Ant-Man: Quantumania Writer Defends Sequel's Ending Amid Criticism

Jeff Loveness has commented on Quantumanias ending, which many audiences have found issue with.

Needless to say, the reaction toPaul Rudds third solo outing has been mixed.

In fact, its the secondMCUmovie to receivea rotten score, behind onlyEternals.

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Some felt like something more weighty should have happenedsuch as a death, or a less tidy conclusion.

Hes told his story to the world through his book.

And its the other members of the family that are keeping secrets from him.

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Hope and Hank are keeping secrets from Scott about what theyve been working on with Cassie in the basement.

Cassie has been keeping secrets from her dad about Oh, you were in jail before?

Except now Scott has a secret.

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And its this self-doubt about whether hes actually vanquished Kang.

That seemed like a cool structure.

Certainly, when youre writing these things, you go through so many permutations and so many versions.

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Hes willing to go to the mat and hes willing to sacrifice himself, but his family saves him.

Its like, Oh, hes back, but hes not the same guy anymore.

And that carefree attitude is gone.

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And now hes keeping secrets from his family.

Much like Janet coming back, its like, I cant think about it anymore.

I just want to have a life right now.

I just want to be with my daughter.

Both Scott and Hope did originally get stuck in the Quantum Realm, and Kang even escaped.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniais now playing in theaters worldwide.