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An 'alternative' superhero film

posted 11 years ago by PoppyTransfusion
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Quirky and witty, the way in which Antboy and his nemesis, The Flea, gain their superhero powers is intriguing. Played mostly by actors interspersed with animation, Antboy is as much a coming-of-age film as it is one about superheroes. Or perhaps it's better to say anti-superheroes. It's very cool, in a Scandinavian way, and the child actors are superb.

I saw this at the London Film Festival. I hope it gets distribution for wider release.

Why do you refuse to remember me?

[–] RiseUpMegalon 10 years ago

Or jumping on the MCU bandwagon and trying to scrap a couple bucks using the plot from Spiderman while hoping to get some confused renters thinking it's connected to Ant-Man coming out next year? The fact that a sequel's greenlit in time for AntMan makes that coming-of-age sentence kinda buckle, eh?

[–] TannerDVader 9 years ago

Actually, the film is based on a Scandinavian film and I'd argue is better done then any Spider-man film except for the first Sam Rami directed one. Very surprised by the quality of this, especially coming out of a place not known for films. I look forward to more.

[–] haileybaron 9 years ago

You have no idea what you're talking about. The story was around long before marvel started making all their films.
And you say a sequel was green-lit just in time for the Antman release? Well the Antboy sequel comes out December 25, 2014
When does Antman come out? Oh yea, 7 months later.
Dope.