Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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I saw the latest Spider-Man flick at the theater yesterday, and l liked it a lot. I declare it the best Spider-Man movie ever made.
I was a voracious comic book reader when l was a kid, but honestly Spider-Man was never one of my favorite characters. Nonetheless, l read my fair share of his stuff so l’m hip to what he’s all about. Young, idealistic, and a New Yorker through and through.
Every Spider-Man movie ever made did their level best to capture what it must be like to swing through the streets on NYC and cling to buildings snd scamper across rooftops, but l’m telling you this flick took the cake capturing that, and it’s worth seeing on the big screen for that alone. The cinematography is outstanding.
It will be helpful to watch the prior Spider-Man flick so that you’re up to speed, Spider-Man: No Way Home. I don’t want to spoil anything if you haven’t seen it, but it’s a “multi-verse” centric flick and at the end Spider-Man sort of loses his support system. It was a good flick, but l have to admit l was already worn out with all the multi-verse stuff by the time it came out.
Brand New Day gets back to Spider-Man’s roots where he’s largely a solo act fighting crime in the streets of New York, and the city loves him, but the whole solo act thing starts to take a toll on him. Things come to a head when he has to confront a villain who seemingly has the ability to possess other people.
There are some notable appearances from other Marvel characters. Mark Ruffalo is back as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Florence Pugh reprises her role as the new Black Widow (l know, l miss Scarlett too…), and Jon Bernthal is back as Frank Castle/Punisher.
I love Bernthal as the Punisher. Hands down the best portrayal of that character. He is as good as the Punisher as Hugh Jackman is as Wolverine, and anyone who plays those parts after them will be compared to those guys. The Spider-Man/Punisher Bromance is definitely the thing we didn’t know we needed until we had it, and now we have it.
This is a long-ish flick clocking in at almost 2.5 hours, but it breezes by pretty fast and you won’t be disappointed. I give it an A+.
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