1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's movie podcast. I 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, and today is a very 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: superhero inspired show. I'm going to share with you my 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: top five superhero power discovery moments of all time. And 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: in the movie review, one of my most anticipated movies 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: of the year, of the summer of my lifetime, Spider 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: Man Across the Spider Versus finally out. To me, this 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: feels like I don't have any but it would be 9 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: like if I was having another kid. That is how 10 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: excited I am about this. Because now I have to 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: compare it to all the other Spider Man movies, but 12 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: we'll get into that later. Keep that spoiler free. And 13 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: in the trailer Park, we'll keep the superhero theme going 14 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: and talk about the Marvel's trailer, which I feel like 15 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: really isn't getting that much attention right now. Maybe it's 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: because of everything going on in the MCU feels a 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: little bit like there's a lot of uncertainty. So we'll 18 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: get into what's going on with that movie where it 19 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: fits in with all this. Thank you for being subscribed, 20 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to this podcast. You guys mean 21 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: the world to me. Shout out to the Monday Morning 22 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: Movie Crew, and now let's talk movies. 23 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 24 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 2: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 25 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 2: never before in a movie podcast. 26 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: A man with so much movie knowledge. 27 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: He's basically like a walking IMDb with glasses. From the 28 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 2: Nashville Podcast Network, This is Movie Mikes Movie Podcast. 29 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: I love me a superhero origin story. Call me basic, 30 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: but I think the best movie in any superhero franchise 31 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: is always the first one. I just love it when 32 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: a superhero discovers their powers for the first time. There's 33 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: just something memorable about that. I think with every superhero 34 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: movie I watch, that is the moment that just makes 35 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: me decide whether or not I'm going to love this character. 36 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: How they react when they first get their powers and 37 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: the first thing they do. I think that is the 38 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: most inspiring thing when it comes to superheroes. So I 39 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: want to share with you my top five moments where 40 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: superheroes discovered their powers. These are all the most unforgettable, iconic, 41 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: game changing moments that defined the superhero genre. So this 42 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: is not about who has the best origin story. It's 43 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: just about who had the best on screen moment with 44 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: their fresh new powers. So let's get right into the list. 45 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: At number five from twenty seventeen, I'm going with Wonder 46 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: Woman and Diana discovering her powers for the very first time. 47 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: She's going through this training, and I feel like this 48 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: was the first time I really felt connected with the 49 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: character in DC. I cared about their backstory, and it 50 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: was this moment that I feel like was never again 51 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: replicated throughout DC when telling their origin stories. I feel 52 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: like over the course of every single DC movie, they've 53 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: kind of fumbled the origin story. It's supposed to be 54 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: the most memorable moment in that character's life, and for 55 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: most other characters, I don't really feel like that was 56 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: the case. But wonder Woman in twenty seventeen really changed 57 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: the way I felt about DC movies. I thought it 58 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: was gonna be the turning point overall, and I just 59 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: love gal Gado as Wonder Woman. I hope she would 60 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: continue playing this character, and I feel like it's getting 61 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: less and less likely that we're gonna get another Wonder 62 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: Woman movie, but I will always remember this moment in 63 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen's Wonder Woman. Never let your guard down you 64 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: expect about to be fair be fair. So that's from 65 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: that moment in training puts her wrist together, this big 66 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: radio wave comes out, and this is the first time 67 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: you see Diana as what would be wonder Woman. She 68 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: became my favorite character in the Justice League after this movie. 69 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: So at number five, I have Wonder Woman from twenty seventeen. 70 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: At number four, I'm sticking in the DC universe. I'm 71 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: going with twenty thirteen's Man of Steel and it is 72 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: Superman's first flight from director Zack Snyder. Now, whenever I 73 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: first watched the Man of Steel movies, they didn't really 74 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: resonate with me, and I think it was just my 75 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: connection with the character, and I always felt Superman to 76 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: be kind of a generic, boring character. I just recently 77 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: rewatched the very first Superman movie, and let me tell you, 78 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: there's some weird things in that movie. And I get 79 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: in the seventies when that movie came out, it was 80 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: probably a lot more groundbreaking. But there's some things I 81 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: don't even want to repeat that are in that movie 82 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: that made me feel uncomfortable. So I feel like twenty 83 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: thirteen's greatly improved on that, but it didn't quite get 84 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: it right. That's why I'm way more excited to see 85 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: what James Gunn is going to do with the character. 86 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: So even though I wasn't the biggest fan of Zack 87 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: Snyder's Superman, this moment to me is undeniable because it's 88 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: so special and it's the story of kl l aka Superman, 89 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: crash landing on Earth in Smallville, Kansas, being adopted by 90 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: human parents, them choosing to love him, teach him to 91 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: hide his powers as they think that the whole world 92 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: will reject him for who he actually is. He grows up, 93 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: starts to learn about all these extraordinary abilities that he has, 94 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: still struggling to find his place in the world, and 95 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: then he finally learns about who he is. And then 96 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: this is the moment where he's out in the mountains. 97 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: They're covered in snow and for the first time he 98 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: takes flight. 