{"id":1842,"date":"2020-03-19T13:40:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T20:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2020-03-19T13:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T20:40:40","slug":"spidey-ffh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/spidey-ffh\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrected Review: SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME &#038; LOOKING FOR SPIDER-FU"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>This article was originally written for and featured by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wwwkungfumagazine.com\/\">KungFuMagazine.com<\/a>\u00a0on July 2, 2019.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/article.php?article=1494\">It\u2019s still available to be read there.<\/a>\u00a0I\u2019ve included it here for archival purposes &amp; added more of my own comic-book geekery.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Journey to the East<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the character\u2019s usual situation, Spider-Man has been quite lucky when it comes to movie adaptations as superheroes go. Arguably it was Sam Raimi\u2019s SPIDER-MAN (2002) which kicked off the modern age of Superhero movie adaptations. Controversial for the organic web shooting (which was vaguely metaphoric of puberty), the film was an early adopter of CGI FX for depicting our hero\u2019s web-swinging. It also enjoyed some significant casting coups, particularly in J.K. Simmons\u2019 role as tabloid publisher J. Jonah Jamerson and William DaFoe as Nelson Osborn\/Green Goblin, despite the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=1081\">Power Ranger<\/a>-esque design.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Spider-Man has starred in eights films, not counting his appearances in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=1295\">CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR<\/a>\u00a0(2016), AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR\u00a0(2018) and AVENGERS: ENDGAME\u00a0(2019).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=528\">SPIDER-MAN 2<\/a>\u00a0(2004) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=708\">SPIDER-MAN 3<\/a>\u00a0(2007) earned their own coverage here; the 2012 and 2014 reboots, not so much. There is however, another Spider-Man adaptation worth noting here: Spider-Man: The Dragon&#8217;s Challenge\u00a0(1981) also know by the title THE CHINESE WEB.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/admin\/site_images\/KungfuMagazine\/upload\/4107_POSTER_Spider-Man_TheDragonsChallange.jpg?w=1170\" alt=\"Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge movie poster\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 33%; margin: 1em; padding: 0.7em; bgcolor: #d9e6f2; border-left-style: solid;\">A different Spider-Man of the same era surfaced on social media not long ago. The Takuya Yamashiro Spider-Man of Japan&#8217;s television version produced by Toei. In true Japanese fashion, this Spidey comes complete with his own <em>g<\/em>iant robot. According to twitter, this Spider-Man will join the cast of the sequel to the Sony animated feature SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE (2018); a must-see.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?71576-Spider-man-Into-the-Spider-verse&amp;p=1316342#post1316342\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 88%; margin: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fsmedia.imgix.net\/11\/ee\/0e\/9a\/539c\/429e\/8d7b\/45e8f871fccc\/on-twitter-spider-verse-2-producer-phil-lord-confirmed-a-new-spider-man-for-the-sequel-takuya-ya.png?resize=475%2C601&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XLoOcL8cXOI?controls=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"215\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Released in Europe and on VHS, its poster featured Spider-Man throwing a high side-kick and also fighing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.martialartsmart.com\/karate-uniforms.html\">Gi\u00a0<\/a>clad foes. This movie was actually the two-part series finale for the Spider-Man T.V. show of the late 70\u2019s and was set partially in Hong Kong. Abysmally slow, there is a boat chase in Hong Kong harbor that is reminiscent of scenes from Bruce Lee\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?26150\">ENTER THE DRAGON<\/a>\u00a0(1978). The gangsters in color-coded jumpsuits hints that someone may have at least seen that film, but there is little that resembles a fight. Fast forwarding will lead to martial art\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?29964\">fight stances<\/a>\u00a0on the roof of a local temple and even a flying\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.martialartsmart.com\/10-6kick-kid.html\">kick<\/a>, which misses. The closest this movie comes to anything martial is the casting of Nick Wai Kei Lam in a minor role; he had previously appeared alongside the legendary\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/article.php?article=981\">Sonny Chiba<\/a>\u00a0in GOLGO 13: ASSIGNMENT KOWLOON\u00a0(1977); it\u2019s a gossamer thread\u00a0of a connection. THE DRAGON\u2019S CHALLENGE can be found on Youtube if you want to see the Hong Kong skyline of the time and a stunt-double willing to climb the side of Hong Kong\u2019s historic Jardine House\u00a0(\u6021\u548c\u5927\u5ec8). But imagine what kind of Spider-Man movie could have been made if producers had handed control over to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/TOC\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=932\">local stunt teams<\/a>. In an alternate reality, that might just have happened.<\/p>\n<p>Here and now SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME is a superior piece of media, the distillation of the Marvel Cinematic Formula applied to a pop-culture icon. It does for AVENGERS: ENDGAME what\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ezine.