Homecoming The John Hughes of it all...

[Sawyer]

Regarding Feige's quote from a month back...

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/29/new-spider-man-breakfast-club

Well, in spirit. At a press junket for Ant-Man over the weekend, Marvel boss Kevin Feige was asked about the company’s 2017 Spider-Man movie, which recently cast 19-year-old Tom Holland as the new web-slinger. If The Winter Soldier was a ’70s conspiracy thriller and Ant-Man is a heist film, he was asked by SlashFilm, what will the tone and tenor be of the new reboot? “Spider-Man will be a ‘John Hughes’ movie,” he said.

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“We haven’t seen a John Hughes movie in a long time,” said Feig, according to Birth.Movies.Death. “Not that we can make a John Hughes movie—only John Hughes could—but we’re inspired by him, and merging that with the superhero genre in a way we haven’t done before excites us.”

Obviously referring the high school aspect of the film, but to what extent? I mean, yeah, only the first act of the first Raimi film took place with Peter in high school, but I was under the impression that ASM (which I have yet to watch in it's entirety) was fairly high school-based.

Either way, I'd be cool with seeing more focus on Peter's social circle than we've gotten in any of the movies I've seen, and less of it just being Peter/Love interest/Villain.

 

[socool]

Regarding Feige's quote from a month back...

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/29/new-spider-man-breakfast-club

Obviously referring the high school aspect of the film, but to what extent? I mean, yeah, only the first act of the first Raimi film took place with Peter in high school, but I was under the impression that ASM (which I have yet to watch in it's entirety) was fairly high school-based.

Either way, I'd be cool with seeing more focus on Peter's social circle than we've gotten in any of the movies I've seen, and less of it just being Peter/Love interest/Villain.

I think it's a reference to two things:

1) It's going to be more comedy-based than past entries.

2) The plot will revolve more around the idea of it being the end of Peter's world, rather than THE world. You know? A more personal problem.

Also, ASM was not that high school based. It really only kind of touched it.

 

[Sawyer]

I suppose so. I'd be all for your #2, personally.

 

[Mike Murdock]

I think #2 is very likely. I doubt the movie's going to be more of a comedy than Guardians or Ant-Man. In other words, very funny, but tries to strike a balance.

 

[Webhead2006]

Did we need a whole thread on this. As it's been talked in the general thread and others. What kevin has meant is more they want to use Hughes setting to play off the struggles of teen issues with the super heronaspectd. I doubt the possible trilogy all be John Hughes theme. As we can see with cap theme changed and so forth.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

I kinda hope the movie is like The Breakfast Club in a way. Everyone has their own personal problems and none of them have anything in common.

 

[PeterBenParker]

I kinda hope the movie is like The Breakfast Club in a way. Everyone has their own personal problems and none of them have anything in common.

I hope the characters are likable, then.

 

[The Joker]

1) It's going to be more comedy-based than past entries.

I sincerely hope not.

 

[Webhead2006]

Umm kevin has said and even the writers now they want spidey to have more humor. As it's aspect that past films haven't nailed right yet.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

Some points it could hit:

• The stakes are as high as getting caught skipping school, getting suspended, being embarrassed in front of a girl, etc.
• Explore a cross-clique relationship
• Deconstructing HS stereotypes

I was thinking how they could approach the villain. The "villain" of two Hughes HS movies were the principal. Maybe that's something they can explore. Imagine having Toomes as their new antagonistic principal at Midtown High. Peter (as spider-man) realizes that he moonlights as the Vulture and starts taking a journalistic approach to taking him down. Toomes catches on and starts being especially biased towards Peter in school, to the point of attacking him as vulture on school grounds. Peter takes it to the bugle, along with pictures and becomes a junior superstar there, having toomes jailed.

Maybe a little cheesy but just an idea. They can play up alot of themes with that approach.

 

[Webhead2006]

I would not want to throw villain is connected to school or peter tuing. I was sick of that in the past films. Peter having that close connection. He doesn't to most.

