Spider-Man, Spider-man, can MCU do it? Yes it Can!

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2017)

I think they have finally got the character of Spider-man right. He's a great mix of the nerdy, uncool Peter Parker we went and the cocky, quipping Spider-Man. And while they do great with him and give him a good character arc, I think they failed for the most part with other characters. Zendaya's Michelle shows up here and there to say a quip and then disappears. Otherwise she's mainly thrown in as a set up for a future movie. Aunt May doesn't have much to do in this film besides be the "hot Aunt" that everyone hits on. Donald Glover is in the movie for 2 scenes and he also is mainly there as a potential set up for a future movie. The only other character that I felt was decently fleshed out was Adrian Toomes (Vulture). I think they gave him some good backstory for why he hated Iron Man/The Avengers so much. And there were several good fights between him and Spider-man where he had the upper hand. And there was a really great acted, tension filled moment between the two of them in a car. And that's all I say about that scene because I'm trying to keep this review as spoiler free as possible. I think he was one of the better villains. The other weird thing I want to point out, is the timeline doesn't make sense. When we are first introduced to Vulture, its right after the events of the first Avengers (which was like 2012 I believe) but then it cuts to an "8 years later screen. Which either means this takes places in like 2020. Or The Avengers was taking place in like 2009. However, later in the film Happy Hogan makes a reference to something he's been holding onto since 2008 (which is when the first Iron Man came out). So......very confusing. I know some people don't like the fact that Iron Man built Spider-man's suit, but I think it makes sense for this universe and it does provide for a really funny scene once he gets the "training wheels" off and doesn't know how to use it because Tony went overboard with all the options. There is also plenty of other funny moments in the film, one of my favourites had to do with Ferris Bueller. I'm not sure how would I rank it amongst the other MCU movies. There's so many at this point, and I feel like I would have to do a re-watch. But, between the other MCU movie that came out this year, I think I enjoyed GOTG 2 a little bit more.