Look at that stupid title for my post. If you missed the reference, it's obviously
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, this is actually similar to some of the unsubtle references in
Spider-Man: Homecoming to John Hughes' era films. But the film is typical Marvel-entertainment, but mixed with actual entertainment. Confusing? Example,
Doctor Strange is typical Marvel entertainment: It's pretty good but you feel like you've seen something similar within the MCU films.
Homecoming is directed by
Cop Car helmer Jon Watts (weird choice on paper) and starring Tom Holland and RDJ, but still produced and distributed by Sony instead of Disney. This is the best studio teamwork that makes you wonder why don't they just do this for all Marvel properties.
Fresh off the events in
Civil War, Peter Parker goes back to New York, waiting to be called to action again by The Avengers. But honestly, who would endanger a high school kid by recruiting him to fight bedazzled intergalactic gods? So Peter Parker is left fighting his own battles, mostly high school "battles" and helping people solve petty crimes. Until he stumbled on Adrian Toomes who is scavenging alien material from superhero battles.
Spider-Man: Homecoming is basically
Spider-Man 2. Uncle Ben is now Tony Stark and Doc Ock is Vulture. It's a subtle 'with great power comes great responsibility' premise that is true to the Spider-Man lore. The film is also filled with a great energy, led by Tom Holland. It has a good Marvel villain in recent memory but I still can't help to think that Michael Keaton is paid a lot of money to be in a superhero film unrelated to his Caped Crusader films. He delivers a great performance though. There is this one sequence which just stands out in the film between him and Tom Holland. Also the other supporting cast is super great, especially if you watch a lot of series, from Donald Glover of
Atlanta or
Community (or just Donald Glover because you should know him by now) to Bokeem Woodbine of
Fargo to Nacho of
Better Call Saul (sadly underused here though) to Mendoza of
Orange is the New Black; seriously, the list goes on. But yes, there are some underused great actors here: Hannibal Burress, Abraham Attah from
Beasts of No Nation, and Donald Glover to name a few.
The film has a cool action sequence, seen in the trailers in Washington monument. It's definitely helped by Michael Giacchino's standout score. Seriously, the chills you get from his updated take on the Spider-Man theme is amazing. What I like the most from the whole film is that you don't see Iron Man that much in the film. From the trailers, it seemed like we're going to have a buddy Spider-Man/Iron Man film and even though that would be cool, it would suck for a Spider-Man film. The only thing I dislike the most is how they treated Zendaya's character. She absolutely adds nothing to the story. And honestly, why can't we just get Tobey Maguire to do an old retired Spider-Man called back to action? (Okay this is unpopular opinion). Nevertheless, it's a good "home-coming" for Spider-Man to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's certainly better than what we would expect from a second reboot in 5 years.
Spider-Man: Homecoming: rated 3.5/4
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