another superhero finding his place in the Marvel Universe

Rating: 7/10 (20 July 2017)

This is a coming of age movie about a kid learning to be a man, as well as a webslinging superhero at the same time. Peter Parker, the template for high school awkwardness attempts to go from child to adulthood without concerning himself with the trials and tribulations that go along with this process. The movie itself is a bit refreshing in that we have an antagonist that most of us can relate to...an antagonist that would get ripped apart by Hulk or Thor, but can more than hold his own going toe to toe with the young "web head" who attempts to thwart his every nefarious move.
You will certainly receive the "Marvel Treatment" here...albeit in a more subdued manner, and smaller scale than you may be used to. Decent story, and a kid who is just having an absolute blast playing your friendly neighborhood Spiderman...he's having fun, and we're having fun watching him do so. Michael Keaton does a great job of playing an "everyman" villain, the perfect match for our newest Avenger in training.
I took my 11 and 9 year old sons to see this movie predicated on its reviews, many of which indicated that it was kid friendly. For the most part it was, but references to porn, and a partial "F" bomb at the end of the movie was a bit disheartening...So in my opinion its operates somewhere midway within its PG-13 rating.
In summary a fun movie that doesn't get bogged down by trying to explain it's origin...All of us already know he got bit by a radioactive spider...why waste half of a movie regurgitating said narrative?
Big fun, which continues to set up our war torn heroes for their ultimate battle against that all powerful Titan; Thanos.