12 Jul 2017 18:55:51
I just went to see Spidey, difficult to review as it was a mish mash of terrible and brilliant! Some scenes were great, Spidey himself was really good, however Keaton is just useless as an actor and ruined Vulture (who is my fave comic book baddy ever). It is all very well having a gravelly voice but he is about as menacing as a kitten.

Iron Man/Tony Stark and Happy were a bit misused, but not so bad as to ruin it. THey used the old theme tune from the cartoons, updated though, so that was a plus, because I got to annoy the missus all the way home by singing it over and over.

As origin stories go it was decent, it was the other characters that let it down, as none of the bad guys were of any real value to the film. Flash was not much cop either, not really a proper bully. In fact that was the problem for me, too many side shows and not enough Spidey as Holland is really good in the role. The best bit of the film was the beginning with him filming himself.

Got to say the trailer for Thor:Ragnarok before it made that film one I am really excited for!

1.) 31 Jul 2017
31 Jul 2017 03:47:09
i'm surprised you thought it was just decent ed. Thought it was great and i'm not big on the superhero genre. For once marvel had a villain in vulture who wasn't over the top. Someone you could empathize with too and a villain with actual motivation rather than hey i'm going to take over the world because i'm the bad guy. Thought Keaton played the role well, but then again i'm not privvy to the vulture in the comics so perhaps you know better than me. Agree that Holland was excellent in the role, even though it was the weakest spiderman we've seen out of all the spiderman movies it played well as his powers felt realistic. All in all a good superhero film for me.

{Ed001's Note - I like that Spidey was weak, I just thought Keaton was not very good, he does not have the brooding menace needed for the role. Fine as an overbearing dad, but as a villain he was just a bit meh. Still he was better than the previous baddies they have used in other attempts at Spidey, but that is because they have all been terrible. I am looking forward to the next one and hopefully they return to Vulture at some point as, in the few comics I read I can remember his son taking over the suit. What did you think of Flash?}

2.) 31 Jul 2017
31 Jul 2017 06:48:42
Flash was a weird cast. Nothing against the actor that plays him, as I remember he was the funniest thing in grand budapest hotel. But he's flash character felt more like that dick in school who was more annoying than a bully. I guess they tried to modernise the role, I wouldve gone for some good old fashioned bullying. What ever happened to tripping you up in the hallway and wedgies when you least expect it.

{Ed001's Note - I am not even sure he was that annoying personally. Flash just felt like that annoying mate who always tries to embarrass him, rather than the bully who tries to make his life hell.}