‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ writer reveals how negative reviews affected him

With a long career in comedy and having written more than fifty comics for Marvel, screenwriter Jeff Loveness has launched his first feature film, which is nothing more and nothing less than ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ‘, the film chosen by Marvel to start phase 5 of the “Marvel Cinematic Universe”. Loveness took on this enormous responsibility with great enthusiasm and the result was a crazy film which, however, a high percentage of critics received harsh opinions. Something that the screenwriter did not sit very well at first.

“To be honest, the reviews surprised me”he tells The Daily Beast. Loveness says it was in a “low point” when you received them. They weren’t good reviews and I didn’t understand how that could be. He was especially proud of how he wrote the storylines for Jonathan Majors and Michelle Pfeiffer. It is precisely in the actor that the criticisms converge positively: the great triumph of the film is the way of introducing the villain Kang the Conqueror, who promises to make a long journey in the Marvel universe. So much so that despite the criticisms, Loveness will repeat as a screenwriter in the film ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’, whose release date is set for 2025.

However, what really lifted her spirits after the devastating reviews was going to shoot for the movie. Then everything changed: You sat among Marvel fans excited to see the film hit the big screen in its first weekend of release. When viewers started laughing at the jokes that came from his handwriting, he realized that criticism wasn’t everything. Thought: “You’re wrong! I’m right![Introducir a] MODOK is awesome!”. This corresponds to the first opinions of ordinary users, who rated the film very positively. Thanks to the public reaction, Loveness was able to relativize the negative comments of the journalists. “I’m quite happy with her. [la película] overall and I think I’ve learned to take hits this week. And now that I’ve learned that it’s not that bad, I can keep doing things.”, He says. And so it will be.

retro-inspired

Jeff Loveness comments that, in addition to the clear background that ‘Rick and Morty’ has given him, that he undoubtedly has “helped me get into ‘Marvel mode'” By telling complex stories in a simple way, he wanted to give ‘Quantumania’ a throwback to 90s cinema. “I wanted it to be like ‘Men in Black,’ which is fun and silly, but also has characters with real goals playing it”. Among his inspirations for the characteristic tone of the film are titles as diverse as ‘The Princess Bride’, ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Father of the Bride’.