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/article.php?article=1430\">ANT-MAN &amp; THE WASP<\/a>\u00a0(2018) did for INFINITY WAR by being much lighter in tone and very friendly towards the youngsters. Sophomore director Jon Watts shows he\u2019s been paying attention to the much more raunchy DEADPOOL (2016 &amp; 2018) with his music choices. This light-hearted teen drama still resides under the shadow of events from previous films. The coping with those events provide great gags. It also underscores the changes which their world, and ours, have faced since Marvel Studios released\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=1043\">AVENGERS (2012)<\/a>\u00a0and the completed Phase 1 of their multi-movie franchise launch. Now onto Phase 4, Marvel Studios has effectively changed the landscape for movie franchises and the modern-day mythology contained within.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/admin\/site_images\/KungfuMagazine\/upload\/2007_20192810Spider-Man-FFH.jpg?w=1170\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Tao Dae Ka-Ching<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having opened in China this past Friday, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME was said to have already made $71 million USD by the end of the next day. As it opens in Japan and Hong Kong over this same weekend, all three markets may generate $110 million in overseas dollars. In the competition for box-office weekends the Parker luck holds true. While ENDGAME and INFINITY WAR hold the first and second place for opening weekends, it\u2019s perennial Spider-Man rival\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=1442\">VENOM (2018)<\/a>\u00a0surprisingly holds third place by having earned $272 million in China. In any case, it\u2019s great news for SONY and they have China to thank for their most profitable Superhero weekends ever.<\/p>\n<p>Might audiences remember the Dragon\u2019s Challenge? Or is there something else about Spider-Man that appeals to Asia? Up until only recently, Spider-man was generally considered the trickster of the Marvel Universe. What with Spidey\u2019s acrobatics, smart mouth,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=666\">penchant for climbing<\/a>\u00a0and hanging upside-down, there has always been something rather monkey-like about the character. Perhaps this is part of the appeal to Asian markets. It\u2019s something even\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?4914-Way-of-the-Peaceful-Warrior-fasting-vegatrianism-raw-foods-internal-arts-life&amp;p=60492#post60492\">Deepak Chopra<\/a>\u00a0noted back when he, Sir Richard Branson and Marvel comics teamed up to publish a version of Spider-Man set in India titled\u00a0<em>Spider-Man India.\u00a0<\/em>Published years before there was even a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?70342\">Spider-verse<\/a>, this was one of the concept\u2019s first testing grounds. The endeavor was short-lived but briefly spawned Virgin Comics, publisher of such titles as\u00a0<em>Ramayan 3392 A.D.<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>John Woo&#8217;s Seven Brothers<\/em>\u00a0(yes, that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?54260\">John<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?46417\">Woo<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The furthest east Spider-Man makes it in this film is Prague, but having \u2018Far from home\u2019 international travel frame the story\u2019s plot gets the character out of the usual \u2018friendly\u2019 neighborhood setting and plays with the idea of alternate Spider-Mans. It even drops enough monkey jokes to nod towards an awareness of that trickster archetype. Upon reflection, this movie is suffused with a trickster vibe, after all it\u2019s not just in the mythology of Africa that the trickster is a spider.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/admin\/site_images\/KungfuMagazine\/upload\/2429_20192815Spider-Man-FFH.jpg?w=1170\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 6th Deadly Venom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The thing is, spiders are not actually that prevalent in Chinese myth. Some Chinese folk customs believe that spiders are lucky, that they bring happiness in the morning and wealth in the evening. Because of this, spiders sometimes appear in good luck charms. Like many Chinese superstitions, this is based upon homophones. Spider is\u00a0<i>zhizhu<\/i>\u00a0(\u8718\u86db), also\u00a0<i>xizi<\/i>\u00a0(\u87e2\u5b50), a homonym of spider in Chinese.\u00a0<i>Xi<\/i>\u00a0(spider) sounds like the word for happiness, also\u00a0<i>xi<\/i>\u00a0but a different character (\u559c).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the vast menagerie of imitative animal Kung Fu, there isn\u2019t a spider style. There are other bugs, like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/forumdisplay.php?7-Northern-Praying-Mantis\">Praying Mantis<\/a>\u00a0and scorpion. The classic Kung Fu film,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?958-The-5-Deadly-Venoms-do-those-esoteric-animal-styles-really-exist\">THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS<\/a>\u00a0(1978) included Centipede, Snake, Scorpion, Lizard and Toad but no spiders regardless of their toxicity. Many of these cinematic animal styles can trace their origins to actual forms of Kung Fu. In this case, the Centipede, Lizard and Toad are derived from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?36530-72-Consummate-Arts-Secrets-of-the-Shaolin-Temple\"><i>72 Consummate Arts Secrets of the Shaolin Temple<\/i><\/a>\u00a0compiled by Jin Jing Zhong in 1934, allegedly from a much older secret manual (see\u00a0<i>Deadly Venom: The Toad<\/i>\u00a0By Gene Ching in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/index.php?p=magazine&amp;article=1305\">SEP+OCT 2016 issue of\u00a0<i>Kung Fu Tai Chi<\/i><\/a>). When it comes to old school Kung Fu films involving spiders, the most outstanding one is THE WEB OF DEATH (1976). It\u2019s a clich\u00e9d story about Kung Fu clan rivalries \u2013 this time between the Centipede, Scorpion and Snake clans \u2013 but the web-spinning spider isn\u2019t a fighting style. It\u2019s an actual weaponized spider \u2013 a magic tarantula to be specific \u2013 that spews lethal spider webs.