Yep, Ant-Man I was a fun thing...

...and the suggestion I've read or heard about it being a palate-cleanser between Age of Ultron and Civil War is pretty much spot-on. For all the stakes being played for here, it's still a smaller story. Intentionally so, I think. That works for me.

For the record: no, not a member of the Edgar Wright cult. Haven't seen the guy's other stuff, so I can't speak to whether his staying on with this film would've been for good or ill.

More on this subject in a later post.