Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) by Kean Hooi T — 08 Oct 2017

Spidey's second reboot still a charm.

By: Teh Kean Hooi.

From Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield to now Tom Holland, we have seen plenty of Spiderman on the silver screen. So most if not all the people out there would be wondering how this latest reboot of our friendly neighbourhood Spiderman actually fares.

It is great to see that Marvel Studios is taking the lead on this latest reboot and I am glad to say that it does not disappoint. Holland played the 15-year-old teenage superhero role really well and he is all we can hope for to see in this teenage Spiderman. He is young, dreams big but reckless.

The supporting cast is as strong. Ned Leeds, played by Jacob Batalon is a wonderful and goofy sidekick to Peter in the film. He totally owned the "man in the chair" role. Adrian Toomes also known as The Vulture, played by Michael Keaton is a decent villain where his motivation is clear and simple, his family.

The theme this time basically centres around two things: growing into adulthood and American capitalistic system. We see a young untrained webslinger seeking to find his place in the bigger part of the world. He craves to be a member of the Avenger and he is trying to prove to Tony Stark that he has it in him to take on missions.

In an argument with Parker, Stark replied him with "If you're nothing without the suit, then you shouldn't have it." It is a statement as powerful as the ever classic "With great power comes great responsibility." The formal is telling us that we must be able to make full use of what we are capable of to achieve greatness even when situations are tough.

Toomes blames the world for his resort to crime. When Parker confronted him towards the end of the film, he highlighted a couple of fair points on what capitalism did to people like him. Still, it does not justify his deeds.

Ever since Iron Man 2 (2010), the colour grading for Marvel movies have been rather poor as they shot everything on digital and gave us a flat looking end-product. The positive change of the colours has kicked in since Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017) and although Homecoming still has a grounded feel to the whole colour palette, it sets the right tone.

One could also criticise that the soundtracks in Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) are ever so generic. They did make an effort to include the classic Spiderman tune into the mix so it is an automatic "A" for effort.

With a reboot as playful, cheeky and humorous as this, I am certain that Marvel gets everything they do right and the best thing is they are improving. The subtitle "Homecoming" truly befits the successful return of the franchise to the Marvel Studios.

Hence I am definitely looking forward for more awesome addition in the MCU. As Israelmore Ayivor would say in his Daily Drive 365 book, "Your (their) future is very bright.".

Overall score: 4 out of 5.

"VERY GOOD".