Post by Atom(ica) Discord on Jun 1, 2017 20:48:39 GMT
I dont know why but it does to me. Maybe its because they got to use Spider-man all of a sudden in Civil War and anounced Homecoming on pretty short notice cranking it in between Guardians and Thor. It makes me feel this is rushed and might not be as good as the normal MCU movie.
Does anyone know if the script for this movie was something Marvel had already laying on a shelf? Or was it written last minute.
Maybe its just Sony's involvement.
And maybe its just me.
For me, Spider-Man is like Pizza; I could eat it all day every day (if I weren't so afraid of ruining my girlish figure).
But, for non-Pizza lovers (sick bastards that they are) is it too soon to have another Spider-Man film? Is he too overexposed as a comic book character in cinema? I think Marvel was obliged to help Sony get something out quickly to take advantage of their unprecedented generosity concerning in the character.
That said.
I like what I've seen so far...
I like the tone.
I like the idea of getting back to the character's roots as a teenaged superhero.
I like the premise - it's clean and simple - people are stealing black market alien tech and then using it to break open the city like a piggy bank.
I like Tom Holland (his comedic timing and feel for "Spider-Trolling" his adversaries is dead on. Garfield always felt off to me and Maguire was a little too try-hard for my taste).
I LOVE the fact that we will get to see Spider-Man interact with other Marvel characters (like Iron Man).
I LOVE the fact that this story has all of the hallmarks of an origin story without all of the baggage. Homecoming is a baptism by fire for the wall-crawler without us needing to see Uncle Ben get shot for the umpteenth time. It's quite ingenious if you ask me.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Michael Keaton's vulture.
LOVE the fact that this is a smaller adventure but it still has high-stakes.
I love that this movie is getting away from the Nolanized "Amazing..." franchise. Spider-Man is not edgy or brooding. He's sarcastic but never cynical. He is your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
We're also getting away from the Spider-Man "frenemies" syndrome. How many times can he fight a guy that once was his friend or mentor? The Vulture is an unknown quantity, has no history with Peter and that means we don't know exactly how far he will go.
And I don't mind that Iron Man is being used to sell the thing (just as long as he doesn't dominate the story). Marvel has built up an incredible amount of good will with RDJ as Iron Man; I don't see any reason why they shouldn't leverage that in the marketing. It's just good business.
You can hate on Homecoming if you want to but, I'm stoked to have fun with a Spider-man movie for the first time in a long while. This movie seems set to pay homage to the character in countless ways that have never been done before. Kudos to Marvel (and Sony).
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