Tom Holland, the third cinematic Spider-Man of the 21st century was well received by audiences when introduced in Captain America: Civil War, and was quickly given his own movie, Spider-Man: Home Coming. Unlike some previous Spider-Men Holland actually looks age appropriate in the part, and is good both as the slightly awkward Peter Parker as well as the over enthusiastic hero. While in many ways an unnecessary project, we already have plenty of Spider-Man films, and this movie does little to advance the overall MCU storyline, and in fact its chronology seems a little off, I enjoyed Spider-Man: Homecoming. Better and more coherent then the presence of six credited screenwriters would suggest, this film doesn't feel like a retread, and thankfully doesn't waste time on the origin story again.
I liked that the movie gave Parker a friend who is on his secret, Ned, likably played by Jacob Batalon. I like that Michael Keaton played yet another winged costumed figure, The Vulture, and I liked that this was a character I didn't really know before and that his super villain name flowed so logically from his origin story, being a kind of salvage expert. I liked that the under used Martin Starr from Freaks and Geeks was in this as a teacher. I was confused as to why Tyne Daly was in this if they weren't going to do anything with her. I'm looking forward to seeing what the creative powers at Disney do with Spider-Man in the future. While we are on the subject of Disney, now that the Avengers Tower has been sold Disney should 'lease that space' and have some company pay to put their logo on the building in future films. ***
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