Chapter 984 Flesh and blood
Whoosh, whoosh.
Noah was panting, fearing that he might miss work if he was a little slower. He looked up at Anson with rosy cheeks and bright eyes.
A quick scan to confirm Anson's condition, and realizing that Anson was still energetic, Noah felt a little relieved, "How are you, how do you feel?"
Anson turned to look at Noah, "Oh, Not bad, an experience.”
"To be honest, I have some regrets. Maybe I should come back earlier and experience the life of a pizza boy in advance. Instead of just watching in a hurry, I actually deliver food for two days, then fill up my schedule and walk through the streets of Manhattan. , the feeling should be completely different.”
“However, there is still something gained”
“Even if you just follow the pizza boy’s route two or three times, you can experience the heavy traffic and bad weather. Drivers, busy schedules and crazy rush hours are already a new world for me.”
“The biggest test is the noise. You can’t imagine how the engine, speakers, conversations, and subway are intertwined. The sound continued to hit the eardrums, and it felt like I was exposed to some kind of pollution."
In "Spider-Man 2", Peter Parker is a pizza boy at the beginning, responsible for pizza delivery. , precisely because of this, they are now located in Little Italy in lower Manhattan, an area with the densest and most authentic pizza delivery, and are preparing to start filming the movie from here.
For Peter, the balance between work, studies, and superheroes almost makes him exhausted, so that his busy life is always in a shaky and precarious state, and may fall apart at any time. He must spend all his energy to barely maintain his life. order.
This is Peter's current situation.
"Spider-Man 2" has always been hailed as one of the ceilings of superhero movies. Before "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight", this work can be said to be a milestone and is generally regarded as the creation of superheroes. In the new era of movies, its influence can be seen in subsequent works such as "Iron Man" and "Captain America", including "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight".
Leaving aside reputation and quality for the time being, the fundamental reason is that "Spider-Man 2" deeply explores the dilemma of how superheroes find a balance between their real lives and their just causes.
Before this movie, "Superman" seemed perfect and could easily save the world; "Batman" was worth billions, did not need to worry about his livelihood, and was dedicated to punishing evil and promoting good; "X "Men" is a college system that unites to fight against evil and official oppression. Personal livelihood is never a discussion area.
All the way to "Spider-Man 2."
Peter Parker, a young man who has just entered college, needs to face the pressure of life and multiple considerations about his studies, future, work, and livelihood; at the same time, continuing the theme of youth growth in the first part of the series, He needs to continue to grow up and face the pressures of real life.
He is not only a superhero who saves the world, but also an ordinary person who is troubled by life and emotions. An ordinary person of flesh and blood, a normal person like thousands of ordinary people living in the real world.
So, how to find a balance between saving yourself and saving the world has become the most real part of Peter Parker.
From a moral perspective, superheroes should of course save the world. "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility." This is the truth; but from a practical perspective, superheroes also have their own lives. It's not just a machine that sacrifices itself to save the world. Don’t superheroes deserve happiness? Will they continue to sacrifice themselves unconditionally for others? Do they have to be morally perfect beings?
To put it simply, superhero movies have been trying to create gods, while the "Spider-Man" series has been trying to get rid of the aura of gods and restore Peter's reality, his fragility, his struggles, his Hesitation, and the ultimate choice between good and evil, between self and the world.
The most classic scene in "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight" is that the Joker lets Batman choose between his lover or a boatload of ordinary lives. This is not just a trolley problem, but also Pushing superheroes toward the pull of justice and morality defines the depth of the film.
The inspiration came from "Spider-Man 2". Of course, Christopher Nolan further improved and developed it on the basis of "Spider-Man 2", and finally became a classic.
Sam Raimi's greatest contribution to the "Spider-Man" series lies here. As an avid fan of the original comics, Sam firmly grasps the ordinary, real, juvenile and other characteristics of Spider-Man, cutting into the super A new area of hero issues, making Peter Parker a flesh-and-blood existence.
In fact, it’s not just “before” but “after” as well.
In the era after "Avengers 2", superhero movies have completely declined and encountered a lot of criticism. From box office to quality, everything has plummeted, and they have been ridiculed as "soulless theme parks". For this reason, Super Proponents of hero films find numerous reasons to defend genre films.
Actually, a core reason is that all subsequent superheroes are tools, just like those dolls in theme parks who wear hoods and tights to play and party together, but the film production company is trying to get rid of The imprint of actors has transformed superheroes into assembly-line products——
Strive to create gods.
Then, consequences will follow.
They have no souls, they have no emotions, they have no lives and thoughts of their own. The plots and crises presented in the movie have no real feelings. They are just an assembly line going through the motions, making a few jokes, and then completing the final rescue step by step. Task.
Gods are meant to be seen and worshiped. No one cares about or needs to care about their happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy. Naturally, the bond between their world and the lives of ordinary people becomes weaker and weaker. , in the end there are only the same pale faces, and the differences between superheroes and superheroes are getting less and less.
For movies like this, it is naturally more and more difficult to arouse the resonance of the audience; and after superhero movies fall into the predicament of aesthetic fatigue, the difficulty level will continue to rise sharply.
So, in the post-superhero movie era, TV series are more popular than movies:
Why?
The fundamental reason is that the series has more time and space to build the reality of superheroes. They are no longer just facial symbols of justice. The audience can see the human side of superheroes under their masks and cloaks, helping people and superheroes. Create connections and resonance.
"Spider-Man 2" can still be regarded as a classic twenty years after its release, and can compete with "Batman Begins: The Dark Knight", "Avengers" and "Captain America 2" Classics go hand in hand, and here’s the reason behind them.
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