Film School: Trainwreck, Ant-Man

Ant-Man
This movie is cool. That's really the highest praise I can give it. Much was made about not necessarily being a superhero movie but rather a heist movie. I mean, it's a heist movie in the sense that at different times in the movie they break into somewhere to steal something. But this isn't Heat or Point Break or *googles heist movies to not just mention Ocean's Eleven*. It definitely has more of the feel of a Marvel movie than a heist movie. I would like to have seen how drastically different Edgar Wright's vision of this movie was. It could have been a cool diversion from all the Avengers tie-ins. But Rudd does a good job. Corey Stoll too. Michael Pena is really great, but something didn't sit right with me that he and T.I. played the dumb criminals.

Trainwreck
I like Amy Schumer. I've enjoyed her standup. I watch her show. I've seen her star rise since that Comedy Central hour, so it didn't really surprise me that Judd Apatow handpicked her as the next project. And, I guess, as a fan it was hard for me to find anything negative in this movie jump out at me because, well, I root for comics to make it to that next level. But when you actually think about it, there are some "huh?" moments in this movie. There's no way Lebron's character was her idea. She clearly knows nothing about sports and that's why Lebron's character hangs out with his doctor. Also, why is Lebron in New York so often during the season? Does he even have time to hang out? He has a family and kids and a ton of obligations. Also if Lebron is already in Cleveland, why is Amar'e still with the Knicks. Basketball logistics aside...
There's an emotional core to this movie that's at the very least enviable. A woman who doesn't want to settle down realizes she's found the right person amidst different tragedies in her life. I'm just not sure that idea was fully developed. What we saw on screen was very much the surface of that idea. This is a weird thing to nitpick about but is she even that much of a trainwreck? She cheats on her boyfriend with a couple different guys, but that's kinda it. Her job seems pretty normal (also, she works at a magazine? a fucking physical magazine in 2015?). Her dad is sick but again, that happens. You could tell Liz Lemon was a mess ten minutes into 30 Rock's pilot. I don't think we ever really get why Bill Hader's character is that special. They like each other, but it's not evident why they need each other. And like all Apatow movies, it was maybe 30 minutes too long and the beginning of the third act completely threw me off. I'd love to see her next movie just to see where she goes with it.