"Seating" is a popular activity among Chinese people, whether it is "Liangshan Dan Eight Generals", "Eighteen Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties", Gu Long's "Bai Xiaosheng Weapons", Jin Yong's "Huashan Mountain" "On the Sword" are all two-dimensional hero rankings in those years. In today's Internet keyboard era, various rankings are emerging one after another. As the saying goes, "There is no second place in martial arts." Where there are heroes, there will be rankings. The same is true in Western countries, as far as the Greek Norse mythology, as close as the American comic superheroes, there are always good people who will sit in a row according to various standards. In terms of strength, Spider-Man, the protagonist of this article, is inconspicuous in the world of American comics, but in terms of popularity, according to a survey conducted by the famous American multimedia review website IGN in 2015, Spider-Man ranked third. If you take out the top two Batman and Superman (both belong to the DC camp), the little spider is the first brother of Marvel.
It's easy to see why Sony would be so happy to reboot Spider-Man movies over and over again. Of course, it only has the copyright of this popular character, who doesn't toss him? So here comes the problem, we are almost tired of watching Spider-Man movies: he was an orphan since he was a child, accidentally bitten by a spider, his uncle was unfortunately killed, his girlfriend was always in danger... Except for the slightly changed spider suit, who played Peter Parker The actors are getting more and more handsome, but the plot always repeats the old routine. Even if Parker is very popular, will the audience still buy into the reboot? The answer is that the box office word of mouth double harvest.
There is an old stalk on the Internet called "Sony Dafa is good". What Dafa did Sony use for this successful restart? First of all, of course, it is due to the huge influence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the years, and the addition of Spider-Man not only makes up for the shortcomings of the Avengers, but also feeds back Spider-Man himself, especially the little spider's role in "Captain America 3". The stunning appearance made the audience and Sony have more expectations for its follow-up independent story. Therefore, Sony and Marvel hit it off, the former contributed money and the latter contributed, and a new "3.0 version of Spider-Man" was born.
The most conspicuous feature of this version of Spider-Man is "young". Comparing the three versions of Spider-Man before and after, Tobey Maguire, born in 1975, was 27 years old when he played "Spider-Man"; Andrew Garfield, born in 1982, was 27 years old when he played "The Amazing Spider-Man". 29 years old; and Tom Holland, who was born in 1996, starred in this work at the age of 21. Holland is not only the youngest Spider-Man, but also the youngest superhero actor in film history. Compared with the two seniors who are nearly 30 years old, Holland, who has a face full of collagen and a cute expression, plays the role of Spider-Man in his high school years, which is undoubtedly closer to the setting of the original comics.
Since it is a teenager, there must be a naive and frizzy side. Spider-Man in the past was always bitter, and had many unresolved grievances. In this film, Parker has many behaviors that are more in line with high school students, especially high school students in this era. For example, he likes to take selfies, is keen on social networking, likes to use the cutout that young people often say, and is curious, overconfident, and always wants to prove his ability. At the same time, because Parker's high school of science and technology is located in New York, the ethnic diversity is very prominent, including many top Asian students in the debate team (Parker's good friend Ned is also one), these settings are also corresponds to the actual situation.
Of course, the whole story is full of youthful campus atmosphere, focuses on depicting classmate friendship and campus life, and downplays the iconic Slogan of "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility", does not mean that Peter Parker has no sense of responsibility. On the contrary, this version of the little spider still has justice in mind, but it also has the shortcomings of being naive, ignorant, impulsive and reckless. And the growth process of this young hero is also the most important subtext of "Spider-Man: Homecoming".
In this regard, another major feature of the film has to be mentioned - the close connection with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. First of all, the timeline of the story is immediately after "Captain America 3", and the airport battle at that time was presented in a pseudo-documentary at the beginning. Secondly, characters from the Marvel Universe such as Iron Man, Captain America, and Pepper have made cameo appearances in the film successively, and even the plot of the relocation of the Avengers headquarters to a new location is included. Among them, the most worth mentioning is the significance of Iron Man to Spider-Man. In this film, Tony Stark is almost a teacher and a father to Peter Parker.
One is reflected in Iron Man's addition to its technology. In fact, in the comics, Spider-Man has a lot of high-tech equipment, but it has been weakened in the first two editions. And in this edition, with the appearance of Iron Man, the presentation of this part of the content will come naturally. Spider-Man's new suit is one of the highlights of this work, from various spider silk launchers to gliding web wings, from the spider-shaped tracker on the chest to the intelligent AI butler, etc., which basically means that the charm of Iron Man has been transferred to On the little spider. In particular, the intelligent housekeeper, called "Sister in Battlesuit" by Parker, is dubbed by the famous actor Jennifer Connelly, and her husband is Jarvis, who plays Vision and is also the housekeeper of Iron Man's artificial intelligence. Voice actor Paul Bettany is one of the best Easter eggs in the film.
However, technology is only secondary after all, and the growth of the mind is the fundamental. Eager to prove himself, Parker almost killed innocent passengers in the yacht battle. Iron Man took back the suit in order to teach him a lesson, and taught earnestly: "If you are nothing without the suit, then you don't deserve it." In fact, this is also the summary of Iron Man's own life experience. In "Iron Man 3", Tony had an inner struggle to re-examine the relationship between himself and the suit. Having such a spiritual mentor and strict father in his presence helped Parker take a lot of detours and help him become a real superhero.
Spider-Man's pursuit of "Vulture" and his criminal organization is a true portrayal of his self-development. One more thing to say here, although the villain Vulture is not very powerful, his generation comes from the side effects of the era of superheroes. It can be said that the appearance of superheroes actually promotes crime. A typical case, making Vulture himself blackened It is also easy to gain sympathy and understanding. The first few fights between Parker and Vulture were bumped into a wall because of impulsiveness and recklessness. Not only was he in danger, but he almost hurt passers-by. What troubled him even more was that this big bad guy was still the father of the girl he liked. How to face and deal with such a situation was a huge challenge. However, the hero has his own uniqueness. Without the battle suit, he can make up for it with wisdom and perseverance. After defeating the vulture, he still worked hard to rescue the opponent from the fire, which highlights the nature of pure good reason. For a teenager, such a move is undoubtedly more rewarding than fighting crime.
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