Think how great it will look on the big cinema screen. Why not take your kid and make it a nice family Christmas event?
I recently rewatched all 3, and I knew I liked 2, but I’d forgotten really just how good it is.
My 120" screen is fine for me, besides not wanting to be a 3rd wheel on a date with her boyfriend when he's home from college.
I get what you're saying, renaissance_man but the snickering brings up another issue I have. Warning: mini rant incoming
...You might be right, Halliwax but again it's out of character. Only Tony Stark can be Tony Stark. Everybody loved Thor: Ragnarok but I hated that they basically turned Thor into Star Lord. Yeah it was funny to an extent but I prefer the Thor from the first movie and Avengers 1. They redeemed him in Infinity War but then reverted him back into a goofball in Endgame.
No no, I 100% agree with you. But I do think they are retconning strange now.. the first trailer through me for a loop when strange’s helper told him “don’t cast that spell” and when he left strange looks at peter like they are both 15 years old and running to their dads gun safe.I get what you're saying, renaissance_man but the snickering brings up another issue I have. Warning: mini rant incoming
Peter Parker being a nerd himself who was teased and bullied in high school wouldn't laugh at someone's name, even an enemy's. Sure, Spider-Man would laugh at a super villain's name and mock them for it but he wouldn't laugh at their real name. It's out of character and makes him unlikeable. I'm already rooting for Doc Ock after seeing that. It also undermines your villain if kids are laughing at him to his face (assuming he is a villain which now that I think about it, he might not be in this which could be interesting). Same thing with Dr. Strange. He shouldn't have to talk down to Peter because he's a teenager. Peter's a scientific prodigy which I'll hazard a guess means he was watching a lot of lectures and reading books with a manner of speech far more sophisticated than your average teenager uses. I mean we're talking about a kid that is smart enough to build web shooters that even Tony Stark is impressed by but he can't be communicated with in a mature way? I don't buy it. And beyond that, as HeartBlade said, the funny name shtick has gotten old.
One of my problems with what the MCU has become is everything now is played for a laugh. They always had a comedic element but tonally, they've become too farcical. I loved Guardians of the Galaxy but it unintentionally set a terrible precedent for not just the MCU but other movies that followed it. Not every moment needs a punchline. Try to think of a scene in any of the MCU movies since where there wasn't at least one joke. Maybe Tony's memorial in Endgame? I don't know. Maybe most fans like this direction. It's just not for me I guess. I was losing interest in the MCU leading up to Infinity War & Endgame. I haven't seen any of them since. Spider-Man was the last one I had interest in. I think after this one I'm done too. I'm mainly excited to see the Maguire and Garfield and the older villains. Speaking of, I would love it if Nicholas Hammond gets a cameo. He was the first live-action Spider-Man and the first one I knew.
You might be right, Halliwax but again it's out of character. Only Tony Stark can be Tony Stark. Everybody loved Thor: Ragnarok but I hated that they basically turned Thor into Star Lord. Yeah it was funny to an extent but I prefer the Thor from the first movie and Avengers 1. They redeemed him in Infinity War but then reverted him back into a goofball in Endgame.
Ah ok.My 120" screen is fine for me, besides not wanting to be a 3rd wheel on a date with her boyfriend when he's home from college.
I agree...& Again...I don't think it's him.
A imposter?!?
I think I see where you're going with this.
... or a powerful outside influence that would have a reason for wanting more universes opened up.
Yeah...I think a couple of those DISNEY+ shows are key to what's going on.
Oh boy…
The human personification of Sony's film division?
I feel like there’s been a dearth of “superhero” movies since the Raimi films—I like quite a few of the Marvel films, but none of them really are “superheroes” in that classic sense like the Donner Superman or Spider-Man 2. Smaller-scale stakes, saving people, fighting crime, not to mention a deliberate use of VFX sparingly rather than “well, we’ve got the money, and it would be easier to do in a computer”. Not to mention, superhero movies/big blockbusters in general are starting to slip dangerously into a stale, rote formula in terms of cinematography, kind of akin to that “shot/reverse shot/wide” set-up that sitcoms have. It all sort of just mushes together into a bland paste of competence rather than style and life. I mean, Spider-Man 2 actually looks like a movie! Like something you’d see, on a big screen! It has that filmic quality to it that’s harder to capture digitally and harder to capture if you’ve just got B and C and D units shooting a little bit of coverage from multiple angles on a green screen where eventually even the actors will end up getting replaced with a CGI double that doesn’t move quite right. I really did like Homecoming, I liked Tom as Spider-Man and as Peter, but, honestly, I’ve lost a lot of steam. I’m still interested in seeing this movie, especially if my theory about Sony’s plans pays off.
Fair points, those were maybe two lines in a three minute trailer for what is likely to be a two and a half hour film.I get what you're saying, renaissance_man but the snickering brings up another issue I have. Warning: mini rant incoming
Peter Parker being a nerd himself who was teased and bullied in high school wouldn't laugh at someone's name, even an enemy's. Sure, Spider-Man would laugh at a super villain's name and mock them for it but he wouldn't laugh at their real name. It's out of character and makes him unlikeable. I'm already rooting for Doc Ock after seeing that. It also undermines your villain if kids are laughing at him to his face (assuming he is a villain which now that I think about it, he might not be in this which could be interesting). Same thing with Dr. Strange. He shouldn't have to talk down to Peter because he's a teenager. Peter's a scientific prodigy which I'll hazard a guess means he was watching a lot of lectures and reading books with a manner of speech far more sophisticated than your average teenager uses. I mean we're talking about a kid that is smart enough to build web shooters that even Tony Stark is impressed by but he can't be communicated with in a mature way? I don't buy it. And beyond that, as HeartBlade said, the funny name shtick has gotten old.
One of my problems with what the MCU has become is everything now is played for a laugh. They always had a comedic element but tonally, they've become too farcical. I loved Guardians of the Galaxy but it unintentionally set a terrible precedent for not just the MCU but other movies that followed it. Not every moment needs a punchline. Try to think of a scene in any of the MCU movies since where there wasn't at least one joke. Maybe Tony's memorial in Endgame? I don't know. Maybe most fans like this direction. It's just not for me I guess. I was losing interest in the MCU leading up to Infinity War & Endgame. I haven't seen any of them since. Spider-Man was the last one I had interest in. I think after this one I'm done too. I'm mainly excited to see the Maguire and Garfield and the older villains. Speaking of, I would love it if Nicholas Hammond gets a cameo. He was the first live-action Spider-Man and the first one I knew.
You might be right, Halliwax but again it's out of character. Only Tony Stark can be Tony Stark. Everybody loved Thor: Ragnarok but I hated that they basically turned Thor into Star Lord. Yeah it was funny to an extent but I prefer the Thor from the first movie and Avengers 1. They redeemed him in Infinity War but then reverted him back into a goofball in Endgame.
