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,…

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,…

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…

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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,…

MCU Rewatch - Road to Infinity War

Directed by: Jon Watts

Written by: Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley, Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers

Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jacob Batalon, Laura Herrier, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr.

Years after the events of The Avengers, Adrian Toomes leads an underground group selling Chitauri weapons. He builds a Vulture-like suit and steals the weapons and sells them to the highest bidder. High school student, Peter Parker, must find a way to stop Toomes and also be a regular teenager.

It took about 6 writers to come up with the screenplay and amazingly, it worked out. The story is solid, no convoluted plot to overshadow…

MCU Pre Infinity War Marathon #14

I really liked Homecoming this time around.  I found this to be rather disappointing the first time around but this time I was simply entertained by it through and through. The tone is so fun and bubbly and Tom Holland really makes for a loveable Peter Parker. This movie delivers on Civil War’s promise of a more grounded Spider-Man. 

Random thoughts:
- The trailers for this really did an injustice to it as they showed off every major action beat. I felt like I’d already seen the movie before I sat down to watch it. 
- Tony Stark’s inclusion didn’t bother me as much this time around. It probably helped that I marathoned these…