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    In 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,' the setting is subatomic — as are the stakes

    The third film in Marvel's Ant-Man trilogy sends the MCU's tinest titans into a subatomic universe, where they — and we the viewers — get stuck.
    by Glen Weldon Feb 15, 2023 6 minutes
    "Say, do any of you guys know how to Madison?" Scott (Paul Rudd) and Cassie (Kathryn Newton) greeted by residents of the Quantum Realm.

    You know what? Sure.

    [Critic nods, files review, impressed with his incisive pithiness.]

    [Critic receives snippy text from his editor, demanding extrapolation.]

    [Critic, wounded, defiant, sends shrug emoji.]

    [Critic receives snippier, angrier, more demanding text from editor.]

    [Critic sighs, reopens review.]

    Sure.

    Fine.

    Maybe this is what we're all just doing now, making movies like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Maybe we all just accept it. Can we all just accept it? Could we? We'd all sleep better, I promise you that much.

    Who's complaining? Not me. I mean, I don't feel I'm in any position to complain, because as a little nerdy kid, a movie like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was precisely what I wished for. Longed for. Ached for. Me, and hundreds of thousands of little nerdy kids like me.

    We did this. It's on us. Let's own it.

    We always knew we'd get movies about Superman, Batman, even Spider-Man. And we got them, eventually. But it wasn't enough; we wished for more.

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