Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) by Kai B — 21 Jul 2017

One of the better Marvel Cinematic Universe films, this version of Spider-Man is still outmatched by Sam Raimi's trilogy in my opinion; however, it does supersede its previous incarnation in its abundance of humour while matching the charm of the originals. Tom Holland is great as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and delivers a pretty compelling performance. In the scene where he is trapped under a pile of rubble, I felt the tension as he struggled in his own claustrophobia. I also enjoyed the establishment of the Vulture into film, which I had not expected to have an entertaining outcome; Michael Keaton really pulled through in his performance.

I had some detractions, though. One thing I did not enjoy was the film's overabundance of deus ex machina. I also didn't enjoy the Vulture's origin story; I felt indignation in his initial injustice, instead of the likely intended feeling of animosity towards him as he punched his opposer, which I thought was pretty righteous. There was also an unfired Chekov's gun in the weapon used to kill Vulture's crony, Brice, as its essentialness to the progression of the plot in its short appearance was trivial at best.

Either way, it's still a fun, funny movie that gave me my money's worth. At least I think it did.