Spider-Man: Homecoming

Comic Book Movie Review (9/10) "Amazing" (non-spoiler) Spider-Man: Homecoming Director: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland (Peter Parker), Michael Keaton (Adrian Toomes), Robert Downey Jr (Tony Stark), and Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds) Plot: After successfully taking on Captain America's Avengers in "Civil War" in Berlin, Peter Parker is back in Queens, New York and juggling with school work, catching bad guys, and his non-relationship life. Toomes is a disgruntled business man that makes weapons from salvaged alien tech and Spider-Man must stop him before others are caught in the crossfire. I'm going to say it outright from the getgo: this is the greatest Spider-Man movie ever made. It's not perfect, but it definitely overthrew Raimi's Spider-Man 2 (2004) as my favorite Spider-Man movie of all time. This movie gets the villain right - which is big considering how lackluster the villains in the MCU have been for the majority of movies; the movie feels like a Spider-Man comic; and most importantly it gets Peter Parker right. This movie's Peter Parker is only 15, and though Holland is in his 20's, he definitely sells the idea that he is a young teenager battling with his hormones, his sense of self-worth, and trying to impress his friends. One of the key conflicts that sells this idea is the fact he struggles with whether he should reveal the fact that he is really Spider-Man to his friends to gain popularity. Most teenagers deal with their sense of self-worth, their sense of belonging to a group, and every little problem feels magnified and this movie truly makes you feels these things with the high school setting, Holland's superb performance, and Parker's environment. "He treats me like a kid" says Parker. "But you are a kid" replies his friend Ned. This scene is also shown in the trailers, and it really tells you the premise of the movie in two sentences. Stark is the perfect foil for Parker's sense of self worth and need to prove himself, and Stark's involvement in this movie feels very natural rather than forced in to bring box office numbers. Iron Man boosts movie ticket sales (i.e. Iron Man 3 and Captain America: Civil War surpassed $1 billion worldwide respectively) and he might feel forced into this movie to raise this movie's profile, but he is included in this story as a mentor figure and has pertinent goals that push the narrative of the movie. Keaton also delivers a great villain performance, as he feels like a threat on Spider-Man and his friends and whenever he comes on screen Toomes feels like a threat and is capable of bringing Spider-Man down. Smooth, calculating, and smart, Toomes is a perfect antagonist to Spider-Man in this movie as he tests Parker to his limit. Ned is also a great character in this movie, and though in the comics he is a reporter working for the Daily Bugle and the third Hobgoblin, he is Parker's best friend and his confidante in a high school world riddled with Spanish tests, judgmental bullies, and the dreadful school dance. I probably laughed the most from the interactions between Ned and Parker as well as other characters, and he is the comic relief often times when the movie gets too serious. This movie tiptoes between the super serious, and the super light-hearted masterfully and a major reason for this tiptoing due to Batalon's portrayal of the character. The only things that I didn't like from this movie were Marisa Tomei's Aunt May and how she was constantly being hit on by other men and this seemed to be a running joke that came back a few times and overly done; it felt a bit farfetched that the Avengers would also not notice Toomes' operations before Spider-Man showed up if the Avengers had SHIELD and its omniscient presence in New York; and the movie's plot is a bit predicatable towards the end. Still this movie's combination of a great Peter Parker/ Spider-Man and a great premise makes a great entry to the MCU as well as my favorite Spider-Man thus far. 

