My name is Quantum Tarantino and a few years ago a cruel gag forced me to review all the movies that had the word “Quantum” in the title. I was driven by an unknown force to look for the best in every film. My only guide was Nanni Cobretti, the founder of the 400 Calci, who appeared to me in the form of a hologram that only I could see and hear. Trapped in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, jumping from movie to movie, helping those in trouble, and always hoping that my next review will be the last…

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is the thirty-first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the first of Phase 5, the third dedicated to the character of Ant-Man and the second, with Eternals, with an average grade below sufficiency at Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. That doesn’t mean, to be clear, that people get bored with Marvel movies or they wouldn’t have made $100 million in a weekend. But if the big review aggregators like Rotten and Metacritic are a vaguely reliable thermometer (and no more) of American audience tastes, with this film Marvel has finally managed the impossible feat of beating the expectations of people who walked into the cinema with no expectations.
It’s kind of an Ant-Man thing, if you think about it. We didn’t expect anything with the first film and instead it pleasantly surprised us. We didn’t expect anything from the second and nothing is exactly what we got. We didn’t expect anything from the third and as the famous meme says

A problem that resonates with all post-endgame MCUs, this seeming nonsense that the most ambitious operation in the history of cinema (cinema with a small c, out of respect for Scorsese) is taking much longer than expected to figure out what that is Shit, he wants to be great…
“What to do when you grow up”: Go there, what a crazy help to talk about the plot! ‘Cause there’s that Ant-Man thing that has the power to get awesome, right? But there is also the character of Cassie, Ant-Man’s daughter, who was a little girl in the first film but has now grown up and now that she’s grown up wants to be Ant-Man too.

kids, am I right? They grow up so fast..!

You may have noticed, too, but there are a few films where Marvel seem to have a slight obsession with parenting. There is certainly a utilitarian aspect as well, the need to prepare the ground for a generational change as the franchise is eternal but the actors are not (the case of Jeremy Renner is emblematic, who just about managed to pass the baton before he was run over by a snow plough). But in recent years, we’ve seen far too many characters give birth to, adopt, or take young mini-me’s under their wing not to believe that around 2018, Kevin Feige called all his minions together and announced that henceforth the meaning of life is to be a parent.
And may I say something?
I don’t care that much.
It’s a legitimate subject, god forbid, one that’s naturally tempting to explore – if you have friends with kids you’ll have noticed they just talk about it – and offers a handful of valid ideas, but is it absolutely necessary? does this happen in all movies? For all characters and always the same?
But I digress.
In Ant-Man 3, it so happens that Scott Lang and his extended family finally explore the quantum realm after almost 10 years of hanging around, and the result is a set of narrative presets that can be traced back to any franchise except, ironically, the admire one: There’s the self-contained and super-schematic structure of Star Trek where the heroes arrive at a planet / help the locals solve a problem / go home; There are spaceships, an evil empire of faceless soldiers, and a variety of absurdist creatures from Star Wars, complete with a basement moment where the characters -gasp!- enter a bar and see that it’s full of aliens, all of whom are mad a man with a head of broccoli or Bill Murray; and there’s the worst cinematography ever seen in a Marvel movie, dark and with an inexplicable fondness for the color orange that immediately makes you think of certain DC messes.

In addition, it is also an incredible compilation of missed opportunities.
When Scott and Cassie’s relationship is presented, one thinks that, at least in this round, the premises are in place to say something new. She, a “politicized” teenager, wants to use Ant-Man’s powers to change the world; he, an adult who has already seen everything, just wants to stay calm a little: it’s the perfect recipe for a good generational struggle and instead everything is solved at every moment without the slightest doubt touching one or both characters (or spectators). ) nor that a conversion takes place. At the end of the film, Scott and Cassie are the same as they were at the beginning of the film, only now they are no longer fighting.
As Kang (yes the villain of the movie is Kang the Conqueror, do we really need to talk about him? I dunno, he’s a villain, he wants bad things and to get them he does bad things, I swear) he says to Scott “I need you to steal something from me” thoughts whirl about the first film: a return to basics! Scott must pull off a quantum heist! Instead, it turns out that “stealing” is just a synonym for “carrying an item from point A to point B.”
When Kang is presented as very strong, very powerful, practically invincible, you think the heroes have to beat him with cunning or with something other than brute force. But it turns out that the trick to beating an unbeatable opponent is to beating a lot of them for a very long time until they become beatable.
As Scott stands at the center of the Quantum Storm and “infinite possibilities of himself” materialize before him, expect that thing to enrich the story: Scott sees the thousand other directions his existence could have taken and learns about himself . Or something like that, I don’t know, we’re still in the multiverse saga aren’t we? And instead it’s just an excuse for a gag: among infinite possibilities of himself, all identical, there is one in which he’s dressed like an idiot. How crazy!

