Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017

I love this movie. It really nails the high school feeling. It has its own style and doesn't try to be anything that its not. That's part of the reason why I love this movie so much, its a self contained movie that doesn't have the end of the world on the line. It does have a lot of connections to the MCU but in the end Spider-Man is just trying to save people and be a normal high schooler. Tom Holland just kills it as Peter Parker, my personal favorite Peter Parker, and Michael Keaton is Fantastic villain (I hope he comes back in the sequel). Marisa Tomei's (hot) Aunt May was a lot of fun too. RDJ doing his thing, you either love him or are tired of him. Zendaya as MJ will be interesting to see how it plays out in the sequel, I'm not sure how I feel yet. And Donald Glover as Aaron Davis aka Miles Morales' uncle. I hope we see Miles sooner rather than later. This is one of the most fun movies I've seen in a while and I can't wait to see more Spider-Man in Infinity War and Spider-Man 2 (Michael Mando looks promising as Scorpion, any Better Call Saul fans will be excited to see more of him).

This is the first (so far and hopefully the only) Spider-Man movie that sucked, but it sucked enough to make up for all of them. I have zero interest in freakin' teen drama crap, and that's all this movie was. I grew up reading the Marvel Spider-Man comics and I know Peter Parker is a high school nerdy hormonal teenager who can't get a date; to make the focus of what's supposed to be an ACTION movie more about the stupid little pimple-faced, hot-to-trot teenagers effectively RUINED what should have been another good SM movie. They should have titled this "Penis Parker Can't Get Laid" and left it at that. Michael Keaton as the Vulture? oooooo....scary! I'm afraid! (Sarcastic voice) And when they decided to change Peter's "Aunt May" into a (supposedly) hot young 30-something, Stan Lee should have yanked the strings and refused. How idiotic was that? Let your full-breasted hot 30-ish aunt pull your young hormonal face right up against her boobs for some good ol' auntly comfort, right? Poor boy probably stayed up all night, and it wasn't because he was out fighting crime. This movie seriously blew chunks and I'm leaving my review right here so if I ever forget that I watched this turd, I can come back and remind myself to run far far far away. This stunk like old vomit.

Yes, I just "Liked" my own review. It speaks the truth and leaves nothing unsaid. Deal with it.

Part 6 (of 8) of my Spider-Man movie re-watch marathon in preparation for No Way Home. As with all of the others, I'm not going to update my original score for this movie (8/10) based on this viewing. However, when it came to the Sam Raimi trilogy and Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2, the reason I didn't want to update my score was because the movies didn't necessarily hold up, and relative to modern standards the scores likely would have needed to be decreased. That was not the case here. In fact, while watching the movie I incorrectly thought that I had originally given it a 7/10. Based on that false recollection, I actually was prepared to increase this movie's score because... what can I say? It's a really great movie.

THE BAD: Not a lot to criticize here, and really all of my critiques are the same ones I remember having back when I saw it in theaters. The early Vulture scene where he disintegrates the original shocker still feels tonally out of place. The final action sequence is kind of a letdown relative to the previous set pieces and even relative to some of the action sequences in Maguire's/Garfield's films. Spider-Man deserves well lit action scenes that highlight his movement and creative web-slinging, not visually muddy night-time scenes on the side of a crashing plane.

THE GOOD: This movie is firing on all cylinders. Casting. Dialogue. Characters. Plot. Humor. Everything is top notch and having just watched the earlier Spider-Man films, this movie's quality is all the more recognizable, easily standing above them in pretty much every metric. Some of this probably has more to do with changes in style than anything, but for me anyway, those changes are all for the better. For example, the larger focus on humor is a big win. Not only is there more of it, but it's also weaved in more naturally and feels right at home coming from high-school sophomore characters played by actors/actresses that actually look the part. The movie also benefits from its connection to the larger MCU, with RDJ's Tony Stark and Jon Favreau's Happy Hogan both providing great supporting roles. The connection also isn't some token element/cameo just to appease the audience. These characters and their relationship with Peter are a driving force, both narratively and from a character development perspective. In theaters, I remember not being all that impressed with the big twist, but for whatever reason, on this viewing everything clicked and I was totally on board. I can't help but feel like Michael Keaton could have been used even more, but he was great in the scenes we had (I just finished Dopesick where he absolutely killed it, so that's probably why I'm feeling like a big Michael Keaton fan).

