Watts captured the essence of the Spider and understood that following Peter Parker's human dramas is much more fun and exciting than seeing big epic explosive battles

Rating: 8/10 (15 March 2020)

With the story of several superheroes having been established previously, one important member of the Avengers in the comics spoke, and certainly one of the most popular. Spider-Man was created by editor / writer Stan Lee and writer / artist Steve Ditko, and his first appearance was in the anthology book Amazing Fantasy # 15 (August 1962) and gained even more popularity with previous film adaptations, especially the trilogy directed by Sam Raimi.
Since their film rights are tied to Sony, only now have Sony and Disney made a deal for Spider-Man to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tom Holland made his debut as Spider-Man in the 2016 UCM film, Captain America: Civil War, before now starring in his own film, directed by Jon Watts, who had previously been featured with the interesting Clown (2014) and The Vehicle (2015), in addition to writing short films and television series. With this agreement, the subtitle of the feature "Back to Home" never made so much sense, referring to one of his stories in the comics and, also making this reference with the return of the character to his home, Marvel.
The most interesting thing about this script written by twelve hands by Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, is how he manages to draw parallels and make all the connections with other Avengers films, even the insertion effective Spider-Man has occurred late, only in the final phase of phase 3 of the Marvel universe in theaters. Right off the bat, we've gone back eight years in the chronology of the universe, right after the battle of the newly revealed to the world, Avengers, against the alien race Chitauri in New York. Right away, we are already introduced to one of the best known villains in the comics, the Vulture / Adrian Toomes, played here by the always great Michale Keaton, who was once on the other side of the story, as Bruce Wayne, Batman.
Right away, we already know the villain's motivations, with the loss of a millionaire contract with the city to clean the city after the battle with the aliens for the joint venture formed by Stark Industries with the federal government, with the Control Department of Damages starting to supervise the collection and storage of alien materials. From then on, still having possession of an amount of alien technology in hand, Toomes begins to create his hyper-technological flying suit and to earn money by selling this technology to all types of criminals. All of this also awaits revenge with Tony Stark, amid preparations to move to the new headquarters of the Avengers. There is a human history there. The old bank robber, created in The Amazing Spider-Man # 2, undergoes a humanizing adaptation, becoming a figure with more understandable motivations here, even though greed has gone up in the character's head more and more after so long . join him and are gaining prominence throughout the film other enemies already well-known from CabeÃ§a de Teia, such as Shocker, Scorpion and the Builder, all with their well-defined purposes and a lot of work with the scraps of the chitauri that destroyed part of Manhattan in the first Avengers.
Right at the beginning, it is interesting to see behind the scenes of the first scenes we saw of the hero together with the other Avengers, in 'Civil War' where the Friend of the Neighborhood is recruited for the first time by Tony Stark, who takes him to help him in the confrontation against Captain America and his allies in Berlin, in the famous airport sequence, with more than a dozen heroes meeting each other. These backstage are revealed through a cell phone, through the eyes of the teenager Peter Parker, showing all his dazzle and a lot of excitement in participating in all that alongside the Avengers. And it is in these scenes that we can, right from the start, have more of the always priceless interaction between Peter Parker, Tony Stark and Happy Hogan. It is precisely this chemistry and interaction between two super-sharp actors for comedy like Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr and all this dynamics explored in some moments of mentor and pupil is one of the ingredients that make the film work. Despite the participation of Iron Man in key moments of this film, it is great that the film does not rely on the already established and popular Iron Man. Tony Stark is key to mentoring the young and still wandering arachnid hero and being the link between the film and the Avengers universe. The film is of Spider-Man all the time and it is he who is actually the protagonist here.
