(Tom Holland, Michael Keaton; 133 min; PG-13; 2017)
Well, this was a lot of fun. It may be the most fun I’ve had
watching a Spider-Man movie. I’ll have to go back and watch the Raimi ones to
check. It’s also one of the more fun MCU flicks IMO (I enjoyed it at least as
much as GotG).
Holland was excellent as a young, unsure of himself Peter,
despite having faced down Captain America recently (I liked that Tony pointed
out that if Cap had actually wanted to kick Peter’s ass, he would’ve done so).
Flash as a socioeconomic bully instead of a physical bully
was a brilliant change.
Spidey trapped under the rubble and getting out is one of
those “classic” images from the comics, but if any scene in the flick summed up
Spider-Man, I think it was him sitting out on the fire escape eating a churro
that a nice lady bought for him after he helped her. He’s your friendly
neighborhood Spider-Man: he’s never going to get the big flashy rewards and
recognition (especially while JJJ lives), but a small, simple bit of
recognition from the people on the street is pretty great.
Thinking on it, I can only really think of two things that
bothered me a bit:
1. Did I miss something in this and Captain America: Civil
War or does this version of Spidey not have spider-sense? I guess maybe
they’re going to have it slowly develop? Anyway, that grabbed my attention in
both flicks.
2. Aunt May. Dag nab it. Aunt May is supposed to be *old*,
not just 9 years older than me. I don’t have anything against Marisa Tomei, but
Rosemary Harris from the Raimi trilogy is what Aunt May is supposed to look and
sound should like.
Overall, this was a pretty great movie. The director, Jon
Watts, handled everything wonderfully. He had a fine grasp on both the large
and small scales of the character and setting. The story and script were
engaging and touching (bonus: not an origin story! Also, one of the story and
script writers was John Frances Daley – Sam Weir on Freaks and Geeks and the
terrific (and my fav char) Lance Sweets on Bones).
This is pretty much all I could want from a first Spider-Man
flick and I am very much looking forward to the next one.
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