A good Spider-Man movie (finally)

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2018)

Going into the cinema to watch the latest Spider-Man movie, I prevented myself from worrying by remembering the good ol' days of Spider-Man movies with the first two Raimi Spidey flicks and while I wasn't totally taken back to those days, I was certainly satisfied. As a fan of the MCU, I did care a lot to see this movie and as being a fan of Spider-Man since my early years gave me a personal connection which was probably my biggest draw towards this movie. While the movie's not flawless, there's more to love than hate for sure.
My biggest positive is definitely the way Jon Watts portrays the characters within this movie as the script is really well done and executed by carrying a lot of comedy through it as nearly every character has a line that makes you at least chuckle.
The character I found the funniest is definitely Ned Leeds who might as well be Ganke from the Miles Morales Spider-Man comics but oh well. He is given the funniest lines in the movie and the actor who played him Jacob Batalon is a really talented guy with his delivery in particular. Tom Holland is definitely the best portrayal of Peter Parker since Spider-Man 2 which makes me very happy considering Andrew Garfield's portrayal while it wasn't his fault, was a bit wonky with the way he was written and portrayed as Peter Parker but Holland seems way over his head as a character which is definitely something to praise as that is how Peter Parker operates as a person. The Vulture is one of the best MCU villains because not only is he acted really well by Michael Keaton, he is really one of the best written villains as he isn't given a really cookie cutter motivation like 'Oh, Tony Stark ruined my job, I'm gonna steal a bunch of stuff because i'm a bad guy'. When we find out that he is Peter Parker's crush's dad we as the audience say 'Oh my gosh' because we realise that the villain is a family man while also being a criminal which is a really shocking moment but when driving to the prom he finds out that Peter is Spider-Man and he gives Peter the Dad talk trumps the shocking moment by a long shot because we find a deeper motivation other than Tony Stark ruined his job when he talks about his family being the most important thing.
Other than performances and way characters are written very well, let's talk about the way that Spider-Man is stripped down to a friendly-neighbourhood Spider-Man when the Blitzkrieg Bop montage kicks in when he stops the bike thief which is excellent in my opinion because it makes us feel like 'That's Spider-Man right there' which the Raimi movies only briefly touched on and the Webb movies totally ignore.
Although, this movie isn't flawless so let's get into that, shall we?
The action scenes (I think) are really lacklustre compared to the jaw-dropping action from Spider-Man 1 and 2 and pretty much every other MCU movie to date which would bother me more if I cared more about the action scenes in every Marvel movie but it still is a flaw at least in my opinion.
The score is pretty mediocre but hey, most of the MCU music is usually awful so it kind of isn't a flaw but it is a shame that this movie couldn't bring something awesome to the usually bland scores from other MCU movies.
The way that the movie is shot and looks is pretty much the same as every other standard MCU movie which is a shame considering how Jon Watts has changed the way I feel about how these movies should be written from now on but at least he changed that.
One more gripe that is only minor but still bugs me is that the suit looks kinda awful when it's completely CG but looks incredible when Tom Holland is actually wearing it but it's only a minor bug.
Overall, this movie is actually very enjoyable for Spider-Man fans and non Spider-Man fans alike and is one of the MCU movies that sticks out from the rest.