The latest reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, Spider-Man: Homecoming, skips over the origin story of Peter Parker and instead picks up after his involvement with the Avengers in the Battle of New York. The film follows Peter Parker (Tom Holland) as he juggles high school and the possibility of being called on by Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) at any moment. The main conflict of the movie is Adrian Toomes (Michael Keaton), who, after being tasked with cleaning up the city after the battle, and his team created their own superweapons with alien technology and are now attempting to profit from them. Parker, as Spider-Man, is determined to stop them. The film also explores Parker's relationship with his crush, Liz (Laura Harrier), and his best friend Ned (Jason Batalon) and his aunt May (Marisa Tomei). The film received mixed reviews, with praise for Holland's portrayal of Peter Parker and Keaton's portrayal of the Vulture, but criticism for its heavy ties to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe and the lack of charm and iconic moments compared to the previous films.

El último reinicio de la franquicia de Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming, se salta la historia de origen de Peter Parker y, en cambio, continúa después de su participación con los Vengadores en la Batalla de Nueva York. La película sigue a Peter Parker (Tom Holland) mientras hace malabares con la escuela secundaria y la posibilidad de que Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) lo llame en cualquier momento. El conflicto principal de la película es Adrian Toomes (Michael Keaton), quien, después de encargarse de limpiar la ciudad después de la batalla, y su equipo crearon sus propias superarmas con tecnología alienígena y ahora intentan sacar provecho de ellas. Parker, como Spider-Man, está decidido a detenerlos. La película también explora la relación de Parker con su enamorada, Liz (Laura Harrier), y su mejor amigo Ned (Jason Batalon) y su tía May (Marisa Tomei). La película recibió críticas mixtas, con elogios por la interpretación de Peter Parker de Holland y la interpretación del Buitre de Keaton, pero críticas por sus fuertes vínculos con el Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel más grande y la falta de encanto y momentos icónicos en comparación con las películas anteriores.

"WHAT THE F***"

I had my doubts with "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and I wasn't really looking forward to it. There were something about the way it was marketed that turned a lot of people off, including me. With Tony Stark taking over half of your movie poster is pretty bad and made me worried that the movie isn't going to be all that focus. And the fact this is the third reboot of the character. I don't know why Marvel always hire indie film markers to direct these type of big budget films after one or two hits. However, after seeing John Watts previous work with "Cop Car" and "Clown", I was slightly interested.

Luckily, my fears didn't come true.

What could have been a stale and boring, since this is the third reboot, but surprising turned out to be a breath of fresh air with the new direction it took. "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is more of a comedy than anything else. It took things and toned down in terms of it trying to be cinematic. I love how small the scale is. The world isn't at strike and not every superhero story needs to have a scenario where the world will literally end if the heroes don't stop it.

Tom Holland (as for right now) might be the best on-screen version of Spider-Man I've ever seen. Holland performance sells the awkward and the nerdy side to Peter. He makes mistakes and only wants to do good, so he must literally become the Spider-Man. Just to be clear, it's not doing the origin again, but taking this character in a direction that I've never seen in the other adaptations.

Michael Keaton as the Vulture was by far a much better villain compared to the previous ones. It also helped that Keaton performance was pretty terrific and the scene when he threatens Peter was pretty intense. Like, you understand his character and most of the time he isn't even in the Vulture suit. He's isn't out for revenge, just a businessman dealing with weapons and Spider-Man keeps getting in the way.

Without spoiling anything, but there's a twist in the movie that I thought was so brilliant and the way it was executed was superb. It actually did shock me and added more conflict to Peters life. How I didn't see it coming was beyond me.

The weakest elements of the film are the same with other Marvel movies, which is characters (mostly one of the Avengers) showing up for the soul purpose of setting up upcoming movies. Feels more shoehorned in than having these characters not have a presence to the story. Good thing Tony Stark and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) have characters to them and didn't drag the film down. However it still feels shoehorned in.

Just like in "Civil War", it isn't visual pleasing when it comes to cinematography and color.The movie was hilarious for the most part, although some humor was trying a little too hard for a laugh. I couldn't take the movie serious when it needed it to be.

Overall Rating: While "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is missing the heart and soul of the Raimi films, but stands on it's own as a fresh start. The writing was great, the performances from everyone was great, and did things that actually surprised me.

