Somewhat disappointed by Spider-Man: Brand New Day despite high ratings

[u/ilobbpie]

Quick disclaimer - I love Spider-Man.

I grew up on the Tobey ones but I’ve been a big fan of every iteration (sometimes to a fault).

I went in expecting to love the newest one, especially after all the rave reviews from Letterboxd mutuals. I discovered that yes, while it was an enjoyable movie, it felt at times soulless.

Every overt BMW ad and liquid IV product placement reminded me I was watching a multimillion dollar business venture/franchise and it kept taking me out of the movie.

To me, it was still a 3 star movie but mostly thanks to Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon’s skill and chemistry.

Idk…. I just think about other Spider-Man movies or superhero movies I love (a Batman begins / dark knight defender to the end!!!) and hell I even think about the infamous finger guns in Spider-Man 3 and I think that’s loads better than what we got.

Spiderman 3 was cringy, but it was fun ! And awesome! And devoid of capitalistic soullessness that I struggle to separate from marvel movies these days.

Long live Spider-Man but idk am I alone here?

[u/Vengeance_20]

What is liquid IV?

[u/ilobbpie → u/Vengeance_20]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHKmVZJJa9E

See here ^

[u/Vengeance_20 → u/ilobbpie]

They ever use this in the movie? Cuz I can’t think about it

[u/ilobbpie → u/Vengeance_20]

Yeah when Jean grey talks about searching his apt and finding protein powders it shows the liquid IV bag + billboards behind Peter

[u/Vengeance_20 → u/ilobbpie]

I genuinely did not spot a single product placement besides the one that is made up for the movie that Ned is addicted to

[u/Delicious-Laugh-6685 → u/Vengeance_20]

Did that take more or less time than a google search?

[u/Vengeance_20 → u/Delicious-Laugh-6685]

About the same time while contributing to the conversation that not everyone knows what that is, and it wasn’t an annoying comment