I've read other reviewers take issue with Tony Stark inventing a suit for Parker to use. This is a version of the Iron Spider armor Stark created for him in the Earth 616 universe. Ironically, it's when Spider Man and Iron Man end up on different sides during the comic Civil War, that he ditches the armor.
I've read other reviewers take issue with the supporting characters in Peter's world and school. They turned Flash into a nerd. They turned Aunt May into a younger woman. They left out the origin story (but we know that it's still a spider bit that gave him his powers. There are slightly racist reviews that take issue with the "diversity." Well first, the high school is in New York City, a very racially diverse city as everyone knows. We've already had 2 cracks at a Spider Man franchise, in very recent history, so the makers of Homecoming had a challenge on their hands: How to make this one feel very different.
They succeed and do it in such a way that Spider Man could now be re-launched for a generation. Holland could play him for decades. It is set up so that the Spider Man franchise can slowly distance itself from the larger Marvel CU but still dip its toe in once in a while. Now that the Iron Man and Captain America story arcs seem to be coming to an end, Marvel needs Spider Man, its signature character, to be able to live on for a long time--longer than any other character it's translated to film.
Spider Man: Homecoming is good. One reviewer pointed out, as an insult, that it was trying to be a John Hughes film. I thought that was an interesting point. I mean, it is a film about high school kids so why not? It pays a nice homage to (Hughes') Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and the kids are foul mouthed and a little bit too "real" at times. Many parents will not be comfortable with some of this content (myself included).
There is a great action scene in the 2nd act where Spider Man finds himself having to rescue his classmates from a failing, disabled elevator at the top of the Washington Monument. His only way in is one of the small windows near the base of the monument's peak. He is freaking out because he's never been up this high before. He has to overcome that fear and use the police helicopter that's hunting him to give him the thrust he needs to bust through. This is one example of why Peter Parker is an interesting character. He is, at this point in his story, still just trying to figure out his own life, and figure out his limitations.
Spider Man: Homecoming will be the beginning of a long series of films for Marvel, surely. Hopefully they keep Tom Holland in the role. He really gets it right. He can "grow up" into the role as the character advances in experience. But please no more reboots.
I've read other reviewers take issue with the supporting characters in Peter's world and school. They turned Flash into a nerd. They turned Aunt May into a younger woman. They left out the origin story (but we know that it's still a spider bit that gave him his powers. There are slightly racist reviews that take issue with the "diversity." Well first, the high school is in New York City, a very racially diverse city as everyone knows. We've already had 2 cracks at a Spider Man franchise, in very recent history, so the makers of Homecoming had a challenge on their hands: How to make this one feel very different.
They succeed and do it in such a way that Spider Man could now be re-launched for a generation. Holland could play him for decades. It is set up so that the Spider Man franchise can slowly distance itself from the larger Marvel CU but still dip its toe in once in a while. Now that the Iron Man and Captain America story arcs seem to be coming to an end, Marvel needs Spider Man, its signature character, to be able to live on for a long time--longer than any other character it's translated to film.
Spider Man: Homecoming is good. One reviewer pointed out, as an insult, that it was trying to be a John Hughes film. I thought that was an interesting point. I mean, it is a film about high school kids so why not? It pays a nice homage to (Hughes') Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and the kids are foul mouthed and a little bit too "real" at times. Many parents will not be comfortable with some of this content (myself included).
There is a great action scene in the 2nd act where Spider Man finds himself having to rescue his classmates from a failing, disabled elevator at the top of the Washington Monument. His only way in is one of the small windows near the base of the monument's peak. He is freaking out because he's never been up this high before. He has to overcome that fear and use the police helicopter that's hunting him to give him the thrust he needs to bust through. This is one example of why Peter Parker is an interesting character. He is, at this point in his story, still just trying to figure out his own life, and figure out his limitations.
Spider Man: Homecoming will be the beginning of a long series of films for Marvel, surely. Hopefully they keep Tom Holland in the role. He really gets it right. He can "grow up" into the role as the character advances in experience. But please no more reboots.