This is the third series of movies to focus on Spider-Man directed by Jon Watts. First was Toby Maguire in “Spider-Man” (2002), Andrew Garfield in “The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012), and now we have Tom Holland in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017). I’m happy to say that this film satisfied me tremendously. First with the fresh take on the character by casting a much younger actor who can pull off a teenager very well, and by incorporating him seamlessly into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which started with “Captain America: Civil War” (2016).
He is both innocent and immature, and has superpowers at the same time that makes him a very inexperienced and lovable character to follow. He sees a crime happening, gets involved, and causes more trouble for everyone in the process. If you know Batman, and what he does to criminals in a usual night out in the city, imagine a fifteen-year-old trying to do the same thing just weeks after becoming a superhero with no training. You will laugh until you keel over.
Michael Keaton’s character Vulture is an understandable one and I think to be the best villain in the MCU so far. He’s a guy who was cheated out of his business by Stark Industries and feels justified to turn to a life of crime. He’s not an evil villain. Most villains in superhero movies have been branded as all out evil and psychopathic monsters who don’t care about anything or anyone. That’s not the case with Vulture. He’s not motivated to wipe out an entire race, destroying the planet, or conquering the universe. All he’s accomplishing is earning a living for himself and his family. Keaton is the kind of actor who can show that he’s a down to earth kind of guy that we can all relate to in one way or another.
A new Spider-Man, a new director, a new villain, and a new universe is what this franchise needed to successfully put him back into the highlight of superhero movies. He’s been set into future movies, and doesn’t overpower anybody or anything that would contradict his stay in the MCU. Marvel proved that in Civil War, and Sony and Marvel’s shared Spider-Man has been a benefit for everybody who loves the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
Tom Holland in “Spider-Man Homecoming”
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