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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 442703" data-attributes="member: 5079">I saw BRAND NEW DAY last night; vague &amp; spoiler-free thoughts.I thought all of this panned out as hoped.&nbsp; This is Holland&#039;s most restrained performance as Spidey and Peter, with the hyperactive enthusiasm dialed significantly down.&nbsp; Superficially, this was a very enjoyable film -- fast paced with some dizzyingly inventive action scenes and a good balance between heart and humor.&nbsp; I enjoyed the vignettes of Spider-Man fighting lesser foes, something I&#039;ve often wondered why superhero films don&#039;t do more of.&nbsp; Like most of the other recent Marvel films that I&#039;ve bothered with, the qualities don&#039;t got past the surface.&nbsp; The last movie and the film&#039;s title promised a brand new day; this is most just more of the same.&nbsp; I admit, I&#039;ve never been wild about Ned or MJ and I was looking forward to Peter&#039;s sacrifice in the last film resulting in a new supporting cast.&nbsp; Instead the entire movie toys with undoing Peter&#039;s sacrifice while barely acknowledging the moral quandary of erasing peoples&#039; memories even if to keep them safe.&nbsp; This felt less like a Spider-Man movie than a 2 1/2 hour prelude to a future film; the increasingly tiresome Marvel method of teasing and promising the future rather than delivering now.&nbsp; The entire movie feels like a post-credit scene.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 442703, member: 5079"] I saw BRAND NEW DAY last night; vague & spoiler-free thoughts. I thought all of this panned out as hoped. This is Holland's most restrained performance as Spidey and Peter, with the hyperactive enthusiasm dialed significantly down. Superficially, this was a very enjoyable film -- fast paced with some dizzyingly inventive action scenes and a good balance between heart and humor. I enjoyed the vignettes of Spider-Man fighting lesser foes, something I've often wondered why superhero films don't do more of. Like most of the other recent Marvel films that I've bothered with, the qualities don't got past the surface. The last movie and the film's title promised a brand new day; this is most just more of the same. I admit, I've never been wild about Ned or MJ and I was looking forward to Peter's sacrifice in the last film resulting in a new supporting cast. Instead the entire movie toys with undoing Peter's sacrifice while barely acknowledging the moral quandary of erasing peoples' memories even if to keep them safe. This felt less like a Spider-Man movie than a 2 1/2 hour prelude to a future film; the increasingly tiresome Marvel method of teasing and promising the future rather than delivering now. The entire movie feels like a post-credit scene. [/QUOTE]

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