A brand-new second trailer has been released for Spider-Man: Homecoming, and…well…a lot of stuff happens in it. Maybe even a bit too much?
I feel it’s only fair to give this as a heads-up warning, but the trailer does seem to spell out the main character beats of the film and which order they play out it. And I’d argue it can be seen as quite spoiler-heavy. So, if you wish to see Homecoming completely unspoilt, then I’d say this trailer is a safe skip.
That said, for those who don’t really mind and want to see the trailer regardless. Check out the link below!
Wow! What a trailer! Defiantly jam-packed with a lot of information about the film. Though that can be both a good and a bad thing.
First, let’s start with the good. The film appears to be continuing a solid trend of the MCU films looking great, if lacking a director’s personal touch. The action looks solid, and the dialogue scenes look well shot, framed, and executed.
It genuinely looks like they’ve nailed Spidey, both in and out of the costume, quippy to just the right level. It’s done in moderation and at the right moments, it’s like the character’s leapt right from the comic books, or the Spectacular Spider-Man TV show. It’s not done to death and so severely mishandled like in Webb’s Spider-Man films, and it’s not done so infrequently you can forget he actually does quip like in Raimi’s films. The balance appears to be just right.
Plus, I really like where they’re going with Peter and Ned’s friendship, they feel like genuine high-school pals for the sake of having a pair of genuine high-school pals. You don’t get the sense like with Harry Osborn in both the Raimi and Webb films that a larger plot thread is being set up through their friendship. With Ned, here, it just feels so natural. I particularly love his attempt at wearing the Spidey costume, as well as the little exchange when looking at the Captain America gym video.
And then there’s Tony Stark, initially I wasn’t quite sure about Stark’s role in this film. At first I was adamant that I never wanted him to suit up in the film, and was always nervous on how they would include him. Glad to say this trailer has won me over on that aspect as well. It feels like Tony has not only a genuine role to play in Peter’s character arc, but also is building on where his character left off in Civil War. It’s a neat way of connecting the films together in a natural way. The best example of this is the exchange between Peter and Stark at around the 1:25 mark, not only that but it is the best part of the trailer; hands down!
So after all that gushing over this trailer, you’re probably wondering where the bad comes in. And this is where I’m going to get a little bit rant-y. But for crying out loud, why the hell can’t Sony cut together a trailer properly?!
The warning I put before linking the trailer is there for a reason, because while I do like what I see in the trailer, I can’t help but feel like I’ve seen far too much. It seems to spell out which events happen, which order they happen in, and how they basically form Peter’s main character arc for the film!
It’s a bit too much, and while I do like the angle they’re going for, with this character arc, with Peter and Tony’s relationship. Wouldn’t it have been wonderful to discover this when watching the actual film…in an actual theater.
The really annoying thing is, this is not the first-time Sony have done this! It happens with practically every major blockbuster release, going as far back as both, yes, both Amazing Spider-Man films!! And both of those film’s marketing campaigns were bashed to no end for revealing too much in the trailers, why can’t Sony learn their damned lesson?!
And it should be clarified, Marvel Studios and Sony may be co-producing the film, but Sony is still in charge of marketing, so it is still very much them cutting the trailers together like this.
Well, that was a rant and a half, and I apologise about that. But I can’t let that slide, because while I am hopeful and excited for this film, I want to have that excitement right up until the curtain rolls back and the film starts playing. And not have it deflated by an over-saturation of marketing.
But that’s enough from me, what do you guys think of the trailer? Does it reveal too much? Or too little? Sound off in the comments below!