99 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 2: And time they will join you in the sun gown. 100 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 2: In time he will help them accomplish one does. 101 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: So this was the best part in this movie, the 102 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:40,239 Speaker 1: best on screen moment that Henry cavill to me had 103 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: as Superman, because it was just that impactful. And I 104 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: think that's because the kid version of me and even 105 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: the adult version of me thinks, if I can only 106 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,840 Speaker 1: have one superpower, it would be flying. It's the thing 107 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: we imagine that would be the coolest, like all these 108 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: things we could do if we could fly, And seeing 109 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: Superman do that for the very first time was just 110 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: so significant in such a cool feeling of seeing him 111 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: discover his abilities and flying for the very first time 112 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: and not being completely comfortable with it. It was like 113 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: witnessing something special like Superman being born. So even though 114 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even consider this one of my top ten 115 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: superhero movies of all time, this moment in particular is 116 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: one that I will always remember. And I loved Superman 117 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: discovering that he can fly. So at number four is 118 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: the first flight from Man of Steel. At number three, 119 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: we'll move over into the Marvel space. I'm going Captain America, 120 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: the First Avenger from twenty eleven, the moment that Steve 121 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: Rogers turns into Captain America. I think Captain America has 122 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: one of the more underappreciated origin stories and first movies 123 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: out of every Marvel character. It takes us all the 124 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: way back to nineteen forty one where he becomes the 125 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: first Avenger. It's interesting to me how much Marvel movies 126 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: in the first phase dealt so much with war, and 127 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: I think it goes back to the origin of comic 128 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: books and at the time that they were the most 129 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: significant in the US, we were experiencing war in the forties. 130 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: The very first Captain America comic book is him slapping 131 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: Hitler in the face. And then when you look at 132 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: Captain America the First Avenger, it's set in the nineteen 133 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: forties where World War Two is going on. So there's 134 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: just so much of a connection with Steve Rogers and 135 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: fighting the Nazis and his connection with being a soldier 136 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: going into war that that has been continued out through Marvel, 137 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: and then from the First Avenger you see it again 138 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: with Iron Man later it is just a different war. 139 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: And when you look at superhero origin stories, a lot 140 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: of it has to do with the technology, the experiments 141 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: that they do. In this case, he gets accepted into 142 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: this experimental program that turns him into the super soldier 143 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: we know as Captain America. And here is a little 144 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: bit of that moment. And the thing I loved about 145 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: Captain America discovering his paw is that he automatically knows 146 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: how to use them. And you think of Steve Rogers, 147 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: who was just this underweight kid but had this drive. 148 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: He just didn't have the physical capabilities to be in 149 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: the army and be the soldier he wanted. But suddenly, 150 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: through the use of this technology, through this experimental program, 151 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: he is suddenly this super ripped up human with this 152 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: incredible strength, the ability to run fast. You think about it. 153 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: That is the most Captain America thing and shows you 154 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: so much about his character right away. In this scene 155 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: is also his first use of a shield. He said, 156 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: it's not a shield, it's whenever he's chasing the guy 157 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: running through town at the same speed as cars. He 158 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: jumps on the cab as the guy's shooting at him, 159 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: and then the yellow cab crashes, spins around, does a 160 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: bunch of flips, and the door completely comes off, and 161 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: then Captain America grabs the door and uses it as 162 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: a shield to protect him from the bullets. That's the 163 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: first time we see him using the shield. So you 164 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: get a two for one here. So unlike other superheroes 165 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: that take a little bit of time to get used 166 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: to their powers navigate their powers, I love that Captain 167 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: America just automatically knew what to do, because that is 168 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: who Steve Rodgers is. So at number three is the 169 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: first time Steve Rogers turns in to captain America. At 170 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: number two on my list of superhero power discovery moments, 171 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm going with iron Man from two thousand and eight, 172 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: and it is iron Man's first flight. You may say 173 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: his first flight came when he escaped the cave in 174 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: the Mark one in the suit that he created while 175 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: in captivity, which I guess technically would be the correct 176 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: the first time he uses his powers, But to me, 177 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: he becomes Iron Man later in the movie, so it's 178 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: not the Mark one that he escapes with that ends 179 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: up getting destroyed. It is later when he has the 180 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: Mark II, which is pretty much exactly like the Iron 181 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: Man's suit, except it's not its iconic gold and red 182 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 1: color yet it's all silver. I love the look of 183 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: this suit, the chrome titanium, the steel alloy. I wish 184 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: they would have brought this suit back in another movie. 185 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: They should have an Iron Man multiverse where this suit 186 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: makes an appearance again. And we only get this glimpse 187 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: of the use of the suit, But here is that 188 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: moment from the very first iron Man taking his first flight. 189 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 3: Sometimes you got to run before you can walk, ready 190 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 3: and three two One. 191 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: What I loved about this moment and what I loved 192 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: about the first Iron Man movie is it really set 193 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: the tone for the MCU. It was the first MCU 194 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: movie in two thousand and eight, and it got everything right. 195 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: And this moment in particular embodies everything that makes the 196 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: MCU great, and really everything that makes any superhero movie 197 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: origin story great. It had it all. It had spectacle, 198 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: it had humor, and it had the special effects because 199 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: this movie really couldn't have been made at any other time. 200 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: I recently watched the entire revisit with Kevin Feigi and 201 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: Jon Favreau talking about how it's been fifteen years since 202 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: this movie, and they went into a lot of detail 203 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: on how important the visual effects were in this movie, 204 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: and it was coming off the heels of the Transformers 205 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: and the use of CGI that had an emphasis on 206 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: the texture of objects. And that's really what we got 207 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: in that Transformers movie is you believe that the CGI 208 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: characters were real metal objects. And it was the first 209 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: time they were really able to get the technology right 210 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: and make hard services look as realistic as possible, and 211 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: that is what iron Man truly benefited from at the 212 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: time it came out in two thousand and eight, and 213 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: even now fifteen years later, the visuals in this movie 214 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: still hold up. And it was this moment in particular 215 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: in Iron Man that really set the tone for the 216 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: entire studio. Tony Stark discovered that what he has spent 217 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: all this time creating actually works. He's able to fly. 218 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: He goes a little bit too high because the suit 219 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: starts freezing, and then he comes crashing down. And then 220 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: the perfect way to cap off this moment is him 221 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: crashing back into his garage, landing on the car, coming 222 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: off this adrenaline, and then you have that robot arm 223 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: come out and extinguish him in a very comedic manner. 