Directed by: Jon Watts
Written by: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, John Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, & Erik Sommers
Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, & Robert Downey Jr.
Tom Holland was made to play Spider-Man.
Continuing after Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker goes back to his teenage life in Queens, hoping and expecting to be used again for another Avenger mission. But after several reach out attempts, Parker decides to become the friendly neighborhood super hero and keep his own town safe, but still secretly hoping for a top super secret mission. While patrolling the city, he finds several robbers using alien made weapons. Feeling that it is his duty to help, he gets more involved with these robbers than he should have and runs into difficulties that a teenager shouldn't face.
Let's start with Tom Holland. To me, he is the best Spider-Man yet. Compared to Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield, Holland really captivates audiences with his teenage persona, while the other two seemed too old. Holland is awkward, talks too much, and tries to be cool to impress a girl. He has everything that makes a teenager and also plays out situations as well as experiences as a teenager would.
In addition, Jacob Batalon, who plays Ned, and Zendaya, who plays Michelle, have great chemistry with Holland and also play teenagers well. Probably because being a teenager wasn't all that long ago.
Michael Keaton always plays a perfect villain. In this film, Keaton plays the Vulture, who has a hidden agenda that I will not disclose because it's a spoiler. 😛 But just know, he's great.
What I really like about the film is that they had diversity. The film didn't consist of only white actors. The love interest was African American. Best friend? Filipino. Aunt? Italian. Bully? Indian. It's so great to finally see more ethnicities on screen that represent what makes New York...well, America great.
Also, the film had a moral. Who doesn't love a moral to the story? But I'm not going to get into the moral of the story because it's a spoiler. If you really want to know, you can comment on the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/poppinmovies/) or Twitter/Instagram (@poppinmovies) and we'll talk about it.
There weren't many negatives in this film of positives. The CGI was a little wonky in places, but not very noticeable. And the ending ending was terrible.
So there are three endings. The first is the ending to the movie. The second is after the beautiful credits that have all the animation involved. That ending is good, though a little confusing about why Keaton says what he says. As for the ending after the regular credits, I was disappointed. It's better to not watch those, but if you can't resist, just know, that you will be disappointed too, but might have a good laugh.
But other than that, best Spidy film to date. 5 popcorns.
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