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Spider-Man explores an overpopulated
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Far From Home
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Spiderman: Far From Home - a review
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British actor Thomas Stanley Holland - born June 1, 1996, was probably 22 playing a sixteen year old in Spiderman: Far From Home
(C)Copyright 2019 JV, all tights and rights reserved, Jake Gyllenhaal.
Prelude (was the name of a dyke bar in Boston in the 80s...)
Happy birthday Tom Holland, June 1, 1996, as your new movie is going to make you millions. Holland, according to IMDB still lives at home with his parents...now we love our parents (except if your name is Dr. Rabies,) but if you're a 22 year old millionaire playing the part of a disciple of playboy Tony Stark, you really think living at home with brother and sister is what a Tony Stark disciple would be doing? Do you?
..45 year old actor Numan Acar as Dimitri looks like a voyeur in the background...Jacob Gyllenhaal was born Dec. 19, 1980, by the way, for those keeping score of birthdays. He was set to play Spidey in Spiderman 2 until Tobey Maguire recovered, so now he gets to be Mysterioso Mysterio.
Zendaya! what a name.
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and now to the review...
British actor Thomas Stanley Holland - born June 1, 1996, was probably 22 playing a sixteen year old in Spiderman: Far From Home
(C)Copyright 2019 JV, all tights and rights reserved, Jake Gyllenhaal.
Prelude (was the name of a dyke bar in Boston in the 80s...)
Happy birthday Tom Holland, June 1, 1996, as your new movie is going to make you millions. Holland, according to IMDB still lives at home with his parents...now we love our parents (except if your name is Dr. Rabies,) but if you're a 22 year old millionaire playing the part of a disciple of playboy Tony Stark, you really think living at home with brother and sister is what a Tony Stark disciple would be doing? Do you?
..45 year old actor Numan Acar as Dimitri looks like a voyeur in the background...Jacob Gyllenhaal was born Dec. 19, 1980, by the way, for those keeping score of birthdays. He was set to play Spidey in Spiderman 2 until Tobey Maguire recovered, so now he gets to be Mysterioso Mysterio.
Zendaya! what a name.
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and now to the review...
Don't
you wonder if they had to pay Robert Downey Jr. for his image in the
poster, this interesting semi-sequel to Avengers Endgame (released April
26, 2019,) released July 2, 2019. That's about two months and a week -
pretty quick turnaround to pick up the story to one of the biggest
moneymaking films of all time.*
Perhaps the smartest move - and its as obvious as it is
contractually prudent - is the presence of Marvel Studios president Kevin
Feige. Feige's not only got the magic touch, his resume' indicates
that he has traversed the waters of 20th Century and Disney in regards
to Marvel product over the years, and the inevitable work with Sony
should have happened a lot sooner. At least the Spidey suit looks more
like the original comic book character than in previous outings with
Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, both excellent Spidermen as well.
I
would put all three spider characters in the next film, but that's only
my genius and logic in its normal digression pattern again.
So this Endgame sequel cost less than half of the Avengers flick,
356 m for Avengers, 160 for Spidey Far From Home, about 100 million
dollars less!
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OK, the real review:
8:34 am
3:32 pm
SPIDER-MAN: FAR AWAY FROM HOME
Review by Joe Viglione
As if being in
the Avengers Endgame wasn’t far enough from home, the play on words with the
title will have Marvel fans scrambling to find all sorts of ambiguous double
meaning, Far Away From Home starts off as one of the worst Marvel films
transforming itself a third of the way in as one of the best.
Back in the 1960s when television got the brilliant idea of playing
horror flicks from the 30's and sci-fi movies from the 50's we, as children,
would wonder why the initial thirty minute set-ups for each picture were so
boring; why it took so long for the
monsters and the drama to arrive.
Disney/Marvel has eliminated that with
slam/bang/crash/boom/bam openings to just about every film...except for
Marvel/Sony's Spiderman: Far From Home. How boring is the first third of
this film? So bad that I almost left the critic's screening on Tuesday
night.
Seriously.
I was this close to walking out. And contemplated it a couple or few times.
Watching actors in their twenties badly playing
annoying sixteen year old classmates is worse than watching paint dry.
Because drying paint at least has some action! And this is why Marvel
president Kevin Feige is a genius and I am a mere purist critic: the younger
crowd in the audience seemed to actually liked it.
