While many people forget that their most favorited writers, actors, and directors are fans of other franchises also, 'Songs of Ice and Fire' author George R.R. Martin reminds everyone with his most recent review of Marvel's 'Ant-Man' film.

Martin highly attests to the film, stating that its up there on his list of best Marvel films ever made, but looks at it from a more subjective standpoint when comparing it to other movies in the franchise.

"ANT-MAN has a proper balance of story, character, humor, and action, I think," he wrote on his personal blog. "A couple reviewers are calling it the best Marvel movie ever. I won't go that far, but it's right up there, maybe second only to the second Sam Raimi/ Tobey McGuire [sic] Spider-Man film, the one with Doc Ock. I've liked most of the Marvel movies, to be sure, I'm still a Marvel fanboy at heart (Excelsior!), but I liked this one more than the first AVENGERS and a lot more than the second, more than either THOR, more than the second and third IRON MAN and maybe just a smidge more than the first (though I liked that one a lot too)."

The author then explains where Marvel films usually lose him, as most if not all of them have followed this similar trend.

"Also, 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," he wrote. "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)."

As influential as Martin is, who's to say that the Marvel execs won't take what the author says in consideration.