Spiderman: Homecoming (2017)
With great character comes...another re-imagining, I guess. I will concur with the general consensus that this is an entertaining and very effective re-imagining of Spiderman, but oh my god, am I ever sick of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you have Spiderman origin story or MCU fatigue, this movie will not be kind to you. Thankfully we do not have to witness the tiniest Peter Parker (Tom Holland) being bitten by the goddamn spider or failing to save Uncle Ben. Still, almost all the other familiar beats are there: X character is Y character’s father and you just nod and accept it, Spiderman hones his skills haphazardly, Secret Identities 101, lots of jokes, New York City really is a character am I right?. Most of the deviance from the formula, where it does occur, is good. It’s refreshing to not have to deal, again, with the very beginnings of an origin story. It’s lovely to see a teenager played by someone who looks and acts like a teenager! Tom Holland was an excell...