Review: Spider-Noir recaptures the magic of a bygone era

Nicolas Cage was born to play 1930s PI Ben Reilly/The Spider: part Bogey, part Bugs Bunny, 100% Cage-y.

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I'm half way through it, been watching in color.

I'm enjoying it. It's very much scenery chewing, you've got to be into the genre and a bit of pastiche, but I think they got the right cast to pull it off.

I'm so with Jen's last point about it not interconnecting. I remember how it felt exciting when the MCU was going to be an actual universe, and all the connections. Now instead of exciting it feels like a slog, and I've tuned out of a lot of it.

The way to catch my interest at this point is to tell a self contained story that doesn't have all the baggage and yokes.

YES!

Too bad I can only upvote once. This like every time another POS MCU/DCU offering drops. I don't want a universe. I want a good story. Especially these days when the world seems like it's ending, those kinds of universe-shaking stories might be compelling screen viewing to some, but to me it's an entirely different vibe when you're IRL'ing that plot.

But for me, I'm going to go with the black and white. It adds a layer of unreality, and takes me back to George Reeve's Superman, for a brain-off-the-hook joyride you KNOW isn't going to happen in real life. And Cage has GOT to be the one to nail the 1930's down-on-his-luck detective sensibility with the kind of escapism, wit and pathos the old-time comics of the 30's used to have.