(07-08-2017 09:06 AM)BlazerJoe Wrote:  Saw Spier-Man: Homecoming Thursday; it was so amazing, so spectacular!

Saw Spider Man on Saturday night.

I really enjoyed it. It seemed to be a a good stand alone movie that also managed to be a good segue for Spidey into the MCU.

What I liked:

Tom Holland is a great Spiderman. I think he'll be in the role for a long time, especially if the Sony/Marvel partnership continues.

I liked having Tony Stark in the movie. Considering the first two launches were outside the MCU, they needed to have a tie-in so starting Spidey off in Civil War then using that to create a new path for this movie was smart. I think Tony as a mentor figure helped close up some loose ends.

Michael Keaton was great. He manages to walk that line between sanity/insanity, good/evil very well. I wouldn't be shocked to see his Vulture character back.

What I didn't like:

The supporting cast from Peter's high school was just "blah". They just seemed to be story fodder instead of being crucial to the story of the story-line.

They never really explained why or how Liz managed to acquire her "crush" on Peter. She pretty much ignored him then suddenly goes to homecoming with him? It seemed to be more of a story creation to tie Spidey to Vulture more than an actual high school crush.

Overall, I'd rank it as the second best I've seen so far. GOG II is still the best, Spidey second, WW third.

Waiting to see how Apes and Valerian will measure up.