Ant-Man: The Pym Particle Partition

I am a HUGE fan of the original film and was very intrigued by the idea of this edit. Regarding the quality of the editing, this is top notch! No abrupt or awkward cuts to be found, and no issues whatsoever with sound quality. Narratively, there are some elements I really love with this edit. Cutting out the prologue and earlier scenes featuring Darren, Hope, or Hank really gave this film an interesting plot path. Adding in mystery that didn't exist before. As you focus in more on Scott's journey, Hank comes across as a character with motivations that aren't spoon fed to you from the start of the film, letting HIM tell his own story once it becomes necessary. I found this incredibly satisfying. I wouldn't say this film is a replacement, as I did miss some of the removed plot elements involving Darren and his ruthlessness, crude experiments, and ambition turning into madness. I always enjoyed the film's detour to the Avengers campus and Falcon cameo, so I did find myself missing that sequence but the absence of that sequence didn't harm the narrative here, since it was always unnecessary to the story (just fun, so that's really just personal preference) Lastly, removing the post credit scene/tie-in to Civil War was also a nice touch, making this stand out more as it's own story. The post credit scene that replaces it...really put a smile on my face. Overall, excellent work here.

Bobson Dugnutt never fails to provide high quality edits, with cuts so flawless you would never know they were there.
I'm a big fan of the original Ant-Man. It's definitely a pallet cleanser in the larger MCU, but an enjoyable one, thanks largely in part to some fun performances.

The Ant-Man: The Pym Particle Partition makes some great changes, most notably the inclusion of a very fun deleted scene where Scott Lang cases Hank Pym's house. That said, there are some scenes removed that I did find myself missing, including the opening flashback scene (which I admit isn't entirely necessary), and the introduction to Darren Cross with the first Yellowjacket presentation. Through editing, Bobson Dugnutt was able to creatively restructure another scene as Cross's introduction, and it works quite well! However, I find that without the initial intro scene and a few other scenes cut out, Cross gets far less screen time and becomes an even more generic and forgettable villain than he already was in the theatrical cut.

That said, this edit runs at a clip! It's perfect if you want to binge the Infinity Saga and want a shorter gap between Age of Ultron and Civil War.

Edit: to the person who downvoted, you don't have to agree with my opinion. But I'd like to think I provided enough information and detail to consider my review "helpful." I gave the edit many compliments, I just didn't rate it as high in my personal enjoyment factor. 8.8/10 is still a good score.

I really like the focus of this edit, which lets you learn about Hank, Cross and all the tech through Scott's experiences rather than flashbacks and other scenes. It feels like a more natural way of storytelling with the only story drawback being that Cross is pretty sidelined and more one-dimensional.

And I understand why you cut it, but I personally think the fight at the Avengers compound could have been left in. Just a personal preference though. Overall fantastic work and would highly recommend!

Bobson is back in the MCU, serving up micro-portion of the original Ant-Man!

While I did enjoy the edit, I do agree with Joseph that this edit does Darren Cross little favors. While the use of deleted scenes were fun, I thought that the music in the second scene could've had a smoother fade out, or even keep the music but cut it off or turn a sour note when Scott says to call the Avengers. I also thought it was weird, with the first deleted scene that we see Scott adjusting the cable before an establishing shot of the house. That should've been done backwards.

Also, this is in no way Bobson's fault, but this viewing hit me on how everyone gives their opinion on Scott's big heist *except* for Scott himself. All he ever says is that he changes tactics, but we don't know if he thought it was a cause he believed in or if he was just in it for the money. I had a concept idea of intercutting the trailer scene of Scott & Cassie hanging out/lying down at her birthday party with the scene of Cross telling Hope what a failure of a father Hank was, the idea being that the juxtaposition would make the audience judge Scott as a bad dad/bad guy & make his redemption all the sweeter.

I also had an idea of using the scene of Cassie playing with her bunny and recontextualizing it as an imagine spot Scott has when he's making the ants lift the Penny, cutting it off when Cassie asks if her dad's a bad person. The idea there being Scott thinks of himself as small to move the ants around, but again, never tried these out in practice. Bobson, feel free to use these ideas if you ever decide to do a 2nd version.

At any rate. if you weren't a fan of the first movie, give this version a shot.

Everything looked and sounded great aside from at 34:45, where Hank’s voice makes a noticeable change — that’s my only real audio complaint.

I agree with recordwrangler95 as far as the abruptness in the transition between Scott talking to Luis and then being at the door for Cassie’s party. Maybe move the audio of Scott saying “I’ve got a daughter to take care of” from 02:45 to over Luis’ reaction at 06:30.. then some establishing shot(s) of a nice neighborhood in San Fran. This way there’s an audible queue for where we’re going as well as a visual one.

Recordwrangler’s point about the goat scene is one I sort of disagree with — I think we just cut all the goats. Cutting the remaining one keeps the exposure to Cross limited for the time-being, which keeps from it going from 0-100 too quickly and removes the continuity issue with his and Hope’s clothing.

Right around that time is also when Hank mentions the Avengers “dropping cities out of the sky,” which I personally would consider editing only because it allows for Ant-Man to, without eagle eyes, take place in a perhaps earlier moment in the watch order.. but that doesn’t affect my rating at all.

The only other thing I really take issue with is removing Scott v Falcon. It isn’t fundamental to the plot, necessarily, but it’s a fun scene that gets paid off via a couple lines of dialogue in Civil War that, with this edit, make no sense.

Everything else flowed incredibly well, particularly the reintegration of deleted scenes. They were seamlessly added to the movie and narratively made up for the earlier scenes with Cross and Hank that were removed. The post-credits scene was incredible as well hahaha

Over all, despite its success in reintegrating deleted scenes, this version of the edit could use a bit of continuity/pacing work to make it a replacement for the original film at this time.