Growing up, Spider-Man was my least favourite super hero in the Marvel universe, the whole reason I had my shower to go watch the new yet old version of Spider-Man was all because of the genius, billionaire, playboy and philanthropist, Iron man aka Tony Stark.
I’m delighted to say I liked this version of Spider-Man not just because of Tony but Tom Holland, his performance needs a standing ovation and I also give credit to the well-written script.
He played perfectly the 15-year-old and acted really well by getting into the character of Peter Parker.
I always found Marvel’s universe interesting. However it was getting predictable and a little boring and it was Civil War (where Tom was introduced) where the shared universe of super heroes was put to the test against each other, (when watching Civil War, I swear the whole cinema heard me say “Finally”) yes, I got tired of watching the heroes “save the world from ending”.
So Homecoming begins during the clean-up of the invasion of New York by aliens that took place in The Avengers, Peter grew up during the aftermath of the New York attack.
Mercifully, at no point do we witness a radioactive spider bite (the whole reason why Spider-Man was my least favourite, I do not like spiders). Uncle Ben’s death, has become tiring (no hate) and thank God we never got to see a string of pearls fall on the floor of a dark alleyway again, if you’re a fan you know what I am talking about.
The best move Marvel made with Homecoming was casting Tony Stark as the “father figure” furious at Peter’s abuse of his expensive new blue and red suit, (fun fact: the suit “Karen — aka Suit lady” is voiced by Jennifer Connelly, yes, wife of Paul Bettany who is the voice of *drumrolls Jarvis, Iron man’s suit which comes equipped with enough webs to take down an army.
The movie has colourful personalities like Peter’s best friend, who is a superhero fanboy who basically speaks for us Marvel nerds, and then we have Aunt May, who has evolved from an old lady into the sexy, sassy Marisa Tomei.
Peter’s high school struggles feel bigger than his crime-fighting, and that’s exactly the way it should be, he is nevertheless a teenager.
What I liked about this version of Spider-Man was that Peter was fairly underpowered and constantly struggling against enemies.
Peter’s hands down clumsy and he hasn’t gotten the hang of this hero thing yet, in most of the scenes he is seen doing what a teenager does best; making huge mistakes and damaging property, however, he learns.
He learns that there is a big difference between who you are and what you do. In one scene Peter says: “I’m nothing without the suit!” and Tony responded with: “If you’re nothing without the suit, then you shouldn’t have it.”
So yes, the movie was great and it would be a really good movie for the whole family to go watch.
