Today starts off a new series—Movie Mondays! This won’t be every Monday, but I’m thinking maybe the first Monday of every month. It’ll include movie reviews, my thoughts concerning some movies (different from reviews—you’ll see later in this post), and whatever else comes to mind, but probably has to do with movies. (Key word, ‘probably’ 😉 )
For today, I’m going to talk about Spider-Man: Homecoming because I recently saw it.
When I first heard about the new Spider-Man movie I was actually disappointed and kind of annoyed that they were going to make another new Spider-Man movie. I liked the last new ones just fine—WHY CAN’T THEY JUST FIND A SPIDER-MAN AND STICK WITH HIM IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK (up until this point in time, it looked like it—but I have hopes that they’ll actually stick with this one.)
I didn’t plan to see it, I didn’t care to see it. I was annoyed it existed.
But then a friend and I were going to hang out and she suggested we go see that. (Or 47 Meters, and I don’t think that that is my kind of movie… haha) I agreed to see the Spider-Man movie because, well, I might not like it, but it probably won’t be bad.
We went and saw it, and I actually really enjoyed the movie. There were several different things that stuck out to me that I took note of and appreciated…
1. Spider-Man was young. I know, I know, he is supposed to be and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that isn’t young, but in the last new Spider-Man movies, he was almost done with high school. In this one, Spidey is like 15. He’s not just young, he’s still a kid.
2. This movie isn’t the typical ‘and this is how Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man’. Honestly, that was a relief because as the nerd I try to be, I already know that. How many different ways can you show a smartie getting bit on the neck by a radioactive spider?
3. Peter Parker has some struggles. I mean, he wants to be an Avenger but is being held back from all of the potential that he has. But it isn’t because no one else can see the potential he has, but because Peter is still a kid… he should still act like a kid… and so they’re trying to protect him.
Anyway, I went from being against the new Spider-Man movie to actually really enjoying it. It was so funny and even though, yeah they’re telling about Spider-Man, I think they did it in a unique way. It gave us the opportunity to get to know this Peter Parker, instead of having preconceived ideas of what we think he should be. *cough* *cough* Speaking of myself here.
So if you like Marvel, you should give it a try. And if you are still hesitant, wait for it for RedBox or something…. Just don’t completely determine not to see it.
What’s your favorite superhero movie?
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