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Interestingly, the Seinfield episode with Marisa Tomei is on TV right now.
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Marisa Tomei to Play Aunt May in New Spider-Man Movie
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Haha wow, I'm watching it now too. What are the odds??
It wasn't planned to be a what if, shit was going to be canon
Everything about that comic from the damn covers to the message it was sending to little girls was a fucking trainwreck.
Chuckie
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Yeah but come to think of it... hasn't she been a bit TOO old in the comics?
Peter is going to high school and somehow his aunt got more wrinkles than my great grandmother.
George Oscar Bluth II
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This makes sense. Old May never made sense to me, especially for teenage Peter.
Discotheque
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Ethan Hawke and Marisa Tomei would be great. I wonder if hawke would be up for it
after boyhood i want to see him play a dad again, he was so great in that.
after boyhood i want to see him play a dad again, he was so great in that.
Yeah but come to think of it... hasn't she been a bit TOO old in the comics?
Peter is going to high school and somehow his aunt got more wrinkles than my great grandmother.
Ya. Even if Peter's mom was 40 when he was born, Aunt May would have to be her senior by about 20 years to match how she was depicted in comics.
illmatic22
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Saw some whining about her being too young even though she's 50 but fuck that. I like this casting.
Casting a younger Aunt May isn't really a problem. The problem is Rosemary Harris set the bar so high that it'd be hard for anyone to trump it. I'd like to think that the idea of making her "old" had a lot more to do with her just being wise and understanding. She's incredibly sympathetic and is basically the heart of the original movies, as well as much of Spider-Man as a whole (hell, Green Goblin even spells that out for us in the first movie). There's a good reason why she's usually the one who manages to get Peter back on track in the movies. This scene is still GOAT.
Sally Field was a pretty good actress all things considered and admittedly having a younger Aunt May (particularly for a high-school level Spidey) makes much more sense, but it was so awkward to see her potential squandered in the reboot by not doing much with her and having Peter basically tread all over her own needs - which hilariously enough are similarly poorly defined.
Younger Aunt May is a reasonable idea but they're going to have to take a lot of notes from the general disposition and behavior of Harris' performance if they want to make the character be an important fixture. Admittedly though, the Raimi movies kind of struck gold with May not just by having a good performance but because her being old meant that it lent her a lot of innate sympathy. While this choice generally makes much more sense in an in-universe perspective, it means they're going to have to work a little bit harder.
Sally Field was a pretty good actress all things considered and admittedly having a younger Aunt May (particularly for a high-school level Spidey) makes much more sense, but it was so awkward to see her potential squandered in the reboot by not doing much with her and having Peter basically tread all over her own needs - which hilariously enough are similarly poorly defined.
Younger Aunt May is a reasonable idea but they're going to have to take a lot of notes from the general disposition and behavior of Harris' performance if they want to make the character be an important fixture. Admittedly though, the Raimi movies kind of struck gold with May not just by having a good performance but because her being old meant that it lent her a lot of innate sympathy. While this choice generally makes much more sense in an in-universe perspective, it means they're going to have to work a little bit harder.
peanutbutterlatte
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I don't think it was JJJ levels of accolade to be honest, you overstate how much she contributed to those films.
Beer Monkey
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Classic Aunt May is elderly and fragile and near living in a nursing home.
But whatever. It's a movie.
But whatever. It's a movie.
Pai Pai Master
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I was never a fan of Aunt May's portrayal in the older 616 books. This is a woman who helped raise a boy genius and she often came off as totally clueless and unable to do much on her own. More recent depictions as well as her Ultimate version are a better basis for a modern movie IMO.
Good thing there's so much more than classic Aunt May.
I'm more a fan of Ultimate and Animated May.
Remove Aunt May from the Raimi movies and you remove a lot of heart. That's hardly overstating things. The lack of a good JJJ in the Amazing movies might have robbed a good source of comedy, but the inclusion of a wasted Aunt May robbed those movies of a homely sense of cohesion, especially when she's supposed to be something of a driving force for Peter. She's the personified reminder of the guilt Peter has, and in spite of her being the character that has lost the most, she's ultimately more concerned about her nephew and is simultaneously a reminder for him that life finds a way beyond the tragedies.
If anything I think you're understating what she added to those films. The presence of her alone practically had Peter snap out of his vengeful phase a lot quicker and understand the value of Ben's words in the first movie, while in TASM she's basically just a background character that does nothing to prevent prolonging Peter's grief phase until a random action scene. It isn't even until the second movie's finale that she does anything remotely useful.
……forgetit
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Good thing there's so much more than classic Aunt May.
I'm more a fan of Ultimate and Animated May.
That last comic......
he didn't grow up 
That last comic......he didn't grow up
Don't worry, he came back. MASSIVE EYE ROLL.
……forgetit
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Wait, wtf? I really haven't read ultimate in forever.
DrROBschiz
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I personally think Marissa Tomei is a fantastic casting choice.
Cant wait to see what she does with the role
Cant wait to see what she does with the role
Yeah. :\ In the Miles Morales series.
sshhh shhh it's all gone now.
……forgetit
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*returns from wiki*
WTF.....I really hope it isn't as bad as the description sounds.
kame-sennin
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I guess it's Marisa Tomei's Last Fuckable Day.
DryEyeRelief
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Wow that really was a good scene
ryutaro's mama
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Marisa ToMay, eh?
Stop right there you.
I dunno what the description says, but I was pretty disappointed.
http://heroichollywood.com/home-1/2...hot-their-scenes-in-captain-america-civil-war
Heroic Hollywood is reporting that Marisa Tomei shot her scenes for Captain America: Civil War.
Heroic Hollywood is reporting that Marisa Tomei shot her scenes for Captain America: Civil War.
Crimson_Gold
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I was certain that was Mary Jane
Pai Pai Master
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I wonder if Aunt May will already know Pete's secret. Refresh my memory, in Ultimate did she know before he died?
Yup. There's a great issue dedicated to those two figuring out how that'll shape their lives going forward.
Buddha Beam
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And then the world exploded and he died anyway.
Sir_Crocodile
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So SHE's the one who teaches peter his love of photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBUNMVP_8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBUNMVP_8k
triplestation
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gat damn shes gorgeous
peanutbutterlatte
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Heh do some people think he'll still be just a cameo? Looking less likely now.
sixteen-bit
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aunt 'mei
AgentChris
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Aunt Bae.
The Elite
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The rumors and info over the last few weeks have surprised me.
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