-Man and the Wasp being the breather fans needed after that “holy shit” ending of Infinity War . But then we get to Quantumania , easily the worst of this series and the worst MCU movie in years. The sad thing is, for the most part, it was actually doing a lot of things right…by Ant-Man standards. The comedy was still hit and miss, even if I felt the lack of Luis, the effects like MODOK weren’t great but still fun, and Paul Rudd was still Paul Rudd-ing all over the place. For the most part, they were playing their cards right. But there was one part of the movie that not only completely ruined everything, but decimated it. And hey, let’s talk about it. I feel as though the movie’s biggest problem is the ending. Here’s the sitch - Ant-Man and Wasp...