"WHAT THE F***"

I had my doubts with "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and I wasn't really looking forward to it. There were something about the way it was marketed that turned a lot of people off, including me. With Tony Stark taking over half of your movie poster is pretty bad and made me worried that the movie isn't going to be all that focus. And the fact this is the third reboot of the character. I don't know why Marvel always hire indie film markers to direct these type of big budget films after one or two hits. However, after seeing John Watts previous work with "Cop Car" and "Clown", I was slightly interested.

Luckily, my fears didn't come true.

What could have been a stale and boring, since this is the third reboot, but surprising turned out to be a breath of fresh air with the new direction it took. "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is more of a comedy than anything else. It took things and toned down in terms of it trying to be cinematic. I love how small the scale is. The world isn't at strike and not every superhero story needs to have a scenario where the world will literally end if the heroes don't stop it.

Tom Holland (as for right now) might be the best on-screen version of Spider-Man I've ever seen. Holland performance sells the awkward and the nerdy side to Peter. He makes mistakes and only wants to do good, so he must literally become the Spider-Man. Just to be clear, it's not doing the origin again, but taking this character in a direction that I've never seen in the other adaptations.

Michael Keaton as the Vulture was by far a much better villain compared to the previous ones. It also helped that Keaton performance was pretty terrific and the scene when he threatens Peter was pretty intense. Like, you understand his character and most of the time he isn't even in the Vulture suit. He's isn't out for revenge, just a businessman dealing with weapons and Spider-Man keeps getting in the way.

Without spoiling anything, but there's a twist in the movie that I thought was so brilliant and the way it was executed was superb. It actually did shock me and added more conflict to Peters life. How I didn't see it coming was beyond me.

The weakest elements of the film are the same with other Marvel movies, which is characters (mostly one of the Avengers) showing up for the soul purpose of setting up upcoming movies. Feels more shoehorned in than having these characters not have a presence to the story. Good thing Tony Stark and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) have characters to them and didn't drag the film down. However it still feels shoehorned in.

Just like in "Civil War", it isn't visual pleasing when it comes to cinematography and color.The movie was hilarious for the most part, although some humor was trying a little too hard for a laugh. I couldn't take the movie serious when it needed it to be.

Overall Rating: While "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is missing the heart and soul of the Raimi films, but stands on it's own as a fresh start. The writing was great, the performances from everyone was great, and did things that actually surprised me.

Hilarious and brilliantly executed!

It's 2hr15m long and I'll be honest, it feels like 4 hours. But in a really good way.

They cram in a hell of lot of great origin story stuff - and considering there isn't a single mention of Uncle Ben directly, that's kudos for the scriptwriters.

The charm and wit of Spidey is established almost immediately. And you'd have to say that Tom Holland is given a winning hand right off the bat.

The plot is plentiful. It works great with the addition of Stark and Happy, and the hilarious cameos from Cap. You have to admire how they pulled all this together.

And the fact they save their greatest asset to use like a seasoning rather than than a main course - MJ - is laudable. Zendaya is used so sparingly yet somehow makes the character so detailed. Brilliant.

(Until now I'd say Winter Soldier was the best Marvel movie. It plays like a spy thriller. And this will struggle with rewatched in a way that Winter Soldier may not. But this is the larger accomplishment.)

And final shout out to the MVP. Michael Keston. The dude is charisma personified. And a hell of a Batman. He lifts the whole tone of the movie here. Brilliant casting and despite the CG nonsense he really delivers here.

8.25/10

Loved the plot really has revitalised Spider Man
This seems to get to the action instead of messing around telling the same story over again and it is great that Peter is still in school who has got his eye on someone else Liz who is a nice girl, nevertheless the romance damsel in distress does not get in the way of the film like the previous Spider Man. I like the way that the have changed Mary Jane Watson to Michelle Jones as her friend call her "MJ" that we find that out at the end of the film draftee her starting to come out of he shell and open up to Peter A Bit. MJ is completely different character in so many ways a bit of a diva at times and a strong independent girl who keeps to herself and has a shy side and is really lovely and kind when she takes down her barrier and you get to know her, which really does build up the plot, which is instead of putting the typical MJ And Peter Parker love Story together that is just not reality. Loved the Father And Son relationship between Peter Parker And Tony Stark really shows him as a father figure and really does connote the next few films. I would strongly recommend watching this as they have done an amazing job of getting the story right after those other failed moves and the bad guy in this movie is kind of a reference to the green goblin with the green eyes but instead with wings who perter does not know that is so interesting to watch that unfold. Spider Man in the MCU as an Avenger is about time well done Tom Holland And Zendaya and the rest of the cast and crew for doing such an amazing job as all my doubts are gone now and Spider Man is one of my favourite Super Heroes out of the MCU next to Iron Man what a call duo. Peter Parker and his friend Ned is hilarious and how he find out Peter Parker secret identity too as Spider Man is so hilarious too.