Am I seeing double or is it four bulkheads?

Even from a visual point of view, it feels like you’re watching a cartoon written by very boring people, and with all the limitations that come with dealing with flesh-and-blood people. In a cartoon you can at least make anything happen, in a Marvel movie you have Paul Rudd’s agent telling you anything goes, but the boy has to be in my face at least 85% of the time (and so we witness among other things this obsessive-compulsive disorder that the characters in this film have of constantly taking their helmets off and on). The quantum realm is brown Pandora. Kang’s superfuturistic tech is generic sci-fi stuff – guns, spaceships, elevators – not much different than the generic sci-fi stuff characters use every day in the Marvel world. Millions of dollars in special effects to make the pew-pew laser shoot out of almost every character’s hands and make Corey Stoll’s head levitate (I won’t go into that further).

special effects! Pew Pew!

And don’t get me started on the issue of performative inclusivity, which doesn’t count for an iota on the big Hollywood themes of machismo and racism, but, hey, at least lest Instagram activists break our balls.
The film is called “Ant-Man and The Wasp” but it is absolutely clear, without the slightest possibility of error, that the undisputed protagonist of this film is Scott Lang, while Janet is “The Wasp” (but has anyone ever called her that? ) isn’t even the most interesting of the supporting characters. Co-directing the film with her (for the second time) just to show that Marvel is gender sensitive, hurtful and fucking condescending. Let’s imagine for a second that in the infinite possibilities of the multiverse of madness there is a little girl whose favorite character is The Wasp: She would like to watch a movie called Ant-Man *and The Wasp* and then sit through 2 hours Ant-Man while The Wasp blends into the green screen and the last 5 minutes saves the day?

“They say I’m in this movie too…”

Because that’s the only thing these pioneers of late-capitalist corporate feminism can write when they set out to “shake up the patriarchy”: tough, resolute and no-bullshit women who have nothing interesting to say but get through the situation Shoot or loose punches, just like men but better than men.
Also check out the character of Katy O’Brian, leader of the Quantum Realm rebels, dressed as He-Man’s villain: can you imagine the conversation that was going on at the time this was written?
– Hey hey, let’s make sure the leader of the rebels is a woman, girl power!
– Ok, but who is it?
– She is the leader of the rebels
– Yes, I understand, but what is his characterization?
– Are you dumb? I said she’s the leader of the rebels

Is it more feminist, a female character with a social role but solid characterization and without sexualizing her, or a very strong female character who dominates everyone but no characterization and walks around in a bathing suit?

It makes you smile when you think that in these years of profound gender reassessment in cinema, men are being taught that it’s okay to be sensitive, it’s okay to cry, it’s okay to fail, as long as they are young women are offered an ultra-pragmatic and affective superwoman as the only model, practically robocop but less fun. Give this style of writing another 5 years and you will arrive at the paradox that true liberation is going into the kitchen to make me a sandwich.

It comes full circle with the boldest attempt to talk politics you could expect from a studio that wants to please everyone without upsetting anyone. The film begins with Cassie being arrested at a rally and ends with Michael Douglas telling us to learn socialism from ants. First of all: MACCOSA. And then, seriously, I’m glad, but like this, with no context, no continuation… what does it represent me? Falcon and the Winter Soldier feels like Three Days of the Condor in comparison.

However, someone managed to take it

While Quantummania remains a weaker-than-bad movie, it’s incredible how Quantummania doesn’t abandon any original idea in order to save his life, and systematically gets almost everything wrong that could be wrong. It recycles old ideas, it flattens everything, it’s neither funny nor emotional. It takes a character who was all the more interesting for the smaller, more intimate, and more personal his stories were, and throws him into an epic adventure about the fate of an entire universe (which we don’t give a damn about because it’s the first and last time we see him) (I hope). He drowns every shot in ugly, unimaginative GCI and nobody but Corey Stoll seems to enjoy it.
Glad you’re forgetting about it.

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Viewers were stunned following Ariana DeBose’s opening performance at the 76th EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night.

The 32-year-old, who won the gong for Best Supporting Actress at last year’s West Side Story awards, took the stage with a rap about the female nominees.

The performance began with song as she was joined by dancers who, in impressive scenes, ripped off her skirt before calling out the names of the members of the star-studded audience.

Racing to Twitter fans labeled the performance as “painful” and “awkward,” with one asking “why did this happen?”.

