One Of The Good Guys Is The Real Villain In Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania

Janet van Dyne has all it takes to be an extremely instrumental protagonist in "Quantumania." She knows how to negotiate with the Quantum Realm's various residents, how to pilot its airships and ride its animals — oh, and how to lead a full-on revolution against the tyrannical ruler, who just so happens to be an old acquaintance of hers. 

That makes her a truly magnificent and valuable well of knowledge for a group of heroes who find themselves stranded in a strange land. Unfortunately, Janet opts to share none of it with the others. Instead, she spends the majority of the movie treating her ultra-intelligent former superhero partner (Michael Douglas) and hyper-capable current superhero daughter (Evangeline Lilly) like they were four years old, towing them around the wacky landscape and only begrudgingly sharing the occasional piece of information. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), the guy who literally wrote a book on saving the universe after taking a jaunt in the Quantum Realm? They're separated for most of the movie, but based on how Janet and the others snarked about Scott's celebrity status and bragging earlier in the movie, she probably wouldn't be any different with him, either. 

Janet makes her family drink random ooze without explaining it's an universal translator. She makes Hank pilot a spaceship with jelly tube controls without a word of explanation. She arranges a meeting with a powerful Quantum Realm resident without bothering to mention that he's also a former lover, and absolutely refuses to say anything about Kang — the brutal warlord whose mind she actually once read, learning all of his secrets in the process. Not cool, Janet, considering that the others might possibly like to know a thing or two about the villain who's actively hunting them.