When I saw the trailer for the film for the first time earlier this year, I actually rejected it in my heart. Here again? ! Over the years, audiences have become accustomed to repeated restarts of superhero movies, but there is really no such thing as Spider-Man that has been filmed and filmed continuously. Sam Remy's classic trilogy that sparked the craze for superhero movies, although it feels far away, the third one was only 12 years ago. Over the past ten years, we have had Toby Maguire’s simple and hard-working young Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield’s handsome Sunshine Spider-Man, and Tom Holland’s clever and most student-like Spider-Man. . It can be said that we have tried every means to meet the needs of the audience from all angles.
It’s not without reason why Spider-Man is constantly being made into a movie. He ranked third in IGN’s 100 superhero rankings in 2001, second only to DC’s Superman and Batman, and is also Marvel’s most popular superhero. .
Fans love Spider-Man, maybe not because he can shoot spider silk from his wrist and stick it around on the building; maybe not because of the red tight-fitting spider suit, because if there is a little more fat on his stomach, There's no way to hide it (this movie still complains accurately, laugh). Regarding the degree of handsomeness, whether it is Peter Parker himself or the transformed him, there may be no way to compare with that handsome guy. That’s right, although Bruce Wayne needs to “painfully” conceal his Batman identity, but this grandfather has a wealth of money and feels sitting on half of Gotham City. Sometimes you may even wonder why he is not good at doing business. Money stuns bad people; not to mention Iron Man. He can't even hide his identity. I can't wait to tell the world in the first second. I have the richest money, oh yes, I have super powers. Before the birth of Spider-Man, the most popular Superman and Batman had flawless abilities, perfect appearance, determination to save the world, etc., just like the incarnation of a god, which attracts fans, but also produces Given the distance, these heroes are so far away that they are blurred.
So Spider-Man came into being in 1962. Unlike them, he is a typical civilian hero, and it is easier for us who live hard to work in big cities to have a sense of identity: He was born in Queens, New York, and his family is not rich; his parents died early, which is a pity. The orphan of, who lives with his uncle and aunt, goes to ordinary high school, will be reprimanded by the teacher, because of his introverted personality and ordinary appearance, he often fails to chase girls; he works in a pizza restaurant, and later became a photographer running errands and was constantly being beaten by the boss. Scolding, obviously you can solve the problem with one fist, but you can only swallow because you have lost your job and don't know how to pay the monthly rent. That's right, although he can fly over the walls in the concrete forest of New York and teach bad guys, he has the same struggles as every ordinary person in life, just like us.
This time, Spider-Man is here again, and it's still a luxurious suit-six packs. I thought to myself... no more?
But I didn't expect this movie to be so refreshing, adding more suspense to the already highly competitive animated feature film units ("The Incredibles 2", "Invincible Destruction King 2", etc.) this year. There are many characters in the film, the rhythm is fast, and the humor and excitement are combined in the right way. There are stalks and self-deprecating passages that make people smile, and they can't even catch them all in the first pass. People can't help but want to go out and turn around and buy another one. What about a ticket.
Yes, the movie is of course based on the audience’s understanding of Spider-Man, but not everyone is anime fan. For example, I don’t know that these parallel universes are actually comics in the past few years. (Except for the middle-aged Spider-Man Peter B. Parker, I didn’t find out, is he an original character?). After watching the movie, I checked it and got a general idea; but it’s nothing for watching the movie. Hinder. The audience only needs to know: Spider-Man is a high school student who has super powers after being bitten by a spider. Screenwriter Phil Rhodes’s previous work is the equally happy and successful "Lego Movie" (2014). This adaptation is really familiar to him, just like Lego, most audiences know what’s going on. With building blocks, there are various scenes, houses and minifigures. Players who go a little deeper will know that there are DIY, self-designing, modeling, etc., but they don’t know that it doesn’t matter. The movie is actually using a joyful adventure story to illustrate the importance of creativity and integration. So in this "Spider-Man: Parallel Universe", if the audience has never seen other forms of Spider-Man in these parallel worlds, of course, they can enjoy the surprise and joy of the first meeting. If they have seen it, they can also pass the story. Detailed and three-dimensional modeling of the protagonist, a deeper understanding of this character, and the meaning of the parallel universe-Spiderman is not just a civilian hero around us, he can even be anyone.
When each Spider-Man debuts in the movie, there is a brief introduction to their origins. In fact, they are more or less the evolution of the original Spider-Man: bitten by spiders, losing loved ones/friends, fighting injustice and saving New York, because of the particle collision created by the villain. The machine came to this parallel universe and needed to destroy the machine in order to return to its own world. But the protagonist Miles is slightly different from them. In this New York where he lives, Spider-Man has existed for ten years. He not only punishes evil and promotes good, but also sings and advertises, like a local star with a down-to-earth attitude. His highly demanded parents transferred from Brooklyn school and went to a better boarding high school. Of course, he was a little unhappy, and it was difficult to integrate into the group for a while. The academic burden was very heavy and he was even forced to give up his love of graffiti art. The uncle still supports himself, and occasionally takes him to the abandoned subway station to paint and paint and talk about life.
