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Spider-Man: Far From Home (Watts, 2019) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
07-08-19, 01:22 PM
#126
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07-08-19, 02:09 PM
#127
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i like that they can do a superhero film where the fate of the whole world isn't in the balance of them defeating the villain. Too many of these movies have the stakes set so high for defeating the villain, It's nice to have one where it is much closer to a personal level.
07-08-19, 03:25 PM
#128
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There's a lot of logic issues with the whole snap and post snap. If all of a sudden half the people on the planet disappear, you would have a lot of mass suicides with people that could not deal with what just happened. The stock market would crash. All the major banks would fall as there would be at least 50% of the people that would now be defaulting on their mortages. There may not be enough skilled labor in certain industries to keep society running. Post snap, you would now all of a sudden have twice as many people on the earth you did a few seconds before. Since five years in they would only have been producing enough food to feed the decreased population, you would now have people starving to death. you would have a lot of people that came back that couldn't go back to living where they were because someone else was living there. Your spouse may have remarried. Your job would be gone so there would be massive unemployment. All your belongings would be gone. It would be major pandemonium, but none of this is really reflected in the new movie. It just makes it look like everyting is back to normal. I doubt they will ever address much of ramifications and just say everyting is back to normal.
07-08-19, 04:19 PM
#129
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07-08-19, 04:34 PM
#130
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It's sort of like the massive property damage that happens in the other movies, like cities getting trashed. They never really go into all of the people who would have died in the first Avengers movie when the Chitauri were attacking New York, or the billions in property damage that resulted. So they're probably not going to get into the human consequences of the snap and blip even though it would have effected every single person living on the planet in some way. (Though do I wish they have found some other way to undo Thanos' snap.)
07-08-19, 07:00 PM
#132
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It's sort of like the massive property damage that happens in the other movies, like cities getting trashed. They never really go into all of the people who would have died in the first Avengers movie when the Chitauri were attacking New York, or the billions in property damage that resulted. So they're probably not going to get into the human consequences of the snap and blip even though it would have effected every single person living on the planet in some way. (Though do I wish they have found some other way to undo Thanos' snap.)
07-09-19, 12:34 AM
#133
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07-09-19, 03:56 AM
#134
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I thought it was an uneven but entertaining popcorn flick. I liked how they handled the Mysterio character and wouldn't mind seeing him return in a future installment. His first battle against Spider-man when he was using all the hologram effects to disorient him was pretty cool.
It was nice to see Spider-man baddies Hydroman and Molten Man finally introduced into the MCU. I thought the movie stayed faithful to their comic book portrayals and I also wouldn't mind seeing them return in the future,
Some of the comedy bits fell flat and there were a bunch of plot holes, but in the end, how can you dislike a movie that uses a classic Led Zepp song at a pivotal moment?
It was nice to see Spider-man baddies Hydroman and Molten Man finally introduced into the MCU. I thought the movie stayed faithful to their comic book portrayals and I also wouldn't mind seeing them return in the future,
Some of the comedy bits fell flat and there were a bunch of plot holes, but in the end, how can you dislike a movie that uses a classic Led Zepp song at a pivotal moment?
07-09-19, 06:26 AM
#135
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The only scene I really disliked was when Mysterio/Beck jumped up on the table in the bar and started acting like a mustache-twirling villain. It was so corny, I almost expected that all the people he was talking to were going to be revealed to ALSO be holograms and we'd find out Beck was actually working alone...but nope.
Other than that, I was pretty entertained throughout.
Other than that, I was pretty entertained throughout.
07-09-19, 06:28 AM
#136
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07-09-19, 08:33 AM
#137
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07-09-19, 08:39 AM
#138
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I thought it was an uneven but entertaining popcorn flick. I liked how they handled the Mysterio character and wouldn't mind seeing him return in a future installment. His first battle against Spider-man when he was using all the hologram effects to disorient him was pretty cool.
It was nice to see Spider-man baddies Hydroman and Molten Man finally introduced into the MCU. I thought the movie stayed faithful to their comic book portrayals and I also wouldn't mind seeing them return in the future,
Some of the comedy bits fell flat and there were a bunch of plot holes, but in the end, how can you dislike a movie that uses a classic Led Zepp song at a pivotal moment?
It was nice to see Spider-man baddies Hydroman and Molten Man finally introduced into the MCU. I thought the movie stayed faithful to their comic book portrayals and I also wouldn't mind seeing them return in the future,
Some of the comedy bits fell flat and there were a bunch of plot holes, but in the end, how can you dislike a movie that uses a classic Led Zepp song at a pivotal moment?
07-09-19, 01:36 PM
#139
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I definitely thought they'd deal with ramifications of the SNAP more. The most jarring scene in Endgame for me was when Scott Lang was walking through parts of Queens (or Brooklyn, I don't remember where his family lives) on the way to his ex-wife's house. The mass destruction in a residential neighborhood, the lone kid riding his bike with torn clothes, not smiling, not talking, not even bothering to look at Scott.
And here we have a few months later a class trip to Europe and everything is all peaches and cream. No destruction, tourist industry seems to be back to normal, etc. Why would a high school class even be planning a trip overseas to soon? You'd think everyone would be dealing with returning from the SNAP, and rebuilding would have only just begun.
And here we have a few months later a class trip to Europe and everything is all peaches and cream. No destruction, tourist industry seems to be back to normal, etc. Why would a high school class even be planning a trip overseas to soon? You'd think everyone would be dealing with returning from the SNAP, and rebuilding would have only just begun.