[8.6/10] The great promise of Agents of Shield and then Netflix’s Defenders series, was that these shows would explore what happened when The Avengers weren’t around to save the day, in the places below their notice. They would show the meat and potatoes work of corralling threats in a world where aliens attack and superhumans combat them and the street-level problems that could not be solved with energy blasts and theater-shaking explosions. But while each of the MCU’s television series have done their share of noble work, they’ve rarely felt connected to their cinematic brethren. Rather than exploring what it means to live in the shadow of Marvel’s biggest heroes, more often than not, these shows feel as though they exist within their own separate worlds.

Enter Spiderman: Homecoming, a film devoted to the notion of what happens in the lives of people who live under the pedestal that Tony Stark and The Avengers occupy. Despite Spider-Man’s dive into the fray during Captain America: Civil War, Homecoming spends most of its runtime with Peter Parker (Tom Holland) yearning to be a part of that super- team and feeling like he’s on the outside looking in and not significant enough to rate much attention from Tony Stark (or from his driver, Happy Hogan, who’s the “point man” on the Spider-Man project).

But the script, credited to a six-man team, smartly parallels Peter’s sense of being beneath his idols’ notice with a villain who’s motivated by the sense that the Tony Starks of the world don’t care about the little people like him. Adrian “Don’t Call Me Vulture” Toomes is the working class head of a local clean-up crew. In the film’s opening flashback, a combination of the federal government and Stark Industries nabs Toomes’s contract to clean up and salvage after The Avengers’ Battle of New York out from under him. Between then and “the present day” (whenever that is in the MCU timeline), Toomes and his team have used the alien wreckage they’ve scavenged to create a sophisticated operation, one with fancy tech that allows them to find more alien detritus, make superpowered weapons, and sell enough them on the black markets to keep food on their families’ tables.

Parker and Toomes are funhouse mirrors of one another. Peter is a young man, worried that Stark and his friends view him as too green to hang with the big boys. He’s constantly reaching out to Stark and Hogan in the hopes that they’ll pluck him from obscurity and let him live the life of his dreams. Toomes (played with a spectacular, unassuming menace by Michael Keaton), by contrast, is an older man, disdainful of the people who fly above him, literally and figuratively. He seeks no approvals, but simply takes to the sky and get what he views as rightfully his and to regain the livelihood that flashy men like Stark have robbed him of.

The film finds creative ways to connect and contrast the two figures, and to link the themes of two men in very different parts of their lives making very different gestures toward the great and the powerful of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But it also does a superb job of establishing the everyday world that Peter Parker lives in.

Homecoming is the first Spider-Man movie that feels truly set in and around a high school in Queens. Beyond the admirable diversity of the film, there are oversized hallpasses, relatable social dynamics, and the lived-in feeling of how a bunch of teenagers would see Iron Man, Captain America, and the rest of the Avengers. Part of what grounds Spider-Man’s aspirations to join the superteam is how he feels very much of a world where those heroes are gods and rockstars, a world that feels very far away from Sokovia and Berlin and even Manhattan.

It helps that young Tom Holland is a revelation as Spider-Man. Again, there is a genuineness to his gee whiz excitement at being a remote part of The Avengers’ world, his struggles to balance his humdrum life with the thrills of fighting crime and save the day, and the “still figuring this out” qualities he brings to the character. Whether it’s Peter’s endearing friendship with his best buddy Ned (played with nerdy gusto by Jacob Batalon), his conflicted crush on fellow academic decathlete Liz (Laura Harrier), his bullying at the hands of Flash (Tony Revolori), or the way he gets the business from his sarcastic, oddball classmate Michelle (a delightful performance from Zendaya), this is the first Spider-Man film whose cast of characters come off like real teenagers and not just little adults.

That’s truest for Parker himself. One of the best qualities of Homecoming is how it allows for a Spider-Man who is still new at this, and consequently not quite as polished at heroing as his avenging counterparts. In the same way that the MCU’s Daredevil was distinguished in combat by how much damage he took from his opponents, the uberfranchise’s Spider-Man stands out for how many mistakes he makes when trying to save the day.

