Spider-Man Homecoming Review

Spider-Man Homecoming is a film about Spider-Man, obviously, so you can expect this review to be on a superhero movie. Like the other MCU movies before it, this movie follows some classic superhero cliches, like the disposable villain, which is the main villain of the movie, but is never to be seen in any sequel afterward, or the constant attempts to expand the franchise, like in the post credit scene, but this movie tries to channel the very essence that is Spider-man. In this movie Peter Parker is a kid in high school, and just starting out as a super-hero, something that the Spider-man in the original comics was. The movie makes Peter try to balance between his life as a high school teen and Spider-Man. Mind you in the movie he quits most of his clubs and activities just to go out everyday and be Spider-man. Also the fact that he's so young gives the movie it's charm, you'll find charming moments when Peter's hanging out with his friend Ned, or when he's doing his usually Spider-man routine, and talking with "Suit Lady". Tom Holland really embraces the role of Spider-man and brings a portray of Spider-man so close to the original source material. The movie takes in said source material and abides by it, but also manages to be a little spin to it, as any good adaptation should.

A little off topic but it seems like this past year has been Spidey's time to shine, the Spider-man franchise has been throwing out Spider-man stuff left and right, going from Infinity War, to the PS4 game, to Venom, the Spidey hype train is going to keep running into the coming years. And that's mostly the reason why I wanted to do this review, because Hollywood, and pop culture right now are really bringing out the best in Spider-Man, and to me that's exactly what this movie does. Throughout the movie you see Peter try his best to juggle his various responsibilities and promises, whether it be to Tony Stark or to his friends. When Peter ignore's his promise to Tony Stark, or his responsibility to show up to the decathlon in Washington, it only makes me root for him more, because he's sacrificing his life as Peter Parker to be Spider-man, because he knows only Spider-man can save the day, and he knows "with great power, comes great responsibility."The best example of this is at the end with the homecoming dance, Peter skips out on a date with Liz, which he's been trying for all movie, just to stop Vulture from stealing high grade technology, which he has also been trying to do all movie. To me, this just makes Tom Holland's take seems that much closer to being the best portray of Spider-man. To me, Spider-man is just a kid from queens, who has miraculously been given powers that can protect and save people, and because he doesn't take his powers for granted, he uses them to be greater than himself. Tom Holland really puts emphasis on this idea, and really puts the "Amazing" in "Amazing Spider-man."