Arriving back from my birthday present (Hawaii trip), I received another gift in the form of a fantastic Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer. The latest feature of Spider-Man’s costume (the webbing under his arms) is yet another throwback to the classic comics, much like the shape and movement of Spidey’s “eyes” that we saw in Captain America: Civil War. I wished at the time that Civil War had been a Spider-Man movie and now I look to be getting exactly the movie I wished for.
It’s a welcome sign that Spider-Man is firmly established to be in high school by the movie’s title and trailer. That gives another nod to the classic comics, the ones that firmly established Spider-Man’s defining characteristics, the ones that made him my favourite superhero of all time. Like the facts that Peter is a bit of a loser at school, that he makes nervous quips to bad guys while making them look silly, and that he’s having problems with the cops right from the start.
Even better, it’s clear that this movie exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, not only from the bank robbers’ Avengers masks (to which Spidey’s response is perfect) but also from Tony Stark’s appearance in his two favourite suits (iron and wool). Tony and Peter’s big brother-little brother relationship continues to fit the characters perfectly and I’m excited to see more of that dynamic (and see Peter teach Tony a thing or two, as when you get right down to it, Peter always finds a way to do the right thing, which is something Tony struggles with).
There are two other big Marvel releases in 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (April 25) and Thor: Ragnarok (October 25). After this trailer, Spider-Man: Homecoming is by far my most anticipated of the three, and I never thought that would be the case considering how much I loved the first Guardians of the Galaxy and that Taika Waititi, Thor 3’s director, is one of the most talented and underrated people in the movie business. All in all, it seems 2017 will be a very good movie year for Sean (and a very bad one for Jay), and I’m expecting Spider-Man: Homecoming will be the source of a lot of that goodness.
Wow, I just spent all that money on Hawaii and you would have been just as happy watching a commercial for FREE ON THE INTERNET???
I’m already feeling ripped off by this movie and I haven’t even seen it yet.
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I fully expect you will also feel ripped off by this movie after you see it.
P.S. Thanks for Hawaii!
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Me after seeing this trailer (among others) before Rogue One last night: meh.
A few minutes (and several more comic book movie trailers later): Seriously. Why all the comic book movies?
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Even I have to admit there are too many comic book movies, generally and specifically in 2017.
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I would be happy to see a couple every now and then, but the sheer number means that I don’t see any, because I have no idea which are any good or worth my time, or which just re-hash a movie I’ve already seen, etc.
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We didn’t even get this trailer before Rogue One, and Sean was disappointed!!!
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We had the strangest selection of trailers – there were cartoons and comics and a version of the Mummy starring Tom Cruise instead of Brendan Fraser (and that’s just what I remember off the top of my head).
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Yarın önce bir star wars yapalım spider man ve 2017 de avatar
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Can’t wait for this!😊
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Guardians 2 is cake, Spiderman the cream, and Thor the cherry on top, my cupcake runneth over!
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And how are you feeling about Wonder Woman, Justice League and Logan (also set to release in 2017)?
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So far have not got into The DC universe. Of course I watched Batman through from Michael Keaton to Christian Bale, but have not been inspire to watch the latest lot. I will probably get round to them,, but there’s enough to do keeping up with Marvel. Logan of course is still Marvel, and having seen the 1st 2 I’ll be doing the 3rd, after all it is Hugh Jackman!
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I feel like upchucking! My belly hurts, like when I eat 3lbs of jelly beans.
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Definitely agree with you! 2017 is going to be a great year for Marvel’s MCU
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Hopefully, the movie will be as good as the trailer.
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I hope the movie is awesome and make us forget those last Spider-Man film. Oh, that was horrible.
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Happy birthday! What a great present — or two! Sounds like this Spidy could be a good one.
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Wow…what a great birthday present! I hope you had a great time. I am looking forward to all these movies actually.
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ahh back to reality glad you had a great time on the islands.. what a birthday!!
dont care for these types of movies
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Magic! I was a bit weary of another Spider-Man ‘reboot’, but this does look pretty ace. Marvel more than making up for Iron Man 3 and Age of Ultron!
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I really liked Andrew Garfield as spider man and am not stoked for ANOTHER reboot. This does look pretty good though.
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