That means an attempt at foiling an ATM robbery can lead to Peter’s favorite bodega getting blasted to kingdom come. It means a big attempt to foil the bad guys may require a great deal of help to avoid turning into a complete disaster. And it can, just as effectively, mean that despite his own superpowers, Peter Parker still loses his backpack, fumbles considerably when trying to use his Stark-designed supersuit, and even manages to fall flat on his face. The original conception of Spider-Man was as a real teenager, one not nearly as polished or sharp as the Batmen and Supermen of the world. Homecoming vindicates that original notion, with a protagonist who is well-meaning but very raw, giving him a palpably different flavor from the other superpowered pugilists of the MCU and beyond.

To that end, even as director Jon Watts takes care to imbue the film with as much Robert Downey Jr. star wattage as possible, Homecoming is a movie devoted to the notion of its hero as the little guy. The script belabors the “friendly neighborhood Spider-Man” line a bit, but takes the time to depict the teenager-in-tights foiling petty thieves, giving churro-brandishing old ladies directions, and above all, seeing as much value in helping the regular people of New York City as in foiling the latest globe-threatening plot.

That’s the cinch of Homecoming. The film stumbles a bit with the usual third act rumble, and some belabored moments of cheese to cement Peter’s arc. But as a whole, it gives this new Spider-Man a character of being a little guy in a big world that makes him refreshing and different, not a perfunctory third wall-crawler in ten years. It gives him an antagonist nominally devoted to the same notion of protecting the same average folk, with drastically different means that expose the fissures between them. And most of all, it affirms the worth of those parts of the world, the problems a little too small or prosaic to warrant The Avengers’ attention, and the people who live there and tackle those problems every day, with power, responsibility, and a little help from their friends.

I guess I should not be too surprised given the Spider Man character we saw in the latest Captain America but I have to say that I was, well, hoping for something else, as in something better.

If the producer/writer intended to make a Spider Man movie for kids, and I mean kids, not young adults but kids, then this movie is hitting the spot. It is an excellent action/adventure movie for kids. Unfortunately I am not really in that viewer segment and for me this movie was pretty bad.

The movie is childish. There is no other way to describe it. My memory of spider man is a quite serious young man with a sharp and witty tongue. Not the fumbling and childish Spider Man in this movie. His best friend may be a good computer geek but otherwise he is dumb as a door nail and just tiring to watch. His, supposedly adult handler is a screw up who, surprise surprise, is hanging up the phone because he cannot be bothered to listen to kids.

The FX may be good as FX goes visually but it was also the typical, nonsensical Hollywood rubbish like boats that stays afloat forever despite being split in half etc. etc. The talking Spider Man suit appears to be programmed by the same guy who wrote the childish script.

The main bad guy pretty much has zero charisma and is nothing but a simple thief. Same goes for his buddies.

The SJW crap spread out here and there in the movie, especially in the Washington Monument scenes, was unwanted and just pissed me off.

I am afraid that this movie missed its mark for me by a wide margin. I do not understand why it seems to be so bloody difficult for Hollywood to make a good Spider Man movie. I like Spider Man, the comics character that is, so I find the slew of substandard movies really disappointing.

The only reason it doesn't get less than two out of three stars from me is because, as a kids movie, it is not at all bad (except for the SJW crap). It wasn't what I was looking for though.

The Revisit the MCU Project (2021) #16 of 23

I might have been a little hard on this the last time I saw it. Something about "just a teenage comedy" might have slipped out. "Juvenile" was also a word.

I did also say it was a great story so...there.

Anyway...

Spider-man: Homecoming is a nice addition to the MCU. Especially since the fact that having Spidey in the MCU was never a given. I still feel it's a little juvenile, but then again...it's Spider-Man, isn't it?!? It's bound to be a little "teenageish".

Anyway...I enjoyed this rewatch a lot, and yes...Spider-Man has come home.

Old Review with a rating of 6

Spiderman: Homecoming is somewhat of a weird movie. It's supposed to be a big action MCU movie but ends up more like a teenage comedy.

The actors are good and the script is well written, but even though we get a few good action scenes, it tends to drag on a bit. Having said that, this movie has a better story than most of the latest MCU movies put together. It tends to be a bit juvenile, but hey...it's Spiderman...IN the Marvel Cinematic Universe no less. What did you expect?

Anyway...worth the watch. If for nothing else than to keep up with the MCU.

