Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) by Hendry L — 16 Oct 2017

This is the Spider man movie we have been waiting for years.

Now that Marvel has the Spider man character in the MCU we can finally get the proper portrayal of Spider Man done amazingly by Tom Holland.

The story is simple, yet it works perfectly for this younger high school Spider Man. Its about Spider Man wanting to be an proper Avenger like his idol Tony Stark. Seeing his struggle at being a hero yet trying to cope with high school is a side of Peter Parker that we haven't ever seen in a Spider man movie. His interaction with the others feel real and it is great.

The Villain Vulture played by Michael Keaton is a perfect casting. The Marvel movies have been known for their forgettable villains and for this movie the villain is significantly improved. He feels menacing yet has sympathetic qualities that makes us understand why the Vulture does what he does. The side Villain Shocker and the Tinkerer are also there but they ain't really focused on but this is actually fine since trying to focus on multiple villains like the previously awful Spider Man movies doesn't work and it is great Marvel didn't fall into this trap. A minor nitpick is that the movie never really ever states the villains name "Vulture" ever throughout the movie and that doesn't really make sense considering that the Shocker was mentioned.

The score for the most part does the job well and sets the tone of the scene. The only notable song has got to be the orchestral version of the famous Spider man theme and that was a really nice touch.

If there has got to be a flaw for this movie then it has got to be the action scenes. The action scenes in the movie are not bad by any means but they are relatively tamed and not super memorable like Spider Man 2 fight on the building or the train.

Overall, it is just great to finally have Spider Man back home.