Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) by Mrrickstur — 30 Jan 2020

This movie felt like any other Marvel movie, where they re-use the same narrative formula, but just plug in different characters. There's no bold changes to the character arcs or story, making it very predictable.

Fight sequences weren't shot very well, and weren't very memorable either. The jokes were cringy and not funny. Uncle Ben being replaced by Tony Stark is questionable, most of the characters were dull and unmemorable, and the sidekick is just not very interesting or funny.

There were also no mentions or scenes of spidey senses at all, which should be integral to a Spider-Man movie. But most of all, my biggest problem with this movie was Peter Parker's motivations. Rather than save people because of morality and responsibility reasons, almost everything he does is purely an attempt to impress Tony Stark.

It feels very out of character for Spider-Man and doesn't make for a very well-written character. Although I will say, Tom Holland is probably the best and most accurate Spider-Man to date, and the Vulture is a pretty decent villain.