Let me start off by saying that Spider-man is my favorite comic book character and so everything I say is completely influenced by that fact. I won’t even try to hide it! I’ve kept this as spoiler-free as possible.

With that being said, it’s fairly obvious that Spider-man: Homecoming is by far my favorite Spider-man movie to date. Partially due to the fact that Marvel had it’s go at the web-head this time around, so the movie is, quite literally, a homecoming for the character. The initial attempts by Sony, although not terrible, were always lacking a sense of trueness to the source material thus it was refreshing to finally see a Spider-man that hit a little closer to the mark. Granted, not everything was ripped straight out of the comic books, however the film enlightened us with what everyone has known Spider-man, and his alter ego, Peter Parker, (Is it the other way around? Not to me) to be.

As I watched the film for the first time, I felt like a child; partly because I am mentally 12, but also because I was finally seeing the Spider-man I’d always wanted to see! To say Tom Holland did a fantastic job would be an understatement; he nailed his rendition of Peter Parker, and Spider-man; a feat that Andrew Garfield (Amazing Spider-man 2012), and Tobey Maguire (Spider-man 2002) weren’t able to execute. Additionally, the rest of the cast was fantastic; Zendaya (Michelle), Laura Harrier (Liz Allen), Jacob Batalon (Ned), did a wonderful job in their respective roles; providing the diversity required to portray a high school in Queens, NY, as well as contributing a fair amount of comedy that is always welcomed in a Marvel film. (For me, at least) They take some warming up to, I didn’t immediately enjoy them so just give them a chance. As for our villain, Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice 1988) as Vulture was menacing, yet his actions were understandable. Keaton was able to make a character I’d never really taken seriously and make him into someone I wouldn’t want to mess with. I’m looking forward to Marvel/Sony bringing these different villains to life. (Half-way hoping Quentin Beck AKA Mysterio makes it into the MCU because that would be amazing.) Lastly, I’d like to express my disapproval of Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, but it’s Marisa Tomei, so I can't really disapprove, thus I have no quarrels with the decision. (That’s all I have to say about that.)

The film flows through the story nicely, and does a great job at delivering a moment that left most people in the theater with their jaws dropped for a few second. It was an instance that made me particularly excited to be seated at the theater watching on opening night. Was the film predictable? Of course! It is a Marvel film after all (Although, I’m having trouble really seeing it as a part of the same universe as the rest of the films, but I’m hoping it’ll seem a little more natural come Infinity Wars.) and as much as I’ve loved every movie that’s been dished out since the dawn of the MCU, the formula is seldom changed. Despite that, it’s still one of the funnest Marvel films I’ve watched; second only to Guardians of the Galaxy, and just above Ant-man. The visual effects start off rough, however, I’m not one to really criticize that aspect of films unless it’s absolutely atrocious; they were fine, and not completely noticeable throughout the rest of the movie. I will point out that this film seems to have been color graded a tad better than most preceding films, save for Guardians of the Galaxy. (It’s such a beautiful movie.)

Overall, I loved the film and I intend to watch about 5 times over. I am highly anticipating what awaits our “Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man” in the upcoming films. How did you feel about it? Are there things you wished would have happened?

Side note: How cool would it be if Sony and Marvel were secretly planning a “Spider-verse” movie. They’ve already set up two different universes with their respective Spider-men, and have just introduced a third, with a potential Mile Morales character being introduced at some point. Having Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire reprise their roles briefly to face off against Morlun alongside Holland and any others would be an awesome cinematic experience. Will it happen? Probably not. How do I know? Because that would make me happy, thus it can’t happen. Still, one can dream.

• Ivan

Spider-Man: Homecoming is fun and funny. I like that it's a little like the Ultimate Spider-Man show where Peter wants to be an Avenger. While Tony makes him some costumes. The Spectacular Spider-Man like aspect is Peter's crush on Liz (Laura Harriet).
While Michael Keaton actually gave me chills at times as Adrian Toome/Vulture. Keaton managed to give us one of the better on screen Marvel villains. Probably also the best on screen Spider-Man villain since Green Goblin and Doc Oct as well.
Some casting is still questionable though. Tony Ravolori has funny moments as Flash but he made me want to see a real bully to show up and kick his ass. Like a Flash Thompson from the other movies lol. This Flash couldn't bully someone in a Disney Channel show.
I do get that this the 3rd Spider-Man film series though. So to try to come off fresher characters like Flash were now rewritten. I just hope they at least leave Jonah Jameson how he was written. Whenever he reappears finally.
Some changes to come off fresher is Peter having a best friend, Ned (Jacob Batalon). Ned is like Peter's Nick Frost. Yeah that makes Peter, Simon Pegg. They have some good chemistry and are quite funny together. Let's face it. Harry Osbourne is a bit played out at this point. So Ned is a refreshing best friend for Peter.
I enjoyed the movie but when people ask me how it was, I will probably just say "it was funny!" So that alone unfortunately doesn't make it the best Spider-Man movie I have ever seen. Since a lot of laughs are the most memorable thing about it.
Well despite fine work by Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and of course Robert Downey Jr.. Chris Evans also deserves some credit for those hilarious pep talk videos for High School kids. I still am not 100% sure Homecoming is the best Spider-Man film. It was very entertaining though.