Later in the show, however, Little Simz wowed audiences with her “electrifying” performance when she took the stage with Joan Armatrading.

Unimpressed: Viewers were left stunned after Ariana DeBose’s opening performance at the 76th EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night

After Ariana’s performance, one viewer wrote, “Laughing at Ariana DeBose’s BAFTA song why did this happen?”

With another adding: “Absolutely awful that she wouldn’t even be hit on [talent show] The voice’.

Others agreed with the writing: “It was awful” and “God awful.”

Another said: “I have plenty of time for the celebs who smiled charmingly and awkwardly during Ariana DeBose’s painful BAFTA rap”.

And: “Ariana DeBose does an absurd rap about the women who are ready for things. She’s such a pro (not a pro anymore) though, so it hardly matters.

Little Simz later performed her single Heart On Fire before music legend Joan Armatrading joined her on guitar in a surprise performance.

Fans raved about the duo, who wrote: “Electrifying performance from Little Simz and Joan Armatrading.”

With another addition: “Little Simz and Joan Armatrading? That’s more like it!’ and ‘Joan Armatrading is a Legend’.

No thanks: The star, who won the gong for Best Supporting Actress at last year’s ceremony for West Side Story, took the stage with a rap about the female nominees

Stage: The performance began with song as she was joined by dancers who ripped her skirt off in impressive scenes before she listed members of the star-studded audience

With a fifth addition: “Joan Armatrading plays guitar and I’m immediately much more interested.

The biggest night in British cinema returned on Sunday night when actor Richard E Grant took the helm to present the 76th EE British Academy Film Awards.

Taking place at the Royal Festival Hall, Richard, 65, was joined by Alison Hammond to host the star-studded ceremony, while film critic Ali Plum walked the red carpet with Vick Hope.

Austin Butler took home Best Actor at the awards, beating favorite Colin Farrell in shock excitement.

The actor fought back tears as he paid tribute to the Presley family while accepting the honor after portraying the late King Of Rock in the Baz Lurhmann biopic.

Cringe: Racing to Twitter fans labeled the performance as “painful” and “awkward,” with one asking “why did this happen?”

Austin thanked the entire crew and team he worked with on the film and admitted he was “just trying to take it all in” as he choked back tears upon accepting the honors.

“It means everything to me,” Butler told the ceremony, still using the Elvis stretching tone he learned for Baz Luhrmann’s film.

He also paid tribute to the Presley family, who provided insight into Elvis’ life for the biopic, adding he “hopes he made them proud”.

Cate Blanchett also won Best Actress for her performance in the biopic Tar, the film’s only major win that night.

She tearfully accepted the gong as she thanked her mother and her director, Todd Field, adding that Blanchett also said 2022 was an “extraordinary year for women.”

Love it: Later in the show, however, Little Simz (left) wowed the audience with her “electrifying” performance as she took to the stage with Joan Armatrading (right).

She added that it broke down, that women’s experience was not “monolithic” and that her role as Lydia Tar was “a dangerous and potentially career-ending endeavor.”

Netflix’s German war epic All Quiet On The Western Front was the night’s big winner with a total of seven awards, including Best Picture, while The Banshees of Inisherin was a close second with five, including Best British Film and Best Supporting Actor or Actress.

The film, based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, tied with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2001) as the highest-grossing BAFTA-nominated non-English film in history.

Directed by Edward Berger, Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Hülk, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic and Devid Striesow can be seen in the leading roles.

Painful to watch: Racing to Twitter fans branded the performance ‘painful’ and ‘awkward’ with one question: ‘Why did this happen?’

During his opening monologue, Richard referenced Will Smith’s infamous slap in the face at last year’s Oscars, telling the audience that “no one gets slapped under my watch tonight.”

Smith stormed onto the stage during the 94th annual Academy Awards in March and punched presenter Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

The actor, who shortly thereafter won the coveted Academy Award for Best Actor, was later banned from all Academy events for the next 10 years and resigned from the organization.

In a speech at the Baftas, Grant said the only slaps received on Sunday were “on the back.”

“What a great year to host the Baftas,” he said.

Great! Little Simz later performed her single Heart On Fire before music legend Joan Armatrading joined her on guitar in a surprise performance

“In 2022, cinema audiences were truly back and there has never been a better time to go to the movies.”

He added: “Well not now, I’m trying my best and nobody on my watch gets slapped tonight… except on the back.”

As the ceremony began, Carey Mulligan was incorrectly announced as the winner of the Supporting Actress Award after a translation error while deaf actor Troy Kotsur was presenting.

