Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the latest Marvel movie, has received very harsh reviews. One of the screenwriters who had worked on the writing of the feature film confided in the difficulty of receiving this volley of comments. An interview that also helps to better understand the intentions behind the blockbuster, and perhaps the reasons for its flop.
” I was really proud of what I wrote (…) I thought it was really good, you know? I just felt down, I was really, really sad. Screenwriter Jeff Loveness is struggling to recover from the slew of negative reviews that Marvel’s latest release has received. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Since its release in early February 2023, the feature film has had a string of disappointments, between a collapse at the box office and ever more acerbic comments on its scriptwriting qualities – Numerama has also made several, in particular concerning its lack of narrative interest. . On Metacritic, it gets a mediocre score of 48/100 and only 5.9/10 from the public. To compare, Doctor Strange 2despite its faults, had collected a 60/100.
” To be honest, I was very surprised by these reviews “, confided Jeff Loveness to the Daily Beast, a week after the release of the film. ” I went to a broadcast after the movie was out and so did the critics, and the audience was laughing! According to him, this would be yet another proof of the gap between criticism and public opinion. A few weeks later, however, the attendance results began to prove him wrong: from one week to the next, Ant Man 3 saw its box office revenue drop 70%, the worst descent for a Marvel.
An “adventure comedy” with “big stupid jokes”
The interview with Loveness, who signs her first Marvel film here after spending years on the hit animated series rick and morty, helps to better understand the intention of the scriptwriter. ” I mostly tried to make Quantumania kind of like a throwback to the 90s, a comedy adventure. I wanted us to have the same feeling as before Men in Black, it’s funny and crazy, but there are also real issues and the characters are developed. »
” What I’m actually missing “, he continued, “ it’s films with gags that are really quite stupid, without any detour. I like movies that contain big jokes and don’t try to stay down to earth all the time. The word ‘grounded’ is very overrated in comedies. I do not care. I want to see movies with jokes, funny characters and breathtaking situations. »
Loveness concludes that he has ” raison and that critics have ” wrong “, focusing on the laughter of the spectators with whom he attended the screening of the blockbuster.
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