This film is entertaining, fast paced but not rushed. The characters are relatable to almost everyone and are family friendly. This incarnation of Spider-Man is good starting off point for a reboot as it gives the characters plenty of room to grow, doesn't rehash the origin story and ties you in to the current Marvel universe. This is not a dark story but it's done well. I'd knock off half a star because you are amused alot more than you are intrigued and personally I like deeper stories, but this is still great for what it is. Ok, here is the scolding- Minor spoilers “I am tired of being surrounded by this politically correct crap”- An amalgam of a few complaints about this film. Spiderman has been rebooted more times than a Dell from 2003. I expected to read some negative reviews considering the fact that Hollywood can’t make up it’s mind about this franchise but I’m really “ugh” about some of the things I’ve read here. Marvel has been changing the colour or region of origin of many main characters. White people (yes, I’m one of them) seem to have been kidnapped from certain stories and replaced with black, Latino, Asian, and even gay people *gasp*. I am not mad about this, but it weirds me out a bit because in my head there is a 32 year old picture of a white hetero character. It’s very hard to undo 32 years of a memory and association with a 2 hour film. I understand the initial “hey wait a minute!” but I thought about the future (looks to beyond) and understood for the viewer, it’s important that these stories and characters look like the world around you. It makes it more believable to almost everybody. (Excluding Sweden) These beloved characters and their adventures helped so many people in the past by giving them a smile, a place to escape, or even a full blown belief system. Spider-man and the like is not something you can keep to keep to yourself. The world is full of different colors and creeds of people whether you like it or not. Those people need Spider-man just like you did. You need to take a hard look at yourself if your escapism is predicated on a whites only world and you actively complain about making these stories more relatable to the children of the planet. Is Hollywood forcing “politically correct crap down my throat!!” because of the all-powerful gay alliance with the blank panthers? Nope nope nope! They look at the numbers and see dollar signs. It makes more financial sense to make the stories more relatable to a demographic which has changed and is still changing. Imagine all the goodwill new viewers will feel when they see Spider-man saving them too. Can you be Spiderman’s best friend if you’re not white? Yes. See where I’m going with this? Your words are a revealing and sad cry of someone who proves that “white privilege” exists. Ugh.

Great movie, in my humble opinion.

Homecoming is the newest live-action incarnation of Spiderman with this version of Peter Parker/Spiderman, being played by Tom Holland. The character was actually introduced during Captain America Civil War, fighting on the Iron Man side, and the events of this movie are mostly set after the events of Civil War, with Peter Parker going back to life as a high-school student. He is still being mentored by Stark (mostly from afar), and being watched over by Happy Hogan (played again by Jon Favreau). The movie also has ties to the first Avengers movie with the Chitauri technology playing a large role in the plot of the movie. Peter becomes more concerned with fighting crime than he is with school, which does not always work out well for him. The movie also sees the return of Michael Keaton to the superhero genre, this time in a much different role. The rest of the cast is very strong and includes Zendeya, Jacob Batalon, Donald Glover, and Marissa Tomei, as Aunt May. For those who get the 4k-UHD set, there are two discs, the UHD disc, and a regular blu-ray disc. The A/V quality of the UHD disc is great, and the movie looks and sounds wonderful in the format. The UHD disc has one extra, the Spidey Study Guide, that allows the movie to be played with pop-ups that have trivia and facts about the movie. The rest of the extras are on the regular blu-ray disc. Those include a short gag reel, about 16 minutes of deleted and extended scenes, eight different making-of and behind-the-scenes featurettes that run about 45 minutes, give or take, all totaled, a photo gallery, the movie trailer, and trailers for other Sony titles. Overall, the movie is very good. It has a nice blend of action and humor and is a bit more light-hearted than some of the other MCU movies. Holland does a great job as the lead, and you can buy him as a teenager even though he was in his early 20s when the movie was made. Robert Downey Jr. is always entertaining as Tony Stark (especially when he was hitting on Aunt May), and both Batalon (playing Peter's best friend, Ned) and Zendaya (playing Michelle/MJ) were great in the younger roles. For me, however, Keaton really stole the show and seemed to really be enjoying his return to the superhero genre. It is a great movie that is definitely worth checking out.

This review should be closer to 31/2 stars but I rounded up. Spider Man Homecoming for me felt like one of the filler MCU movies to keep us entertained between Captain America and Avengers installments. I would place it somewhere between the first Thor film and Iron Man 2 in entertainment quality and Doctor Strange in terms of impact. However, this is freaking SPIDER MAN!! This should have fit well within the major players and been on the level of another Iron Man. I'll start with the bad since people focus more on that. CONS: I'll just come out with it. Many of the social justice tropes that got dropped into the movie felt forced and cringy. The first time I watched it, I wasn't as bothered. The second and third times got worse and worse. As a person of color, I am all for diversity, but I can't help but feel some of the elements presented were an attempt to appeal to a certain audience. The Michelle (MJ) character was an illustration of this weak pandering. Initially, it seemed like her character was a parody of the mindless wave of social justice warrior culture. However, as I viewed the movie again, I realized she's more an homage to it. I could go on and on but there was nothing enduring about her. Additionally, Peter's friend while great for comic relief, I also found irritating. Seriously, I think someone said to the script writer "I bet you can't jam the word awesome into this guy's lines 150 times!" The script writer said "challenge accepted, I'll do it 200 times!" The overall plot was entertaining but it felt somewhat phoned in. As if MCU said "ooh, Sony is letting us borrow Spider Man! Let's get something out there, fast!!" PROS: As mediocre as this installment can be at times it's leaps and bounds better than the garbage that Spider Man 3 and Amazing Spider Man 2 were. It's a testament to not cramming too many villains and plotlines into a single film. As with every MCU film the visuals are top notch. The clean and uncluttered cinematography was refreshing in an era of maxing out CGI potential with a lot of moving parts (ahem, Transformers.) Marissa Tomei as Aunt May was ridiculous initially but she really pulled it off and made the character her own. Michael Keaton's vulture villain was well acted and believable. Though he's just a john-everyman with a grudge, his motivations are relatable and he is easily one of my favorite MCU villains. Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man is always a welcome (side) character. Overall this movie, while not fantastic on its own, is a fantastic piece of the MCU puzzle. If you are a comic book movie fan and haven't seen this yet, what is wrong with you?! If you're just looking for a simple and (almost too) inoffensive action movie to spend time on, you can't go wrong.