Oscar winner Kotsur made the announcement via sign language before a communication error resulted in Mulligan’s name being called out for her appearance in She Said.

The announcer quickly corrected the announcement and announced The Banshees Of Inisherin star Kerry Condon as the winner.

Barry Keoghan won supporting actor for The Banshees Of Inisherin, and the 30-year-old Irish actor said he “really should have planned that” before thanking his co-stars and Ireland.

BAFTA FILM AWARDS 2023: THE WINNERS

BEST MOVIE

Applause: Netflix anti-war epic All Quiet On The Western Front

All quiet on the western front – WINNER

The Banshees by Inisherin

elvis

Everything everywhere at once

tar

BEST ACTRESS

First nomination: Ana de Armas is up for Lead Actress

Cate Blanchett (Tar) – WINNER

Viola Davis (The Lady King)

Danielle DeadwylerTill

Ana de Armas (Blonde)

Emma Thompson (Good luck Leo Grande)

Michelle Yeoh (Everything everywhere at once

BEST ACTOR

Up for grabs: Austin Butler is nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of Elvis

Austin Butler (Elvis) – WINNER

Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

Daryl McCormack (Good luck Leo Grande)

Paul Mescal (Aftersun)

Bill Nighty (alive)

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

After sun

The Banshees of Inisherin – WINNER

Brian and Karl

realm of light

Good luck Leo Grande

Life

Roald Dahl’s Matilda

See how they run

the swimmers

The wonder

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Aftersun (Charlotte Wells) – WINNER

Blue Jeans (Georgia Oakley, Helene Sifre)

Electrical Illness (Marie Liden)

Good luck to you Leo Grande (Katy Brand)

Rebellion (Maia Kenworthy)

MOVIE NOT IN ENGLISH

All quiet on the western front – WINNER

Argentina, 1985

corsage

decision to go

The quiet girl

DOCUMENTARY

All breaths

All the beauty and the bloodshed

fire of love

Moontime Daydream

Navalny – WINNER

ANIMATION FILM

Pinocchio – WINNER

Marcel wears the shell with shoes on

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

To redden

DIRECTOR

Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Qua in All at Once

All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger – WINNER

The Banshees by Inisher Martin McDonagh

Decision to leave, Park Chan-wook

All everywhere at once, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Tar, Todd Field

The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Banshees of Inisherin – WINNER

Everything everywhere at once

The Fabelmans

tar

triangle of sadness

ADAPTED SCRIPT

All quiet on the western front – WINNER

Life

The quiet girl

she said

The whale

SOUND

All quiet on the western front – WINNER

Avatar: The Way of Water

elvis

tar

Top Gun: Maverick

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse – WINNER

middle guard

Your mountain is waiting

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Angela Bassett (Wakanda Forever)

Hong Chau (The Whale)

Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) – WINNER

Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness)

Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere at Once)

Carey Mulligan (she said)

SUPPORTING CAST

Shortlist: Eddie Redmayne is nominated for a supporting actor in The Good Nurse

Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) – WINNER

Ke Huy Quan (Everything everywhere at once)

Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)

Albrecht Schuch (rest on the western front)

Michael Ward (Empire of Light)

POUR

“Triangle of Sadness” was awarded in the “Casting” category

After sun

nothing new in the West

Elvis – WINNER

Everything everywhere at once

triangle of sadness

CINEMATOGRAPHY

All quiet on the western front – WINNER

The Batman

elvis

realm of light

Top Gun: Maverick

COSTUME DESIGN

Costume Design: Margot Robbie in Babylon

nothing new in the West

Amsterdam

Babylon

Elvis – WINNER

Mrs. Harris goes to Paris

EDITING

Sequel: Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick

nothing new in the West

The Banshees by Inisherin

elvis

All everywhere at once – WINNER

Top Gun: Maverick

MAKEUP & HAIR

nothing new in the West

The Batman

Elvis – WINNER

Matilda the Musical by Roald Dahl

The whale

ORIGINAL RESULTS

All quiet on the western front – WINNER

Babylon

The Banshees by Inisherin

Everything everywhere at once

Pinocchio

PRODUCT DESIGN

nothing new in the West

Babylon – WINNER

The Batman

elvis

Pinocchio

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar: The Way Of Water features special visual effects

nothing new in the West

Avatar: The Way of Water – WINNER

The Batman

Everything everywhere at once

Top Gun: Maverick

BRITISH SHORT FILM

The Ballad of Olive Morris

Bazigaga

bus girl

A boost

An Irish farewell – WINNER

EE RISING STAR

Happy: Nominees Sheila, Naomi and Daryl

Emma Mackey (Sex Education) – WINNER

Naomie Ackie (Whitney Houston: I want to dance with someone)

Sheila Atim (The Woman King)

Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education)

Daryl McCormack (Good luck to you)

The penultimate school to arrive in Sapucaí this Monday morning (20), the Academicos do Salgueiro, celebrating its 70th anniversary, presented a new look at the Garden of Eden or Paradise.

