Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
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The truth is that there shouldn't be disappointment. I should, by no means, feel disappointed. But, leaving the theater I was confronted with this completely overwhelming feeling of utter tiredness and sadness. After seeing the movie I was messaging one of my friends who asked why it's so poor and why I disliked it so much and my exact words were, "t's more MCU garbage but this time it's Spider-Man and it feels fucking personal". That big, fat 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, the incredibly positive consensus on social media, it just proves that Marvel has won, they've won over everyone, critics and audiences alike, with their openly corporatized, overly-produced piece of modern-era junk. It proves that, for the time being,…
When you cut through all of the spandex and special effects, superhero movies are really just high school movies with bigger muscles, bigger budgets, and bigger constraints. Indeed, the best moments in the giddy, fitfully entertaining “Spider-Man: Homecoming” are the ones that gleefully conflate the likes of Stan Lee and John Hughes, delighting in the extent to which both of their signature genres tend to revolve around emotionally unsure young people who are struggling to juggle their double lives.
“Homecoming” takes Peter Parker all the way back to his sophomore year, (re)re-introducing the endlessly rebootable web-slinger (a wide-eyed and overeager Tom Holland) as a 15-year-old pipsqueak who splits his time between anchoring the the academic decathlon team and auditioning to…
A John Hughes-esque coming-of-age movie, disguised as a friendly neighborhood adventure from the MCU; Spider-Man: Homecoming is more about growing up, and less about saving the world.
With no loyalties to the Peter Parker role, I'm cool with Tom Holland. His Spidey is different, and in a way, refreshing. I like how the origin story is skipped, and instead, we dive head into the day-to-day adventures of a semi-awkward, fifteen-year-old. I'm more interested in the growth of Peter Parker, than the development of Holland's Spider-Man Spidey-Powers. I'm still undecided about the way Spidey looks in his costume. To me, he looks more like a CGI goofnut, than an Avenger. But, how many kids get to have Jennifer Connelly on standby,…
the mcu is like the man in my life who I always tell my girlfriends "oh I'm over his ass!" but then he hits me with a "you up?" text and I respond literally seconds later.
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Some mumbo-jumbo:
- Listen, I know having Spider-Man back with Marvel is a big deal and all, but if he's just being pushed into a corner with crayons while Robert Downey Jr. and his loud Avenger friends go off and fight the big battle toys, why not leave them out of the world of the friendly neighborhood arachnid entirely?
- To simplify: This is "technically" a Spider-Man movie, and Spider-Man is in most of it. That's nice at least, and Tom Holland is still a vibrant splash-page of joy in terms of charisma.
- Action fails, comedy and characterization soars. It's upsetting to see how weightless and artificial the movement is in all of the superhero beats. A lot…
I'm glad this movie exists because it's another reminder that Sam Raimi's first two Spider-Man films are in a league of their own.
Michael Keaton is awesome, but sadly VERY underutilized. Marvel, you have MICHAEL KEATON playing a villain in your super hero movie! How does he not get so much more screen time!? His backstory is really good. He's a very sympathetic villain. Definitely my favorite villain of the MCU thus far. I just wish he was in the movie A LOT more than he was. The moment with him and Peter was great though.
Tom Holland is quite good as Spider-Man. However, I enjoyed him much more in Captain America: Civil War. He's super reckless in this movie,…
Marvel seem to know exactly what they're doing these days and have got the formular down pat for making fun, crowd pleasing movies. It almost seems like they aren't in danger of making a bad one, although also not likely to make an incredible one unless they take a few more risks. Spider-Man is another example of good-but-not-great crowd pleasing fun.
it was nice to see a ~woke film with a diverse cast but that's the only remarkable thing about it
i went to see it cause of the hype & did not disappoint. tom holland is adorable and michelle is one of the best characters and deserved more screentime :)
Homecoming (mostly) understands what makes Spider-Man a great character in the first place. The film manages to capture the adolescence of Peter Parker so well, but sometimes forgets the impactful (and even horrifying) consequences of being a hero. A superior entry in the MCU, nonetheless.
I can't write an objective review about this since I am in love with Tom Holland and am a huge MCU fan.
This movie wasn't perfect but I loved it. 8,5 out of 10 stars.
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