Good movie

So amazing

Best of the 6 Spider-Man films in my opinion. Growing up in the 1980's I read spider-man comics, and he was 1 of my 2 favorite heroes. He was witty and had great one-liners, but Tobey Maguire was just whiney and annoying in the first 3 movies. Then Spider-Man became British for the next 2 flicks, which was better than Tobey but still not what he was supposed to be. He is more like what he is supposed to be in this flick, tho I still don't understand why they feel the need to change the races of characters to be more politically correct or whatever. Since Spider-Man was created, Flash Thompson has been a "white" jock football player & bully of Peter, but for some reason in this movie he is a mexican DJ that doesn't seem to like Peter much, but is definitely not a bully. And the love interest of Peter Parker has always been Mary Jane or Gwen, but in this movie it was a very pretty black girl that I have never heard of as far as characters go. Maybe they are setting up movie 2, with the girl being called "M.J." at the end of this flick, but studios should stay closer to the roots of the characters so not to alienate the "fanboys" like they did when making Johnny Storm african american in the most recent Fantastic Four flick. That movie had a lot of other problems as well, like poor writing. But you can't alienate the fans by destroying who a character(s) is. Would definitely recommend this flick tho if you like Spider-Man, they got the character right this time even if they messed up some other things in the process. Very entertaining IMO.

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Très bon film. Très bonne qualité.

A new Spider-Man movie. As with 2012's the Amazing Spider-Man, this is a totally fresh take on him shorn of any connections to previous Spider-Man. But unlike that, this one does take place in the same fictional Universe as Marvel comics movies such as those with Captain America, Iron Man, and the Avengers. Thus familiarity with those will help. Especially with last year's Captain America: Civil War. As this shows what happens to Spider-Man after events in that. Peter has to balance school life with superhero life. With pining after the seemingly unattainable girl. With dealing with bullies. And his gig with the Avengers not being quite all he hoped it would be. Meantime, construction crew boss Adrian Toomes has spied an opportunity, and is making money from it. In the role of the Vulture. He and Peter are about to meet, and their worlds will never be the same again... Whilst I liked previous Spider-Man films for what they were, this does the character a power of good by putting him in an established and recognisable cinematic universe. And it's all the better for it. Yet it does keep all that on the sides with cameos and references, and keeps the focus firmly on Spider-Man himself. Which is the right way to go. It also gives us what the previous films didn't. Peter's high school years. All superbly portrayed. Tom Holland is as brilliant in the role as he was in Civil War, and he is surrounded by an excellent supporting cast for these scenes, which do balance character drama with humour superbly. Michael Keaton is also great as Toomes. And it's nice to get a villain who isn't someone who got powers in a lab accident and has gone on a crazed revenge quest, rather one with very believable motivations. It's also nice not to have to go through Spider-Man's origin story once again. The best Spider-Man film ever. Huge entertainment. Well worth a watch. There's an extra scene in the middle of the end credits. And one at the very end as well. They are worth waiting for. Possibly. The dvd has the following language and subtitle options: Languages: English, French, German, Turkish. Subtitles: English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Turkish. It begins with an anti piracy ad, which can be skipped via the next button on the dvd remote. It has the usual flyer with code to download copy of the film to a digital device. Extras: Searching for Spider-Man: a seven minute overview of the film and it's production. As short as these usually are, but manages to get a lot in and is really a great watch. Jon Watts: head of the class: four minutes about the director. Not as much detail as the above, but not bad and worth a watch. Spider-Man: homecoming VR Trailer. A two minute long trailer for a virtual reality Spider-Man game. Some good Tom Holland scenes but not enough of the VR section. A look at Marvel's Spider-Man playstation four: a two minute long feature and clips about another Spider-Man game. A short but interesting watch.

