Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Madness Nears Lowest-Rated Marvel Movie

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum of Madness came close to a very negative record, nearly beating out the Eternals as the lowest-rated MCU movie on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Madness is about to reach a negative MCU milestone: becoming the lowest-rated MCU movie on Rotten Tomatoes. According to popular review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the Paul Rudd star shares the bottom of the MCU with the deeply divisive Eternals. However, the recently premiered Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Fever failed to win over critics and came close to taking the Eternals' place.

At the time of writing, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Fever has a 48% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, higher than The Eternals' final score of 47%. Those scores meant that both movies earned the site's "bad movie" label, which is used to rate movies that are generally unfavorable. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Fever and the downward trend of critics suggest that it may soon be alone at the bottom of the MCU in terms of Rotten Tomatoes scores, as it has dropped from 52%.

Is Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Really That Bad?

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is bigger than the first two installments in the Ant-Man franchise, giving Rudd's Scott Lang his most challenging fight to date. The film marks the MCU debut of Jonathan Majors' Kang the Conqueror, who is easily the star of the show. critic The consensus is that Kang is the most prominent character in the movie, but Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Fever seems more interested in setting the villain's future in the MCU than properly developing the conflict between Kang and Ant-Man . Another point explains the shockingly poor ratings Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Fever received from critics.

After a very bumpy Phase 4, there was a kind of MCU fatigue. While most reviews in the past have viewed the MCU in a positive light, Phase 4 has seen a splinter series of movies and TV shows that may have turned the tide on the franchise a bit. Eternals was the first major MCU release to receive mostly negative reviews, and the film shares one key aspect with the new Ant-Man: exposition-laden dialogue. Even though Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Fever chose Kang as the villain, he could have been handled better.

Majors is as good as Kang, however, his story relies too much on exposition and telling the audience rather than acting. Still, even with its few flaws, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Fever is an enjoyable film, as reflected in its 84% ​​audience rating. Not the best MCU though It has to offer, it's not as bad as Thor: The Dark World, and it shouldn't be as divisive as the Eternals were in the MCU audience. In the end, critics are right to point to the potential for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Fever to fail — like The Eternals — but it would be shocking for an Ant-Man movie to have the lowest score in the MCU.

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