Marvel Studios/Sony - SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

[Wor-Gar]

Pfieffer's turn is next, imagine if she had been in this, missed opportunity big time.

Is she still hot? At one time, for like two decades or more, the older she got the hotter she got. And she was unbelievably smokin' to start with. I imagine that's hard to maintain.

I didn't think she looked so good in that dumb Dark Shadows movie. First time I think I ever thought that.

 

[Chakor]

My favorite part of the movie BY FAR was

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when Keaton met Peter at the door when he arrived to pick up Liz. A fantastic "holy crap" moment that came completely out of the blue. And then watching Keaton effortlessly yet organically deduce Parker's alter ego identity. I just loved the intermingling of his superhero and student lives. Really great job with that and very evocative of classic Spidey.

Same for me. It's worth seeing this a second time for the reaction from the crowd in the theatre alone.

 

[spindrift]

IN the car going to homecoming- and then after Liz gets out- you can feel the tension...amazing- best scene in almost ANY MCU movie- more threatening and real jeopardy than and CGI villian battle

 

[jye4ever]

Close up on Keaton's eyes in the car...yikes.

 

[Khev]

Yep the Homecoming car ride/conversation might be the closest thing the MCU has to a TDK interrogation scene. And Keaton did such a masterful job at playing a multilayered character I halfway wanted Peter to somehow find a way to become friends with him, lol.

 

[spindrift]

Yep the Homecoming car ride/conversation might be the closest thing the MCU has to a TDK interrogation scene.

Agreed- totally...and it took a Spidey movie to do it

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Close up on Keaton's eyes in the car...yikes.

 

[jye4ever]

Yep the Homecoming car ride/conversation might be the closest thing the MCU has to a TDK interrogation scene. And Keaton did such a masterful job at playing a multilayered character I halfway wanted Peter to somehow find a way to become friends with him, lol.

That might've been more tense than anything from Logan, I was on the edge of my seat during that car scene lol.

 

[Khev]

It's got to be one of the best "identity revealed" scenes ever. There's no way that any villain could have ever pieced together off the cuff that both Peter and Spidey were randomly in Washington DC at the exact same time unless

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he happened to be related to someone trapped in the freaking elevator.

I can't get over how organically it all played out, even Liz openly venting about Peter leaving the party early. That car ride was pretty much their longest uninterrupted conversation so it was both totally perfect and yet terrible that everything came out at that exact moment.

Even Stark realizing that WS killed his parents wasn't on that level because even though it was an "oh crap" moment I didn't think for one second that any of those major A-listers might actually die or anything as a result. But with Peter I was invested enough in his character that I really didn't want his date spoiled, lol. And as a potentially one-off villain I didn't consider Keaton to have script immunity and figured that once things escalated he could easily give up the ghost like pretty much all Spidey villains before him.

I didn't leave the theater thinking I'd seen an epic 10/10 cbm for the ages but nevertheless but I'm finding myself appreciating more and more about it in retrospect as I continue to digest it.

 

[spindrift]

Glad to see that I wasn't the only one stunned by that scene- so many emotions going on at the same time through different characters- what is Peter going to do??? What he did was the natural thing but it didn't immediately occur to me because I was stuck in the situation...whew

 

[PopCultKid]

Same for me. It's worth seeing this a second time for the reaction from the crowd in the theatre alone.

I always find it interesting when you see a flick multiple times, the different reactions of the audience to the same jokes/surprises/etc., and how they differ from crowd to crowd. Sometimes the same things that killed in with one crowd gets crickets with the next, and vice versa.

It's funny because I think of JYE's understandable beef with the porn line, and that was the one line that consistently killed the packed house each of the 4 times I saw this. By far the loudest crowd laugh every time. One time a kid that laughed the loudest sounded so young you just knew he was only laughing to keep up with the crowd, but had no clue what "porn" is . I'm sure it didn't take long for his parents to get the dreaded question

At the end of the day, despite the changes made here, this still feels much more like Spidey to me than any other incarnation to date.


