“You need to understand, I will do anything to protect my
family. I know you know what I'm talking about.”
I remember back in
2002 I was overly excited that I got a seat at the sold out midnight showing of
Spider-Man. I was blown away and happy that Spider-Man was finally on the big
screen. Then two years later I was even more blown away by the sequel and I
will always consider it the dark knight of the Marvel films. After Spider-Man 2
the later films just became bleh. Then Spider-man showed up in Civil War and
the Spidey craze resurfaced. Afterwards they announced Spiderman: Homecoming. I
was hesitant, but excited. Now Spiderman: Homecoming isn’t bad, but it isn’t
fantastic either in my opinion.
I’ll start with the
good. Michael Keaton as Toomes AKA the Vulture was the best part of the film.
He was a salvage operator trying to make money off cleaning the alien debris
from the alien invasion that occurred in “The Avengers”. He’s the little guy
trying to keep a roof over his family’s heads. A guy we can root for, but he’s
tossed aside by none other than Tony Stark who created the Department of Damage
Control. Toomes is a man that doesn’t have any other options left. He’s deep in
debt because he put tons of money in this job that he no longer has. So in a way society forced him into a life of
crime and he will do everything he can to provide for his family. So I don’t
think he’s a forgettable villain like most of Marvel’s villains. The Vulture is
a well thought out character and his motivations are interesting. The other
good thing about the film is the final fight between Vulture and Peter, but I
noticed there wasn’t really a lot of hand-to-hand combat between the two.
Now onto the bad
bits. Spider-Man at times doesn’t feel like Spider-Man. The character felt
downgraded to an Iron Man wannabe. Peter spent most of the film sucking up to
Stark and Happy. Peter just seemed too needy and childish. Iron Man’s tech even
dominates the film, I don’t really like the idea of a Jarvis type of Spider-man
suit. I was also expecting some “Spidey-sense” to happen because I mean come on
it’s a Spider-Man film. So he has no Spidey-sense because well now he has Karen
to do everything for him.
Then there are the
minor characters. This is where I will say… “What the hell man?! That’s not
Flash Thompson. That’s some wimp that simply says a few cruel things!” Lots of
the audience walking out laughed about Tony Revolori playing Flash. Flash is
supposed to be a bully and him repeatedly saying “Penis Parker” isn’t really
intimidating. Don’t get me started Zendaya’s character. Some of the acting is
horrendous and at times I thought I was watching a B movie version of a John
Hughes film.
I wanted to love
this film like I did Raimi’s first two Spider-Man films and I’m surprised
people say this version is better than Spider-Man 2 since that film had
everything you look for in a superhero film. Spider-Man: Homecoming doesn’t even
come close to Spider-Man 2. It’s full of forced jokes, bad dialogue, decent
acting, and way too much Stark tech. Just feels like Marvel Studios sees
Spider-Man as a replacement for Iron Man since Robert Downey Jr. can’t stay
Iron Man forever. All-in-all the film is decent.
3.9 out of 5
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