Not very original, but still lots of fun

Rating: 7/10 (12 July 2017)

I got to hand it to marvel, they manage to spew out one good movie after the other. I don't think i have rated any of their movies bad the last 10 years, but a few have been mediocre.
Spider-man: Homecoming is good, but not exceptional in any way really. What we get is a story about a boy and a girl that is told the exact same way as hundreds of times before it. But even though it is quite predictable and unoriginal it has a lot of entertainment value.
To get some of the bad of my chest. There is not enough screen time for Micheal Keaton in this film, he does so well as vulture, and i just wanted to see more of him. But instead we see too much of his crew. That is a bad move, because this film has a lot to cover in 2 hours, even though we skip everything that made Peter Parker into spider-man in the first place, there is several stories that is being told here.
I think that they did a good job of cramming all the information into the film, but i can't by help thinking, the story should have been different. I just think we spend a little bit too much time with Tony Stark, and much of that time should have been with Keaton.
Tom Holland does a phenomenal job though, he is the right choice to play this role. He has a great wits about him, and he is playful and energetic, and nerdy. All the traits you need from Spidey.
Marisa Tomei is one of my all time favorite actresses, but in this film she doesn't have much to work with. If you have seen Marisa Tomei act, you know how good she is, and it is a real waste of talent to have so little time for her in this film. But since Keaton also has too little time, Marisa should probably just have been dropped from the film all together.
Marvel has done a great thing with the MCU, how they manage to web all these films together and keep it entertaining is truly admirable. But Spider-Man: Homecoming is a bit weaker than films like "The Avengers", "Guardian of the Galaxy", and "Captain America: Civil War". Maybe it also has something to do with all the spider-man films that has been released past 15 years. Maybe they should have just dropped the Andrew Garfield films and given spidey some time to become really interesting again. Because Spider-man: Homecoming feels oddly boring at times, even in some of the action scenes. It's the feeling of "Been there, done that, seen that".
But even though the film is weaker than many DCU films, it is not a bad film. It definitely has it's moments, and Holland is really fun to watch. And Keaton is damn good. You get 2 hours of pure entertainment, with all the action you'd expect from a Marvel film. And it is executed quite well, with pretty great cinematography, awesome special effects and great hero music. So the movie is not a downer, plenty to see here for all superhero fans.
7/10 - Good