Marvel Studios/Sony - SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
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Or the fact that the prequels to the movies you listed were some of Marvel's best films.
People like first movie = people go see sequel. Its not that the sequel is good. It is that the previous film acted as marketing for the one that follows.
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Awesome!
No, still...
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2 more years of MCU and i'm out.
Hell I don't even know how many Batman's I have left in me.
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Yea you say that but they'll drag you back kicking and screaming once they announce that galactus joined the mcu and fox gives up the rights to xmen to focus on avatar movies lmao.
Homecoming is the most faithful to the spirit of Spider-Man of all the Spidey films so far. By a pretty wide margin. Though it's true some of the story elements were tweaked.
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What the hell is the "spirit of Spider-Man" and what spirit does Homecoming have that the first Spider-Man from 2002 doesn't.
The MCU Spider-Man doesn't even have guilt. His motivation is to become an Avenger!
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I think kara means this when he says spirit lol
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Oh ****!
Did the original 60s Spider-Man have a parachute, drone, 200 web variations and Siri programmed into his suit too?!
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Haha, I fully agree. Web wings does not make this comic faithful.
There was pretty much nothing resembling classic Spider man here. Raimi's films nailed it perfectly (even Spider-Man 3 felt right despite its many flaws).
Young Hot Aunt May, goth millenial MJ, nerdy Flash Thompson, Ned, high tech Spider suit. No Daily Bugle or photography even mentioned. Aunt May finding out Peter was Spider-Man (which is a major dramatic character moment) was written off as a last second joke. Holland was a great Peter Parker, but everything else felt like a brand new character; and not worthy of arguably Marvels' most iconic hero.
There was pretty much nothing resembling classic Spider man here. Raimi's films nailed it perfectly (even Spider-Man 3 felt right despite its many flaws).
Young Hot Aunt May, goth millenial MJ, nerdy Flash Thompson, Ned, high tech Spider suit. No Daily Bugle or photography even mentioned. Aunt May finding out Peter was Spider-Man (which is a major dramatic character moment) was written off as a last second joke. Holland was a great Peter Parker, but everything else felt like a brand new character; and not worthy of arguably Marvels' most iconic hero.
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If you haven't been a dyed in the wool Spidey fan since being a toddler like me, you'll never understand, Bat-boy. 
He behaves as a teenage Spidey should. Not just as Parker, but as Spider-Man. All those little things he does throughout the film--his friendships, the way he fights, the way he struggles with adversity, his attitude--add up to the most fulfilling version of Spidey so far. Yes, Spidey 2 is a terrific film, and Tobey did a really good job as Parker. And of course, the motivation was best fleshed out by that version of Spidey. But Raimi never did the fun-loving, joke cracking, and ultimately, "street-level" Spidey the way he deserves. There was a stilted, and even surrealistic quality to the Raimi films. Part of that is his style. Part of that may have been a sign of the times. But it was there. The Spidey action scenes were usually pretty lacking. That wasn't evident here. I loved the opening scene in Amazing Spider-Man 2. And at the time, wished they would have somehow expanded that into a full length film instead of going way off the rails as they did, in terms of how Spidey (not Parker, who never made sense to me in the Garfield films) was represented. This film is, essentially that. The stakes aren't world shattering. The story isn't overly convoluted. There is an air of real freshness and fun to the whole thing. That's not all that Spidey is. But it is the core spirit of the character. That distinguishes him from Batman, and Captain America, and the bulk of other well known comic characters out there. Guilt isn't distinctive to Spidey, and isn't always on the surface in Spidey's stories frankly, so it's no huge loss that they don't beat us over the head with that. . .again. . .here. This film mashed together a great version of Peter, and a great version of Spidey, and did so much better than the other films. And I'm really optimistic about the future of the character and franchise as a result.
He behaves as a teenage Spidey should. Not just as Parker, but as Spider-Man. All those little things he does throughout the film--his friendships, the way he fights, the way he struggles with adversity, his attitude--add up to the most fulfilling version of Spidey so far. Yes, Spidey 2 is a terrific film, and Tobey did a really good job as Parker. And of course, the motivation was best fleshed out by that version of Spidey. But Raimi never did the fun-loving, joke cracking, and ultimately, "street-level" Spidey the way he deserves. There was a stilted, and even surrealistic quality to the Raimi films. Part of that is his style. Part of that may have been a sign of the times. But it was there. The Spidey action scenes were usually pretty lacking. That wasn't evident here. I loved the opening scene in Amazing Spider-Man 2. And at the time, wished they would have somehow expanded that into a full length film instead of going way off the rails as they did, in terms of how Spidey (not Parker, who never made sense to me in the Garfield films) was represented. This film is, essentially that. The stakes aren't world shattering. The story isn't overly convoluted. There is an air of real freshness and fun to the whole thing. That's not all that Spidey is. But it is the core spirit of the character. That distinguishes him from Batman, and Captain America, and the bulk of other well known comic characters out there. Guilt isn't distinctive to Spidey, and isn't always on the surface in Spidey's stories frankly, so it's no huge loss that they don't beat us over the head with that. . .again. . .here. This film mashed together a great version of Peter, and a great version of Spidey, and did so much better than the other films. And I'm really optimistic about the future of the character and franchise as a result.
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The armpit webbing doesn't mean much to me, but unlike some of you, I'm not hung up on the superficialities. So Flash Thompson and Aunt May are different? So Spidey's not working for JJJ taking photos nowadays? Who cares? If that's all you want, the great news is that you have all those old Raimi films to fall back on. Something out there for everyone now.
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I don't care if the Raimi Spidey is faithful to those dated, poorly written 60's comics, or if HC Spidey deviates from the comics too with his inspector gadget suit and PC friends. They all get some things right, and they work as films.
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Saw this again, and it was just as good (not better but not worse). Noticed more of the Easter eggs. Definitely wished Shocker was a little more developed. But Scorpion will be awesome!
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