Speaking of the superhero of the Marvel family, many young people may now give answers to Iron Man, Captain America, Star Lord, and so on. Some of them are surrounded by magic, some are amazingly superpowers, and some are rich, but in fact, the most influential Marvel hero still belongs to our protagonist today-Peter Parker incarnation of Spider-Man.
The old news of the last century does not mention, just say that since the first film version of "Spider-Man" was released in 2002, to the recently released "Spider-Man Homecoming Day", Little Spider has been sitting on three versions of six independent films. It can be said to be one of the best among all American superheroes. From Toby Maguire, to "Garfield" Andrew Garfield, and now "Dutch brother" Tom Holland, it is not for "many young people grew up watching Spider-Man movies" pass. When Marvel Pictures "redeemed" Little Spider from Sony, the new generation of Spider-Man attracted the attention of fans all over the world when he debuted in "Captain America 3" for the first time. The part of "Spider-Man Homecoming Day" can be said to be "coming out after a thousand calls."
In fact, the main line of Spider-Man this time is a bit old-fashioned: Peter Parker, a 14-year-old high school student, mutated into a superhuman after being bitten by a "brilliant" spider. He was discovered by "Iron Man" Tony Stark. He fought a "civil war". Afterwards, Parker was immersed in the atmosphere of a superhero and couldn't help himself. Every day after school, he was a "community superhero" in New York, doing things like fighting car thieves and helping grandma to cross the road, but found out by accident. "Vulture" and his men sell arms. It turns out that since the aliens invaded New York ("Avengers 1" plot), the vultures have been collecting the remaining high-tech equipment of the aliens and turning them into powerful weapons for sale. After several setbacks, Parker finally stopped the vulture's conspiracy to steal Stark's transport plane and sent him to prison.
But this old-fashioned story makes Marvel take something new.
The first is the "compression" of Spider-Man’s age. The old version of "Spider-Man" is still an office worker, "The Amazing Spider-Man" has become a college student, and this "Back to School Day" directly turned Spider-Man into a high school student. The film is actually a combination of two types of films, "American campus youth film" and "superhero film". The film's "80s" director Jon Watts accurately grasped the essence of the two films, and several connections were very clever. So in the movie you can see both school and school, group activities, fat homesteaders, annoying rich second-generation classmates, youth love and skill competitions in youth movies, and the battle between good and evil in superhero movies. This kind of blasting scene, the growth of heroes and inner entanglements.
Secondly, the villain's setting is unexpected and makes people stunned. When Parker went to pick her up at the house of his girlfriend Liz, the villain "Vulture" who opened the door turned out to be Liz's father! I remember very clearly that when the movie played the scene when the vulture opened the door, the audience in the theater might be surprised or gasped. Everyone was bewildered by the plot. Thinking about it carefully, although the setting of the vulture is somewhat unexpected, it has roots, because the most famous villain in the Spider-Man series, the "Green Devils", is the father of Parker's friend Harry Osborne in the original book. The struggle between justice and evil is mixed with entanglements of personal feelings, which suddenly enriches the mood of the story. After watching the movie, many people said that the vulture is "the worst villain in all superhero movies." In fact, this pot can’t be a vulture, because the superhero movie you want to watch is actually "two good guys and bad guys with similar abilities. In the end the good guys defeated the bad guys.” The story of the villain’s ability is only as good as the decent ones. At this time, Spider-Man was still a novice superhero who only appeared once in the "Heroic Civil War", and his abilities were not like Thor or the Hulk, so the villain setting of this movie needs to be considered. He can neither be too mediocre-so that the movie is very plain, can not show the superiority of Spider-Man, nor can he have the power to destroy the world like Ultron and Ronan-so that the current Spider-Man is obviously unable to fight. They, the evil theme of the film will be blurred. Therefore, the vulture “is an ordinary person in itself. However, it has a pair of mechanical wings under the blessing of alien technology, and the biggest evil is only theft” setting can be said to be just right.
Finally, the movie is very appropriate to highlight the inner contradiction of Spider-Man. The reason why Spider-Man has such a big influence, I think the biggest reason is that Spider-Man itself is positioned as the so-called "Diao Min (si) hero." On the one hand, he has to deal with all kinds of troubles in real life, on the other hand. After putting on the spider suit, he has to face some wicked bad guys and criminals, and hide his identity from Aunt Mei under the eaves. This contradiction itself is the biggest attraction of the Spider-Man movie. The film uses a lot of brushstrokes to highlight the contradiction between these two lives. For example, Parker stared at his goddess Liz from the top of the building several times, with love and reluctance in his eyes, but the next second he would put on his headgear and rush to Fight the bad guys at the crime scene. For another example, in the face of repeated cynicism that pretended to be the second-generation "lightning" of the rich, Parker was so angry that he could not slap Lightning in the face, so he could only use the method of seizing the car to punish the bad guys as a small punishment. In this contradictory life, our little spider is still tenacious, still talking about tuberculosis, and still unwavering in the belief in upholding justice. This is probably the most central point of view that the director wants to convey to the audience.
