TrailerWatch: Spider-Man ~ No Way Home
The last thing people wanted with Spider-Man was yet another origin movie. Sam Raimi had given birth to his incarnation in 2002, and followed up with instalments in 2004 and 2007. Then came the Marc Webb versions, Sony rebooting the character in 2012, and following up with a sequel in 2014. The first two Raimi movies are great, and the third has great moments, but tries to do too much. I wasn’t a fan of the Webb versions, and the second movie was unwittingly funny. Marvel then negotiated with Sony for the rights, and were able to incorporate Spider-Man into their Marvelverse. He was quickly conscripted into 2016’s Captain America:…
Catching Up on the MCU
I’m finally caught up on the Marvel universe – well, the cinematic universe, at least. Marvel has concluded Phase Three of their cinematic universe, and now prepare to embark on Phase Four. I would yay if yaying was a thing one done. Instead, here are some short reviews. Captain Marvel Jumping into the story when it’s already well underway doesn’t allow us to develop a bond or grow to empathise with the protagonist, Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Brie Larson). By the time a series of improbable flashbacks begin to catch us up, we just don’t care (well, I didn’t). There’s a twist that doesn’t work because the story is one-dimensional…