Ich muss zugeben, ich war Feuer und Flamme als ich hörte dass Kevin Feige mit Sony den Spidey-Deal ausgehandelt hatte. Spider-Man gehört einfach in das Marvel Cinematic Universe. Seine Abwesenheit hat sich immer falsch angefühlt. Und nach der Amazing Spider-Man-Schlappe (welche ich nie gesehen habe) hatte Amy Pascal wohl ein „Einsehen“. Ich denke, wäre es nicht mit dem Hintergrund des MCUs, das zweite Reboot wäre vermutlich wieder gescheitert und einer der beliebtesten Superhelden wäre für immer im Hollywood-Fegefeuer der lieblosen Remakes und Reboots gefangen geblieben. Zum Glück kam alles anders. Story im Groben: Peter Parker alias Spider-Man ist noch immer geflasht vom „Civil War“ der Avengers, bei welchem er ordentlich mitmischen durfte. Seither kümmern ihn sein Schulalltag und das Image der freundlichen Spinne aus der Nachbarschaft nur noch wenig. Er will in der Championsleague mitmachen. Doch Idol und Mentor Tony Stark will Peter weitgehend aus den Weltuntergangs-Missionen der Avengers raushalten und sieht es lieber das Spidey sich um die „Kleinen Leute“ kümmert. Das ist dem Jungspund natürlich nicht genug und so will sich der pubertäre Schüler beweisen wodurch er alsbald die Kreise des Diebes und Waffenschiebers AdrianToomes alias „The Vulture“ stört und die Dinge außer Kontrolle geraten… Meine Meinung: Ich mag die Raimi-Trilogie sehr, auch wenn sie ein paar dämliche und überdrehte Momente hat. Dennoch hat sie Charme und fühlt sich wie eine Comic-Verfilmung an. Die Amazing Spider-Man-Reihe habe ich nie gesehen da sie mir von Grund auf unsympathisch war. Und auch wenn Spider-Man 2 vermutlich für immer mein liebster Spidey-Streifen bleiben wird- Tom Holland`s Spider-Man ist die bislang mit Abstand sympathischste Verkörperung des Superhelden. Ja, Peter ist ein pubertäres Kiddy und macht allerhand kindischen und unvernünftigen Unfug und quasselt am laufenden Band- aber ich seh da kein Problem drin. Im Grunde verhält er sich seinem Alter entsprechend. Und je nachdem wie viele Filme mit Holland-Man noch kommen bietet sich hier die einmalige Gelegenheit Peter Parker vom euphorischen Teenie zum ernstzunehmenden Superhelden heranwachsen zu sehen, was ich grandios finde. So stört es auch kaum das viele der bekannteren Figuren entweder gar nicht vorkommen oder eine Frischzellenkur erfahren haben. Tante May ist nun ein jüngeres Fabrikat- kann ich mit leben, MJ ist irgendwie nicht mehr MJ… Aber kann ich auch noch verkraften (wobei ich sie null leiden konnte). Flash Thompson ist jetzt hispanischer Abstammung. Harry Osborne und Gwen Stacy fehlen… Dafür haben wir nun den speckigen und nerdigen Ned und Peter`s Angebetete Liz. Das alle ein wenig cultural und ethnically diverse daherkommen ist auch ok. Die Figuren stammen aus Queens, nicht aus dem mittelalterlichen Europa. Daher ist das alles sogar als ein Fünkchen Realismus zu verbuchen (auch wenn der Grundgedanke ein anderer war). Vom Daily Bugle und J. Jonah Jameson sind wir auch noch weit entfernt (wobei es mir gefallen würde J.K. Simmons erneut in der Rolle zu sehen… irgendwann…). Der Film selbst ist mehr Comedy als Superhelden-Film. Aber auch das passt gut zum neuen Spidey. Denn dieser wird nicht mehr aus Schuld und Sühne angetrieben, sondern einfach aus dem Wunsch heraus anderen zu imponieren. Besonders seinem Idol Tony Stark. Allgemein gefiel mir das man nicht zum dritten Mal die Vorgeschichte mit dem Spinnenbiss oder Onkel Ben`s tragischem Tod nochmals recapet… Das war für mich bspw. mit ein Abturner für The Amazing Spider-Man… Ben`s Tod wird nur in einer flüchtigen Zeile angedeutet. Das genügt mir vollkommen. Peter`s ironmanischen Anzug finde ich persönlich cool. Und