224 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: So it's that little moment that also brings the humor 225 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: that we love in Marvel movies. So I believe that 226 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: this first flight for iron Man is symbolic of the 227 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: MCU having its first flight of being successful. So at 228 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: number two, I have iron Man's first flight from two 229 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, and at number one you knew it 230 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: was gonna make it, but you had to question to here, 231 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: so which one is it going to be? You know? 232 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: My favorite superhero. It's Spider Man. I easily could have 233 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: made one, two and three y'all Spider Man from all 234 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: the different versions we have had on the big screen, 235 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: but I decided to limit it to one the most iconic, 236 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: And I'm going back to the og to Toby McGuire, 237 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: to two thousand and two Spider Man. You get not 238 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: only the first time Toby maguire as Peter Parker crawls 239 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: on the wall, which is really, to me, the most 240 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: iconic moment in any superhero movie, That moment where suddenly 241 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: he realizes all the changes that are happening to his 242 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: body and he puts his hand up on that brick 243 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: wall and sticks to it and just starts climbing that thing. 244 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: That moment is embedded in my head as the most 245 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: iconic superhero moment of all time, because as soon as 246 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: he discovers that he can scale walls, he gets to 247 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 1: the top of the building, he realizes that he can 248 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: also jump from building to building, and that is the 249 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: moment we experience after that, and it's that energy in 250 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: that moment of him being filled with joy as he 251 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: jumps from building to building, discovering now that he is 252 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: Spider Man, he is a superhero, and as that's not 253 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: enough to end this scene, you get him discovering that 254 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: he can shoot webs out of his wrists. Go web fly, 255 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: pumping away, web Go, Go Go web Go. So it's 256 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: the way Toby maguire perfectly played this scene with all 257 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: the excitement and it truly being a magnificent moment on 258 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: the screen. And you think back in two thousand and 259 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: two of really how new good special effects were, like 260 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: this moment had every chance to be ruined by cheap 261 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: special effects bat cinematography that was limited to the time 262 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: of it being early two thousands, but that is not 263 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: the case at all. This movie is not hurt at all. 264 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: If anything, it sets the gold standard of how to 265 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: create moments like this, And I think it's also due 266 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: to the storytelling here, So I credit that a lot 267 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: to director Sam Raimi and what he did with this trilogy. 268 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: But this moment is my favorite moment. So at number one, 269 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm going with the first time Crawling and Spider Man's 270 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: first swing from two thousand and two. I do have 271 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: some that almost made my list from Zack Snyder's Justice League. 272 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: The first time Cyborg uses his powers and he discovers 273 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: everything his body can do. He can hack into the Internet, 274 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: and Cyborg is a really cool character, but we really 275 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: didn't see that in the Justice League movie. A lot 276 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: of his backstory was cut out, and you really didn't 277 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: get a grasp on his capabilities and what his character 278 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: meant to the Justice League unless you watch the Zack 279 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: Snyder version of Justice League, which in its four plus hours, 280 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: of course you get a more backstory. And I really 281 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: didn't think that that would change my perspective on any 282 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: of the characters, but it really showed me how Cyborg 283 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: did not get his fair shake in the Justice League 284 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: and really how they did him completely wrong. So I 285 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: thought his character benefited more than any other one in 286 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: the Justice League Snyder cut. I also really enjoyed the 287 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: first time ant Man shrinks down. And I know ant 288 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: Man gets a lot of crap, but there is a 289 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: lot of charm to the way Paul Rudd plays ant Man, 290 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: and there's just so many fun visual effects that go 291 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: into him shrinking down to the size of a nant. 292 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: And maybe it's because of my fascination with Honey I 293 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: shrink the kids and what I associate that with. I 294 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: just found that a lot of people didn't enjoy this 295 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: first movie as much as I did. Another one that 296 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: almost made my list was whenever Bruce Wayne's parents died 297 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: and he inherited all that money. It's funny to me 298 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: that Bruce Wayne really has no superpowers other than being 299 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: super rich. So yeah, there's the moment and Batman begins 300 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: where he goes through all that training and gets all, 301 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: you know, the tactical knowledge of how to fight and 302 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: how to be what essentially is the groundwork of Batman. 303 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: But the true power of Batman and also Tony Stark 304 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: for that matter, is having a lot of money. So 305 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: there's not really that moment for Batman to discover suddenly 306 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: that he is a superhero. So for him, it really 307 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: it goes back to that moment where his parents get 308 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 1: shot that influences his decision to want to be a 309 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: Vigilanti and then just needing to use all of his 310 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: money to give them all the gadgets and then capabilities 311 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: to turn into Batman. So yeah, Batman inheriting his money. 312 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: That should have made my list in the top five right. 313 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: One that I almost included was the first time the 314 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: Avengers first assemble, which I kind of feel like is 315 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: their first moment of discovering their powers, because you have 316 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: all these characters that already know their powers and they 317 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: think that individually they could all save the world. But 318 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: it was in this moment in The Avengers in New York, 319 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: where they're all standing with their backs against each other. 320 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: I feel like that is them unleashing their powers for 321 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: the first time and realizing that, hey that individually, yeah, 322 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: we're all really powerful. But together, all of our powers 323 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: complement each other in different ways, and all together we 324 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: are truly unstoppable. So if you work as a team, 325 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 1: you become an entirely different unit. So I see the 326 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: Avengers all together as their own superhero. So I almost 327 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: included that, but it did kind of feel like cheating. 328 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: I was also thinking back to Aucaman first discovering his 329 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: powers as a kid in the aquarium and he's able 330 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: to control the fish, and I think the reason I 331 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: love that moment so much is because it reminded me 332 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: of Harry Potter discovering that he can also do magic 333 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: in the first Harry Potter movie, where he's able to 334 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: put his jerk cousin into the exhibit with the snake. 