07-09-19, 01:42 PM
#140
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I definitely thought they'd deal with ramifications of the SNAP more. The most jarring scene in Endgame for me was when Scott Lang was walking through parts of Queens (or Brooklyn, I don't remember where his family lives) on the way to his ex-wife's house. The mass destruction in a residential neighborhood, the lone kid riding his bike with torn clothes, not smiling, not talking, not even bothering to look at Scott.
And here we have a few months later a class trip to Europe and everything is all peaches and cream. No destruction, tourist industry seems to be back to normal, etc. Why would a high school class even be planning a trip overseas to soon? You'd think everyone would be dealing with returning from the SNAP, and rebuilding would have only just begun.
And here we have a few months later a class trip to Europe and everything is all peaches and cream. No destruction, tourist industry seems to be back to normal, etc. Why would a high school class even be planning a trip overseas to soon? You'd think everyone would be dealing with returning from the SNAP, and rebuilding would have only just begun.
and for the record, Antman takes place in San Francisco. Not Queens or Brooklyn.
07-09-19, 02:07 PM
#141
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San Francisco. You were close.
07-09-19, 03:24 PM
#142
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It's sort of like the massive property damage that happens in the other movies, like cities getting trashed. They never really go into all of the people who would have died in the first Avengers movie when the Chitauri were attacking New York, or the billions in property damage that resulted. So they're probably not going to get into the human consequences of the snap and blip even though it would have effected every single person living on the planet in some way. (Though do I wish they have found some other way to undo Thanos' snap.)
07-09-19, 06:15 PM
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Re: Spider-Man: Far From Home (Watts, 2019) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
this was a Spider-Man movie. not Avengers. why do need to know all the ramifications and all this and that about everyone in the world? this was a lighter hearted superhero movie involving a few characters from that universe (2 of which weren't even who they were purported to be), but still Spidey nonetheless. The last 2 Avengers' movies were emotional wallops already. they had to go light next. they knew fans' minds and bodies couldn't handle more
07-09-19, 07:11 PM
#144
Re: Spider-Man: Far From Home (Watts, 2019) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
It's sort of like the massive property damage that happens in the other movies, like cities getting trashed. They never really go into all of the people who would have died in the first Avengers movie when the Chitauri were attacking New York, or the billions in property damage that resulted. So they're probably not going to get into the human consequences of the snap and blip even though it would have effected every single person living on the planet in some way. (Though do I wish they have found some other way to undo Thanos' snap.)
Okay, fine it's not that kind of movie...so why have that this spectacle in the first place if the audience knows nothing of any real consequence is going to happen?
07-10-19, 10:47 AM
#145
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The only scene I really disliked was when Mysterio/Beck jumped up on the table in the bar and started acting like a mustache-twirling villain. It was so corny, I almost expected that all the people he was talking to were going to be revealed to ALSO be holograms and we'd find out Beck was actually working alone...but nope.
Other than that, I was pretty entertained throughout.
Other than that, I was pretty entertained throughout.
07-10-19, 11:23 AM
#146
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07-10-19, 04:14 PM
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But let’s say it’s consistent with comic books. Is that a good thing? In comic books characters die and come back all the time to the point that death doesn’t even carry any weight. Many of Spider-Man’s friends and foes died over the years, usually in well written stories, only to come back in poorly written stories.
These producers want to depict massive violence but not the real consequences of it. Just a nice and healthy sanitized depiction of violence.
And comics are wildly inconsistent. Marvel and DC are kids stuff one minute, the next characters are getting beheaded and raped. I think one superhero was cannibalized by a supervillain on panel, and it wasn’t even the Marvel Zombies version.
07-11-19, 06:09 PM
#148
DVD Talk Legend
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I liked it okay, I guess. Tom Holland was good and shared good chemistry with Zendaya and some of the action was okay, but the so-called plot was rather weak and how it forced into the Iron Man movies fell flat, as did Gyllenhaal post-turn including an awkwardly written exposition scene. Definitely not as good as Homecoming and really reminded me why Marvel proper (mostly) is better at this than Sony-Marvel. 3.25/5
07-12-19, 04:20 AM
#149
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i like that they can do a superhero film where the fate of the whole world isn't in the balance of them defeating the villain. Too many of these movies have the stakes set so high for defeating the villain, It's nice to have one where it is much closer to a personal level.
I think what might be awesome is to have a hawkeye movie take place right after Endgame. It could serve as a true epilogue to Endgame and keep a similar tone. He would be the perfect character to explore life after the the reverse snap. We could also see the emotional return of his family and his struggles dealing with what he did during that 5 year period.
07-12-19, 04:26 AM
#150
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I thought the movie was incredible. It was just plain fun. Tom Holland really is the perfect PP/SM. Like someone said earlier I do somewhat wish Jake G. wasn't faking as he was very convincing as the multi-dimensional hero. I love that Happy returned with an even bigger role in this. It's too bad Pepper wasn't in this, it would have been nice to have had a little more closure with Tony's death. I thought it was an interesting little nod to Marvel Zombies during the fight scene. (which was incredible). I agree that it is a little weird that the characters in this universe are so different than their comic book counterparts. Don't get me wrong I love them as they are but it would have been perfectly fine if they were just brand new characters. Calling him Flash Thompson adds nothing. Just make him a new character.