Spider-Man: Homecoming (Spoiler Free)
Director: Jon Watts
Writer: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
Cast: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa
Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier
Synopsis: Several months after 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
while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the
Vulture, emerges.
Review: The Marvel Cinematic Universe done did Spidey right!
The tone of this movie is so uplifting compared to the heavy/dark comic movies
we have been getting as of late. Walking out of this movie felt almost refreshing,
much like how we all felt walking out of the first Guardians of the Galaxy
movie. First things first though, I have to give a huge shout out to the
writers and the director of this movie. Thank You! Thank you for not making us
sit through another movie where we had to watch Uncle Ben die or Peter get bit
by a spider, not even a flashback. That
time was giving a better purpose to tell this story. So again, I say thank you.
The story isn’t the only part of this movie that makes it
great though, the casting for this movie was spot on. To start, Tom Holland has
a very good chance at becoming the best Spider-Man ever. This has to be the
closest rendition of Spider-Man to the actual comics that we have ever seen on
the big screen. To top it off the chemistry
between Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau, as Happy Hogan, was
great. The relationship between the three is so relatable at times that it is
pretty dang hard to not get some serious feels for Peter Parker. That being said, I am one of those people
that believe the villain makes the superhero. Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes
(A.K.A The Vulture) really took this character and gave it wings. Yes, I’m sure
you saw what I did there. Moving on, Keaton took a villain that could have
turned out to be extremely lame and made it work. Toomes perfectly fits under
the classification of “The hero of his own story” and it flat out works. While
there isn’t as much air time as you would expect for Tony Stark or Adrian
Toomes, it really helps the story take the time to show this as a Peter
Parker/Spider-Man movie. Also, Peter’s
friend Ned is a hoot and a half. Actually, in all honesty, I feel like Ned is
the character that represents how we all would react in this situation, down
right giddy and filled with really random questions.
All in all, this movie really is just a good time. While,
I’m not ready to pick between it and Sam Raimi’s 2004 Spider-Man 2, this one
definitely belongs in the conversation. Over all, the characters and the story
told makes this move shine bright, nothing was held back in the fights and the
emotions were real every step of the way.
It is going to be a lot of fun to watch Peter Parker grow up in this
world of superheroes. This movie is absolutely a must see!
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