335 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: So that moment would have also in my list if 336 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: you considered Harry Potter a superhero, but he's not. He's 337 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 1: a wizard. Also, one of my favorite Marvel characters is Cyclops, 338 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: and I love the moment in X Men Apocalypse from 339 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen where he first discovers his powers. And you 340 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: have Cyclops as a teenager in high school. His eyes 341 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: are hurt, and so he goes to the bathroom and 342 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: that is the first time he's able to shoot lasers 343 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: out of his eyes and completely wrecks the bathroom. I 344 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: just always felt like there was never the perfect on 345 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: screen version of Cyclops. I thought they did a pretty 346 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: good job with James Marsden's version in the two thousand 347 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: X Men. I would love to see a new adaptation 348 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: of Cyclops, give them a solo Marvel movie. And one 349 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: character I felt never got their fair shake at having 350 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: their origin moment and first discovering their powers is the Hulk, 351 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: because that two thousand and three version is the true travesty, 352 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: and like I was talking about earlier, of special effects 353 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: just not being there in the early two thousands, Hulk 354 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: is a great example of that because the version we 355 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: got in that movie looks like a character that was 356 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: completely unrendered. It was way too green and colorful. It 357 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: almost looks like when you see footage of somebody developing 358 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: a video game and it's that very early version where 359 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: they're just trying to work through the mechanics and you 360 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: know this is not how it's actually going to look 361 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: like in the game. That is exactly what they ended 362 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: up using in Hulk. It was this very unfinished version 363 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: that was not completely right. It looked very uncooked. It 364 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: was raw cookie dough on the screen. And I love 365 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: the Hulk. If I had to say my top three 366 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: Marvel characters, it would be the ones I mentioned Spider Man, Hulk, 367 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: and Cyclops. I just think they were always the coolest. 368 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: It reminds me of playing the Capcom Versus Marvel Arcade 369 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 1: game back in the day. Those were always the three 370 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: characters I wanted to be close. Runner up. Fourth to 371 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: that would be Wolverine, and I feel like when you 372 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: look at all those characters and their on screen origin stories, 373 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: the only one that's been right is Spider Man and 374 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: having that moment with Toby Maguire and having it again 375 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: with Andrew Garfield, which I felt was still pretty good. 376 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: Him discovering his powers in the subway as he's sticking 377 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,479 Speaker 1: to everything, and then again with Miles Morales kind of 378 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: along those same lines, not being able to control him 379 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,479 Speaker 1: sticking to everything, which was a lot more playful. Spider 380 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 1: Man has the best, but when you look at all 381 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: the other ones in that list, Hulk doesn't have it, 382 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: not in the two thousand and three version. And I 383 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: still stand by loving the incredible Hulk with Edward Norton. 384 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,479 Speaker 1: I will die on that hill. I still think that 385 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: is a good movie, even though everybody else thinks that 386 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: is terrible. But he also didn't get his fair shake 387 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: in that movie of him first discovering his powers. And 388 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 1: then you look at Wolverine, who had his own origin 389 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: movie in two thousand and nine, which because he is 390 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: one of my favorite characters, I still enjoyed that movie, 391 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 1: but it's viewed as one of the worst comic book 392 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: adaptations of all time, not only what they did with 393 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: the Wolverine character in that, but also giving us the 394 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: worst version of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. And then you 395 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: have Cyclops, who really wasn't the star of those early 396 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: two thousands X Men movies, even though I still feel 397 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: like those are all really great just as the X 398 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: Men movies went along into the twenty tens, they became 399 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: less and less significant. So once he got to X 400 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: Men Apocalypse in twenty sixteen, there was no chance of 401 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: his character really cutting through again at that time. So 402 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: I think now that Disney owns the rights to Cyclops, 403 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: they got to step it up. So that is my list. 404 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: If there's one you think needs to be added, let 405 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: me know. Hit me up on email moviemke d at 406 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: gmail dot com, or on socials at Mike Distro, on TikTok, Instagram, 407 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: and Twitter. I'll come back with my spoiler free review 408 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: a Spider Man Across the Spider and in the trailer park, 409 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: we'll talk about the Marvels, all right. One of my 410 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: most anticipated reviews of the year, Spider Man Across the 411 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: Spider Verse. It's been five years since we've seen Miles Morales. 412 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: If you're watching on YouTube or a clip on TikTok 413 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: or Instagram, I am in my full Spider Man costume. 414 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: Probably why my voice sounds a little bit muffled. This 415 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: is my commitment to this podcast, to this review a 416 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: movie that just took every one of my expectations and 417 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: exceeded it, and I have so many things to say 418 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: about this movie that I even watched this movie differently. 419 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 1: All Right, before I get fully into this, I gotta 420 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: take off my mask because I feel like, all right, 421 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 1: here we go. I feel like I was suffocating in that. 422 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: And also I feel like my voice is a little 423 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: bit muffled, So I felt like I even watched this 424 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: movie a little bit differently. Usually when I go watch 425 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: a movie, I'm watching a little bit with my brain 426 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: of somebody who is gonna review the movie later. I'm 427 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: looking for my angle, and sometimes it takes me out 428 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: of the experience a little bit because I'm thinking of 429 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: all the points I'm gonna make and everything I have 430 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: to say about it in the review. When I watched 431 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: this movie, I will be completely, one hundred percent honest 432 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: with you, the movie review part of my brain was 433 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: shut off, and I just completely enjoyed this movie and 434 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: allowed myself to be fully submerged in everything. I wasn't 435 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: comparing it to the original. I just wanted to go 436 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: in as a movie fan, as somebody who the reason 437 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: they do this is because movies like this exist, and 438 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 1: I still stand by that is why the first into 439 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: the Spider Verse is my favorite Spider Man movie because 440 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,400 Speaker 1: it was so groundbreaking. It took the Spider Man formula 441 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: and completely flipped it and gave us something new and refreshing. 