Some Spoilers - I guess:
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Watched with my nieces on the weekend and we all really loved it.
I really enjoyed Raimi's first two movies, but this movie was a lot more fun.
Personally, I don't buy that this movie millennial-fied Spider-Man or anything - to me this was the first Spider-Man movie that came closest to capturing the teen energy of the 60s comics.
For me Spider-Man always goes hand-in-hand with the creation of teen culture in the 60s and it's THE thing that sets him apart from other big heros. That's why it's crazy to me that it's taken this long to hear some fun rock music in a Spider-Man movie. (HUGE shout out to whoever chose the Ramones, which works on many levels. For one thing, they're from Queens too.)
All the changes to the cast were fine by me - I've already sat through 5 movies with a more traditional take on the characters, thanks. Plus, I don't think they made any single change for change's sake - everything they did served the story. (And also it looked a lot more like it took place in a NY public school, this time around.)
For instance, I was initially thrown by Flash, just because he seemed almost as much of a scrawny dork as Peter, and not physically threatening --- but for me the changes deepened their rivalry and made it less cliche. You can actually do more with this relationship story-wise.
The Tony Stark relationship worked that way too — it wasn't just about the suit, (though, that did make sense) they found fun ways to play with the characters. Tony Stark struggling as a mentor with Peter's obvious father figure crush was funny and surprisingly emotional.
Oh, and Hannibal Buress basically steals the show without moving or hardly opening his eyes - of course.
The action scenes mostly sucked. It's from the "when in doubt, pull in super close and shake the camera around" school of action shooting. But, at this point that's like, 99% of movies for me. I still think Raimi's part 2 had the only great Spidey action scenes. I guess you can't have everything.
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Watched with my nieces on the weekend and we all really loved it.
I really enjoyed Raimi's first two movies, but this movie was a lot more fun.
Personally, I don't buy that this movie millennial-fied Spider-Man or anything - to me this was the first Spider-Man movie that came closest to capturing the teen energy of the 60s comics.
For me Spider-Man always goes hand-in-hand with the creation of teen culture in the 60s and it's THE thing that sets him apart from other big heros. That's why it's crazy to me that it's taken this long to hear some fun rock music in a Spider-Man movie. (HUGE shout out to whoever chose the Ramones, which works on many levels. For one thing, they're from Queens too.)
All the changes to the cast were fine by me - I've already sat through 5 movies with a more traditional take on the characters, thanks. Plus, I don't think they made any single change for change's sake - everything they did served the story. (And also it looked a lot more like it took place in a NY public school, this time around.)
For instance, I was initially thrown by Flash, just because he seemed almost as much of a scrawny dork as Peter, and not physically threatening --- but for me the changes deepened their rivalry and made it less cliche. You can actually do more with this relationship story-wise.
The Tony Stark relationship worked that way too — it wasn't just about the suit, (though, that did make sense) they found fun ways to play with the characters. Tony Stark struggling as a mentor with Peter's obvious father figure crush was funny and surprisingly emotional.
Oh, and Hannibal Buress basically steals the show without moving or hardly opening his eyes - of course.
The action scenes mostly sucked. It's from the "when in doubt, pull in super close and shake the camera around" school of action shooting. But, at this point that's like, 99% of movies for me. I still think Raimi's part 2 had the only great Spidey action scenes. I guess you can't have everything.
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