The usual super boring Marvel recipe

Rating: 4/10 (7 July 2017)

I have an issue with Marvel movies, which is also why I love DC movies with the exception of WW.
They follow this recipe of super simple stories, incredibly politically correct characters and sub standard humour. The kind of things you don't need to worry about spoiler as you see them coming miles away.
The peak of this for me was Civil War which I found absolutely terrible with a story that made absolutely no sense whatsoever with Tony Stark having an 180 degrees turn on his character , going from what he was to a polar opposite and all it took was 1 photo.
This movie follows this recipe, the story is no BVS , its super simple even a 3 year old kid could easily follow. The humour fails as usually with some notable exceptions. The characters are super flat , the dialogue lame.
Spiderman also suffers from Tom Holland's acting. Tom like Tobey is just not the right person to play Spiderman, but there is a huge difference, Tobey was and still is a very good actor. The reason I say this is because you cannot have an average intelligence kid , which is afraid and confused and at the same time you give him incredible superpowers and try to convince me he is also super smart. It just does not compute. Tom acting is hindered by the nonsense structure of his character but his acting is not good enough (unlike Tobey) to take this further.
Tom's character is ignorant, naive , not that bright which is what puts other people's lives in risk etc etc (again no spoiler, this is clearly stated in the trailer). Yet we see the same corny comeback of him becoming brave and smart in the end.
Essentially what I am saying is that if you are a comic book fan, or like me a huge fan of Spiderman and you were raised in the 80s go watch the movie but be prepared. Its exactly the polar opposite what Spiderman was back then.
Back then Spiderman was very dark (helped by the fact that the comic also was black and white) , it had minimal humour, Spiderman was a super smart super cool teenager, that was no cry baby and definitely not politically correct. The stories were incredible deep and complex and he was very strong because he has too to take down some very powerful enemies.
Also another issue I had in this movie is that they have really toned down Spiderman's powers. Generally speaking in the movies we see a toned down Spiderman anyway , in comics his strength is so large that he battles with ease against Hulk in many occasions. In this movie he is a lot weaker even when compared with the other Spiderman movies which make some sense (very little) in part because they had to fit in Iron Man in the movie.
The only reason I gave this a 4 is Michael Keaton performance as a villain though at times I pity the guy because his character is so flat and boring yet, Michael because he is such amazing actor he manages to make everything look cool and I have never been a fan of Vulture (comics), yet I really loved him.
Maybe there is reason behind this that Marvel studios see Spiderman as a future replacement for Iron Man, there is no such indication in the film but we all know that RDJ cannot be Iron Man forever. Probably with a more mature version of Spiderman.
Again the end is incredible stupid, I will give no spoilers because I don't want to ruin anyone's experience but the way Spiderman defeats (?) Vulture left me with a WTF moment not as large as Civil War but was close. You have a villain that kick Spiderman ass, again and again and in the end you have that reversal of Spiderman going from stupid to smart and Vulture from average intelligence to brain dead.
I am not marvel hater, I put Age of Ultron (huge fanl) up there in the top of my list together with Spiderman 2 , Iron Man 2, Guardians of the Galaxy 1 +2, Dr Strange, Amazing Spiderman 1 + 2 (especially the second one) and Ang Lee Hulk.
I have no doubt this will be a massive success for Marvel , if you loved Civil War you will love both this and WW because both follow the same recipe but if you did not , I doubt you will like this either.
I really liked also the new suit, as long as they don't make it any more Iron Man , I am fine with it. Vulture again was awesome. If Spiderman 3 was a 2/10 , this for me is 3/10 but it is boosted by Michael's and RDJ acting that so desperately needed to keep me slightly interested. I do not regret watching it, I found it enjoyable but obviously I did not love it either.