The first few times I didn't like this film as I found myself comparing it to the previous versions of this character, but my most recent viewing has made me love this film as it is very accurate to the comic book character and Tom Holland (Spider-Man) is the best version of the character as he is both a great Peter Parker and a great Spider-Man. Also, the villain in this film is yet another excellent villain, which I am so happy that marvel has learnt how to build good villains, Michael Keaton (Vulture) absolutely steals the show in every scene with his character building such intensity throughout the film with him also being relatable.

Also, I like the side characters in this film as it really makes it believable that this is a school kid who has to live a normal life outside of being Spider-Man and he is a kid, which a lot of people forget as the previous films portray him as a high school kid who is his late 20s and I always found it hilarious as you never believe he is a high school kid. The only drawback of this film is it can sometimes feel a little Disney channel, but I think that works with the theme of this film.

Star Wars jokes, huh, Disney? Not trying to be subtle anymore?

It's a remake of Spider-Man 2. Now I know that's a dumb criticism to be made, because really, how many different stories for a Spider-Man movie can you do at this point? Well, actually a lot! There's how many fucking comic books stories from The Amazing Spider-Man and Spectacular Spider-Man that Marvel Studios and Sony could've pulled from? But NOPE. We get an almost scene-by-scene copy of Spider-Man 2 with Toby Maguire. And my biggest problem with that decision, is they didn't ever top that film once in the entire run-time. There's even a scene that directly mirrors the "Raindrops are falling on my head" scene from 2, where Parker is now an ordinary guy without the suit. What a joke.

Without comparing to the original movies, what are some positives? Tom Holland is a great choice for Peter Parker, and he sticks closer to the age and personality of the original comics. I love him from The Lost City Of Z by James Gray, so it was cool to see him get a big role like this. The spidey-suit upgrades were an inventive fun thing to watch, so that added a little humorous element to the story, even if it was a little too reminiscent of the Ant-Man we just got, but Tom Holland makes it work. A couple of the jokes landed really good, especially the acting from Jon Favreau, but there were multiple desperate attempts at using memes to get younger viewers to laugh, and that got annoying. Diego Tutweiller has an excellent essay about the "Humor of Juxtaposition" in Marvel movies, so go read that too. JMichael Keaton as the villain was a fantastic choice. He doesn't have any super-insane freak-out moments, but his intimidation was what made his character interesting. And also, with the way they wrote him, you can't really love or hate him. I was actually just a sliver sympathetic towards the end when he's explaining his actions to Peter Parker. But I never felt any of the dramatic weight that I did in the originals.

And this is where I get into my major problem with this movie and the other MCU movies. They feel so disconnected from the real world, that what they Avengers do have no effect on civilization and not a single person is affected by their actions. Why don't we get to see the reactions of people getting killed when a plane crashes into a city-scope tower? It's obvious people were harmed and killed, but why don't we see that? Because Marvel wants to keep their movies fun and accessible to wide-spread audiences. All the dramatic tension in every single Marvel movie I've seen so far, is so superficial and without consequence. Call me biased to DC all you want, I'm not, but at least in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, you see the effects that Superman's attack on Zod had on Metropolis and the world. You see the people who were affected by those actions, IE, the little girl who lost her mother, the employee at Wayne enterprises who lost his legs, etc. We never see anything like that in the MCU movies, Spider-Man Homecoming included. The only time it gets even close to this aspect is when Peter's Decathlon class is stuck in an elevator about to drop, or the ferry with people on it. But just like the other movies, it plays it up for laughs, so there's no serious weight to the situation, because you know none of them are going to be killed, and you don't see any people really cowering in fear. You know what would've made that ferry scene work even better? Seeing a mother protect maybe a child in her arms, and then seeing Peter Parker's reaction, realizing the gravity of the situation. But NOPE. We have a fat black guy say, "Yeah, go Spider-man!" What the fuck.

