SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Writers Had Only 3 Days to Come Up With A Perfect Pitch
Movies take time and effort to get made. There is a lot of thought and work that goes into them. This is something writers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley know first hand. They were the writers of the Spider-Man: Homecoming movie as well as other films such as Horrible Bosses and 2015's Vacation. But for their pitch for Homecoming, they only had three days to prepare something for Marvel!
In an interview with THR, the two talked about their process and what they wanted to emphasize on. They had just three days to come up with something to impress Marvel with. I can't imagine trying to come up with something that quickly. Especially for movie studio giants like Marvel and Disney. I loved Horrible Bosses, but to go from that to a project that had so much riding on it for not just one but TWO enormous studios had to be incredibly daunting.
When talking in the interview, they mentioned their main goal was to make a movie that was relatable. To talk about what a teenager might actually do with powers, and how having powers doesn't actually solve everything. I think this is brilliant, as Spider-Man, in my opinion, is meant to be one of the most relatable superheroes of all time. I love that he struggles juggling being a hero and school work. I love that some of the things he does aren't always huge world threatening problems. I feel like the two writers really nailed this.
In the interview, they mention a lot of things, including diversity of characters, the thought of how silly secret identities are, and their choice of the Vulture as the villain. I feel that Michael Keaton's Vulture one of the best things about the movie. The Vulture was such a brilliantly well done villain. Especially how he actually was, in a very literal way, a vulture of sorts. He salvaged parts from dead machines to make new things. That was so smart. It's also great that he's just a regular guy gone bad. He isn't deranged, or maniacal, or have delusions of grandeur. He's just a guy who feels like he's been screwed by the system, and wants to get back. It's great.
I love what the writers have done. This movie has made it's way to my top five movies and number 1 for Marvel/Superhero movies. It does so well at so much and to think that they came up with a pitch for it in just 3 days is amazing. I honestly can't think of how they can think to follow it up. Where do you go from the top?