Having made this quick and efficient presentation of the villain, the script begins to set our hero in the world in which he lives two months after the events of 'Civil War'. Peter is an ordinary, superintelligent high school student who lives with his aunt May (Marisa Tomei). He is Ned's best friend (Jacob Batalon), and has to deal with the bullying of the Flash school bully (Tony Revolori), with the antisocial and sarcastic friend Michelle (Zendaya) and the passion he has for Liz (Laura Harrier), the captain of his Academic Decatlon team. In the meantime, he continues to await a new call from Tony Stark to join the Avengers while continuing to help people in "not-so-heroic" acts, thinking he could help more, on a really important mission. We followed Peter Parker's life at school and the problems that adolescence brings to a boy who, between chemistry and Spanish classes, wants to use his powers responsibly. There are also comical situations in which he ends up getting involved by pure immaturity. We see him falling in love with the high school girl, the school dance, the school's friends and rivals, the dilemmas and consequences. With references to 'O Clube dos Cinco (1985)' and 'Curtindo a Vida Adoidado (1986)', neither Spider-Man nor The Spectacular Spider-Man adopted high school as an organism as alive as Homecoming. The day-to-day life of high school still sounds pretty exhausting for Parker, but not at all boring for the public
When faced with real criminals using high tech weapons at a bank ATM, Peter begins to investigate the sale of this type of technological weapons by a band of criminals, which leads him to follow the Vulture. From that point on, we can see Peter dealing with the discovery of new features of his uniform with the help of the uniform assistant Karen (voice of Jennifer Connelly) in the Damage Control underground storage safe. The action scenes are original and well thought out. There are the scenes that take place at the Washington Monument, close to where the school Decathlon competition would take place in which Spider-Man saves his high school friends from the Chitauri explosive energy core that became a bomb when exposed to radiation. Another exciting sequence is set against the smuggled arms of weapons in yet another confrontation between Spider-Man and the Vulture, with the essential participation of Iron Man.
It is also curious, to note several small references to previous films of our hero that have already been brought to the screen, such as when Betty (Angourie Rice) says at school that Spider-Man can be 30 years old (Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield were around this age when they first debuted as the hero), or the scene in which Spider-Man tries to hold the parts of the boat reminding the hero by saving people from the subway accident in "Spider-Man 2", or even by lifting giant structures of concrete with its strength also seen in "Spider-Man 2". The internal references of the franchise are also there, whether in the videos of Captain America - it is even mentioned that he is now a wanted after the events of Civil War - in the imitations of Peter of Thor, and in the quotes from the colleges of Hulk and Black Widow, for example.
The character's romantic pair, Liz (Laura Harrier), on the other hand, is not as strong a figure as Mary Jane and Gwen Stacy were in the predecessor works. The chemistry between the girl and the hero is low, but there was no reason why this was really worked out by the script. The film itself guarantees the character the status of passing passion, being a good approximation to the source material, since Liz Allan, in the comics of the 60s, is also an affection - not at all relatable - from school, never proving to be true. In this sense, it is a faithful adaptation, because Liz Allan leaves for Oregon after the climax of the work, due to bombastic events.
However, the film insists on falling into some clichÃ©s, such as the discovery of the villain being directly linked to someone important to him. For the initial physical difference, it is something that we could not make the immediate connection and it even surprises right away. However, it is a device used in all previous times, whether it is exactly the same in "The Amazing Spider-Man", or also exploring a relationship with someone directly connected, as in "Spider-Man (2002)" by Sam Raimi.
Finally portrayed here as a teenager, director Jon Watts explores very well all the insecurities and peculiarities of an ordinary teenager, who had discovered his powers a few months ago. We can notice the hero's portrayal in a phase full of challenges, self-knowledge, and learning from his own mistakes. Watts captured the essence of the Spider and understood that following Peter Parker's human dramas is much more fun and exciting than seeing big epic explosive battles (not that there aren't, as in any blockbuster). Another essential element here is that 'Back to Home' builds the basis for your script with the consequences that the actions of the heroes had on the lives of normal people. 'Back to Home' fully justifies yet another "origin" story of one of the most beloved characters in the audience.