Now with no place to go but up, how is the
rest of the movie? The rest of the film is one of the best Marvel comics
translations of ideas from the original books to put to film. And the
Spiderman suit seems more like the comic magazine than in the Toby Maguire or
Andrew Garfield screen appearances. Of the seven Spiderman films, the
action and plot to Spiderman: Far From Home is the best Spiderman yet, and one
of the best Marvel comic films we've yet to see. If the future holds a
complete film with this kind of action and invention, we are in for some fine
forthcoming treats.
Jake Gyllenhaal, at 39, is a man's man as Quentin
Beck, Mysterio. Gyllenhaal, from Donnie
Darko to Source Code, and always a fine actor, has a script putting him in
complete control, not groping through the dark as in Source Code (a fave film
of mine,) but given authority. For
Gyllenhaal, Donnie Dark was 18 years and almost half a lifetime ago. Here the actor plays the gamut of emotions, and
the seeming “bromance” between Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and Gyllenhaal’s
Quentin Beck has more chemistry than the awkward moments with Zendaya as
M.J. Even more awkward as this M.J. is “Michelle”
not Mary-Jane Watson that we know from the comics. It’s the bizarre mix-up of personalities from
the colorful books to film, as mixed up as some of the ever-changing actors and
actresses that become these characters.
Aunt May is played by 55 year old Marisa Tomei while in Andrew Garfield’s
dimension The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2, the now 73 year old Sally “Flying Nun”
Field was Aunt May. Somehow, having a 73
year old woman instead of a 55 year old was more in line with the original
character, but what do I know, the film is going to destroy the box office and
that’s the point of making a motion picture these days. Artistic esthetics aside there are millions
of Spider-Man fans who could make more “purist” celluloid (or digital)
documents of the comic books…it’s easy, just follow the yellow brick road (or
Stan Lee etchings…) but Feige is the president of Marvel for a reason, and
watch him re-release Endgame to get that 22.7 million it is shy of to outpace
Avatar as the biggest grossing film of all time.
The screening of the Far
From Home film was June 26th and this critic has released pieces of
reviews until this completion, around 3:15 pm on July 5, 2019. The film has
already garnered $309.9m in 3 days of
release on a 160m budget, according to Wikipedia and it’s a good thing
Spider-Man is in front of the title as there are multiple movies that go by the
title Far From Home, eminent domain being so very available when films rake in
hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mysterio is a great villain, and it takes
a great villain to give a film its biggest impact. Look at Heath Ledger’s Joker
in The Dark Knight compared to the Tom Hardy’s Bane in the sequel, The Dark
Knight Rises. Hardy might as well have
been playing his character, Romulan leader Shinzon from the 2002 Star Trek:
Nemesis, it just didn’t have the brilliance that Ledger offered, which few
people can bring to life. Ledger’s Joker was a casting coup for the ages, but
that is what it takes in a world where the big budgets need to score big box
office. Gyllenhaal does deliver in a
big yet subtle way. The script, the
special effects, the twists and turns, and those amazing drones, they culminate
in a far more satisfying battle than what happens in Endgame. Avengers Endgame tied things up with a bow,
what you saw was expected. It WAS for the faithful fans of the comic books who
will continue to spend money and keep fueling this superior enterprise. Sony and Marvel working together bring
Spider-Man to life and – hopefully, God help us and save us, as the character
grows older they can discard the teenage craziness (TV show Leave It to Beaver
did it so much better) and get on with the business of movie-making – making films
that enhance the comic book experience, not overwork and dilute it. Spider-Man: Far From Home is a great action
film. Just walk in 30 minutes after the start of the show.
*worldwide 2009's Avatar stands at $2,788.0 while Avenger's ENDGAME is at $2,751.6 - Wikipedia rounding it off to 2,752 billion. Does it have enough juice to overtake Avatar in the coming weeks?
SPIDERMAN FAR FROM HOME
160m budget
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By Joe Viglione
Encore Boston Harbor, Everett, Reaching Out to the World
By Joe Viglione
Encore Boston Harbor is an amazing, enchanting place that has changed the face of Everett, Medford, Malden – the region just north of Boston. It is something you have to experience to fully get the magnitude of the street where once upon a time, back in 2014, you could spend your after-hours at Mike’s Donuts. Where today you can still choose Mike’s Roast Beef at 115 Broadway until 2 am, or go to Kelly’s Roast Beef 35 Revere Beach Pkwy, Medford until 1 am – and probably only at the drive-through.
