Very fun, light movie and great performance from Holland, but third act struggles

Rating: 6/10 (9 April 2018)

Spiderman Homecoming is a fun movie, and certainly worth watching. Holland does a phenomenal job and is charismatic and realistic in the titular role. The interactions and plot are reasonable, as the context and Parker were developed well. I did feel like many of the flaws that were lurking came out to full display in a lackluster third act. The villains were bland and didn't have any depth to them. As frequently happens, there were many implausible leaps, with Parker surviving and getting out of situations at will and the climax of the Avengers having 0 foresight and the bad guy thinks of everything, and then Parker takes the plane down by winning a fight with the vulture. His interactions with Stark also seemed a bit forced and not nuanced, with Stark being unambiguously angry and happy in the climaxes of the second and third acts, respectively. Parker's decision at the end also just seemed bizarre that he'd turn it down and not reach some sort of agreement. It felt like an attempt to show character development, but was just a "mature" decision contrary to what he had done to that point and was just a token decision to show a change. Many characters and elements of Parker's life were realistic and intelligently planned for, but the ending just felt like pure deus ex machina to make the Vulture seem unstoppable and then have Parker handily defeat it. Despite these issues, I did overall feel positively about it and found it enjoyable.