<\/p>\n<p>Mythologically speaking, the most prominent spiders of Chinese legend are the seven spider women, demons disguised as Daoist maidens, from the saga of the Monkey King\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?50181-Monkey-King\"><i>Journey to the West<\/i><\/a>. Just like many chapters within the epic novel, Monkey and his fellow pilgrims get trapped by the demons and have to fight their way out. Like with THE WEB OF DEATH, it\u2019s more about getting entangled in deadly spider webs than a specific style of Kung Fu.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/admin\/site_images\/KungfuMagazine\/upload\/7687_20192817Spider-Man-FFH.jpg?w=1170\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bromance of the Three Kingdoms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The young Peter Parker is in pursuit of a romance with M.J. as played Zendaya, its wholesome charm makes for a stark contrast to her new unflinching HBO series EUPHORIA. But it\u2019s the absence of Tony Stark, Parker\u2019s adopted father figure, that is the driving presence throughout the film. Having left the care of his Aunt May on a metaphorical journey to manhood, three men to alternate in fulfilling the fatherly role that Stark provided. They are Jon Favreau\u2019s Happy Hogan,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/article.php?article=901\">Jake Gyllenhaal<\/a>\u2019s Quentin Beck\/Mysterio and Samuel L. Jackson\u2019s Nick Fury. In those three characters, a full range of paternal archetypes are presented for Peter\u2019s choosing. Much of the story\u2019s drama is driven by Parker\u2019s attempts at modeling obvious strengths while humor and poignancy is deftly wrung from those attempts failing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that Faveau\u2019s character has been around since\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?52255\">the very beginning of the MCU<\/a>\u00a0 and he brings much heart to his role here.\u00a0 But there\u2019s no denying that Sam Jackson&#8217;s Nick Fury has become indispensable to the MCU. Having just reinvigorated the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/article.php?article=1492\">SHAFT<\/a>\u00a0franchise and been digitally rejuvenated for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/article.php?article=1476\">CAPTAIN MARVEL<\/a>\u00a0(2019) might a NICK FURY AGENT OF s.h.i.e.l.d. or even a HOWLING COMMANDOS be on a list somewhere for MARVEL\u2019s phase 4 or 5.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?68148\">JOHN<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?68427\">WICK\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?6842\">level<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?70294\">training<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?71307\">regiments<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/forum\/showthread.php?70329\">would not be<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/article.php?article=1489\">necessary<\/a>\u00a0given advances in visual FX. Picture a digitally younger Sam Jackson head stitched onto a stunt double\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/admin\/site_images\/KungfuMagazine\/upload\/2949_20192804Spider-Man-FFH.jpg?w=1170\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With so much CGI combat, is a fight choreographer even necessary anymore?\u00a0 It\u2019s almost akin to Looney Tunes \u2013 the fights between Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck \u2013 they don\u2019t credit a fight choreographer.\u00a0 MCU CGI fights aren\u2019t much different, particularly with their defiance of basic physics.\u00a0 Nevertheless, Marlow Warrington-Mattei is credited as the Fight Coordinator, his first time to be acknowledged with that coveted credit. But along with a chunk of MCU stunt work, his filmography includes body doubling for Luke Evans in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=1182\">DRACULA UNTOLD<\/a>\u00a0(2014) and stunts for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/index.php?p=article&amp;article=1070\">SKYFALL<\/a>\u00a0(2012). A look at the man\u2019s social media reveals a love for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.martialartsmart.com\/11-58.html\">Brazilian\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.martialartsmart.com\/judo-jujitsu.html\">Jiu-Jitsu<\/a>\u00a0but nobody gets choked out or submitted in this film. There\u2019s one\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.martialartsmart.com\/dvd-yvs372.html\">knock-out<\/a>\u00a0that makes a great punchline but for the most part its CGI acrobatics. For the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.martialartsmart.com\/dvd-ps00.html\">tumbling<\/a>, we can thank British born Gymnastics champion Greg Townley.<\/p>\n<p>Superhero movies have come a long way. They are no longer simply about good guys punching the bad. These days, the distinction between the two is as blurred as the distinctions between an actor, their stunt double and the CGI which brings their character to life on screen. But like most Marvel Movies, this one strives not to delve too deeply into topical matters. There is perhaps a not-too-subtle meta-commentary on the dilemma of drone warfare in a post-truth society. Deep-Fake technology has only just become a concern in our universe, not so on Earth 616. As the song goes \u201c<em>Like a streak of light he arrives just in time\u201d\u00a0<\/em>this time Spider-Man\u2019s here to show us the kind of men we\u2019ll need in our society to work our way out of such tangled webs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/ezine\/article.php?article=1494#\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kungfumagazine.com\/admin\/site_images\/KungfuMagazine\/upload\/6761_20192801Spider-Man-FFH.jpg?w=1170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published by KungFuMagazine.com on July 2, 2019 this review of Spider-Man: Far From Home also features that time Spider-Man visited Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"There are probably only a few left who haven't already seen it. 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