The Best Spider-Man film since, well, since ever!

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2017)

Going into the cinema, I was worried that it was going to be another Spider-Man origin story- it pleasantly surprised me- in fact it was more of a film about a young boy who has a crush on a girl and who goes to a high school, but- on the side- he is Spider-Man. Tom Holland takes on the role from Andrew Garfield, who took on the role from Tobey Maguire, neither of whom were particularly believable Spideys, as they were way too old to be a fourteen year old, but Tom Holland is a believable Peter Parker. You could believe that he was a fourteen year old. He tackled the role fantastically- despite his accent being British- he did the American voice very believably. He also did his own stunts something that many of Hollywood's A List actors are too afraid to do in current times. Another fantastic performance was from Zendaya, when I watched the film I presumed that Ned was meant to be the comic relief, but, for me and the other people in the cinema she was, with her quotes on her having no friends, drawing people in misery and how the Washington Monument was built by slaves- this comment is laughed off by her decalathon teacher who looked toward a guard of the monument, who did pull a face which meant "She is right!". The guy who brought together the plot was Michael Keaton, some people hailed his performance in this film, whereas I came out of the cinema thinking it was very average- it was not a villain that I would remember like Loki, Red Skull or Ultron. Although I did think that the twist in which Peter went to the door to pick up Liz and the man who answered was Michael Keaton, Liz's father was very good. I liked the touch with Captain America being the PE teacher's back up for a teacher, the PE Teacher made the nice touch of saying that "I think he is a war criminal", also the end credit scene got a giggle- I am not sure it was worth the ten minute wait. In reflection, It was a good film, the best Marvel flick since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1, it had it's flaws, the fight scenes were too long and there should have been more of Donald Glover, the could've tied him in with the whole of the rest of the MCU- I was disappointed, also I liked Happy in other films- but I found him annoying in this film- he wasn't the usual Happy. Thank you for reading this review. What did you think of Spider-Man Homecoming? That is what I thought- Thank you!