Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) Movie Review | Refreshing? — Transcript

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1. 0:01Why? [music]
2. 0:05>> That's right.
3. 0:06>> We just watched Spider-Man brand new
4. 0:08day. I'm here with John the Flick Pick.
5. 0:10This is going to be the review. We've
6. 0:12had a little bit to soak in and we've
7. 0:14had some discussions, but John, I want
8. 0:16to start out with what you thought this
9. 0:18movie was going to be walking in.
10. 0:20>> Listen,
11. 0:21I had a good time. I think this is a
12. 0:24good Spider-Man movie. There's some
13. 0:26heartfelt moments and more or less this
14. 0:29is kind of the Spider-Man I've been
15. 0:31waiting for Marvel to give us since we
16. 0:33got the introduction of Spider-Man years
17. 0:35ago, but I will say I still prefer the
18. 0:37last hour Spider-Man: No Way Home over
19. 0:40this movie.
20. 0:41>> I look, there's a lot this story is
21. 0:43trying to do and I feel like it's going
22. 0:45in a few different directions at times.
23. 0:47Now, what it inevitably commits to, I
24. 0:51really enjoyed. I just wish it would
25. 0:53have committed to that earlier and some
26. 0:55things that we've seen in the trailers,
27. 0:57him going through this mutation of
28. 0:59sorts. I think I may have been swayed a
29. 1:01little more by the coolness than John
30. 1:04cuz I mean we again, we're going based
31. 1:05off the trailer. We're not going to
32. 1:06spoil things in this video, but the Hulk
33. 1:09sequence, it is brief,
34. 1:12but it is cool, John.
35. 1:14>> It's cool.
36. 1:15>> It's cool, man.
37. 1:16>> It's cool. It's there. I don't know if
38. 1:18ultimately it mattered, but it's there.
39. 1:21>> Yeah.
40. 1:22>> But let's talk about the things that do
41. 1:23matter.
42. 1:23>> Yeah, man. I look,
43. 1:26inevitably you get to the emotional core
44. 1:28and we're obviously going off of what we
45. 1:30saw in No Way Home and kind of that
46. 1:32build up and the let down and the fact
47. 1:35that MJ and Ned no longer remember who
48. 1:37Peter is. I thought that played out in a
49. 1:39way that I, you know, some people are
50. 1:41going to see it as repetitive, but I
51. 1:43really think we saw some growth from
52. 1:45Peter in this movie in the vein
53. 1:48of Toby Spider-Man 2.
54. 1:50>> Ooh, I did get a little Yeah, you're
55. 1:52right. I did get a little bit of that.
56. 1:53Yeah, this movie does feel like it's
57. 1:55It's by Spider-Man 2, Toby Spider-Man 2.
58. 1:58I I'm picking up what you're putting
59. 1:59down. The best way to describe this
60. 2:01movie is it sort of picks up the pieces
61. 2:03of what Spider-Man No Way Home did in
62. 2:06that final third act and sort of puts
63. 2:08them back together to almost give you a
64. 2:10soft reboot of the character Spider-Man
65. 2:12without undoing the legacy of what Tom
66. 2:14Holland already achieved.
67. 2:15>> That's a great way to put it. Yeah, it's
68. 2:17almost like those first three films were
69. 2:21the precursor to this version of
70. 2:24Spider-Man that is kind of a new version
71. 2:27of Spider-Man, if you will.
72. 2:29>> But a better version.
73. 2:30>> A better version. Yes, and I told John
74. 2:33walking out of the theater, it's going
75. 2:34to be really hard to go back to the CGI
76. 2:37rubbery, almost obsolete suits. And and
77. 2:41they looked cool in still images, but
78. 2:43man, seeing this thing in action as the
79. 2:45car goes by, the breathability of the
80. 2:49cloth and seeing it move through the air
81. 2:51and just seeing him sit on the couch and
82. 2:52having a conversation, I'm like, "No,
83. 2:54that's an actual guy in a Spider-Man
84. 2:56costume instead of CGI, John."
85. 2:58>> That's a teenage boy wearing spandex and
86. 3:00I quite enjoy it.
87. 3:01>> Oh, wow. [laughter]
88. 3:02>> This is one of those things, man, I've
89. 3:04I've been wanting to see
90. 3:07Tom look and feel like the Spider-Man
91. 3:10that I grew up with. And I always
92. 3:11thought he's captured that from an
93. 3:12emotional standpoint, but we really got
94. 3:14the marriage of all of those things in
95. 3:16this movie.