The appearance of "Iron Man" Tony in the film can be said to be the finishing touch. He is not only the predecessor of Spider-Man, but also the mentor and friend of Spider-Man. Although Harpy, as a contact, doesn’t pay much attention to Spider-Man, Tony himself really pays attention to Spider-Man’s every move. He even remembers such trivial things as Peter’s "Fritter Granny" and "Leaving the Drum Team". To my heart. Reminiscent of the mystery of Iron Man's life experience in "The US Team 3", it is really touching. Just like Iron Man himself said, because his father gave him sad childhood memories, this man has been trying to let Spider-Man experience a touch of family care. But Tony, who has never taught a child, can only give Parker a clumsy "father love". We can almost imagine his inner activity: "What if Parker is going to fall from the sky? Put an umbrella on the suit! Parker is going to be drenched. What should I do when I am finished? Install a heating function for the suit? What if Parker thinks that the spider silk is not powerful enough? Let me make 500 launch combinations for the spider web launcher!..." Finally, the screenwriter was kind, and finally let Tony and Xiao Pepper came to an engagement ceremony for the "suffering mandarin ducks". When Harpy said, "The engagement ring has been on her body since 2008," fans who have been concerned about Tony Stark's emotional situation since "Iron Man 1" are expected to have a grinning smile.
Looking at the whole film, what surprised me is that perhaps because the director considered that this is a film that can be watched by all ages, there is almost no direct expression of "death" in the film. The dead man was killed by the vulture himself, or manslaughter. Although the vulture mumbled "Kill this little unknown man in red", in the end he still concealed the true identity of Spider-Man in the easter egg, preventing Parker from countless troubles. Not to mention Spider-Man himself. When he wanted to turn on the "spike mode" twice, he was rejected by the little spider, shouting: "I don't want to kill anyone!" Even the vulture, the villain, was rejected. Being rescued by him from the fire scene and turned around to the police station, one can't help but sigh that Little Spider is indeed a red-hearted boy, a partner of justice.
But the tone of the movie has not been relaxed, there are still a lot of heavy content. The saddest part is that Spider-Man was confiscated by Tony before the final battle. He only wore his original "hoodie head jacket" to fight the vulture, but was crushed by the vulture with his wings on a pile of ruins. middle. At this time, Parker was not as strong and brave as the heroes of the past, but showed the fragility that a child should have, crying "Is there anyone? Help!". This reminds me of a scene in the old version of "Spider-Man 2", where Toby Maguire's Spider-Man prevented the tram from derailing and fainted in the carriage, showing his original face. People around him gathered around to observe the hero who saved their lives, exclaiming: "God, he is still a child!" "He is not much older than my son!" "He is so young!" That's right, after losing the aura of a superhero, Spider-Man is also a child, he will also be annoyed and fearful, just like us. It is precisely because he has been fragile that when his eyes became firm and finally got out of the ruins, this emotional explosion seemed so natural and full of tension.
The most classic line in the film is the sentence Iron Man said to Spider-Man: "If you are useless without a battle suit, then you don't deserve to wear it." This spur finally became a catalyst for Spider-Man's transformation. In fact, in "Avengers 1", the US team asked Iron Man: "Take off this armor, what are you left?" The dragged Iron Man replied, "Genius, millionaire, philanthropist." , Playboy..." And Spider-Man doesn't have a battle suit, he is just a high school student. In fact, even though Spider-Man seems to be a cheerful babble, the inferiority complex in his heart has always been with him. He didn't dare to face Liz because of his low self-esteem, and because of this low self-esteem, he wanted to prove himself more eagerly, so he once followed the criminals with Iron Man on his back. Although Spider-Man has various shortcomings, it does not prevent him from becoming a real superhero. These shortcomings have become the basis for the audience to empathize.
Good people are good people, not because they have no evil thoughts, but precisely because they can face up to and control their evil thoughts. Similarly, heroes are heroes, absolutely not because they have no fear and retreat, but because they turned fear into courage and retreat into forward. This can be regarded as a boost in our lives by superhero movies.
The film industry has developed to this day, and the tastes of the audience have become tricky. The previous model of "justice heroes plus various special effects" has become increasingly unsatisfactory. In recent years, various "non-mainstream" superheroes have begun to be active on the screen, from the successful "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Deadpool" to the less successful "Suicide Squad", superheroes from various film companies are there. Efforts to get rid of the image of "high-level positive characters" in the past, began to become grounded, even the next new film of the Marvel Universe, "Thor 3", must take the funny route, and put Thor, the "straightforward sledgehammer". The image of "Brother" was subverted. In fact, the reason is very simple. Everyone is here to have fun watching movies, not to hear or teach. Marvel has done this relatively successfully. All kinds of hero movies have been interspersed with a few jokes during a serious period of time, just like the "Guardians of the Galaxy 1" final battle "Awkward Dance Decisive", making the tight atmosphere relaxed. The image of the hero will become flesh and blood. As a competitor, DC doesn't seem to understand this. It may be influenced by Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, from "Superman" to "Dawn of Justice", all with grand music, dark black tone, heavy plot The audience does not buy it for stacking. Fortunately, the recent "Wonder Woman" relied on Gal Gadot's long legs to fight a turnaround, so that everyone has more expectations for the "Justice League" that will be released later.
As a movie fan, I sincerely hope to see more and more exciting superhero movies. This "Spider-Man Homecoming Day" I gave a score of five stars: qualified popcorn blockbuster, wonderful plot and special effects, suitable for the whole family to watch.
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