Anything that reminds me of Richard Matheson's "The Incredible Shrinking Man" and stars Evangeline Lilly is pretty much gonna be a winner with me.

"Ant-Man" was a funny movie. I laughed plenty and often. Many cast members got into the comedy act. It wasn't just Paul Rudd or Michael Pena. Michael Douglas was a great Hank Pym, a complex character with skeletons in his closet and some well hidden emotional scars. But, like every other character, he was a source of many laughs.

There were also plenty of thrills and some great uses of 3D. More than any other recent 3D release than I can remember. When Ant-Man was ant-sized, the 3D really popped. I think it was because things in the background were over sized and slightly blurred. I also need to call out how much I liked the different types of ants and how cool they were used in the movie. The scene with Ant-Man fighting Yellowjacket on the train set was a highlight, too.

Even though this was a blast overall, "Ant-Man" featured a weak, uninteresting villain and had some story beats, like Scott Lang's daughter, that seemed forced and overly sentimental.

I'm hearing "Ant-Man" being compared to "Guardians of the Galaxy" and that's fair to a point. Both movies feature quirky, wise-cracking characters. It's not quite as un-"Marvel" as GotG was, but it's still not as cookie-cutter as the other Marvel Universe flicks.