96. 3:16>> They got that digitized filter off of
97. 3:18him because even when he's standing
98. 3:19around, you can see his earlobes. He's
99. 3:21not wearing a mask within a mask anymore
100. 3:23and I like those things. And no longer
101. 3:25is he Tony Stark Jr. anymore. He feels
102. 3:28like Spider-Man.
103. 3:29>> What do you think of Destin Daniel
104. 3:30Cretton as as the director? Was it an
105. 3:32improvement there?
106. 3:33>> This film, compared to the other
107. 3:35Spider-Man Marvel films, has contrast.
108. 3:38>> Oh, yeah.
109. 3:38>> It has color grading that doesn't look
110. 3:39like it has a concrete filter on it,
111. 3:41like this parking garage that we're
112. 3:42standing in. And it had depth to it and
113. 3:45that's been that's what I've been
114. 3:46wanting to see in Marvel films for a
115. 3:48very long time. Make it look like a
116. 3:49movie and I feel like this is the best
117. 3:52representation of that of all the Tom
118. 3:54Holland Spider-Man movies. Okay, there's
119. 3:55something I liked in this movie, but
120. 3:57unfortunately, we can't go too far
121. 3:59without spoilers. The antagonist of this
122. 4:02film, the main villain, if you will,
123. 4:05it's hard to talk about.
124. 4:07>> [laughter]
125. 4:08>> I thought there were some interesting
126. 4:09ideas. I thought the concept worked,
127. 4:12but for me, it kind of got a bit
128. 4:13repetitive halfway through the film.
129. 4:16>> That's fair. I think that's the side of
130. 4:17the story that, you know, they're trying
131. 4:20to weave, that's a pun, all of these
132. 4:22ideas in, and this is something John
133. 4:24said walking out. One or two of those
134. 4:27big ideas kind of gets lost along the
135. 4:29way, and so I think a lack of focus may
136. 4:32be my biggest issue here.
137. 4:33>> And this is exactly where the movie
138. 4:35needed to commit more to.
139. 4:37>> Uh-huh.
140. 4:37>> Build up the future.
141. 4:39>> Yeah.
142. 4:40>> Because they're not doing much with the
143. 4:41present.
144. 4:41>> Ooh, that's Yeah, that's I mean, I would
145. 4:44push back a little bit because I do
146. 4:45think Peter's
147. 4:47story here, like, you see a lot of
148. 4:50change within his character in this And
149. 4:52again, it is a little repetitive from No
150. 4:54Way Home,
151. 4:55a bit, but I think he goes through some
152. 4:57things here that makes him more of a
153. 5:00Spider-Man by the end than he even is in
154. 5:02the beginning without spoiling things.
155. 5:04>> There is a character arc, he does grow
156. 5:06as a Spider-Man, physically and
157. 5:08mentally, if you will. But once again,
158. 5:11that's one of those other aspects that
159. 5:13didn't fully commit, though you do get
160. 5:15that cool, upbeat superhero moment where
161. 5:18the music score is up, and he's beating
162. 5:20all the bad guys up, and I thought that
163. 5:21was a great scene in itself. It gave me
164. 5:23some of the goosebumps, or the the
165. 5:25spider tingles down below, if you will,
166. 5:27or whatever. I thought that was awesome.
167. 5:29The Punisher.
168. 5:30>> Let me tell you something. Odysseus, let
169. 5:32me tell you something. Peter Peter
170. 5:34Parker Peter Parker No, god damn it. Let
171. 5:35me tell you something. Excuse me, Peter.
172. 5:36Come on. I'm sorry, Peter. I'M SORRY.
173. 5:38IT'S THE SAME THING EVERY TIME.
174. 5:39>> MY FAMILY'S DEAD. I'm out.
175. 5:40>> [laughter]
176. 5:41>> Yeah, I Don't Don't get me wrong, he's
177. 5:43cool. He's in the movie. He's a
178. 5:45supporting helper alongside Spider-Man.
179. 5:48He's fine.
180. 5:49He's fine.
181. 5:50>> Admittedly, there was a I can't remember
182. 5:52if it was a comic or just like a one-off
183. 5:54story. There was a story I read with
184. 5:55Punisher, Hulk, and Spider-Man as a kid.
185. 5:58>> Okay.
186. 5:59>> Wasn't this story
187. 6:00when they were all on screen at the same
188. 6:02time? I got the goosies a bit, John,
189. 6:04because I kind of saw some of these
190. 6:06panels come into life. And again, you
191. 6:08know, the Hulk's in it briefly.
