Spoiler Review

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2019)

Spider-Man: Homecoming
An Orchestrated Review (Spoilers)
This enjoyable mcu film is a reboot for the ages. Im glad to say that I can enjoy a spiderman film again after so many years. It was a refreshing take on the classic character of spiderman and especially peter parker that fans, like myself, have looked up to and admired since our childhoods. Now i'm not going to compare to raimi's films because i think that would be inappropriate due to the fact that A. Raimi's version was not a part of a larger universe, B. Raimi's version and the mcu's version was adapted in their own unique ways, and C. Raimi's version had time to develop whereas the mcu's version was adapted into an already existed where it had to find its place. Marc Webb's version will not partake either because his version of the character is complete and utter garbage. Now onto the review.
First I will start with the pros:

The Villain

The Vulture is the first character you see and meet and he stays prominent throughout the entire film. Through veteran actor Michael Keaton, his portrayal of this character made me believe he was among the most sinister. In fact, he might among the top 5 villains I have seen in an mcu film. His character, developed thoroughly with rage, displayed his frustrations whenever he got screwed over. To be brief, I wouldn't want to mess with him. Vulture had the upperhand throughout this entire film. Spiderman never had a chance. Even the twist with being peter's love interest's father, Keaton's character was always ahead. However, Vulture was beaten technically by himself and the power he had been harnessing which allowed spidey to capture him. A flaw that is forgivable from a great performance. All in all, Michael Keaton really brought this character to life and I applaud him dearly. Also he looked really badass.

The Suit

The Spider-man Suit looks just as great as when it first debuted in Civil War. I really enjoyed that the suit, made for him by Tony Stark, was more fleshed out in this movie and we as an audience were able to experience him discovering all the endless abilities that it has to offer Peter. The suit is jam packed with different web combinations and gizmos that pay homage to the comics and adds a new AI system named Karen. Similar to Iron Man's JARVIS, Karen is Spider-Man's own AI and it really takes center stage from the middle of the film and on. Overall, the suit is a fitting upgrade to a well deserved superhero. I also loved the tease of the iron spider costume.
Now for the cons:

The Love Interest

Peter Parker is a loser, his best friend even states that they are in the film. Which means he shouldn't be able to catch the attention of any female he's interested in or even have them fall in love with him instantaneously which this movie portrayed. I'm going to have to reference the last two iterations of the character of peter parker to further clarify, sorry. In Spider-Man (2002), peter had to work hard to impress the girl of his dreams and risk his body on the line to even get a chance to talk to her, we can relate as an audience because that hits home in most cases. Spider-Man Homecoming reminded me of the direction of the first Amazing Spider-Man where Gwen Stacy was already all over Peter Parker the moment they met as he was already being depicted as a "Cool and Mysterious" person. That's not relatable and that's not how Peter Parker is. But I digress. Luckily, Homecoming shows that Peter is still nervous to ask out the girl that he overly admires which is where it hits home again. Overall, was not too fond of the Liz character until the end where she realized Peter was acting weird and finally stopped forgiving him.

Zendaya's Character

I was led to believe that Zendaya would be a major role in this film through marketing and campaigning across various media outlets. This was not the case and i was sort of displeased. Even if I had gone into this movie with not even seeing a single trailer I still would have been upset. Her character is in the movie for not even 5 minutes and is depicted as a side comic relief character with attitude. Although interesting, her role was way too short to be set up as the twist where she is the infamous MJ. Now, I don't have a problem with the name change whatsoever. I just believe that a character of that importance would be built up (and shown) more to a twist like that to have special meaning. Very underwhelming to say the least. Maybe in the sequel we'll see what is in store for us.