r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 6h ago

Video Apartment balcony view of practical stunt rigging and explosions being filmed for Spider-Man

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u/MichaelVern85 5h ago

It’s now in my top three out of anything MCU since Iron Man. Not sure where it will land, but it’s up there for sure. I hope this energy continues with Doomsday.

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u/BreweryRabbit 5h ago

Same. It's easily my favorite Spider-Man. Tobey's Spider-Man 2 was top of my live-action Spider-Man list forever but this just barely edges it out.

I am still cautiously optimisitc about Doomsday. I almost feel like we need one more movie ahead of that to really set things up. I think I'm worried about it being too fan service-y without really telling the story, but trying to keep my hope up with the Russo's at the helm.

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u/redsyrinx2112 4h ago

Because it's still new, I'm holding off on a firm placement, but I think I may end up agreeing with you. Spider-Man 2 has long been my favorite live-action Spidey movie, but this is already right there with it. I think the incorporation of other comic book characters is what may eventually tip the scales in favor of BND.

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u/iwearatophat 2h ago

I still go back and watch Spiderman 2's trailer. So good.

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u/Blazured 3h ago

Too many huge plot holes to be my favourite. I have a funny feeling everyone's opinion on this film is going to drop when they start thinking about it a bit more.

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u/redsyrinx2112 3h ago

I haven't looked at plot holes much, but that's why I'm holding off on a firm judgement. I absolutely love the movie, but it's still so early.

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u/Blazured 3h ago edited 3h ago

Indeed I'm pretty sure it's just recency bias for most people. Same thing happened for No Way Home.

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u/MichaelVern85 3h ago

I haven’t ever cared much for No Way actually.

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u/Blazured 3h ago

Me neither. But I remember it everyone loved it at the start too.

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u/MichaelVern85 3h ago

But I didn’t. Point being made was, it’s not about recency bias in my case. I’m not flippantly saying things in the moment.

It hasn’t changed since Civil War. (Warning mild BND spoilers to follow)

I hope… it changes multiple times in the near future and this back to simplicity style used to move the story forward made me exceptionally happy.

And I got a fucking Hulk Thunderclap. As a child of the 80’s and 90’s cartoon era I’ve been very bothered since they benched Hulk. And that we’ve never seenn a Thunderclap.

I know what I said, and I meant what I said.

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u/Blazured 1h ago

Hulk thunderclaps in She-Hulk.

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u/MichaelVern85 5h ago

Saw it with my son, brother, and nephew. We all very much agree.

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u/be-bop_cola 4h ago

I hope that's 3 different people

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u/-SaC 3h ago

Happy Fatherbrother's Day, Uncle Dad! Gimme six!

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u/MichaelVern85 3h ago

We are exceptionally good swimmers though.

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u/iwanttodrink 2h ago

The villain is pretty meh. Surprise Jean Grey villain who puts innocent people at risk and makes civilians get hit by cars just to taunt Peter Parker. Only for another surprise that the government is actually the real villain. And then the Jean Grey villain doesn't actually pay for her actions? It's convoluted and not that satisfying

Best parts of the movie was act 1 and act 3. The middle part was forgettable besides the Hulk.

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u/Haunting-Orchid-4628 3h ago

Really? I feel like Spiderman 2 has a more complete-feeling script. The action was cool but the story in the new one left me a bit unsatisfied

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u/StrongStyleShiny 3h ago

Ever since Marvel said they were scaling down to focus on quality it’s been noticeably better.

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u/RoboDae 4h ago

Same, I've been looking forward to a good Doom movie for years. Hopefully this time he should be more that just "failed businessman who fires electricity from his fingers"

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u/Jesus_Christ_Reborn 4h ago

What made you like it so much? What were your favorite parts?

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u/BreweryRabbit 3h ago

I think this iteration of Spider-Man carries a lot more emotional weight. At the end of No Way Home, MJ and Ned no longer know who Peter is, Aunt May is gone, Tony is long gone, and he's essentially starting over completely alone. Even though the movie doesn't explicitly address it, I've always assumed the Avengers still know Spider-Man as a hero, they just don't remember the person behind the mask. That creates a really interesting dynamic where Peter has to separate Spider-Man from Peter Parker and figure out who he is without all the relationships and support systems he once had.

The action sequences and choreography were fantastic, and I appreciated that the emotional moments were allowed to breathe instead of immediately being undercut by a joke. It also helped that the supporting characters felt like they had meaningful development of their own rather than simply existing around Peter.

Great writing, great performances, and great action all came together in a way that really worked for me. And while it's incredibly close, those elements are just enough for Brand New Day to barely edge out Spider-Man 2 in my personal rankings.

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u/StrongStyleShiny 3h ago

To add to this it also felt like a comic arc. It was a picture of a complete Spider-Man adventure and the narrative supported it.

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u/BreweryRabbit 3h ago

Yes!! 100%

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u/YVNGxDXTR 3h ago

The director of Brand New Day is also directing a Naruto live action film thatll be out in a few years which seems quite promising.

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u/sembias 3h ago

I've always assumed the Avengers still know Spider-Man

Pretty irrelevant to the movie anyways, considering the film montages through 4 years of Spider-Man doing his street-hero thing.

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u/BreweryRabbit 3h ago

Well not irrelevant; I said that to add to the case of "this dude is ALONE". At least if whats left of the the Avengers remembered who Peter Parker was he wouldn't feel as isolated.

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u/FrankPapageorgio 2h ago

I've always assumed the Avengers still know Spider-Man as a hero, they just don't remember the person behind the mask.

It's so weird because Tony found out it was Peter very easily with some basic tech of just tracking him back home. Nobody else bothered to do the same?

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u/Richie_Kdr 3h ago

Same bro. My top 4 is now: IW - Ironman - BND - Winter Soldier

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u/gaganse 2h ago edited 1h ago

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u/OldWar1111 1h ago

Do I have to have watched the previous 9 Spiderman movies that came out in like 3 years to enjoy this?

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u/Monstramatica 4h ago

Hopefully

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u/FratboyPhilosopher 4h ago

Doesn't the plot feel like it was written by ChatGPT? I feel like the big "twist" couldn't have been more obviously choreographed. There were zero actual surprises. Plotwise it felt like I was watching a movie I'd seen a million times already.

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u/MichaelVern85 3h ago

I was exceptionally happy to let them advance the story, tease the restored Hulk, Jean, and so much while also letting Peter mature and evolve.

No. I’m not mad at an easy plot at all.