192. 6:10Punisher's not a main character, but
193. 6:12when you get them all together
194. 6:13>> Yeah.
195. 6:14>> that was pretty fun. Okay. Child-like
196. 6:16wonder, if you will. But again, it was
197. 6:18brief.
198. 6:18>> Oh, damn, it was a good time. God, it
199. 6:20was a
200. 6:20>> Uh John, there's there's not a lot we
201. 6:22can say because again, we don't want to
202. 6:24spoil things. We don't want to give too
203. 6:26much away. What are your What are your
204. 6:28final What do you say, flicking thoughts
205. 6:30on the movie, man?
206. 6:31>> Listen, it's a fine time. By all means,
207. 6:33grab some popcorn, watch this movie.
208. 6:35It's a quality Spider-Man movie. You're
209. 6:37going to get Spider-Man doing Spider-Man
210. 6:38stuff. But for me, it just felt like the
211. 6:41pacing was a little off. And a lot of
212. 6:43those big highlighted moments,
213. 6:44unfortunately, in between those, I was
214. 6:47I wasn't in love with the movie as much
215. 6:48as I was hoping I would be. Ultimately,
216. 6:50I'm not disappointed. I think this is a
217. 6:53fair continuation of the character and
218. 6:55it at least propels him in a direction
219. 6:56I'm kind of curious to see where he goes
220. 6:58next. But ultimately,
221. 7:00I I really don't have much more to say
222. 7:02about the movie because it didn't give
223. 7:04me much more to say.
224. 7:05>> That's fair.
225. 7:06>> I I I
226. 7:08had different expectations going in, not
227. 7:10necessarily of the quality, but of the
228. 7:11story. I will say the story kind of
229. 7:13surprised me. It went in a lot of
230. 7:15directions, maybe too many for some. The
231. 7:17first 15 minutes I struggled with.
232. 7:21Again, we're kind of montaging and
233. 7:22highlighting through some things, and
234. 7:24that was disappointing. But once it
235. 7:26settles in, you get, I think, the best
236. 7:29version of Tom Holland's Peter
237. 7:31Spider-Man that we have ever seen. He's
238. 7:35fighting inner battles, outer battles.
239. 7:37Those outer battles battles look
240. 7:39incredible, and the inner battles, I
241. 7:40think, will tug on some heart strings.
242. 7:42It takes a second to come together, but
243. 7:44I do believe there is a lot of heart on
244. 7:47display, especially by the end, and they
245. 7:49make some decisions that
246. 7:52kind of shocked me at times.
247. 7:54>> Yes, decisions that shock you, but
248. 7:56ultimately
249. 7:59don't matter.
250. 8:01>> [laughter]
251. 8:04>> Let me tell you something, Jaby.
252. 8:06Let me tell you something.
253. 8:07>> Jaby, I got to score this thing. I can't
254. 8:09settle on a number yet. I'm going to
255. 8:10throw it to you, man. How how are you
256. 8:11feeling? What's the final score for you
257. 8:14on Brand New Day?
258. 8:15>> Liked it, didn't love it. It's a fair
259. 8:17Spider-Man movie. I'm going to give
260. 8:18Spider-Man Brand New Day
261. 8:21>> Ooh. Okay. Yeah, I can I think I
262. 8:25I definitely enjoyed it more than you
263. 8:26did. I'm between something. I'm going to
264. 8:28throw this on the screen and hope you
265. 8:30guys But again, it's it's one of those
266. 8:32movies where a lot happened, okay?
267. 8:35Story-wise, a lot happened, and it's
268. 8:38going to take a little bit to kind of
269. 8:40soak that in. Uh but if you are looking
270. 8:43for fun, which is what a lot of people
271. 8:45are looking for.
272. 8:46>> when I see a movie, I want fun.
273. 8:47>> A lot of people want fun. I do believe
274. 8:50this is a really fun time uh if you're a
275. 8:53Spider-Man fan. And I think Jon
276. 8:54Bernthal, Zendaya, and Tom Hollander are
277. 8:56having a great month at the theater, you
278. 8:57know what I mean?
279. 8:57>> I think I like The Odyssey more.
280. 8:59>> Yeah, The Odyssey's better, yeah.
281. 9:01>> [laughter]
282. 9:01>> Oh, that's going to piss people off. Oh,
283. 9:02that's going to piss people off.