I firmly believe at this point no one will ever make a Spider-Man or superhero movie in general that tops Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2. Do people just not understand what made that movie so incredible? People sure like to praise, but do they really know why?

Considering how often Spider-Man has been filmed over the past fifteen years, the character really needs no further introduction. Marvel seems to agree, as they've completely omitted the standard origin story for the latest reboot (and merely glossed over it during his preceding appearance in Captain America: Civil War) to the benefit of everyone. Skipping the establishing shots and heading straight to the heart of the character - a high school kid, already in way over his head, who wants to fly with the Avengers - feels liberating and exciting, opening the door to all the good stuff that most other franchises would need an entire film's worth of development to earn.

It's completely tangled up in the preceding MCU films, perhaps more than any of the other properties, which not only works to validate some out-there story decisions but makes the whole family seem even more interconnected and relevant than it already was. The shockwaves of the Avengers' first brawl in downtown New York, for instance, are still being felt; in this case, they're indirectly responsible for embittering (and arming) a man who would use that scorn to become The Vulture. But despite the wide connections and thematic similarities, Homecoming is very much its own thing. The phrase "street level" tends to be overused, but I can't think of a better way to describe Spider-Man's role in things. Where Captain America worries over government corruption and Thor throws down with gods or dark elves, Peter Parker is giving directions to old ladies and doing backflips on rooftops to amuse hot dog vendors. That makes him more down-to-earth and light-hearted, which are both keys to what makes the character tick. New York lives and breathes in this film, dirty and foul-mouthed but endearing all the same, and that plucky give-no-craps attitude comes alive in its home-grown hero. Peter also looks, thinks and acts like someone who hasn't quite figured out who he is yet, balancing his urge to be a teen and do teen things with his sense of responsibility and excitement over his evolving set of powers.

Well-written, well-cast, well-acted and well-scored (seriously can't get much more spontaneously appropriate than the Ramones), Marvel's shown once again that nobody knows their characters better than they do. Tom Holland's Parker is appealing, witty, mistake-prone and worth rooting for. His supporting cast feels like a bunch of teenagers, not role-playing adults, and bring brilliant splashes of color to the film. Michael Keaton makes an excellent foil, sinister but not irredeemable. And the whole thing wraps up with one of the best parting shots in recent memory. It's not completely perfect, but in a way, that's almost fitting.

To my mind and I fully admit I’m not a comic-book fan in any way, shape or form but right from the get-go Tom Holland seems more Peter Parker like to me. He is young, he looks like a schoolkid, which I believe Peter Parker certainly was in his early iterations. So, from that starting point the film gets off to a good start.

Furthermore, Holland is likable and believable in the role of a young lad with super-powers who knows there is a whole world of serious super-heroes out there, but he is not quite that. Inexperienced and not sure of his place the storyline was believable and fun. So much so that Peter is very ordinary, he builds a Lego Death Star with his best friend, superbly played by Jacob Batalon, and frets about prom-dates, the whole nine yards.

There’s not dead Uncle in this story, not sure what happened there but we do get a rather youthful and frankly extremely attractive Aunt May, Marisa Tomei, so no complaints from me. She plays her brief scenes well and once again, as it appears throughout the film there is genuine chemistry with her young co-star.

The thread that holds the two Marvel film-types together is sometime director John Favreau playing Happy to the hilt with much miserable gusto and fun.

Michael Keaton as the Vulture brings some proper and believable motivation to the black hat in the story although his transformation from a hard-working company owner to a psychopathic murderer who would do anything for profit and gain is a huge leap in character arc.

The story zips along at a good pace and never seems to get bogged down and for once I was enjoying myself for the entire running time of a Marvel film and Spider-Man: Homecoming only lost me near the end when you get the inevitable long-winded, confusing, fighting scene as the climax to the story. It did not ruin it for me but for once can the just not give the stories something different.

All-in-all this film is not aimed at me, I’m not a Marvel Comics fan at all but it was a success, well filmed, mostly bright, fun and exciting, I watched it from beginning to end without my mind wondering on to other things.

I’m starting to get quite a list of Marvel Universe Films I quite liked now. Don’t get too excited though, it’s not even close to double figures yet.