ChickenNunget’s review published on Letterboxd:
The tragically inevitable endpoint of the phrase: "Just turn your brain off." These movies gave up on being well-made and good a long ago, but this is actually offensive. Everyone involved realizes they don't need to make anything good or interesting, they only need to pander to their fans who will scarf down whatever visual oatmeal they pour onto cinema screens around the world.
I don't think I've ever seen a film comprised exclusively of rejected SNL skits before, so I suppose Watiti is revolutionary in that sense. There is not a single good joke in this action-comedy blockbuster, I was stonefaced for two hours, and it was miserable. It wasn't just me, no one in my theater was laughing. It made the built-in character silences to allow audience laughter painfully awkward.
The action is dreadfully boring. I almost fell asleep twice, because everyone on-screen moves like they're made out of gravel, and it's just people fighting in front of JPEG images that the visual effects team whipped up.
The way I fled the theater once this "movie" ended cannot be understated. I am relieved it is over, but I weep knowing more is to come.
Taika Watiti, the entire cast, Kevin Feige, Marvel, and all of Disney sees you as a giant sucker. Now cough up fifteen bucks, fucko, you have to see Ant-Man 3.