--- description: According to the trailer, it could simply be called Tiny Iron Man title: This Honest Trailer for 'Ant-Man' Mocks Your Favorite Superhero Movies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Honest Trailer for _Ant-Man_ Mocks Your Favorite Superhero Movies by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2015 8:23 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2015 8:23 PM CUT The YouTube channel Screen Junkies has chosen its next victim for the “Honest Trailer” series: _Ant-Man._ According to the voiceover guy in the spoof trailer, this is a film about a “hero so silly no one can even keep a straight face when they say his dumb name.” The film also features a ton of sucker-punches and “some of the most high-stakes fights between tiny people since Frodo versus Gollum.” In the end, though, it’s just a movie that would “be really stale without Paul Rudd doing Paul Rudd things.” According to the trailer, it could simply be called _Tiny Iron Man._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4141070/honest-trailer-ant-man/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4141070/honest-trailer-ant-man/"},"headline":"This Honest Trailer for Ant-Man Mocks Your Favorite Superhero Movies","datePublished":"2015-12-08T20:23:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:29.873Z","description":"\"Get ready for a hero so silly no one can even keep a straight face when they say his dumb name\"","url":"https://time.com/4141070/honest-trailer-ant-man/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4141070/honest-trailer-ant-man/","name":"This Honest Trailer for Ant-Man Mocks Your Favorite Superhero Movies"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4141070/honest-trailer-ant-man/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4141070/honest-trailer-ant-man/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```