Spider-man Homecoming Review

Spider-man Homecoming, which came out in 2017, is one of many Marvel movies about the
beloved superheroes from the original comic books. The story opens with a short video diary
from Spider-man himself (played by Tom Holland) about his brief appearance in Captain
America: Civil War. Peter Parker is ready to join the ranks of the Avengers, but Tony Stark has
other plans for him. He wants Peter to go back to his home in Queens and be more of a
“neighborhood Spider-man” who plays it safe and stays on the ground, looking out for petty
crime and such.

Peter isn’t ecstatic about these instructions, but nevertheless obeys and returns to his regular
life as a high schooler in Queens, fighting crime in his free time. His role as Spider-man seems
to be stagnating when he discovers criminals using weapons with alien powers to steal money
from an ATM, and he decides to take them on. He encounters these men a couple more times
before he actually manages to track them down, but in order to do so, he must go behind Tony
Stark’s back and fly under the radar, following his own rules. This works for a little bit, until Peter
gets himself into a hairy situation on a Staten Island Ferry that begins to rip apart on the water.
Iron Man fortunately flies in and saves the day, but gives Peter a stern talking-to afterwards, and
takes away his Spider-man suit.

Peter resolves to take a step back from being Spider-man and focus on his decathlon team, as
well as his school’s homecoming dance that’s coming up. He manages to score a date with Liz,
a girl who he’s had a crush on all year, but soon discovers that Liz’s father (Vulture, played by
Michael Keaton) is the man who has been spearheading the alien weapon operation that Peter
had been trying to stop earlier in the movie. Some more tension and internal conflict ensue, and
then Peter and Vulture end up fighting each other on the plane that’s moving some valuable
items from Stark Enterprises to its new location. The plane ends up crashing on the beach, but
Vulture gets his hands on explosive material that Peter knows is about to blow up and kill him,
so he runs into the fire to pull Vulture out and save his life.

Overall, this movie is a snappy, hilarious coming-of-age story about one of America’s favorite
superheroes. The comedic moments in this movie are perfectly placed and well-seasoned, and
they don’t take away from the more serious moments of the movie. The script is quite realistic in
terms of depicting the awkward moments of being a teenager -- especially a teenager with a
secret as big as Peter Parker’s. While most of Marvel’s superheroes are mature, trained, and
well-put together, in this movie Peter is seen crashing through neighborhood fences and scaring
children while chasing down his enemies, as well as struggling to have a deeper voice when
interrogating a possible suspect. Tom Holland’s performance is also quite good, as he manages
to capture all of these awkward moments of being a teenage superhero. Additionally, the special
effects and action scenes in the movie are fantastic and riveting like most Marvel movies, as
well as the soundtrack and the cinematography. Honestly, it’s difficult to find anything wrong with
this movie: it was well-paced, well-written, and well-acted. Marvel certainly lived up to their
ever-growing reputation by creating yet another slam dunk superhero movie.