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Spider-Man: Homecoming
In fewer than 48 hours, Spider-Man: six Homecoming will be treating the eyes of us general public. So, what the dickens can we expect from Spidey’s latest outing?
Well, for a start, in Tom Holland we’ll be getting (in my opinion) the best all round Peter Parker/Spiderman yet.
Tobey Maguire was a good Peter Parker (well in Spiderman 1 and 2, we can all agree that number 3 was just terrible), but at times I felt his Spidey sense was a little off. Plus, he didn’t use any gadgets (like web shooters), which always bugged me [ten points to Gryffindor for that pun there!]. Andrew Garfield, on the other hand, was a great Spidey, with gadgets and everything, but he was just a bit to cool to play the stereotypical science geek, Peter.
Holland strikes the balance perfectly. He’s utterly believable as Peter; his enthusiasm for the role is infectious and you can 100% believe that he gets the same abundance of joy from Peter’s pastimes. But he’s also got a bit of a cool streak of his own, which helps fill out the Spidey-suit (gadgets and all) wonderfully.
In many ways, the whole trailer for this film has been rendered somewhat redundant by the star of the show and his utter inability to keep any secrets. From revealing minor quirks from the film, straight through to letting the watching world know that there are a guaranteed two sequels to Homecoming, he has been giving away so many little bits here and there, that we may know everything about the film before its release on Wednesday.
What’s new then? Well, for a start the punctuation; Spiderman is now Spider-Man. I guess you can only have so many titles with Spiderman in them before you’ve got to mix things up a bit eh? Next up, the super techy suit, replete with mobile Spidey-eyes. A heap of other bits of kit (including some sort of remote control spy-spider (or spyder, if you will [more points for Gryffindor there]), gizmos to allow gliding and the suit’s own version of Iron Man’s Jarvis) are all over the new suit, although could you really expect anything else from a suit gifted by none other than Tony Stark?
So, plot? Characters? What do we now will happen? Well, despite this being the first in (another) reboot, it’s unlikely that we’re in for a traditional origin story. I mean, this iteration of Spidey has already debuted in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. But there’s every chance that we’ll get glimpses of how Spidey has come to be. We know that Iron Man is going to feature to some extent, although whether it’s as fully as the trailers would have you believe is up for debate. There certainly won’t be any Mary-Jane Watson or Gwen Stacey, instead our leading lady is the lesser known, Michelle. I’ll admit now that I now basically nothing about her, so I’m interested to see what she’s like.
And our baddy? None other than The Vulture. Normally when I say that it would be slathered thoroughly with sarcasm. Let’s face it, in the comics, The Vulture is effectively just some old geezer who flies about and causes mild bother for New Yorkers. In Homecoming though, he’s been supped up a touch. If you remember how Rhino looked in The Amazing Spiderman 2 (which was much better than the comic book character), then you can probably imagine how he’s going to look. He’s all jet packs and angry metal claws. Much more threatening. Much more like a main antagonist.
We’ve seen Spidey doing his usual hero thing in the Stark suit and The Vulture being pretty menacing. We know that at some point Spidey is going to over-reach, that a boat will be pulled in half, and that Tony Stark of all people has to tell him to reign it in. We know that he ends up battling The Vulture at some point without his suit, so it’s a safe bet that he has it taken from him, as he develops his powers again. Kind of like Thor when he was stripped on Mjolnir.
What I’m sure of is that Spider-Man: Homecoming is going to be the best Spiderman film in a heck of a long time and I for one, cannot wait. Oh, and there’s two post credit scenes, so stay still until those lights are all the way on.
Well, for a start, in Tom Holland we’ll be getting (in my opinion) the best all round Peter Parker/Spiderman yet.
Tobey Maguire was a good Peter Parker (well in Spiderman 1 and 2, we can all agree that number 3 was just terrible), but at times I felt his Spidey sense was a little off. Plus, he didn’t use any gadgets (like web shooters), which always bugged me [ten points to Gryffindor for that pun there!]. Andrew Garfield, on the other hand, was a great Spidey, with gadgets and everything, but he was just a bit to cool to play the stereotypical science geek, Peter.
Holland strikes the balance perfectly. He’s utterly believable as Peter; his enthusiasm for the role is infectious and you can 100% believe that he gets the same abundance of joy from Peter’s pastimes. But he’s also got a bit of a cool streak of his own, which helps fill out the Spidey-suit (gadgets and all) wonderfully.
In many ways, the whole trailer for this film has been rendered somewhat redundant by the star of the show and his utter inability to keep any secrets. From revealing minor quirks from the film, straight through to letting the watching world know that there are a guaranteed two sequels to Homecoming, he has been giving away so many little bits here and there, that we may know everything about the film before its release on Wednesday.
What’s new then? Well, for a start the punctuation; Spiderman is now Spider-Man. I guess you can only have so many titles with Spiderman in them before you’ve got to mix things up a bit eh? Next up, the super techy suit, replete with mobile Spidey-eyes. A heap of other bits of kit (including some sort of remote control spy-spider (or spyder, if you will [more points for Gryffindor there]), gizmos to allow gliding and the suit’s own version of Iron Man’s Jarvis) are all over the new suit, although could you really expect anything else from a suit gifted by none other than Tony Stark?
So, plot? Characters? What do we now will happen? Well, despite this being the first in (another) reboot, it’s unlikely that we’re in for a traditional origin story. I mean, this iteration of Spidey has already debuted in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. But there’s every chance that we’ll get glimpses of how Spidey has come to be. We know that Iron Man is going to feature to some extent, although whether it’s as fully as the trailers would have you believe is up for debate. There certainly won’t be any Mary-Jane Watson or Gwen Stacey, instead our leading lady is the lesser known, Michelle. I’ll admit now that I now basically nothing about her, so I’m interested to see what she’s like.
And our baddy? None other than The Vulture. Normally when I say that it would be slathered thoroughly with sarcasm. Let’s face it, in the comics, The Vulture is effectively just some old geezer who flies about and causes mild bother for New Yorkers. In Homecoming though, he’s been supped up a touch. If you remember how Rhino looked in The Amazing Spiderman 2 (which was much better than the comic book character), then you can probably imagine how he’s going to look. He’s all jet packs and angry metal claws. Much more threatening. Much more like a main antagonist.
We’ve seen Spidey doing his usual hero thing in the Stark suit and The Vulture being pretty menacing. We know that at some point Spidey is going to over-reach, that a boat will be pulled in half, and that Tony Stark of all people has to tell him to reign it in. We know that he ends up battling The Vulture at some point without his suit, so it’s a safe bet that he has it taken from him, as he develops his powers again. Kind of like Thor when he was stripped on Mjolnir.
What I’m sure of is that Spider-Man: Homecoming is going to be the best Spiderman film in a heck of a long time and I for one, cannot wait. Oh, and there’s two post credit scenes, so stay still until those lights are all the way on.