But snap your fingers and say abracadabra and you are in the wonderful land of Oz with the Encore Boston Harbor creating a spectacular environment containing “15 dining and lounge venues; 671 guest rooms and suites including New England's largest standard hotel rooms,” as I quote from the June 23 press release.
The opulent Sinatra’s restaurant is just one example of a classy space that plays the music of Frank, and has his favorite dishes on the menu. One of many comfortable and inviting restaurants to delight the senses along with Rare, Mystique, Waterfront, The Oyster Bar, On Deck Burger Bar, Fratelli, Red 8 - we are talking major food heaven
Now - you might ask, “But Joe, what about Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.” Some of my favorite shows played at Mohegan Sun – Peter Noone and his Herman’s Hermits, Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad, and truly a strange night with the late Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane guest-starring with Ambrosia (dear departed Marty made an indelible imprint that night, not only in performance but the huge autograph on the wall that Mr. Noone pointed out to me some months later!) …however Mohegan Sun is such a drive – Uncasville from Boston about one hour and forty-six minutes – which, you know, is two hours coming and two hours going…
Encore Boston Harbor is special and it took seeing the resort to allay the initial fears – fears of more traffic in our neck of the woods or what kind of element will a casino attract, etc. etc. Encore Boston Harbor is beyond casino, it is a true vacation landing place.
With our beloved Mystic River environmentally restored, the Encore boat on the river offers a frequent ride on the water unavailable to so many before the hotel and its beautiful recreational/dining/spa/hotel landed in our backyard. Hey, I miss Mike’s Donuts…really, but we’ve gone from a coffee shop on a road that led to nowhere to Star Wars at Disney World, kinda sorta.
The press release notes that Roger Thomas, Executive Vice President of Wynn Design, put it all together, citing “Dining outlets onsite range from nationally recognized experiences from the brand's Las Vegas locations including Sinatra and Red 8 to exclusively local concepts like Fratelli, a casual Italian restaurant from Boston North End restaurant veterans Frank DePasquale and Nick Varano, as well as Memoire, a nightlife fantasy by Boston's Big Night Entertainment Group. Encore Boston Harbor even touches the city's local sports scene with private box suites at Fenway Park, Gillette Stadium and TD Garden, designed to mimic the opulence for the resort and elevate the guest experience into the city and beyond.” I couldn’t have said it better myself!
On the
Saturday tour of Boston we were treated to DePasquale and Varano’s specialty
bread at their Bricco Panetteria on Board Alley behind the Bricco
Restaurant. This was on a tour with a
remarkable woman, Carla Pallotta of Nebo.
Pallotta is as well-versed as Danielle at Encore Boston Harbor, David
O’Donnell of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, Brigitte
Martin – Executive Director of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Flo on the Duck
Boats, the information overload was as invigorating as the delicacies we were
offered, Cannoli from Modern Pastry, coffee at Polcari’s Coffee courtesy of
Bobby Eustace, bread from Bricco Panetteria concluding with special seafood
from the brand new – as of June 2019 – Ciao Bella in 5 North Square. See the link for more details https://www.boston.com/food/restaurants/2019/06/04/ciao-bella-north-end-italian-restaurant-opens
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To give you more perspective on this writer’s journey, we spent five hours on Friday, June 21 and five and a half hours on Saturday, June 22, exploring the wonderful nuances of what Encore Boston Harbor has to offer. It is beyond casino. This adds to Boston’s legacy as a vacation destination – a destination that is sometimes a halfway point to the seacoasts of Maine and/or Cape Cod. Encore Boston Harbor has made the Mystic River a new seashore with daytime fireworks on Sunday the twenty-third (of June) as part of the grand opening.
Encore Boston Harbor’s aim is to be something special in Boston and that it is, someplace for the after-2 AM crowd that could never quite find the right atmosphere once the clubs in Cambridge and Boston shut down. Condensing ten and a half hours into a story is an art unto itself so consider this part 1, a sort of overview. We are developing a sixty-minute television special for cable access TV on Monday, July 1 with more stories on this incredible resort to follow. I am not a gambler, yet I’m planning on spending much time over at this new resort, at the restaurants, soaking in the atmosphere, on the boats. There is so much to offer it simply can’t be put into one article. Encore, indeed.
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