My review of Spider-Man Homecoming
Intro: How is this a homecoming if Sony still has rights to
this character?
Spider-Man Homecoming: This movie takes place after the
events of Civil War, and Peter Parker/Spider-Man is trying to prove himself to
Tony Stark/Iron Man. He gets his chance when a gang is selling hi-tech weapons,
so Peter must stop them before these weapons fall into the wrong hands.
I’m glad Marvel Studios doesn’t have the rights to this
character because this movie is worse than anything Sony has done with
Spider-Man so far! You can say whatever you want about Spider-Man 3; that movie
tried to be about forgiveness, and you can laugh at how bad that movie is. This
movie is about nothing because it has nothing going for it. The movie feels like it's trying to be a John Hughes movie rather than a Spider-Man movie. I wouldn't mind this movie taking inspiration from his movies if this movie was subtle about it. The story would
have been OK if the screenplay and directing were good. The movie wouldn’t have
played out the way it did if it wasn’t contrived and stupid. Most of the
characters in this movie feel like extras because they have little to no
personality.
Speaking of characters, this movie committed character assignation
with Tony Stark and Peter Parker. I say that because this movie undermines Civil War by not dealing with the aftermath of it and ignoring plot points from that movie involving those two characters. Tony Stark being in the movie is problematic
because he’s stepping on Spider-Man’s toes. I'll get into that later. The movie also wasted the villains by not doing anything with them. Don’t get me started on the ending. The way it ended is a joke, and I mean literally. That’s what hurts this
movie; it focuses on telling jokes and celebrating Spider-Man being a part of the
MCU, then telling a compelling story. The reveal towards the end of the movie was suppose to have an emotional conflict, but it's wasted. Another thing Sony has done better than
this movie is the web-swinging. The web-swinging in this movie is bland
compared to the Sony films.
Peter Parker/Spider-Man is a shy, awkward, and impressionable teen. He can be sarcastic as Spider-Man, but we don't get enough of that. I wish I could say that he's bright, but he's only smart enough to make web-shooters, which isn't saying much. His ARC of him earning his strips, I didn't mind; however, there are two issues with it.
First of all, it makes Peter look disingenuous about doing good deeds. Second, it could have been written better. What drives me nuts about this character is that he did some things that could have put people in danger and exposed himself as Spider-Man. Also, he did things that his peeps should be upset with him, but they treat it like it's not a big deal. I'm also not crazy about his Spider-Man suit, not because it has a bad design, it's that it feels like an Iron Man suit, which makes him OP.
Ned Leeds (Peter's best friend) is a smart character in his own right. He also helps Peter with the Spider-Man stuff and is kind of his voice of reason. The only complaint I have with him is that his name should have been Ganke because that's who he is.
Flash Thomson is suppose to be the bully, but he's just a pain in the rear for no reason. All he does is say things to aggravate him.
Why is Zendaya in this movie if her character has less than one minute of screen time? When we see her, she says something and then leaves. Most of what she says is to annoy Peter. Does she like him? Do I really have to comment on her name?
Aunt May is eye candy in this movie. I'm not kidding about that; this movie reinforces how attractive she is for her age. Don't get me wrong, she does look good for her age, but I doubt she looks better than women who are in their 20s or 30s. Can someone pop Kevin Feige (The man behind the MCU.) upside the head. Aunt May is suppose to be a supporting character, how can she do that when the movie is sexually objectifying her? (No! I'm not trying to win brownie points with SJWs.)
Tony Stark/Iron Man is Peter's mentor in this movie, and a terrible one at that because he just watches him from a distance. He only shows up when he's in trouble. What bothers me about this character is that he berates Peter for going behind his back, but Peter is not in the wrong because Tony didn't take him seriously. If I were Peter, I would give Tony a left hook for treating me like this. I mean, he's good enough to fight the Avengers but not good enough to deal with street-level crime, screw you, Tony! If you don't think Peter can handle street-level crime, then why don't you deal with them? Do you see what I mean by stepping on his toes? Why is this a Spider-Man movie if the bad guy has beef with Tony instead of Peter, and you treat Peter like he's incompetent?
Adrian Toomes/The Vulture (the main villain) went from an everyday working man to a criminal. That's the problem I have with this character, I mean, were suppose to feel sorry for him, but he didn't have to go down this path.
I like that this movie has Spider-Man references, and we get to see the Avengers from the point of view of everyday people. Overall, this movie is a disservice to Spider-Man. Marvel Studios has a lot of work to do to prove that they can do this character justice in the next film.
Rating = Trash
