Hi guys
Here's a quick belated review of Spider-Man- Homecoming which I actually saw about 3 weeks ago on holiday in Cleethorpes with my daughter. Sadly been a bit busy and lazy.
Spider-Man is probably my favourite superhero of all time. I grew up with him in comics and cartoons and he was of a similar age to me.
So now this is the third incarnation of the character in just over 10 years which do I think is better?
Well the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man will always have a place in my heart as he was the first on the big screen. I even liked the third film in that trilogy.
I was gutted when a forth film was cancelled and I even had an idea which included Lizard and Kraven the Hunter and ended with the Venom sample from the third film being knocked on floor where it spawns a red version which sets up Carnage for the fifth and final film which would have had a lot of deaths and been a huge fight film.
But I digress then came The Amazing Spider-Man films which didn't live up to the Amazing part and it was too soon to do the origin story again. Andrew Garfield was good in the role though Sony messed them up.
Which brings us now to the new Tom Holland version of Spider-Man/ Parker in the Sony/Marvel shared universe. He premiered in Captain America Civil War and was great from the start. I loved Tom Holland's version from the off as a younger quirky unsure person which translates to this new film.
It is also great having Spider-Man engaging with other MCU heroes and the film starts with the geeky Parker filming himself with the Avengers at the airport fight then flying home with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) who tells him that he'll be in touch if needed and he can keep the suit he designed him instead of the rubbish one Peter made.
The film also ties in with the first Avengers film as a prologue shows the aftermath of the New York battle with Loki and his alien pals and the clean up crew being sacked. They take what alien technology they can and their leader Adrian Toomes does this to sell alien weapons. He dons a flying suit and becomes Vulture.
Micheal Keaton is great as the Vulture and one of my all time favourite actors and his character isn't truly evil.
The film has some great action set pieces as Peter struggles with his school life and his crime fighting ways as Spider-Man in which he is still getting used to his role. He also has help from his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) who spots him on his ceiling and their geeky banter is fun.
The rest of the cast are great including his hot Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) and Peters love interest Liz (Laura Harrier).
As well as Robert Downey Jr reprising his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man his bodyguard from Iron Man 1 and 2 Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) returns to keep an eye on Peter.
The film also has a link with the Deadpool movie by way of Ferris Bueller as Spiderman runs through loads of back gardens when no where to swing from and one house has the film on as he runs past.
There are some hilarious set pieces too including his new suit which has an on-board computer installed which I wasn't keen on at first as seemed like an Iron Man suit although makes sense because a fifteen year old wouldn't be able to make such a suit like in the previous films.
Overall - This has taken over as my favourite Spider-Man film and Tom Holland's naive performance as a quirky teen Peter Parker had already won me over in Civil War but is even better here as shows his vulnerable side.
Can't wait to see more of Spider-Man!
Bels Score - 7/10 the talky bits bored her
My Score - 10/10 the best Spider-Man and Marvel film to date
