Spider-Man: Homecoming

This was very good! Holland delivers a great performance as both Peter Parker and Spider-Man and Keaton plays a well-written Vulture pretty dang well. The movie is surprisingly well done for something thrown into the MCU at the last minute. However the story develops the character right and seems like an appropriate opening for him. Definitely feels like a comic book movie should and how a Spider-Man movie should. Fans shouldn't be disappointed and neither was I.

It's weird, usually I need to see Uncle Ben sacrificed to know what is going on but this didn't need it. Finally found a Parker with a great blend of comedy and ... not comedy.

Best Spiderman film since Sam Raimi's Spiderman 2. Shows what its like growing up with Avengers and aliens and how things look from the ground level in the MCU. It's funnier than a lot of comedies with plenty of jokes that come from character beats. Michael Keaton's Vulture is given enough screen-time to end up as Marvel's best villain; human, well rounded, relatable and intimidating. Without the usual world ending doomsday device the lowered stakes help to create a stronger more personal movie.

I avoided this one since I was more or less done with Spidey after years of crappy comics and the umpteenth movie reboot with an even younger actor, and being old, I hate young people. But with a scowl (what we in the industry call a 'snubface') I have to admit that this was just allround effective superheroin'. Good balance of plot and action, a decent escalation of danger and Keaton is a great villain. My nephew is gonna love the shit out of this, and that's good enough for snubby ol' me.

Fun stuff. "Are you Spider-Man? Do a flip!" Great tone throughout but didn't dethrone the second entry as my favorite. I certainly have more controversial opinions on trivial matters. Lorenzo Lamas being awesome, Zima needing to make a comeback, the '71 Cuda being the ultimate muscle car and, of course, chocolate malts being better than sex.