SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Will Receive A "Best Picture" Push; Tom Holland Responds To Martin Scorsese

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Will Receive A "Best Picture" Push; Tom Holland Responds To Martin Scorsese

It's been confirmed that Sony Pictures will move forward with a "Best Picture" push for Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Marvel's Kevin Feige, Tom Holland, and more make a case for that in a new interview.

By JoshWilding - Dec 24, 2021 11:12 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Many films have been credited with "saving" the box office in 2021, but it's clear now that honour belongs to Spider-Man: No Way Home. The latest Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios blockbuster has performed at pre-pandemic levels commercially, all while scoring rave reviews and overwhelmingly positive verdicts from those who paid to watch it in theaters.

Recently, there was speculation that the movie could be an Oscar contender, and The Hollywood Reporter has now confirmed that Sony Pictures will give the web-slinger's latest adventure a proper campaign. That will include screenings for Academy members, "For Your Consideration" advertising, and special Q&As, etc. all meant to schmooze voters. 

Talking to the trade, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said that he hopes Academy members will "think about the artistry that goes into storytelling that connects with a wide range of people on a very emotional level," noting, "It’s a good thing when people are in a theater and they stand up and cheer. It’s a good thing when people are wiping tears because they’re thinking back on their last 20 years of moviegoing and what it has meant to them. That, to me, is a very good thing - the sort of thing the Academy was founded, back in the day, to recognize."

Unfortunately, the Academy and other "prestigious" award ceremonies do tend to look down their noses on superhero movies (and blockbusters in general), and for Tom Holland, that's unacceptable. 

"You can ask [Martin] Scorsese ‘Would you want to make a Marvel movie?’ But he doesn’t know what it’s like because he’s never made one," the actor says. "I’ve made Marvel movies and I’ve also made movies that have been in the conversation in the world of the Oscars, and the only difference, really, is one is much more expensive than the other. But the way I break down the character, the way the director etches out the arc of the story and characters - it’s all the same, just done on a different scale. So I do think they’re real art."

"I mean, you can also ask Benedict Cumberbatch or Robert Downey Jr. or Scarlett Johansson - people who have made the kinds of movies that are ‘Oscar-worthy’ and also made superhero movies - and they will tell you that they’re the same, just on a different scale," Holland continued. "And there’s less Spandex in ‘Oscar movies.'"

The whole piece is worth reading, as there are a lot of interesting comments and insights from Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman ("[It's] essential that the Academy does not lose its connection with quality commercial cinema") and Spider-Man: No Way Home producer Amy Pascal ("We all got in this business to make movies that people want to see, that make people feel things, and I think this movie legitimately does that").

Does Spider-Man: No Way Home deserve to win "Best Picture" at the Oscars? That's up for debate, but there is simply no denying that the movie should at least be recognised given its achievements. The box office receipts are part of that, though when you have people standing up to cheer because they've overcome with emotion...well, that sounds like a winner to us. 

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vegetaray
vegetaray - 12/24/2021, 11:13 AM
Go get ‘em Tiger !
Equivocal
Equivocal - 12/24/2021, 1:15 PM
@vegetaray -

Tom Holland does deserve a nom for best acting
my heart was aching when he cried
(not ugly crying like McGuire)
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/24/2021, 11:14 AM
Everything they said is fair.
Never gonna happen.
Dafoe
Dafoe - 12/24/2021, 3:16 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - Strong enough to have it all. TOO WEAK TO TAKE IT!
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/24/2021, 3:37 PM
@Dafoe - You are the real MVP
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 12/24/2021, 6:54 PM
@Dafoe - hasn’t really been talked about as much as I thought it would have, but Goblin was hella evil in this one. Like next-level stank (and Dafoe was on his prime game whenever given something to do)
Dafoe
Dafoe - 12/25/2021, 10:26 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - Quiet lapdog. jkjk thank you
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/25/2021, 11:34 PM
@Dafoe - hahaHARK!
thereeljoefish
thereeljoefish - 12/24/2021, 11:15 AM
Preach
Murderisbadong
Murderisbadong - 12/24/2021, 11:16 AM
Good for you Tom! Glad you aren’t buying into that artsy snobbish BS coming from Martin.
LostValyrian
LostValyrian - 12/24/2021, 11:22 AM
@Murderisbadong - And yet another person who didn't understand a word Marty said about this.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 12/24/2021, 12:21 PM
@LostValyrian -Marty claimed that Marvel films are more about the spectacle and climax, likening them to amusement parks where he considers true "cinema" to be about the art form.

Marty's own words...

"For me, for the filmmakers I came to love and respect, for my friends who started making movies around the same time that I did, cinema was about revelation — aesthetic, emotional and spiritual revelation. It was about characters — the complexity of people and their contradictory and sometimes paradoxical natures, the way they can hurt one another and love one another and suddenly come face to face with themselves."

