OK, is it just me, or in "Ant Man & The Wasp", is Ghost actually the protagonist? @AntMan (1/13)
Scott is adorable but does nothing. His goal is to be at home when the FBI gets there so he can get off of house arrest. (2/13)
Hope and Hank are actively seeking a goal - rescuing Janet - but they don't make any moral choices (i.e., good vs. good or bad vs. bad - good vs. bad is not a choice) throughout the movie. They're flat characters, just plain ol' good guys. (3/13)
The only characters who make moral choices are Ghost (Ava) and Bill Foster. Ava starts off being kinda selfish by trying to steal the lab in order to control the process of recovering Janet. She doesn't know that Janet is in danger from her plans. (4/13)
At the start of the movie, Ava is a basic "scoundrel" character - good intentions (recovering a normal life, which was wrongfully ruined) but pursuing them through selfish means. (5/13)
When Hank reveals that Ava and Bill's plan will kill Janet, Ava doubles down on selfishness, moving from "scoundrel" into "sociopath". She's on a negative change arc. (6/13)
Bill, meanwhile, though he resists at first does maintain moral clarity. He's been down with the "scoundrel"-level methods, but won't condone worse. No kidnapping, and if it's really going to kill Janet we need a new plan. (7/13)
Due to her fall to evil, Ava's heroic struggle to right the injustice done to her is foiled by the antagonists (Hope and Hank, with help from supporting character Scott). (8/13)
In a deus ex machina, Janet turns out to have quantum healing powers and fixes Ava (through the exact thing that Hank had said would kill Janet, apparently?). (9/13)
In response, Ava appears to begin a moral turnaround, urging Bill to leave her and save himself when running from the FBI. (10/13)
It's revealed in the post-credits scene that Ava has changed for the better, and is now on the side of her former antagonists. (11/13)
BOOM: Ghost is the hero of "Ant Man & The Wasp". You know what other movie had the villain as the hero? Freakin' "Infinity War". (12/13)
Basically, "Ant Man & The Wasp" is a far cleverer movie than you think it is. (13/13)
@NandovMovies I just did way too much thinking about “Ant Man & The Wasp”. It might need a Nando treatment. One small change, and it basically deconstructs the entire superhero genre… Ant Man Kills the MCU!
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