vor allem machte es hinsichtlich des Backgrounds absolut Sinn. Auch finde ich die A.I. des Anzugs sympathisch. Der Schurke des Films hat mir für einen MCU-Villain sehr gut gefallen. Dieser ist nicht per se böse. Seine Beweggründe sind menschlich und nachvollziehbar. Er will die Welt nicht an den Abgrund treiben. Er verkauft zwar gefährliche Waffen, aber dies tut er eher aus der Not heraus. Sein wichtigstes Gut ist seine Familie, für welche er alles tun würde. The Vulture wird von keinem geringeren als Michael Keaton verkörpert. Und dieser macht wie so oft seinen Job mehr als gut. Ich hoffe ihn in kommenden Filmen wieder zu sehen. Neben dem Geier werden auch The Shocker I (gespielt von einem Tom Hardy-Klon…) und Shocker II, sowie The Scorpion vorgestellt. Diese bekleiden jedoch nur Nebenrollen und im Falle des Scorpions ist dieser hier noch nicht zu seinem schurkischen Alter Ego mutiert. Die Einbindung von Iron-Man finde ich durchaus gelungen. Er dominiert den Film zu keiner Zeit sondern nimmt die Rolle des Mentors aus der Ferne ein. Die Szenen mit ihm und Spidey machen Laune und sind meist für einen Schmunzler gut. Ich meine… Darauf haben wir schon ewig gewartet! Spider-Man und Iron-Man Seite an Seite! Ich werde bei dem Gedanken immer noch euphorisch. Neben Downey Jr. hat auch Jon Favreau als Happy Hogan eine Nebenrolle, was ich sehr schön finde. Es gibt zudem noch kleinere Cameos von anderen Figuren, aber lasst euch überraschen. Wie es sich für einen Film aus dem MCU gehört ist Homecoming sehr actionreich. Das CGI ist gut… Mehr kann ich dazu nicht sagen. Die Filmmusik von Michael Giacchino hat mich dagegen enttäuscht. Dabei war ich happy als ich hörte dass er die Musik machen würde, denn für Dr. Strange hat er einen Bomben-Score geliefert. Seine Musik zu Homecoming jedoch… ist mir zu dröge. Cool finde ich dass er das Original-Spider-Man-Main Title-Thema der 60er-Trickserie miteinfließen lässt. Voll ausgespielt wird es allerdings nur im Opening des Filmes. Ansonsten bleibt der Score nicht wirklich haften, was ich schade finde. Wer weiß was Danny Elfman komponiert hätte. Einige seiner Themen hätten zwar in Homecoming nicht funktioniert… Allerdings, wenn auf einmal das Main Theme der Raimi-Trilogie gegen Ende gespielt worden wäre… Ich wäre vor Gänsehaut vermutlich gestorben. Fazit: Insgesamt bin ich mehr als glücklich mit der neuen Spider-Man-Inkarnation. Der neue Film gliedert sich perfekt in die große Welt des MCUs ein und macht Lust auf mehr. Die Story ist nichts Weltbewegendes… Eine kleine, Coming of Age-Story eben, wodurch sie für den Helden des Films allerdings wieder weltbewegend wird. Ich hoffe nun das Spider-Man noch lange in der MCU verweilen darf… Bislang ist er nur für die Infinty War-Teile der Avengers und einen zweiten Solo-Film eingeplant… Und dann ist da noch die Geschichte mit Venom… Welcher mit dem genialen Tom Hardy besetzt ist… allerdings als Film eines speziellen Sony-Spider-Man-Filmuniversums außen vor ist und NICHT ins MCU gehört… Ich hoffe dass sich alles noch zum Besten wendet und auch Venom und Carnage ihren Weg zu Iron-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor und co. finden. Ich kann verstehen wenn man dem Film aufgrund der neuen Auslegung nicht mehr viel abgewinnen kann. Mir hingegen hat er hervorragend gefallen. Von daher freue ich mich auf weitere Auftritte der neuen freundlichen Spinne aus der Nachbarschaft.

Edição americana, contêm os discos 4K Ultra HD e Blu-ray. Estojo em formato da máscara do Homem-Aranha, com botão que permite o movimento dos olhos ao ser acionado manualmente. Infelizmente, não há opções de áudio ou legendas em Português, tanto no 4K quanto no Blu-ray.