Spider-Man Homecoming is the first Spider-Man co production between Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios and sees Peter Parker (Tom Holland) continue trying to be both Spider-Man at night and Peter the high school student during the day but when a mysterious man with wings known as the Vulture (Michael Keaton) starts stealing high tech weapons for his criminal schemes it’s up to Spidey to stop him though Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) would rather he stay close to the ground.
This new Spider-Man film is actually pretty good fun its well made by director Jon Watts and moves along at a nice pace despite its 2hr and 15min runtime firstly Holland simply embodies the role at this point and while I really liked Andrew Garfield he did not have the support Holland has had to really shine in the role and every time he’s on screen you really get behind him.
I also liked seeing Jon Favreau again as Happy Hogan and Downey shines in the small screen time he has plus what the film does really well is create a picture of modern day New York in terms of Peter’s high school life it really feels like this is what a New York City high school would look like today and though Zendaya doesn’t get a lot of screen time she does have some good lines.
As for the villains (my main pet peeve of this entire genre) this is where the film does start to fall over for while they were okay but it’s really only due to Keaton that the Vulture really sticks out as on the page he comes across as a bit of a dullard.
And Spider-Man unlike the Avengers actually does have a good Rogues Gallery to draw from but alas Marvel Studios has struck again and their villain problem makes even this look dull and forgettable at times and I know I’ve said it before but it’s worth repeating it until I turn blue in the face but they simply cannot afford to let this happen to Thanos in the upcoming Infinity Stones films because if it does it could have devastating consequences for the entire MCU.
The other big problem is that despite being well made and good fun which it is there’s really little new here if you have seen any of the previous Spider-Man or Iron Man films as the themes of Peter balancing both identities, great power meaning great responsibility and whether it’s the suit that makes the man and vice versa play out here and it’s certainly not bad but just feels like been there seen that for the most part.
And so that was Spider-Man Homecoming a fun and well made Marvel Studios film but also very much a been there seen that kind of film, 3 out of 5.
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