But in that abandoned subway station, Miles was not only bitten by a radioactive spider, but also witnessed the big villain Jin and killed the Spider-Man, whom he had admired for many years.
Before Peter Parker died, he handed Miles a chip key and told him to use it to destroy the particle collider, otherwise the world would be destroyed. Under normal circumstances, the protagonist will naturally start flying over the walls and be omnipotent. Those who kill the gods or the Buddha will start to perform the task immediately even if they encounter obstacles in a small way, right? But after a long period of struggle, Miles couldn’t control the stickiness in his hand. He accidentally broke the key, and occasionally found that he would be invisible but he didn’t know how to use it. The process was so long. It even made the audience anxious: Why is he so haunting, hurry up and fight? !
In fact, this is the key to shaping the role. Spider-Man was born from an accident, not his original intention; he is not like Superman, he is born with abilities, the son of heaven, who saves the world; unlike Batman, his parents have died early, his enemies have already been set, and his life will be Only for revenge in strengthening their abilities. Before that bite, Peter Parker was just an ordinary person. The reason for the death of his parents was that he discovered after he became Spider-Man that what really changed him was the death of his uncle, and the phrase "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility". The same is true for Miles. After gradually discovering his various strange abilities, he did not realize the seriousness of the particle collider. Even after getting to know a few other Spider-Mans, he hoped they could return to his own. The world, but I still feel that I can't do it in my heart and body-so I can't control my ability. And after (not spoiler) encountering other Spider-Man who lost an important person in his life, his thoughts and abilities also came to light. After all, this movie is still a "birth of a superhero".
In recent years, Hollywood has deliberately set the protagonists of many movies into images completely different from the originals because of its aggressive identity politics, which has been criticized by many fans. Think about it, although Spider-Man has changed actors for several generations, they are all handsome white men anyway. But can't Spider-Man be someone else? If a live-action movie really invites an Afro-Hispanic actor (Myers is in this setting) to play Spider-Man, it shouldn’t be discussed much, but there is no violation of it in this movie. Because he can be not only black skin, but also a female, but also a Japanese girl in the second element, or even not a human—the spider pig is so cute, I can’t move my eyes off all the scenes with him. . This movie can be said to truly take care of all ethnic groups without being pretentious. "Let everyone be a Spider-Man" is not just talking.
I have to mention the excellent visual effects of the film. One is the comic-like montage and the dialogue between the characters. When Miles has a spider induction, there will be dialogue bubbles that are only found in comics, as well as comic grids. Split screen, although we have seen this technique in Ang Lee’s "Hulk", at that time, we always felt that some weird technique really found its use in animation works. We not only felt when watching a movie. I am immersed in a story, I can read comics in the story, I can easily embed it in a play, and I won’t feel complicated in structure. The second is that New York in the movie is not only vivid and energetic, but also very real. The streets are not only clean and beautiful when the sun is shining, but also dark and horrible under the night. The sign neon lights on the corners are flashing and extinguishing, the cheeseburgers of the deli are filled with greasy aromas, and the lids of the manholes on the streets pop up in winter. The steam, these details make New York in the movie more vivid than many movies shot in reality. Even the two Spider-Man fell from the flyover and hit the zebra crossing, and the people around didn’t seem to see the fact that they were walking fast as usual. It’s really true. The indifference of New York sometimes makes people unable to laugh...
The film also attacked the tear ducts when we were unprepared, because Stan Lee made another cameo. This time, unlike the sweep in "Invincible Destruction King 2", he has a few very important lines. After witnessing the killing of Peter Parker, Miles went to the store to buy the Spider-Man suit. "Is it the right size?" "Right," Stan Lee said. "This dress is suitable for anyone." Spider-Man was born in the 1960s, when American society and politics were turbulent, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War were disappointed with reality. The younger generation of turned around and devoted their energy to reading comics, because they needed a superhero. As time goes by, the United States is also facing a crisis nowadays, and people cannot help but re-examine the definition of superheroes. Maybe we shouldn't just watch a few superhero movies every year. In the film, Mary Jane told the audience in a speech to commemorate Peter Parker, "This responsibility has fallen on your head." Miles subconsciously responded in the crowd with "My head? "People around him reminded him that Mary Jane was just making an analogy, not specifically about you. But isn't "Spider-Man: Parallel Universe" actually saying that ordinary people can also take the greatest responsibility?
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