Spider-Man Learning The Ropes

Rating: 6/10 (1 November 2017)

(Flash Review)
This was OK and mildly entertaining but didn't leave a strong impression on me. Sure telling the tale of how a young Spider-Man learns his craft is part of the character's history and should be told but most of the movie was a clunky Spider-Man fumbling around, which was amusing, sort of funny and a change from the norm but it wasn't amazing by any means. For me, the boy tended to get a bit grating as he was a little whiny and the jokes were only of smirk level. I did not buy the love interest and their emotional connection as well as the school kids interactions as they all felt rather forced and fake. I also didn't believe the Washington DC special police force would not have heard of Spider-Man by now as they tried to halt his rescue progress on the Washington Monument. There were some neat action scenes, the acting was solid as well as a decent plot twist but thinking back on it, the plot twist wasn't very original. Fluffy fun but nothing more.