Episode 320: Spider-Man Brand New Day

Um, so, I mean, saying it, saying, oh, I thought it was mid is selling both the movie and my reaction to the movie a little

bit.

There definitely were things that I liked about it.

But if I'm being perfectly honest, I walked out of the theater pretty underwhelmed.

And...

Some of that might have to do with my own hyping myself up.

I also waited a few days to see the movie.

So by the time I had seen the movie, it had already been breaking records and people were already giving it the all time raves, rants and raves.

So I definitely went into it with pretty high expectations.

And I think, just mentioned, you know, the eras, and it's been an interesting journey for this Tom Holland era.

And, you know, we're coming off of No Way Home.

We end, we have this great, you know, I mean, Marvel's getting criticized for being a nostalgia bait, but we had this really, I feel like, worthwhile trip through memory lane.

Cause we are at that point where there've been three live action Spider-Man.

There's also two very well-received animated Spider-Man full feature films.

This is quite, he's got a, he's got a extensive filmography at this point.

So it's at that point where we can talk about him like Batman.

And I think this is, particular iteration had its own sort of gift and curse power and responsibility situation where it's had this gift of being connected to the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe but I also feel like perhaps and at least in this film it wound up being a bit of a hindrance because I think The last film we started with this clean slate and this final image of Spider-Man web slinging.

And it was like the classic Spider-Man that we knew and loved.

It wasn't Tony Stark Jr.

And because of the storyline, he had like his identity stripped away.

And it was like a true clean slate or it felt like it was going to be a clean slate.

And the movie starts like he's building a new life.

And we get this new, fresh story.

accurate depiction of Spider-Man for about 30 to 40 minutes, and then we just get a lot of MCU stuff.

We get characters from the old trilogy get shoved back into the storyline, and this Jean Grey situation that we'll probably talk about in a little bit, but I just feel like There was a real chance to give a full, fresh take on Spider-Man that I really thought got weighed down in the second and third acts of this movie.

Um, so, I mean, saying it, saying, oh, I thought it was mid is selling both the movie and my reaction to the movie a little

bit.

There definitely were things that I liked about it.

But if I'm being perfectly honest, I walked out of the theater pretty underwhelmed.

And...

Some of that might have to do with my own hyping myself up.

I also waited a few days to see the movie.

So by the time I had seen the movie, it had already been breaking records and people were already giving it the all time raves, rants and raves.

So I definitely went into it with pretty high expectations.

And I think, just mentioned, you know, the eras, and it's been an interesting journey for this Tom Holland era.

And, you know, we're coming off of No Way Home.

We end, we have this great, you know, I mean, Marvel's getting criticized for being a nostalgia bait, but we had this really, I feel like, worthwhile trip through memory lane.

Cause we are at that point where there've been three live action Spider-Man.

There's also two very well-received animated Spider-Man full feature films.

This is quite, he's got a, he's got a extensive filmography at this point.

So it's at that point where we can talk about him like Batman.

And I think this is, particular iteration had its own sort of gift and curse power and responsibility situation where it's had this gift of being connected to the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe but I also feel like perhaps and at least in this film it wound up being a bit of a hindrance because I think The last film we started with this clean slate and this final image of Spider-Man web slinging.

And it was like the classic Spider-Man that we knew and loved.

It wasn't Tony Stark Jr.

And because of the storyline, he had like his identity stripped away.

And it was like a true clean slate or it felt like it was going to be a clean slate.

And the movie starts like he's building a new life.

And we get this new, fresh story.

accurate depiction of Spider-Man for about 30 to 40 minutes, and then we just get a lot of MCU stuff.

We get characters from the old trilogy get shoved back into the storyline, and this Jean Grey situation that we'll probably talk about in a little bit, but I just feel like There was a real chance to give a full, fresh take on Spider-Man that I really thought got weighed down in the second and third acts of this movie.