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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 310221" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Spider-Man: Homecoming</span> </strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">(2017)</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fc1%2F3e%2F25%2Fc13e252af0b8b148f199faab7a9b60f4.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 392px" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">A few little “this may affect my viewing experience” caveats to throw in with this one:</span></span></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">I have watched this film before (and little more than a year ago)</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">I’ve also seen this film’s first sequel and so I’m aware of some of the bigger picture</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Complicating things further, I’m familiar with Tobey Maguire’s portrayal and have seen the first Andrew Garfield film, so these will also provide something of a benchmark</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">I was an avid Spider-Man reader for many years and feel more strongly connected to the character than most other MCU characters</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">This was a matinee screening</span></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Here’s what I had to say last time I watched: </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">To an extent, I’ve made peace with many of my previous gripes with the film (hence the caveat. This arguably gives <em>Homecoming</em> an advantage most other films may not have until my second or third time round with them). </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">In MCU terms, some of the advanced weaponry is more understandable as a result of scavenging Chitauri arms following the Battle Of New York. It still doesn’t feel particularly Spider-Man, and it means obvious CGI fakery, but I could accept it. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Likewise, the Adrian Toomes of the comics was an engineer and bringing this into the twenty first century it also makes sense for the Vulture costume and flight mechanism - with the crossover technology reverse-engineered - to resemble a miniature fighter jet. I wasn’t thrilled with how different the costume was from the comic version, but it had a reality to it and one of my favourite of the film’s little nods to the comics was Adrian’s fur-collared bomber jacket which evoked the fur-collared costume of the comics. Having now watched all the MCU films leading to this one, the similarities between the Vulture’s mask and that of Star-Lord screamed at me. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The film’s big twist when Peter went to Liz’s home as her date for homecoming is great fun. This time round, knowing what was coming, I was able to appreciate the layers when I factored this into Liz’s earlier scenes. I do have two gripes with it: Firstly, the “family man” angle is far removed from the Vulture I know. Secondly, Peter finding out that the film’s big villain is the father of a classmate with whom he’s close was already brilliantly done in the first Raimi <em>Spider-Man</em> film (a twist that was more faithful to the source material). For a short time I did wonder why not just go the comics route of having Toomes connected to Peter by having May date Nate Lubensky (who would now be a hot young thing in line with MCU casting) but I suppose that would have meant too much time spent with the olds and it’s important to get to know the young supporting cast. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">I did love the cat and mouse game that developed from the Peter/Liz/Adrian dynamic, particularly that chilling car ride where Toomes works it all out as Liz chatters away obliviously and Peter squirms in horror. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">continued...</span></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 310221, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Spider-Man: Homecoming[/SIZE] [/B][SIZE=4][FONT=Helvetica Neue](2017)[/FONT] [IMG width="392px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fc1%2F3e%2F25%2Fc13e252af0b8b148f199faab7a9b60f4.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/IMG][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]A few little “this may affect my viewing experience” caveats to throw in with this one:[/SIZE][/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]I have watched this film before (and little more than a year ago)[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]I’ve also seen this film’s first sequel and so I’m aware of some of the bigger picture[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]Complicating things further, I’m familiar with Tobey Maguire’s portrayal and have seen the first Andrew Garfield film, so these will also provide something of a benchmark[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]I was an avid Spider-Man reader for many years and feel more strongly connected to the character than most other MCU characters[/SIZE][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]This was a matinee screening[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/LIST] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]Here’s what I had to say last time I watched: [/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]To an extent, I’ve made peace with many of my previous gripes with the film (hence the caveat. This arguably gives [I]Homecoming[/I] an advantage most other films may not have until my second or third time round with them). In MCU terms, some of the advanced weaponry is more understandable as a result of scavenging Chitauri arms following the Battle Of New York. It still doesn’t feel particularly Spider-Man, and it means obvious CGI fakery, but I could accept it. Likewise, the Adrian Toomes of the comics was an engineer and bringing this into the twenty first century it also makes sense for the Vulture costume and flight mechanism - with the crossover technology reverse-engineered - to resemble a miniature fighter jet. I wasn’t thrilled with how different the costume was from the comic version, but it had a reality to it and one of my favourite of the film’s little nods to the comics was Adrian’s fur-collared bomber jacket which evoked the fur-collared costume of the comics. Having now watched all the MCU films leading to this one, the similarities between the Vulture’s mask and that of Star-Lord screamed at me. The film’s big twist when Peter went to Liz’s home as her date for homecoming is great fun. This time round, knowing what was coming, I was able to appreciate the layers when I factored this into Liz’s earlier scenes. I do have two gripes with it: Firstly, the “family man” angle is far removed from the Vulture I know. Secondly, Peter finding out that the film’s big villain is the father of a classmate with whom he’s close was already brilliantly done in the first Raimi [I]Spider-Man[/I] film (a twist that was more faithful to the source material). For a short time I did wonder why not just go the comics route of having Toomes connected to Peter by having May date Nate Lubensky (who would now be a hot young thing in line with MCU casting) but I suppose that would have meant too much time spent with the olds and it’s important to get to know the young supporting cast. I did love the cat and mouse game that developed from the Peter/Liz/Adrian dynamic, particularly that chilling car ride where Toomes works it all out as Liz chatters away obliviously and Peter squirms in horror. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][I][SIZE=4]continued...[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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