Jon Watts' Spider-Man Homecoming is starkly different from the five other Spider-Man movies that have been made, which it greatly benefits from. The original Spider-Man trilogy from Sam Raimi were endearing and campy, but lacked some of the wit and humor that were always present in the comics. Tobey Maguire played the perfect nerdy kid (despite looking like a thirty-year old man), but the movies still sometimes suffered from being too dark, too clichéd, or trying to pack too much into a two hour movie. The two Marc Webb (web!) Spider-Man movies suffered from the exact opposite problems. The movies seemed well-made from a technical standpoint, but Andrew Garfield was absolutely the wrong choice for Peter Parker. He seemed surprisingly cool and chic, for a character who is generally depicted as uncool, nerdy and picked-on. He rode around the halls on his skateboard and had cool spiked-up hair. He seemed like the kind of person who, although was unpopular in the film, would be very popular in real life. Spider-Man: Homecoming adds together the good things from these movies, and subtracts the negatives. Tom Holland is nearly perfect for his role. As Peter Parker he is nerdy and self conscious, but the moment he puts the suit on, he becomes self-confident and bold, just like his comics counterpart. Jon Watts' film is vibrant and colorful, and never gets too dark and depressing like the other films sometimes do.
Personally, I liked this movie a lot. Although Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 will always have a special place in my heart, I count this movie as one of the best, if not the best Spider-Man movie. So many movies about teenagers cast 30-year-olds as the teenagers which, in my opinion, immediately throws out any attempt the film makes at being "relatable." In this movie, Tom Holland looked and acted like an ordinary teenager would. The only complaint I have for the film was that it could sometimes be a little bit too happy and bright. Its constant cheerfulness lowers the stakes a little bit, but it is a Marvel movie, so I do not think that anyone really expected it to end any differently from how it did. Other than that it was a great movie. The sweeping orchestral version of the 60's animated Spider-Man theme was pretty cool too.
I Also Believe that this new Spider-man should be in the good good category, it personally felt like this was a better overall movie than the other Spider-mans and the actor as stated was perfect for the role. As also stated the score was also fantastic the most iconic part being the Spider-man theme that played when the Marvel credits came in the beginning of the movie. Also in my personal opinion there was also a good blend of Comedy and Action which is both my favorite parts of movies.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who never read the Spiderman Comics I see all those movies in a different light. I have no complaints about who was casted for spiderman or how the character was portrayed because I have no preconceived notions of who Spiderman is and what he is like. Since I don’t care about who Spiderman is I mostly look at how the movie itself is put together; does the plot make sense, is it engaging and fun, how is the acting and directing, how are the special effects. With this different viewpoint I feel that all of the movies are equally enjoyable. But this being said I like the idea of Spiderman being part of the Marvel cinematic universe. This will fix the one major problem I had with all the previous series - they end. This will help keep Spiderman going far into the future. However nothing can last forever so when the series eventually ends it won’t be as bad because either Marvel will know it’s the last movie and give the audience closure or the quality of the movies would get so bad that the fans will be happy to see it go. Both cases would be better than what happened to the 2 previous series where there wasn’t adequate closure and left the audience wanting more. The worst thing that could happen to any film or film series is to have an awful ending.
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