Why did Pym select Scott Lang? That was rather arbitrary and never explained. And how did Pym know he would eventually go back to a life of crime? And know he would turn back to crime in a timely manner to stop his adversaty from putting pym tech in the wrong hands? All thises movies have a level of lacking logic because they are fantastical stories that defy logic and reality.
All of Wanda's motivations are due to being corrupted by the Darkhold. And this option to go to a universe where she is dead and her kids are alive is kinda dumb. The first movie is about how using sorcery to manipulate what is to be is outlawed and/or frowned upon. THE BILL COMES DUE, ALWAYS. I think replacing a dead mother in another universe would fall under that category. Training America was not an option in her eyes since she is being corrupted by an evil book. But yes her sending those monsters as goons on her behalf was never explained how it was done and how dhe learned to do it.
It's very easy to answer your Ant Man questions using the storytelling logic they put in the movie or was easily known by the characters.
1. Why did Pym select Scott Lang? Scott Lang has an engineering degree from MIT. He needed a very smart patsy. He didn't chose him to succeed him. He only initially chose him to steal the other suit.......even if you didn't know about the degree they made it very clear that Lang was capable mechanically and very good as a thief which is what Pym needed. It's in the movie that he set up his house as a test to see if Lang could actually steal the other suit. It's not arbitrary. Pym deadass says it to Scott. Directly.
2. How did Pym know he would eventually go back to a life of crime? I know plenty of ex-convicts, who when stuck in a tough spot, will go back to crime. There's literal studies on it in this country. That's not a risky bet for Pym to take. If Scott didn't bite he could've tried another thief, but Scott bit. It's not unreasonable for a guy, who just got out of prison, wants to see his daughter, and the baby mom won't let him because of child support, can't get a legit job because of his past, to choose to go back to crime. That's not even a small leap. The entire prison system traps black men in this cycle all of the time. Just google repeat offender statistics. In the end, the ONLY reason Scott didn't end up in jail, as it was Pym's plan for him to be a patsy, was because his wife's cop husband vouched for him.
3. How would turn back to crime in a timely manner to stop his adversary? I don't completely understand this question, but it seems to be a question of timing. You're saying the timing was awfully convenient, but it wasn't Pym pushing Scott's timing. It was Scott's ex wife PLUS he wanted to see his daughter. He couldn't see her until he was paying child support. Both his wife and her cop husband was on his ass about that.
None of those questions were logic defying. I didn't even have to look the movie up to know the answers to those, but I know it's all in the movie. You didn't have to google nothing. You didn't have to watch any What Ifs or Disney+ shows.
BUT if you're saying all of her motivations are due to being corrupted by the Darkhold then ENDING of the fukking movie doesn't make sense. Why?? Because they SHOWED us what happens to people who are corrupted by the Darkhold via evil Strange. Evil Strange was not capable of the moral turn that happened with Wanda at the end. They literally made it up as an option to end the movie because they made her too strong and couldn't figure out a way to end it otherwise.......BUT do you want to know why going to a universe where the kids are alive and the mother is dead isn't dumb? Because Wanda stumbled upon that giant LOGIC problem at the climax of the movie when she saw the kids were scared of her. If she's going to be their mom in another universe then she has to take herself out. If you think replacing a dead mother would be bad how frowned upon, how do you think it would be received if she killed herself in another universe? That's what would literally need to happen for her insane plan to work. If she wasn't already dead in a universe she would need to murk herself.......Also, regarding the monsters, it's not explaining how she's able to control the power itself, it's the logic that the power implies. The power to control those monsters implies she already has the power to affect multiverses.... fukk. I'm just thinking about this. She USED America's power to transport Strange to Evil Strange's universe so she doesn't even need to steal it from America OR kill her for it. Just borrow it a little bit which is again something that could've been solved with a conversation over coffee. Corruption doesn't mean stupid.
You can say you enjoyed the movie. I enjoy fast and furious movies, but I also say they're dumb as shyt. I don't defend the logic of a car in space like you're trying to defend this movie. It's terrible lazy writing. I hope they don't do this same shyt to Black Panther 2.