442 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 1: And you have a character like Spider Man that maybe 443 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: the general public has a little bit of fatigue with. 444 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: Not me, I'm in a full Spider Man cossuin right now, 445 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: give me all Spider Man all the time. But you 446 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: had the Toby Maguire, you had the Andrew Garfield, we 447 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 1: have Tom holland we feel like we've seen so much 448 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: of the character that it's hard to make it exciting again. 449 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: And that's what the twenty eighteen version did, and what 450 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: across the Spider Verse did was it took what made 451 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: the first movie great and amplified everything to an eleven. 452 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 1: So the animation style, the storyline, the entire take on 453 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: the struggle to be Spider Man. It felt like there 454 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: was so much more on the line, and it felt 455 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: like this movie existed in its own world. And the 456 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 1: entire thing really felt like a You four experienced to me, 457 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: and I'm not saying that lightly and I truly mean 458 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: that that is how I felt watching this movie. So 459 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: let's start first with what the movie is about. It 460 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: picks up after the first one, but we have some 461 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: years of separation. Miles Morales is more grown up now, 462 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: and I've I've never really seen this in an animated movie. 463 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: Is the character himself looks different, his voice maybe sounds 464 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: a little bit deeper. And we saw an animated character 465 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,199 Speaker 1: get older. I can't really think of any other instance 466 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 1: where that has been executed so much so to the 467 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 1: point now when I see and I went back and 468 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: rewatched into the Spider Verse from twenty eighteen, looking at 469 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: those stills and watching that movie, you think, oh, man, 470 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: he looks like a little kid in that movie. And somehow, 471 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: through the power of animation, you have aged a character 472 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: and it feels like us as the audience, have grown 473 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: with him. That is a feat in itself. So it's 474 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: him still in high school. He is struggling to maintain 475 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 1: the life of Spider Man and also be a good son, 476 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: be a good student. So that's where his story kicks 477 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,959 Speaker 1: off in this movie. But what I loved about it, 478 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: and again we'll keep everything spoiler free. I'll do his 479 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: full spoiler review later because there's so many more things 480 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: I want to get into. But the way the movie 481 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,719 Speaker 1: opens is not with the story of Miles Morales. It 482 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: opens with Gwen Stacy aka Spider Woman, and I love 483 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: their decision to do this because the first ten minutes 484 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: are completely dedicated to her and her story and quickly 485 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: just establish all these things about Gwen Stacy, and they 486 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: do it so well and hit you an emotional level, 487 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: so not only getting to know more about her story, 488 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: but visually the animation was so different, and I think 489 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: that was a great way to open the movie because 490 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,479 Speaker 1: it was unlike what we saw in the first movie. 491 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,199 Speaker 1: All of the opening scene with Gwen was almost like 492 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: this watercolor, live living animation that even the expressions that 493 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: her character gave were portrayed through like bleeding colors on 494 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: the screen. And there were also so many different animation 495 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: elements in that scene that it was a huge flex 496 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: And that is how this movie really turned up. The 497 00:26:54,640 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: animation is the first one did combine several different animations, 498 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 1: and what gives the first movie its look is the 499 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 1: use of two D animation combined with three D animation, 500 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: and it makes it look like a comic book living 501 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: on the screen. It's all the detail and all the coloring, 502 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: even giving it the little dots that make it look 503 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: like it's an actual comic book. That's what made the 504 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: first one great, but in this one there's even more 505 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: attention to detail and all of these animation styles working 506 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: together so well that in a movie where there are 507 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: so many characters, there are over two hundred and eighty 508 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: different variations of Spider Man, a lot of different villains, 509 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: they all have their unique animation style, and myself being 510 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: just such a big fan of animation, it is one 511 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 1: of the best looking movies that has ever entered my eyeballs. 512 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 1: And I don't think I have to make that case 513 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: to any Marvel fan or any Spider Man fan, but 514 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: I feel like if some people are borderline wanting to 515 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: watch this movie because you think animation means it's a cartoon, 516 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: which means it's for kids, that is not the case. 517 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: There are so many great movies, not even superhero movies, 518 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: that I could recommend to you, that are my favorite 519 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: animated stories. It's just a different kind of medium. It 520 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: would be like somebody saying now who only played video 521 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,239 Speaker 1: games back in the day, saying that video games are 522 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: just for kids. That is not the truth anymore. Video 523 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: games are so much more advanced that adults are playing them. 524 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: Everybody plays video games. It's not just pac Man anymore. 525 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 1: That is the same thing with animation. I feel like, 526 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: when done correctly, like in the Spider Man animated movies, 527 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 1: there are so many more ways to make you invoke emotion, 528 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: and I feel like it resonates more that I forget 529 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: that it's an animated movie. These characters feel real to me, 530 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: and something they really flex on in this movie is 531 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: the frame rate. So what frame rate is imagine you're 532 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: watching this animated movie. Animation. Frame rate is how fast 533 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: the pictures move, So the more pictures that change in 534 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: a second, the smoother the movie looks. So tip it's 535 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: twenty four frames per second in this movie. Why some 536 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: characters look different, Some things look smoother than others, and 537 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: some things look a little bit more apparent that it's 538 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: an animated character, It's because they play with all different 539 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: kinds of frame rates. So some are moving really fast. 540 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: So some characters are moving at sixty frames per second, 541 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: other characters are moving as little as twelve frames per second. 542 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 1: Spider Punk in particular, in this movie, he's a character 543 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: that has all different kinds of frame rates in his head, 544 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: his jacket. So that's why this movie just looks so different, 545 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: even more so than the original movie. So if you're 546 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: a fan of animation like me, you're gonna love this one. 547 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: But aside from the visuals in this movie, you look 548 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: at the story. This movie has so much heart and 549 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: what I love the most about Spider Man movies, which 550 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: I believe that every Spider Man story should be a trilogy. 