美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' Tom Holland's Peter Parker Finally Comes Home

 

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:

There have been five "Spider-Man" movies already starring two different Spider-Men, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. They've been hugely successful - so no surprise a sixth opens tonight. Critic Bob Mondello says true to the title, "Spider-Man: Homecoming," the main character seems finally to have come home.

BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE¹: Pretty near the start of this movie, everybody's favorite spider teen is coming home, literally² climbing through a window in his Aunt May's apartment, crawling across the ceiling as one does when one is spider-bitten, taking off his mask as he turns around and seeing his best friend, Ned, sitting there in shock.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

MARISA TOMEI: (As May Parker) What was that?

TOM HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) Nothing, nothing.

JACOB BATALON: (As Ned) You're the Spider-Man from YouTube.

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) I'm not.

BATALON: (As Ned) You were on the ceiling.

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) No, I wasn't. Ned, what are you doing in my room?

BATALON: (As Ned) May let me in. You said we were going to finish the Death Star. She doesn't know.

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) Nobody knows. Well, I mean Mr. Stark³ knows 'cause he made my suit, but that's it.

BATALON: (As Ned) Tony Stark made you that. Are you an Avenger⁴?

MONDELLO: I should probably back up a little. Superheroes used to stand alone. Now they come in packs. The first two spider dudes were old school. Their world was just theirs. This new one has joined what's called the Marvel⁵ Cinematic Universe, meaning he interacts with the other Marvel characters. He sort of is an Avenger though not full-fledged yet. Tony Stark has him on a short leash⁶, interning⁷, as it were.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) You can't tell anybody about this. You got to keep it a secret.

BATALON: (As Ned) A secret - why?

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) You know what she's like. If she finds out people try and kill me every single night, she's not going to let me do this anymore.

MONDELLO: Peter Parker's always been a teenager, but Tom Holland's super kid is the first who seems like he could actually be a classmate of Ferris Bueller's or the folks in "The Breakfast Club." He and his best buddy⁸, who's played by Jacob Batalon are funny, awkward and real - John Hughes teenagers more or less.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

BATALON: (As Ned) Dude, you have a suit, right? This is going to change our lives. We're going to have Spider-Man swing in, say you guys are tight. And then I get a fist bump or one of those half bro hugs.

MONDELLO: Spidey's antagonist⁹, a trucker who's cleaning up the mess from the first Avengers movie and keeping some alien-powered souvenirs, feels decently real, too, partly because he's played by Michael Keaton...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

MICHAEL KEATON: (As Adrian Toomes) The world's changing. It's time will change, too.

MONDELLO: ...But also because the screenplay gives him persuasive¹⁰ blue-collar reasons to be ticked off at the government and at billionaire Tony Stark. There are other bright spots - the girl Peter has a crush on, the girl who maybe has a crush on him, the wonderful Marisa Tomei as Aunt May.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

TOMEI: (As May Parker) What's the matter? I thought you loved larb. It's too larby, not larby enough? How many times do I have to say larb before you talk to me? You know I larb you.

MONDELLO: But what makes this homecoming fun is Holland, who seems as excited about Spider-Man as his classmates even though he is Spider-Man. At one point, he shows off a selfie video he took while he was in somebody else's Marvel movie.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) I was in a fight with Captain America. And I stole his shield, and I threw it at him, and - what the hell? He's big now. I got to go.

MONDELLO: We also see him learning to use the spider suit Tony Stark made for him...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

KERRY CONDON: (As Friday) Good evening, Peter.

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) Whoa.

CONDON: (As Friday) You have 576 possible web-shooter combination.

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) That is awesome¹¹.

MONDELLO: ...And just generally having a ball imagining his own about-to-be glory even when he's screwing up...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) No, no, no, no.

MONDELLO: ...As when he misjudges things on the Staten Island Ferry, which gives director Jon Watts¹² a special effects showpiece and gets Peter chastised¹³ by his mentor¹⁴.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING")

ROBERT DOWNEY JR: (As Tony Stark) What if somebody had died?

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) I was just trying to be like you.

DOWNEY JR: (As Tony Stark) I wanted you to be better. I'm going to need the suit back.

HOLLAND: (As Peter Parker) But I'm nothing without this suit.

DOWNEY JR: (As Tony Stark) If you're nothing without this suit, then you shouldn't have it.

MONDELLO: Tough love. Happily, Tom Holland's Spidey is not nothing without the suit. He just has to grow into it. No question the suit suits him. I'm Bob Mondello.

(SOUNDBITE OF MGMT SONG, "TIME TO PRETEND")

1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

4 avenger   

n. 复仇者

参考例句：

• "Tom Sawyer, the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main. “我乃西班牙海黑衣侠盗，汤姆 - 索亚。
• Avenger's Shield-0.26 threat per hit (0.008 threat per second) 飞盾-0.26仇恨每击（0.08仇恨每秒）

5 marvel   

vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异；n.令人惊异的事

参考例句：

• The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
• The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。

6 leash   

n.牵狗的皮带，束缚；v.用皮带系住

参考例句：

• I reached for the leash,but the dog got in between.我伸手去拿系狗绳，但被狗挡住了路。
• The dog strains at the leash,eager to be off.狗拼命地扯拉皮带，想挣脱开去。

7 interning   

v.拘留，关押( intern的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I will spend the summer interning at a software company in Bombay. 夏季我将会在孟买的一家软件公司里实习。 来自互联网
• The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year. 这名年轻医生今年在医疗中心做实习医生。 来自互联网

8 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

9 antagonist   

n.敌人，对抗者，对手

参考例句：

• His antagonist in the debate was quicker than he.在辩论中他的对手比他反应快。
• The thing is to know the nature of your antagonist.要紧的是要了解你的对手的特性。

10 persuasive   

adj.有说服力的，能说得使人相信的

参考例句：

• His arguments in favour of a new school are very persuasive.他赞成办一座新学校的理由很有说服力。
• The evidence was not really persuasive enough.证据并不是太有说服力。

11 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

12 watts   

（电力计量单位）瓦，瓦特( watt的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• My lamp uses 60 watts; my toaster uses 600 watts. 我的灯用60瓦，我的烤面包器用600瓦。
• My lamp uses 40 watts. 我的灯40瓦。

13 chastised   

v.严惩（某人）（尤指责打）( chastise的过去式 )

参考例句：

• He chastised the team for their lack of commitment. 他指责队伍未竭尽全力。
• The Securities Commission chastised the firm but imposed no fine. 证券委员会严厉批评了那家公司，不过没有处以罚款。 来自辞典例句

14 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。