It's so obvious this man has never watched an MCU film otherwise he'd see that these movies have these aspects to varying degrees.

To me tho his real issue is he is mad that studios won't give him the bag to make whatever the hell he wants anymore, because even with his well known name he can't sell a $200M 3 hour film and make a solid return like he used to. And I honestly can't blame him for being a little salty, I'd be salty to if Marvel was able to put out a single film and out gross my entire combined 30 film directorial career.
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/24/2021, 1:40 PM
@LongMayHeReign - But... Marty just got $200m for a Western film for Apple
Murderisbadong
Murderisbadong - 12/24/2021, 1:46 PM
@LostValyrian - No. I know exactly what Marty is saying , and he came as a pompous artsy snob.
TheWarThor
TheWarThor - 12/24/2021, 3:31 PM
@LongMayHeReign - So well said...
Skrull
Skrull - 12/26/2021, 8:48 PM
Why do fans refer to Scorcese as "Marty"? It's weird, particularly in light of the pedestal he's been put on.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 12/30/2021, 3:39 PM
@tmp3 - Yea for a streaming service that needs big names to draw in subs. Also it's kinds funny how Marty is willing to make his "cinematic art" available to be first watched on a smartphone!
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/24/2021, 11:19 AM
I enjoyed NWH. Entertaining, fun. Sometimes thrilling. And the ending was perfect.


Having said that, I don’t know what Oscars you would nominate this for.
LostValyrian
LostValyrian - 12/24/2021, 11:20 AM
@regularmovieguy - Best Pandemic Box Office
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/24/2021, 11:22 AM
@LostValyrian

The box office is a massive achievement, no doubt about it. Huge. Money printing machine.

Not sure that necessitates Oscars.
KWilly
KWilly - 12/24/2021, 11:26 AM
@regularmovieguy - If there was a nostalgia award, it'd be hands down the winner.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/24/2021, 11:27 AM
@regularmovieguy - Well I recently watched King Richard and I think it was a return to form for Will Smith and the daughters played home school type happy kids to a T, Bernthal was so not typecast, good movie. I’m sure there are others probably better ones. None of em affected me like seeing 3 Spidey’s. I know a lot of other 40 year olds that agree. Eventually the academy will be that same generation, if that makes sense. I think theyre just snobs
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/24/2021, 11:30 AM
@regularmovieguy - I’d rather Spider-Man get nominated than Don’t Look Up. Glib, insipid, unfunny garbage with literally nothing new to say at all. Adam McKay needs a new gimmick
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/24/2021, 11:34 AM
@tmp3

One of my buds is watching Don’t Look Up tonight. Waiting to hear his reaction before I give it a watch.

Sounds like you hated it tho, haha.
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/24/2021, 11:38 AM
@regularmovieguy - I can’t tell if I liked Matrix 4 less or Don’t Look Up. Matrix def more disappointing since I was kind of excited for that one
Nightmare
Nightmare - 12/24/2021, 12:40 PM
@regularmovieguy - the dialogue.
“Freshwater or Saltwater…because, you know, you're an octopus.” 
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 12/24/2021, 12:53 PM
@tmp3 - jury's still out on how i feel about m4trix. there were things i liked, but there were things i definitely didn't
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/24/2021, 12:59 PM
@Nightmare - “what?”
Yeah that was like (paraphrasing) “here new arrows. No don’t take my bag, my wife gave it to me, don’t you have your own?”
Not that there weren’t good lines surrounding those bad lines… but those were bad lines.
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 12/24/2021, 6:57 PM
@regularmovieguy - if the retell that nobody was asking for gets nominated for Best Pic solely on the name behind the camera, then, without question, this has every right to get the same nom
abd00bie
abd00bie - 12/24/2021, 11:20 AM
Hrmm not really Oscar worthy lol
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/24/2021, 11:23 AM
The Oscars have become so toxic as this gauge for what’s “prestigious”
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/24/2021, 12:11 PM
@BlackBeltJones -

You know whats weird?


Films like NWH and CBMs in general fund the filmmakers that shit on the genre🤔...


Its like yelling at your mom and dad When they put a roof over your head🙍
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/24/2021, 12:28 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - this is “dirty money”

But imma work it I guess
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 12/24/2021, 12:31 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - More like a retired parent living in their kid's house, complaining about "in my day".



Whoops, I'm talking about Frasier again.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 12/24/2021, 11:24 AM
They paid so much attention and love to *clears throat* THE CRAFT that, at the very least, it ought to get a nomination.

I mean, seriously, c'mon man...Martin can get bent.
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