 

[Random490]

I think it fits with Marvel's genre mixing. Like how Captain America: First Avenger is a 1940's pulp adventure in the vain of Indiana Jones or the Rocketeer. Winter Soldier is a 70's political thriller, Guardians of the Galaxy is a space opera, Ant-man is a heist movie, etc. They use other genres to give each film it's own unique feel. So how much of a john Hughes feel will be comparable to the other above mentioned genres.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yup then the sequel becomes some other genre.

 

[Airwings]

Yup then the sequel becomes some other genre.

Slasher. Students are killed off one by one. A mysterious masked dude who nobody can get away from, is haunting Peter Parker's school. t:

 

[Webhead2006]

Haha like marvel would do a slasher film. But I have worked myself on a few independent slashers.

 

[Shikamaru]

Bought some John Hughes films over the weekend to get an idea of what they're going for. Got a copy of The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Weird Science. Haven't seen any of them besides Breakfast Club (which I love), but I'm pretty excited.

 

[PeterBenParker]

Some points it could hit:

• The stakes are as high as getting caught skipping school, getting suspended, being embarrassed in front of a girl, etc.
• Explore a cross-clique relationship
• Deconstructing HS stereotypes

I was thinking how they could approach the villain. The "villain" of two Hughes HS movies were the principal. Maybe that's something they can explore. Imagine having Toomes as their new antagonistic principal at Midtown High. Peter (as spider-man) realizes that he moonlights as the Vulture and starts taking a journalistic approach to taking him down. Toomes catches on and starts being especially biased towards Peter in school, to the point of attacking him as vulture on school grounds. Peter takes it to the bugle, along with pictures and becomes a junior superstar there, having toomes jailed.

Maybe a little cheesy but just an idea. They can play up alot of themes with that approach.

That'd be cool.

 

[socool]

I sincerely hope not.

It's almost confirmed. Feige has said it, they hired two comedy writers, and now the "John Hughes" element (which were comedies for the most part). It's going to be an Ant Man type of movie.

 

[Webhead2006]

Ya I dont know why that poster doesn't want a humor spidey. We lacked it done right in the past two series.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

There's humor and then there's humor. I simply hope they don't go overboard with the 'comedy' stuff. It's one thing for Spidey to be witty and use his brand of humor but it's another to have lame 'in your face' jokes being tossed at the screen. I can only imagine this John Hughes idea could end up having Peter 4th-wall breaking with his monologues like Ferris Bueller.

 

[Webhead2006]

I am sure it be like how rest of mcu has handled humor. And I am sure he won't break the 4th wall as that isn't spidey thing or would fit how rest of mcu is.

 

[sl500jazz]

I'm not so sure that it's the wisest choice to try to emulate another director's style. Still a John Hughes Spider-man film does sound intriguing.

 

[Webhead2006]

Umm they been going for genre like types for awhile now. Antman heist films, guardians space opera, cap 2 political thriller, cap one ww2 pulp action hero and so forth. I dont think it be they want to harp on Hughes style. It's more for themes and character traits his hs films had. Is what we will likely see things be.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

I'm not so sure that it's the wisest choice to try to emulate another director's style. Still a John Hughes Spider-man film does sound intriguing.

I'm reminded of a quote from BB King. This response was towards upcoming guitarists.

"If I want to hire a musician for a gig and I'm looking to hire someone that sounds like Eric Clapton, I'm gonna hire Eric Clapton."

I think the point fits with what you are essentially saying. Taking cues from someone else on your path to find your own sound is different than trying to copy someone else outright. John Hughes has a distinct style and one that made several movies into classics...if they're after that same feel, classic approach, that's great. But I don't want to walk out of Spider-Man (2017) and feel like I just watched Breakfast Club 2.0.

 

[Comic Book Guy]

It's not going to be a deconstruction like the Breakfast Club. I think it will be a lot like Ferris Bueller in terms of tone with the pendulum leaning a bit more towards drama. And it will be set more in the school. Like imagine a Ferris Bueller movie taking place in his freshman year rather than the end of his senior year.