Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin knows a thing or two -- maybe a thing too many -- about creating villains that audiences will hate. He also happens to be a huge Marvel fanboy.
In a recent post on his "Not a Blog" blog, Martin called the Paul Rudd-helmed Ant-Man "right up there" with the best Marvel movies of all time (though he said the best was Spider-Man 2???). Aside from his glowing review, however, Martin expressed a certain level of boredom with the villains in Marvel films.
Martin said that his only quibbles with the film were a desire to see more of Wasp and the trope of Marvel villains being merely "bad versions" of the hero.
[...] While Yellowjacket makes a decent villain here (in the comics, of course, he was actually one of Hank's later identities, after Giant-Man and Goliath), I am tired of this Marvel movie trope where the bad guy has the same powers as the hero. The Hulk fought the Abomination, who is just a bad Hulk. Spider-Man fights Venom, who is just a bad Spider-Man. Iron Man fights Ironmonger, a bad Iron Man. Yawn. I want more films where the hero and the villain have wildly different powers. That makes the action much more interesting).
He certainly has a point, and when the creator of Joffrey Baratheon gives you advice about villains, you might want to listen.