Villain was cool. Didn’t see her coming, even after the point where it was probably obvious.
Some things were a little tough to suspend disbelief on. Peter really didn’t try to befriend his old buddies all those years, even when he was in their apartment and saw Ned was Spider-Man obsessed? Jean going out of her way to target and mock Spider-Man was weird. And then just instantly being cool with him after the climax. That, and her randomly being able to possess Bruce but not Peter.
Surprised they didn’t have Jean hop out the moment Spidey attacked MJ. He was holding her by the throat over a ledge, imagine if she snapped back to herself right then. Seemed like a perfect setup for drama, to make her afraid of him. But also kinda glad they didn’t go that route. Also kinda glad his friends weren’t overly resistant to believing him.
I don’t keep up with all the things, so not sure if Punisher (and his background) got introduced already or assumed here. I only vaguely remember Black Widow getting replaced, even tho I saw that movie. And Damage Control? Also seemed like they assumed I knew what that was.
I felt like the movie didn’t assume you had to know who all these people were, but it did assume you were a general comic book fan.
On that note, it was funny to me how they blithely reverted to a status quo in which Bruce Banner can lose control and become the Hulk despite this wildly contradicting recent films. Not only does the movie not require you to be up to date on MCU developments, it flippantly ignores them when it wishes!
And you know what? I don’t actually mind. Sure, it’s not technically consistent with the most recent cannon of the MCU. But you know what it is consistent with? A Hulk t-shirt. The 80s TV show. It’s who most casual fans of pop culture recognize the Hulk to be. And that’s kind of the whole movie’s approach to these stories.
Overall, this film felt more like the 90’s Spider-Man cartoon than any other Spider-Man film I’ve seen. That’s both praise and ridicule in some way, but it was a Spider-Man movie through-and-through, and it made liberal use of suspension of disbelief. Spider-Man invents power nullifiers in a few sittings all by himself? His Spidey sense lets him react to a 1 km sniper shot he couldn’t see or hear? He just pep talks an obviously unstable Omega-level mutant into being cool and then lets them go after they demonstrate an ability and eagerness to control and kill unlimited strangers with a thought? Sure, why the hell not.
I used to find this quality more irritating, but I’ve come around to accepting that this is what they want to tell, and if I accept it, it’s a pretty decent film.
Villain was cool. Didn’t see her coming, even after the point where it was probably obvious.
Some things were a little tough to suspend disbelief on. Peter really didn’t try to befriend his old buddies all those years, even when he was in their apartment and saw Ned was Spider-Man obsessed? Jean going out of her way to target and mock Spider-Man was weird. And then just instantly being cool with him after the climax. That, and her randomly being able to possess Bruce but not Peter.
Surprised they didn’t have Jean hop out the moment Spidey attacked MJ. He was holding her by the throat over a ledge, imagine if she snapped back to herself right then. Seemed like a perfect setup for drama, to make her afraid of him. But also kinda glad they didn’t go that route. Also kinda glad his friends weren’t overly resistant to believing him.
I don’t keep up with all the things, so not sure if Punisher (and his background) got introduced already or assumed here. I only vaguely remember Black Widow getting replaced, even tho I saw that movie. And Damage Control? Also seemed like they assumed I knew what that was.
I felt like the movie didn’t assume you had to know who all these people were, but it did assume you were a general comic book fan.
On that note, it was funny to me how they blithely reverted to a status quo in which Bruce Banner can lose control and become the Hulk despite this wildly contradicting recent films. Not only does the movie not require you to be up to date on MCU developments, it flippantly ignores them when it wishes!
And you know what? I don’t actually mind. Sure, it’s not technically consistent with the most recent cannon of the MCU. But you know what it is consistent with? A Hulk t-shirt. The 80s TV show. It’s who most casual fans of pop culture recognize the Hulk to be. And that’s kind of the whole movie’s approach to these stories.
Overall, this film felt more like the 90’s Spider-Man cartoon than any other Spider-Man film I’ve seen. That’s both praise and ridicule in some way, but it was a Spider-Man movie through-and-through, and it made liberal use of suspension of disbelief. Spider-Man invents power nullifiers in a few sittings all by himself? His Spidey sense lets him react to a 1 km sniper shot he couldn’t see or hear? He just pep talks an obviously unstable Omega-level mutant into being cool and then lets them go after they demonstrate an ability and eagerness to control and kill unlimited strangers with a thought? Sure, why the hell not.
I used to find this quality more irritating, but I’ve come around to accepting that this is what they want to tell, and if I accept it, it’s a pretty decent film.