The Marvelous Marvel Rewatch (Now Playing: Avengers: Infinity War)

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Just watched Spider-Man Homecoming

8/10

First few times I Watched it I liked it a lot, but it was missing something. Now that I'm watching all of the movies in sequence, it fits a lot better and is a lovely palate cleanser in between the heavier and more bombastic entries of Doctor Strange, Guardians 2, Thor: Ragnarok, and Black Panther.

Spider-Man Homecoming has a lot of the well done elements that have been pretty consistent throughout the entire MCU thus far, such as the humor, heart, character depth and interaction, enjoyable heroes, a lovely sense of grandeur linked to a larger world, and the great action sequences, but Spider Man has something more:

A great Villain.

Vulture MIGHT be the best villain in the MCU to date. He's sympathetic, menacing, intelligent, reasonable, and fun to watch. HE interacts with peter and the other 'villains' throughout the movie with charm, he's respectful of Peter when he finds out who PEter is, throughout the movie he clearly doesn't want to stir shit up but just wants to make a living without raising too much of a fuss, and the man truly does care for his family.

And as far as character work goes, that scene in the car before homecoming dance where Vulture figures out and reveals that he knows that PEter is Spider Man has to be one of the best scenes in the entire MCU. It's scary in many ways, it's gut wrenching, and it really puts the final piece of the puzzle into the character, as he makes it clear that he doesn't want conflict, he wants his daughter to be happy. He knows who Spider-Man is, but doesn't do anything about it even when it would be beneficial to him (See: End credits).

yeah, there are some stuff in the film I am not entirely sold on, such as Peter's super advanced suit or how Happy Hogan keeps dismissing him even when something serious is going down, or why Iron Man didn't interfere given the context of the story and how they met, but overall I think it's still another outstanding MCU film.

I do thnk that the first two Sam Raimi films are marginally better, but there's just so much here to like! Great villain, great rendition of Peter AND spider-Man (probably the best of the three 'franchises'), great world building, etc.

8/10