Big Man Rants One Shot: Peyton Reed will be directing Marvel's Ant-Man

I agree whole hardheartedly with this. This guy is an awful choice. I kind of envy the people who like this choice.

Whatever drug dethpillow is on, I'll take some of that.

I give Marvel the benefit of the doubt based on what the Russo bros did with Cap, I really hope this works out.

I'm fine with it.

I don't mind the choice.

@KallarkKent
Except the difference between the Russo Brothers and Reed, is that the Russo Brothers were actual fans of the property with a solid vision of the film that impressed Marvel and made them first choice picks. Reed is a sixth choice after thought, with a 'subjectively' horrible track record for films. The mere fact that there is not a line out the door of good solid directors clamoring over this film is suspect to question, and the fact that 4 directors of, again 'subjectively,' better quality than Reed turned this flick down, doesn't speak highly of it's current script.

Basically, with all the negativity surrounding the script and the scrambling act for a new director, this movie feels less like it's getting made because there's a good idea that's screen worthy and more like it's just getting made because it's simply the next thing on the schedule.

I don't want a rushed movie that turns out poor, just because it felt like it needed to be done because it was next on deck. I want a good interpretation that does justice to the character, and creates solid ground for sequels while being properly inserted into the MCU, and as of now I'm just not seeing it. I hope I'm wrong and this movie ends up crushing it, but I'm just not as optimistic as some of the commenters here.

@dellamorte1872
In my opinion I think Reed is a proverbial seat filler, and I honestly think, and hope, that in the end the higher ups (Feige, Whedon etc.) will play a behind the scenes role with helping this film along as 'ghost directors' on the project. However, anytime you get "to many cooks in the kitchen" as it were, the vision get's that much more skewed in the final product. I'd rather patiently wait for the right movie to be made here, rather than rushing this thing, but all I can hope for is that Marvel knows what they're doing.