Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review
Minor spoilers ahead!
Marvel might really be back, y’all!
Spider-Man: Brand New Day was absolutely amazing. I’m giving this movie a straight-up 10 out of 10, the director Destin Daniel Cretton, who also directed Marvel’s Shang-Chi did his BIG one.. and I honestly believe this was Tom Holland’s BEST performance as Spider-Man. We’ve watched his version of Peter Parker grow up through all these movies.. but this felt like the first time we truly saw him become the Spider-Man we know from the comics & cartoons.
The introduction of Jean Grey (played by Sadie Sink) was a little weird at first to me.. especially with the movie making it seem like she was a villain. But I loved how they teased just how powerful she’s gonna become. It’s also obvious that Marvel is using her to begin bringing the X-Men deeper into the MCU. With rumors that the X-Men will become the main focus after the Avengers saga wraps up with Secret Wars, this felt like the beginning of something huge.
Peter Parker’s dynamic with The Punisher was one of my favorite parts of the entire movie tbh. Their personalities, morals and approaches to fighting crime are COMPLETELY different.. but that’s exactly why it worked so well. Seeing them together made me even more excited for the future Spider-Man interactions we could get with Daredevil, Wolverine and especially Deadpool.
The action was amazing. The story was amazing. The visual effects were amazing. Even the nods to classic Spider-Man comic books were handled perfectly imo. They weren’t just thrown into the movie for cheap fan service.. they actually made the longtime Spider-Man fans feel rewarded.
This is easily the best movie Marvel has released since Infinity War and Endgame. No question about it. It had the emotion, the action, the character development AND the build up to something BIGGER that made the MCU special to me in the first place.
After a few years of Marvel pushing out a buncha MID… Spider-Man BND reminded me exactly why I became invested in the MCU!
Final rating: 10 out of 10. Marvel did that!