551 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: That's just the way it should go. The first one 552 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: is the origin story. The second one I always love 553 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: because it is the ruggle of Spider Man dealing with 554 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: being the superhero and being the person underneath the mask. 555 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 1: And the take on that situation in this movie was 556 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: so different and so thought provoking that I don't want 557 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: to say it's the best one, because I don't think 558 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: this story would exist if we didn't have all the 559 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: other versions of Spider Man. But it's taking all the 560 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: things that make that struggle great and making it so 561 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: much more impactful because in this movie, you have Miles 562 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: and you have Gwenn Stacy, and they're trying to save 563 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: all these other Spider people from this villain who goes 564 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: by the name of Spot, and this movie becomes that 565 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: same story of sacrifice and how do you save those 566 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: people around you? And not only that, it also hits 567 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: you with the love story. You have Miles and Gwen 568 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: who haven't seen each other since the first movie, and 569 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: now Miles is dealing with why she never came to 570 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: see him. You get Gwen's version two of knowing everything 571 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: that she's been through, why she decided not to go Miles, 572 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: and then you have the whole will they want they 573 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: throughout the movie, which that is another way they made 574 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: this movie different. It's not the same old Peter Parker 575 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: and Mary Jane. It seems like there's so much more 576 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: on the line when they both have the superhero qualities 577 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: and they are both different versions of Spider Man. I 578 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: love their love story and it made me feel like 579 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 1: a teenager again, and just thinking that an animated movie 580 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: can make you feel that, I thought was really powerful. 581 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: The scene that's also in the trailer, whenever they are 582 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 1: above the city and they are hanging upside down, one 583 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen an animation, 584 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 1: and just that shot on its own, I think is 585 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: one of the most iconic Spider Man images that has 586 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: ever been created. And that's what Spider Man Across and 587 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: into the Spider Verse has done is created these amazing stills, 588 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: and I think those scenes are really only rivaled by 589 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 1: the first iconic Spider Man scene, which is the upside 590 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,200 Speaker 1: down kiss between Toby maguire and Kirsten Dunst. So when 591 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: the question is, which is what everybody's been asking me, 592 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 1: is Across the Spider Verse better than Into the Spider 593 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: Verse right now, I am going to say no. The 594 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: first one was so groundbreaking with the animation, with the 595 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: character of Miles. It took everything that made the Spider 596 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,400 Speaker 1: Man movies great and threw away all the rules. You 597 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: could do anything. There's not just one Spider Man anymore. 598 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: There's not just one animation style. You can really do 599 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: anything now to really make these movies fun. There were 600 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: so much great humor in that original one, but out 601 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: of everything, that movie had so much heart, and I 602 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: think that's why it resonated so much with audiences, why 603 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: it did so well with the critics the box office. 604 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 1: But I think when you look at the overall story, 605 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: the first one just feels so much more complete. And 606 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: I think about it, if I could only put one 607 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,480 Speaker 1: of these movies into a vault to be remembered forever. 608 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: I would still put the first ones. They are both 609 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: great in their own way, and they are both leaps 610 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: and bounds above any superhero story right now now. So 611 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: just for that reason, if I can only pick one 612 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: of these movies, because the first one feels like such 613 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 1: a great origin story, It has its own message completely intact. 614 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: In that first movie, it establishes the character of Miles Morales, 615 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: and I just feel that it has already stood the 616 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: test of time coming out in twenty eighteen, and I 617 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 1: still revisit the movie at least once a year, and 618 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: I love it every single time. I know, I just 619 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: watched this movie, but based on all of the elements 620 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 1: with the storyline where Miles's character goes throughout this movie 621 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: and what's coming next, which is a big part of this, 622 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: I feel like the first one will still stand the 623 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: test of time more than the sequel. Don't get me wrong. 624 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: It has me hype, it has me excited. I left 625 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: the movie theater so energized and mainly relieved that it 626 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: didn't downgrade. That we didn't get this second one and 627 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: they missed the mark or the story not be as great. 628 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: I think there were a couple moments where I wanted 629 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: it to get to the point a little bit more. 630 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 1: But I love the fact that it explored all these universes, 631 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: it had time to breathe. The part of me that 632 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 1: just wanted to get to the action a little bit 633 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: more is the only reason I felt that this one 634 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: just was a little bit below the original one. So 635 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 1: this movie had it all. It had the visuals, it 636 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: had the action, it had the love story, it had 637 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: more Spider Man that you could wrap your finger around. 638 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: And I think for me who is not just a 639 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: fan of Spider Man in the movies, but also the 640 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:34,800 Speaker 1: video games. I've played the N sixty four, the PlayStation games, 641 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: the PS four game, the PS five game that's about 642 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: to come out I'm looking forward to, but also the 643 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: cartoon from Back in the Day, all the other Spider 644 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: Man animated series. It's just if you are just the 645 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: biggest fan of Spider Man, this is the one for you. 646 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: This is it. But I would have to say, I'm 647 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 1: gonna have a little bit of a different scale on 648 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: this movie. I'm just comparing it to every other Spider 649 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: Man movie. And for the reason that I believe that 650 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: it's just a a bid below the first one. If 651 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: it was any other movie, it would be a five. 652 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 1: But I look at Spider Man movies like they are 653 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: my children. That is how I feel about these movies, 654 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: because anytime a new one comes out, it's like, how 655 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: do you pick your favorite? It's hard to based upon that. 656 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,279 Speaker 1: Into the Spider Verse is a five. This is just 657 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 1: a smidge below it, So I have to stick to 658 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 1: that reasoning. So for Spider Man Across the Spider Verse, 659 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,280 Speaker 1: I give it four point five out of five webs. 660 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 2: It's time to head down to movie Mike Traylor Paul. 661 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: The Marvels aka Captain Marvel two is coming out on 662 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: November tenth, and maybe I am alone in saying this, 663 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: but I am truly excited for this movie, and I 664 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 1: am surprised at how little attention and traction that this 665 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:57,680 Speaker 1: trailer is getting. I think people and Marvel fans just 666 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: have this disdain for this character that I feel is 667 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: a little unwarranted. I thought the first Captain Marvel movie 668 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 1: was pretty solid. Now I do feel it came around 669 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,839 Speaker 1: some circumstances that I wasn't the biggest fan of at 670 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: the time. It did feel a little bit rush to me. 671 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,399 Speaker 1: Even the way they filmed Captain Marvel. It was all 672 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,719 Speaker 1: shot out of place, and I think when this movie 673 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,800 Speaker 1: came out it almost felt like it was just rushing 674 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,360 Speaker 1: to get out in order for Endgame to make sense. 