But the suit could replicate anything Spidey could do on his own plus some. Look at Rhodey. He flies around and shoots missiles. Given Stark's technology, I don't see the real advantage of just enhancing Spidey, when I think about it. But it was an excuse to let his eyes open and close, so that's one good thing.

I agree about how they're handling Peter/Spidey. The delivery of the wisecracks in both CW and this felt more on the nose than Maguire and Garfield put together. Hell, his voice is even the best so far IMO. Plenty more aspects are more on the nose than before, but I especially like the real-feel of his age. He's starting out a couple years younger than he did in the last 2 franchises, but he finally feels like the age he's supposed to be. I know this is a big gripe with many older fans that think the movie is too young feeling, but I think it's more accurate than ever. In SM2 when his identity is revealed on the train a guy says, "he's just a kid, no older than my own son". I always thought "yea, if you consider pushing 30 is a kid" LOL. That realization to those witnesses was a powerful part, put I think it would've played more powerfully to us as an audience if it was Holland or someone that youthful looking behind the mask. I still enjoy the Raimi flicks, but this is a more up-to-date overall approach to the genre.

About the suit... I don't mind some of the tech aspects, but I don't love the idea of a V.I. assistant. I hope they scrap Karen going forward. But no average Joe can where that suit like Rhodey. Peter still has super strength, speed, agility, durability and wall climbing that the suit doesn't grant. I did like seeing him use a Spider tracer for the first time on screen

 

[PopCultKid]

I didn't leave the theater thinking I'd seen an epic 10/10 cbm for the ages but nevertheless but I'm finding myself appreciating more and more about it in retrospect as I continue to digest it.

This one's worth definitely does grow with thought and more than 1 watch.

Did you just see it once in 3D?

 

[Khev]

Did you just see it once in 3D?

Yep, the 3D showing last night was my first viewing of the movie.

I laughed at the porn line but the "F Thor" definitely got a pretty big eyebrow raise from me.

I really cracked up when Glover asked Parker what was with the intimidation voice since he'd already heard him and "knows what a girl sounds like," lol.

 

[jye4ever]

Yeah the deep voice scene was funny as is Steppenwolf's voice lol.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Every time I get the urge to see this movie, I just come in here and it kills it immediately. Thanks guys!

 

[PopCultKid]

Yep, the 3D showing last night was my first viewing of the movie.

I laughed at the porn line but the "F Thor" definitely got a pretty big eyebrow raise from me.

I really cracked up when Glover asked Parker what was with the intimidation voice since he'd already heard him and "knows what a girl sounds like," lol.

Good, I'm glad it hit you on the first time. I think it'll root even deeper with another watch.

I loved the F, marry, kill line! I think if people with abilities existed, that's something very real you'd hear coming out of a high-schooler's mouth.

F Thor, marry Iron Man, kill Hulk

Every time I get the urge to see this movie, I just come in here and it kills it immediately. Thanks guys!

No clue why! It's a great flick. Don't listen to the naysayers

 

[ironwez20]

Man just see it. It's so good. Washes the bad taste of the amazing movies out your mouth.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

It's a good movie, Wor, you should go see it. I think you'll enjoy it overall.

 

[Khev]

Good, I'm glad it hit you on the first time. I think it'll root even deeper with another watch.

I loved the F, marry, kill line! I think if people with abilities existed, that's something very real you'd hear coming out of a high-schooler's mouth.

F Thor, marry Iron Man, kill Hulk

Oh I didn't think that that line was out of place in a high school per se, obviously if the movie was filled with "real" high school speak then it would have been much worse, lol. I just don't ever screen MCU films before taking my kids (like I do with the DCEU and Fox) and sitting there with my 10 year old daughter who knows what that word means was, like I said, definitely an eyebrow raising moment.

Though technically Aunt May's cut off line at the very end was even more obvious.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Oh I didn't think that that line was out of place in a high school per se, obviously if the movie was filled with "real" high school speak then it would have been much worse, lol. I just don't ever screen MCU films before taking my kids (like I do with the DCEU and Fox) and sitting there with my 10 year old daughter who knows what that word means was, like I said, definitely an eyebrow raising moment.

Though technically Aunt May's cut off line at the very end was even more obvious.

And hilarious IMO.