And finally. I had the faint inkling of dread that Spiderman: Homecoming (S: H) would be telecasted either in Star Movies or HBO before I wrote, Okay typed!, down its review.
Just like how the Marvel Universe began the trend of having the post-credit scenes, there is a small surprise at the end of the blog as well.
Why are you so in a hurry to scroll down and peep into the surprise? Naughty. Naughty.
If you aren't that impatient, which you aren't, the rest of the blog will not take that much time.
That's the sum up of S: H also.
It was joyous and bubbling with innocent humor that you cannot say it's an outright slam-slam superhero flick. Tom Holland was the picture-perfect cast to this reboot after the catastrophic Amazing Spiderman series. Kudos to the Casting Director for giving us such a memorable and effervescent unseen spidy character - the likes of which we didn't see even during the times of Toby Maguire.
It was joyous and bubbling with innocent humor that you cannot say it's an outright slam-slam superhero flick. Tom Holland was the picture-perfect cast to this reboot after the catastrophic Amazing Spiderman series. Kudos to the Casting Director for giving us such a memorable and effervescent unseen spidy character - the likes of which we didn't see even during the times of Toby Maguire.
Instead of the ram-rod straight, authoritative, controlling, egoistic, powerful and all-knowing dominant superheroes that we have been familiar with, this spidy was floundering and fumbling that wasn't awkward for the eyes but it gave a cheerfully cute, adorable and buoyant feel throughout the film despite the spidy's lack of worldly experience in dealing with hardened criminals or negotiating with a caretaker as Tony Stark or his aunt.
The biggest strength is that S: H had a fine human touch to this fun and funny spidy which was actually refreshing like a hot cup of coffee/tea when you have a headache though there was an instance which reminded me of how Toby Maguire uses his steely flexible webs to stop a fast-running train from falling over a broken track. In this case, we had the new spidy using his ultimate superpower to hold together the two halves of a ship. Maybe, in the next reboot, they will have the spidy ensuring that a rocket is bound together!
As I touched upon "hold together", it was an extremely intelligent choice to project Michael Keaton as the Vulture for he had already reprised the roles of Batman and Birdman in his illustrious career. He was really the perfect cohesive agent to bind the movie together with his protective and dark performance as the Anti-hero.
Tony Stark was, as usual, in his own element but this time as a micro-managing boss who sees to it that his protegee doesn't cross the line. However, the line is not just broken but simply thrown away by our friendly neighborhood guy with timely help from his friend.
When I said friend, if one person who says that the MJ character is as dull as ditchwater, you need to recalibrate your neural wiring a bit. Did I say "a bit"? It's actually "wholly". Man! And Woman! What attitude. Yes. It's all an act. Still to pull it off such a kickass portrayal was a show-stealer even in scenes where spidy was present.
I don't have to say anything about May as Tony Stark had already clearly described his aunt in Cap Am 3 when he went to recruit Peter Parker.
Speaking of recruitment, did anyone else notice that Bruce Wayne went on a hiring spree in Justice League (JL) just like Iron Man in Cap Am 3?
Also, Flash's seemingly exuberant nature in JL resembled more like Tom Holland's Spiderman in S: H. At least, I got such a feeling.
Condensing everything in a nutshell, S: H is a highly enjoyable, entertaining, upbeat and lively movie that has struck, Sorry spun!, gold for the MCU's creative web.
PS:
Ah! See. You had the patience to read through the full blog before you came to this surprise section. I knew you had it in you.
Without further delay and ado,
As 2017 is drawing to a close, we have had plenty of releases in the superhero genre - Logan, Wonder Woman (WW), Thor, S: H, GotG 2 and finally - Justice League.
No. Lego Batman or Transformers cannot be technically called a hardcore superhero movie as they are not from the DC and Marvel kitty even though one can persistently insist that Batman was utilized in Lego Batman.
IMHO, revenues do not reflect the exact nature of a movie's caliber as some hyped films can hit the silver screen during the festival seasons or long weekends and make staggering money in the first few days but then evaporate due to the void of substance and quality of the movie itself.
Thus, I decided to rank the 2017 superhero movies not based on the ROI or the revenue generated but solely on the basis of pure class and deserved merits of the films.
1) Logan
2) Wonder Woman
5) GoTG 2
And with more movies in the pipeline like the monumentally much-awaited Avengers: Infinity War, depraved Deadpool 2, watery Aquaman, 2018 is going to be an incredible fest for all superhero lovers especially if you love watching both Marvel & DC with an unbiased eye for the sheer joy of characters on the screen.
PS 2:
Thanks to Thor's team for proving me wrong that the actual movie was as good as the teasers and trailers. Waiting for more such action-packed and humor-infused show stealers, pun intended.
PS 2:
Thanks to Thor's team for proving me wrong that the actual movie was as good as the teasers and trailers. Waiting for more such action-packed and humor-infused show stealers, pun intended.
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