Spiderman: Homecoming - I didn't like it

To be honest, i don't just not like this movie very much but I also don't really like the re-invented Peter Parker. I'm not really sure what they are going for with this but it doesn't appeal to me. No offense to Marvel fanbois out there.


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This movie has been around since 2017, but like a lot of the cinematic features that happened in the past decade it slipped past me without me even knowing. Maybe it is because I don't like it when superheros become too whimsical, but the prankster, almost whiny and overly cartoonish portrayal of Spiderman just kind of annoys me.

If you aren't familiar with the film this is the 2nd reboot of the Spiderman franchise. Although I didn't much care for the 1st reboot either I did enjoy how they tried to make it a bit dark and more serious. This film is a superhero film, so the backstory isn't really necessary and spoiler alert! Spiderman wins in the end.

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the boat was split in half, it would have sank anyway

Although i realize it is simply a personal preference of mine as to why I didn't enjoy this film I also understand that Marvel probably doesn't view me as their primary demographic and it is important to them to appeal to the most youthful audience as possible for the sake of merchandising and maintaining the ability to continue to have reboots galore. Therefore, from a business perspective I can completely understand why they would do this.

On the plus side, Michael Keaton's portrayal of Vulture was really really good.

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If you look at professional reviews of the film their opines are rather divided; some loved it, others not so much. However, everyone agrees that Keaton was fantastic and I quite enjoyed the character as well and hope to see him again in future films.

The film that managed to go global without me even knowing it existed until nearly 2 years after its release managed to pull in nearly $900 million on a budget of $175 million. Pretty impressive but I am starting to feel like this is "par for the course" as far as Marvel features are concerned.

On a scale of "Urgh!" to "Wowsers!" I give Spiderman: Homecoming a score of....

"Mildly meh!"

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