675 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: I feel like, in the grand scheme of things, it 676 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:28,320 Speaker 1: should have came out earlier. It should have had a 677 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: little bit more separation, and I think it would have 678 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 1: had a little bit more of an impact because I 679 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,880 Speaker 1: like the character of Captain Marvel. I like Brie Larsen. 680 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: I think her origin story in that movie is pretty great, 681 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: and her powers are pretty undeniable when she is arguably 682 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,560 Speaker 1: the most powerful Avenger. Now, I do have some issues 683 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:52,320 Speaker 1: with that, particularly when it comes to her role in Endgame. 684 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 1: She is this super powerful character that probably has the 685 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,879 Speaker 1: ability to take on Thanos by herself. But she comes 686 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,760 Speaker 1: back at the beginning of the movie to save Tony 687 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 1: Stark and then kind of dips out and says, there 688 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: are a lot of other things going on in this universe, 689 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: and I can't be here to help you guys. Even 690 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: though she does become an Avenger later on and then 691 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,439 Speaker 1: helps them later in the movie, I feel like her 692 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,400 Speaker 1: character should have been written a lot differently knowing how 693 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,959 Speaker 1: powerful she is. I think if she would have become 694 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: a more important part of the team, aside from just 695 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 1: early on helping them find and defeat Thanos early on 696 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 1: in that movie, it would have been a completely different movie, 697 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: and it would have left a lot of a better 698 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 1: framework going into a Captain Marvel sequel, because after that 699 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,319 Speaker 1: first one really wasn't that well received. I feel like 700 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,800 Speaker 1: it's not really leaving a lot of the more hardcore 701 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,640 Speaker 1: Marvel fans wanting a taste for more Captain Marvel. So 702 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:48,839 Speaker 1: what you have in this movie is you have Real 703 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,320 Speaker 1: Arson back as Captain Marvel. You also have Miss Marvel 704 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,040 Speaker 1: from the Disney Plus series, and then you have Monica 705 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,120 Speaker 1: Rambo who first came to us in One Division. And 706 00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: how they are all connected in this movie is they 707 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,200 Speaker 1: trade places with each other every time they use their powers. 708 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: So now they have to team up in order to 709 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: fix this and in order to face a villain. So 710 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: before I get into more about the Marvels, here's just 711 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 1: a little bit of the trailer. Hi, We're looking for Amalaka. Okay, 712 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: So our powers are entangled. I can manipulate like energy 713 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 1: and you I can totally show you. Hi wherever you were. 714 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: So this trailer does a couple things right, but I 715 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,360 Speaker 1: could see why people have issues buying into this movie. 716 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,520 Speaker 1: Even myself, who I'm excited for the Captain Marvel character 717 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 1: to get another shot at it, I'm not completely sold 718 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 1: by this trailer just yet. I feel like it's coming 719 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,439 Speaker 1: off as a little bit too playful and fun. Which 720 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 1: you have one side of who enjoy the humor, who 721 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,400 Speaker 1: just want to go and have a good time at 722 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 1: the movie. You have the other side of fans who 723 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 1: wants something that's going to advance the entire plot of 724 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,440 Speaker 1: the MCU and connect into this big story. So it 725 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 1: has to have a lot of action and it has 726 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: to have a lot of significance when it comes to 727 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,080 Speaker 1: creating an entire storyline for us to follow along to 728 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,720 Speaker 1: I myself, I think that we need to get away 729 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: from all of these movies being able to be so interconnected. 730 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 1: I think that truly ended with Endgame. So I think 731 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,919 Speaker 1: that argument is a little bit outdated, and in order 732 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,279 Speaker 1: for the MCU to really advance, you have to have 733 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,239 Speaker 1: these singular stories that are actually worth a crap. That 734 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: is what it comes down to. You have to sell 735 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,719 Speaker 1: one individual movie that a casual fan can just hop 736 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,520 Speaker 1: into and not feel like they have to do all 737 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,200 Speaker 1: this homework, and I think that will actually create better movies. 738 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,000 Speaker 1: Wanting to have all these stepping stones to get to 739 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,400 Speaker 1: some bigger endgame. Again, that's just not sustainable, and I 740 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 1: think the superhero genre, in order to survive, we need 741 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,960 Speaker 1: to get away from that. We don't want to go 742 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 1: the way of the Western and look so dated and 743 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,240 Speaker 1: think like, how can you still be making a superhero movie. 744 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,880 Speaker 1: At the end of the day, you just have to 745 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,480 Speaker 1: make a really great movie that stands on its own 746 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,840 Speaker 1: and then embodies everything that made the first movies great. 747 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,080 Speaker 1: In the MCU, so, I don't think the problem is 748 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,400 Speaker 1: that nothing great has been made since Endgame and everything 749 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,839 Speaker 1: is falling off. I think in the MCU, the only 750 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,879 Speaker 1: problem is tone, and that is what I get from 751 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,360 Speaker 1: this trailer is that I don't really know the tone 752 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,680 Speaker 1: of this movie. I got that a lot more in 753 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 1: the first movie. She's this really powerful person who overcame 754 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,839 Speaker 1: this not knowing where she came from, and is now 755 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: harnessing these powers to do good and has the ability 756 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:53,239 Speaker 1: to do these really amazing things. I think her first 757 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: time discovering her Powers is also one of my favorites. 758 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,640 Speaker 1: So what is Captain Marvel going to do now in 759 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,040 Speaker 1: the March which is kind of a little bit confusing 760 00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:03,840 Speaker 1: because it is a sequel to the first one, but 761 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,919 Speaker 1: now it's called the Marvels and it's inside the mc 762 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,760 Speaker 1: I just feel like the title itself starts to confuse people, 763 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,279 Speaker 1: So I worry that this will further get away from 764 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:17,239 Speaker 1: setting what the tone really is in phase five. I 765 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:21,440 Speaker 1: also think we have a director problem in the MCU. 766 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,719 Speaker 1: I think the best movies that have come out of 767 00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:28,359 Speaker 1: the studio have been ones from one director where they 768 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,319 Speaker 1: had their entire vision play out from movie one to 769 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 1: two to three. Those have been the best movies. Say 770 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,640 Speaker 1: what you will about the Ani Man movies, they had 771 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:41,040 Speaker 1: one director, Peyton Reid. It feels like they were all cohesive, 772 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,279 Speaker 1: like I was saying earlier with James Gunn and the 773 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,919 Speaker 1: Guardians movies, John Watts with the Spider Man trilogy so far. 774 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: But now with the continuation of Captain Marvel, you have 775 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,480 Speaker 1: a different director, Nina DaCosta, who is a great director. 