Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) by Matthew G — 09 Jul 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming.

I agree with The Economists review.

"Spider-Man: Homecoming" was not amazing.

The film was an Iron Man movie, not a Spider-Man movie and this is an amazing mistake. Let's go over the differences. The Iron Man story is about physics and the American spirit of capitalism and innovation. Tony Stark, the man behind the Iron Man suit is a flamboyant billionaire who invents gadgets and new technology. In fact, Tony Stark is based of the flamboyant billionaire Howard Hughes. The theme of Iron Man is money and creativity. Iron man has unique abilities to concur evil because of his enormous amounts of money and genius allowed him to create a special suit. Because of this special suit, his superpowers are acquired.

In comparison, Spider-Man is a story about genetics. Spider DNA somehow mixing with human DNA has occurred in a man. The mans name is Peter Parker of New York City. Spider-Man has a unique ability to concur evil because of genetics. He has some of the same abilities of a spider because of the spider DNA mixing with his own. Because of a genetic mutation, his superpowers are innate.

Now, In "Spider-Man: Homecoming" it's all horribly mixed up. You have a Spider-Man film that doesn't touch on the science of genetics once in the script. And, Spider-Mans powers, so to say, are in large measure because of a special suit that Iron Man has made for him. This is stupid. It shows a lack of understanding about the fundamentals of the science and story behind the Spider-Man and Iron Man characters. Spider-Man's unique ability to fight crime has been acquired because of a super suit Tony Stark made with a drone on his chest and an augmented reality heads up visual display? Really?! Give me a break!

A great Spider-Man flick, should be heavily concentrated on the science of genetics not a suit Tony Stark made.

Moreover, where are the iconic New York City scenes? Where are the camera angles that show the point of view that Spider-Man would see as he swings though NYC giving the audience an almost VR experience?

Micheal Keaton is a great actor, perhaps one of the greats of our time. Hannibal Buress was absolutely fantastic in his role. But, the rest of the cast was... Can anyone really say they enjoyed looking at Jacob Batalon for two hours? How did Zendaya make it though casting? Laura Harrier is Spider-Man's love interest? And why is Spider-Man once again played by a British actor? I love the UK, but for integrity purposes Spider-Man could have be played by an American. Preferably a New Yorker. There are tons of qualified kids out of NYU.

Contrary to what The Economist Spider-Man review says, teenagers are not annoying. But creating an Iron Man film because you can't come up with a decent Spider-Man script is.