With the plot “Delusions of a Red Paradise” the school criticized prejudices, sins and the dispute between good and evil in society. Salgueiro is aiming for his tenth title. Watch videos of the parade above.

1 of 16 saves by Viviane Araújo with Salgueiro — Photo: Marcos Serra Lima/g1 2 of 16 saves by Viviane Araújo with Salgueiro. PHOTO: Marcos Serra Lima/1 3 of 16 Dandara Mariana, Muse of Salgueiro, parades in Sapucaí PHOTO: Marcos Serra Lima/g1 4 of 16 Dandara Mariana, Muse of Salgueiro, parades in Sapucaí PHOTO: Marcos Serra Lima/g1 5 of 16 Dandara Mariana, Salgueiro’s muse, parades in Sapucaí PHOTO: Marcos Serra Lima/g1 6 of 16 Commission for the facade of the Salgueiro school PHOTO: Reproduction/ Rede Globo 7 of 16 Commission for the front of the Salgueiro school PHOTO : Reproduction/ Rede Globo 8 of 16 Salgueiros open wings have a manually operated fountain PHOTO: Reproduction / Globo 9 of 16 Sidclei Santos and Marcella Alves, Salgueiro’s first couple — Photo: Alexandre Durão/g1 10 of 16 Salgueiro Battery — Photo: Alexandre Durão /g1 11 of 16 Rafaella Santos saves by Salgueiro — Photo: Marcos Serra Lima/g1 12 of 16 Rebecca dedicates her first save as Salgueiro’s muse to her grandfather who took her to school — Photo: Stephanie Rodrigues/ g1 13 of 16 Baianas do Salguei ro represented the awakening of nature — Photo: Alexandre Durão/g1 14 of 16 salgueiro openers brought a red Eden — Photo: Alexandre Durão/g1 15 of 16 salgueiro parade — Photo: Alexandre Durão/g1 16 of 16 salgueiro wings portrayed Envy — Photo: Alexandre Durão/g1

The school goes to the avenue with the theme “delusions of a red paradise”, about valuing freedom of expression and showing that everyone builds their own paradise.

The beginning of the parade was marked by a tribute to Joãosinho Trinta. The front commission’s act, titled “The Judgment,” led the carnival designer to duel with death and give the carnival back to the people.

The school was struck by the size of the open winged chariot derived from the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve gave birth to human life.

Members had difficulty placing part of it on the avenue right at the start of the parade. It was a mega car, 100 meters long and 16 meters high, reaching 20 meters with the highlight. He carried 35,000 liters of water to feed two bubbling fountains.

Altogether the school parades with 3,200 members are divided into 28 wings and five allegories.

Seven of the 28 Wards brought the Deadly Sins: “I’ll Devour You” (Gluttony), “A Heady Laziness” (Laziness), “Paradise Is A Hidden Treasure” (Greed), “Nights of Magic and Lust” (Lust) , “Mirror for Narcissus” (Arrogance), “Poison in the Eyes” (Envy), “The Executioners” (Anger).

Prominent on the stage, MC Rebecca appeared in the “Amores ephemeros” costume, depicting those who are sinners because they indulge in passion, and actress Dandara Mariana appeared as Leviathan, one of the fallen angels who rule Hell. At the forefront of the Furiosa drums was actress Viviane Araújo in her 15th year.

The wing “All aboard!” came up with the rainbow flag colors that show the diversity in paradise with the LGBTQIA+ community.

In The Boat of Rebirth: The Revolution That Comes Out of the Water, the character Charon leads souls into the world of the dead. In the parade, she brings back the damned ghosts to find redemption. The allegory is inspired by Día de los Muertos, a traditional Mexican festival.

The parade also had lines like “From those who live by hunger to those who die of hunger”, “Regência de baco”, “São Zé Pereira”, “Batebolas alados” and “The extraordinary garbage is a luxury “. Car “Red Passion in a delirious paradise” and the grand piano “Song of a new era”.

1 of 1 Dandara Mariana, Muse of Salgueiro, parades in Sapucaí — Photo: Marcos Serra Lima/g1 Dandara Mariana, Muse of Salgueiro, parades in Sapucaí — Photo: Marcos Serra Lima/g1

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