776 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,440 Speaker 1: She did Candy Man and she is the first black 777 00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:01,080 Speaker 1: female director for Marvel, so I do have faith in her. 778 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:05,600 Speaker 1: As a director, I just feel that I'm worried that 779 00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:09,760 Speaker 1: this movie is going to flop and set a pretty 780 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: bad precedent for all the other MCU movies set to 781 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,319 Speaker 1: be released after this, and I don't want to see 782 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: that happen. And with the trailer not getting a whole 783 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:21,320 Speaker 1: lot of attention, with it not really being that anticipated, 784 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,400 Speaker 1: with it getting its release date moved several times. It 785 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,280 Speaker 1: was originally supposed to come out last year, got pushed 786 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,400 Speaker 1: back even further, was supposed to come out in the summer, 787 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,919 Speaker 1: but there's so much great competition in the summer. It's 788 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,160 Speaker 1: been pushed to the fall, which there's also some good 789 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:37,120 Speaker 1: competition there. I feel like this one may get missed 790 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,040 Speaker 1: a little bit. And I also feel like right now 791 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,640 Speaker 1: some people are just hating on Marvel movies for the 792 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,719 Speaker 1: sake on hating on Marvel movies because it's not like 793 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:48,200 Speaker 1: the Marvel everybody grew up with, which is also weird 794 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 1: for me to come to grips with that. We are 795 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,520 Speaker 1: fifteen years into all these movies, so I don't think 796 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,480 Speaker 1: it will be the one to win everybody back. Best 797 00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,759 Speaker 1: case scenario, it doesn't have everybody running away. But I'm 798 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,839 Speaker 1: still excited for it. So again, The Marvels is coming 799 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,520 Speaker 1: out later this year on November tenth. Maybe I'm the 800 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:06,439 Speaker 1: only one who'll be there. 801 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,320 Speaker 2: Head that for was this week's edition of movie Line. 802 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:12,960 Speaker 1: Tram or Bar and that's gonna do it for another 803 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,480 Speaker 1: episode here of the podcast. But before I go, I 804 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,879 Speaker 1: gotta do what I do every single week. I went 805 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,200 Speaker 1: kind of full wrapper on that moment. Gotta do what 806 00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:23,239 Speaker 1: I do every week. It is my listener shout out 807 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,239 Speaker 1: of the week. How you get one of these? All 808 00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,800 Speaker 1: you have to do is send me an email Moviemike 809 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:32,360 Speaker 1: d at gmail dot com, comment on my TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, 810 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,360 Speaker 1: or Instagram, which you can find all the links to 811 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:39,520 Speaker 1: that in the episode notes of this podcast. But this 812 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,160 Speaker 1: week I went over to my Instagram page, which new 813 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:45,120 Speaker 1: episodes are always released on Monday, and on Monday I 814 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,280 Speaker 1: also post a clip which is usually a condensed version 815 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,239 Speaker 1: of my movie review that week as a video on 816 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,560 Speaker 1: my Instagram. And last week was the Little Mermaid review, 817 00:43:54,920 --> 00:44:00,879 Speaker 1: and oh my gosh, Disney fans are vicious. I did 818 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,160 Speaker 1: not expect my most controversial movie review of the year 819 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,520 Speaker 1: to be for The Little Mermaid. I wasn't even fully 820 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:10,439 Speaker 1: set on seeing that movie. It is the first time 821 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: I've ever been threatened by a movie review I gave. 822 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,920 Speaker 1: I was so surprised to see the toxicity that can 823 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,200 Speaker 1: be the Disney fandom. So this is actually one of 824 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,200 Speaker 1: the more tame comments, which I know. You don't have 825 00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,360 Speaker 1: to agree with me on every single opinion I have 826 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,919 Speaker 1: on movies. I do not expect you to. I am 827 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:29,920 Speaker 1: just telling you exactly how I feel. You can always 828 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,560 Speaker 1: know that you're getting my true, honest opinions without any 829 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,319 Speaker 1: influence on it. But I don't expect you to ever 830 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,960 Speaker 1: completely agree with everything I say. But just so you know, 831 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,719 Speaker 1: I read all the comments. So this week's listener shout 832 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,440 Speaker 1: out goes to Frederick Jay, who actually disagreed with me 833 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,800 Speaker 1: and that's okay. Frederick wrote, as a diehard movie Mike's 834 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,040 Speaker 1: Movie Podcast fan, I'm sorry, but I have to disagree 835 00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,960 Speaker 1: with all the comments about Flounder. It kind of sucks 836 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,879 Speaker 1: that a fish that wasn't even on the screen as 837 00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,919 Speaker 1: much as all the other characters could cause so much 838 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,320 Speaker 1: disdain for a movie that, despite being a remake, was 839 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:06,279 Speaker 1: a beautiful movie overall. Frederick, first of all, thank you 840 00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,320 Speaker 1: for being the first person who I've ever seen described 841 00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:11,880 Speaker 1: as a diehard fan of this podcast, So thank you 842 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,440 Speaker 1: for listening and thank you for commenting. I still stand 843 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,440 Speaker 1: by my fact that I did not like to look 844 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,279 Speaker 1: a Flounder in that movie, and it completely took me 845 00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,920 Speaker 1: out of the experience of fully enjoying that movie. But 846 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,960 Speaker 1: the movie did win me over in the end, and 847 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,680 Speaker 1: I think that's what some people who only saw that 848 00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:30,359 Speaker 1: small clip of my full review did not understand. So 849 00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,360 Speaker 1: I encourage you if sometimes you just don't listen to 850 00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,960 Speaker 1: that week's episode and you only see the clip on Instagram, 851 00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,359 Speaker 1: you gotta go and listen to the full review because 852 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,680 Speaker 1: I give it an all full context that I actually 853 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,359 Speaker 1: did enjoy that movie and it did win me over 854 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,520 Speaker 1: in the end, So I believe there are some things 855 00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,879 Speaker 1: they got right and some things they got wrong, one 856 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:51,239 Speaker 1: of those being Flounder. So thank you Frederick J. For 857 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,840 Speaker 1: commenting on Instagram and for listening every single week. And 858 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:56,880 Speaker 1: that is what I love the most about doing this 859 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,919 Speaker 1: podcast is starting a conversation about movie. So a great 860 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,319 Speaker 1: to do that is comment on the videos I put 861 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,680 Speaker 1: up on Instagram and TikTok and start the conversation there 862 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:07,840 Speaker 1: because I would love to hear what you have to 863 00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,320 Speaker 1: say about these movies as well, so thank you for listening. 864 00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:12,040 Speaker 1: I hope you have a great rest of your week, 865 00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:15,040 Speaker 1: and until next time, go out and watch good movies 866 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,120 Speaker 1: and I will talk to you later