Lawlight said:
Spider-Man was poorly shoehorned into the movie I thought. He felt like he was there to advertise Civil War by being in the trailers and to advertise his movie. He brought nothing else to the movie. |
This is sadly true, and not for the reasons one would think. A well portrait Spiderman, which this is, SHOULD be a great asset to a Civil War movie, adding an element of lightheartedness and comedy in what is overall a very serious, and often dark storyline. Problem is, the whole movie here is pretty much lighthearted, and full of jokes, so it turns Spiderman into just another number to add to their hero clash. That said, it's still a fun geek moment to see him on screen with the other avengers, so I can't complain about his presence.
They do make imo some big mistakes in the way they represent his (hell, all the heroes) powers. You can't show the Winter Soldier as a credible foe to Captain America for an entire movie in the last go around, then in Civil War have Spiderman treat Bucky like a toy (stopping his super arm without any effort whatsoever), and then make Cap look like he can dispatch Spidey with no effort. And there's many examples of these kinds of issues throughout the movie. The airport fight, while fun to watch, is equally frustrating because they clearly put it together thinking more about how the moment to moment action would look, rather than making sure it's coherent with the characters the way they've established them. And this is symptomatic of pretty much the whole of their entire movie universe at this point. Make sure it looks good, make sure it's funny, and remind everyone that more is on the way soon. Everything else is an afterthought.
Basically, I agree with your OP, though I don't judge it quite as harshly as you. I found it to be an entertaining movie, but also came away annoyed and wishing marvel would do things differently.
