Ranking Every Aspect Of The MCU From Worst To Best
12. Ant-Man
The universally-beloved Paul Rudd slotted seamlessly into the MCU as the most unlikely superhero this side of Seth Rogen's Green Hornet in Ant-Man, a movie that overcame its well-publicized behind-the-scenes issues to deliver another straightforward Marvel Studios origin story, albeit with some artistic flourishes.
Peyton Reed hits all of the story beats we've come to expect from the studio's potential franchise-launchers in workmanlike fashion; the reluctant hero looking to make things right for the sake of those closest to him, a two-dimensional villain that represents an evil version the title character, a forced love interest, cameos to establish the movie as part of the wider universe, a healthy dose of daddy issues and a CGI-fuelled climax. So far, so Marvel.
What elevates Ant-Man above mediocrity is the light and breezy caper-infused approach to the material that allows for some great visual gags and a script heavy on the one-liners, which was to be expected really given that the script is credited to Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay and Rudd himself, the first actor to be publicly credited as having worked on an MCU script. Take that, Edward Norton!