A Waste of Tom Holland's Talent

Rating: 5/10 (8 July 2017)

First two thirds was awful; last third was a bit more interesting and bearable. It seemed as if the whole movie pandered to kids of today. The movie started out with Peter's non-stop, shaky video recording of his trip to meet Tony Stark...really?? Throughout the first half of the movie, he just kept whining about not being assigned more missions or be taken seriously by Tony Stark. Peter Parker was never a whiny teen nor some starstruck adolescent who couldn't control his impulses. He was a brainy kid who created and improved upon his own spidey suits. He wouldn't be seduced by any hi-tech fancy gadgets provided by Stark. Although he made the right decision at the end of the movie, which IMHO was the movie's redemption, the earlier premise was a huge disappointment. And what was the point in objectifying Aunt May with all the sexist innuendos and dressing her in sexy clothes (no offense to Marisa Tomei who is beautiful in her own right)? Speaking of Aunt May, did anyone else notice that neither Peter nor his best friend Ned actually addressed her as "Aunt May" and just called her May? Is this what kids do these days, no show of respect to aunts or uncles? I couldn't imagine Peter ever calling Uncle Ben just "Ben." These seemingly small details spoke volumes as to the degradation of respect in this movie. Shame on the writers. While there were moments that elicited a few laughs, the movie overall lacked heart and soul. It was simply a testosterone ride through the CGI world of Tony Stark. Last but not least: stay for the final scene a couple minutes into the credits, then bail out...the very end scene was a cheap trick and a total waste of time. Tobey Maguire's Spiderman movies are still the ones to beat. Even Andrew Garfield's were better. Want a thrilling and inspiring movie? Go see Wonder Woman instead.