Is this the worst Spider-Man movie ever made? No but its damn close!!!

Rating: 4/10 (23 October 2017)

Spider-Man has always been my favourite superhero and the Sam Raimi trilogy, in my opinion is still the definitive Spider-Man series, it may not be perfect but it's still the best series. I'll keep it short with the Amazing films, I did not like either film and Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man/Peter Parker felt miscast it was a doomed reboot from the start.
So now, we finally get to have Spider-Man within the Marvel cinematic universe as was shown in the previous Captain America movie, Civil War. This version stars Tom Holland as the web slinger, and from what I saw in Civil War, the new Spider-Man did really well, I enjoyed his comic sense of humour and he seemed strong enough to take on both Falcon and the Winter Soldier without breaking a sweat, until he faced Captain America of course.
With that, I was expecting Homecoming to be a decent solo movie for everyone's friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, and for the most part it's just OK, nothing special and certainly not a movie to re-watch in a hurry. Listen, I can accept changes with the source material and I am totally fine with diversity, but if you're going to change famous characters, at least make the characters likable (the new MJ for instance) and closer to the actual character (yes I'm referring to the much younger Aunt May) and don't even get me started on the new Flash Thompson.
But even with these inconsistencies, there is quite a lot wrong with this interpretation of Spider-Man, if you grew up with the original animated Spider-Man series from the 60's to the 90's, then you will immediately recognise a lot of mistakes with this version. Did I like the movie? To an extent yes, it's a decent movie, but its not a great movie as many other reviewers have claimed, some have even praised it the best Spider-Man movie ever, that's way OTT (much like the overly praised 'The Dark Knight' movie).
While some have criticized the inclusion of Iron Man, I think he was necessary for this film and besides Tony Stark is such a great character, he provides the father figure to Peter since Uncle Ben is not even referenced in this interpretation, I did enjoy Michael Keaton's Vulture and I feel he was the saving grace for this movie overall. Now it's time to wrap this review, this Spider-Man movie will definitely keep the youngsters happy, but if you're a long timer who has watched previous movies and animated series, then you will find this movie disappointing.
Is it better than the dull Amazing series? I think so but it doesn't touch the brilliance of the original trilogy with Tobey Maguire.