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Spider-man Homecoming is the long awaited collaboration between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures that officially brings Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In that weird timeline, this one follows after Captain America: Civil War, a film I don't don't really care for. Granted, Spider-Man was a highlight of that one in what amounts to essentially a cameo. This new iteration of the Spider-man follows the rather bad Amazing Siper-man flicks, recasting the hero with Tom Holland as Peter Parker and tossing in Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man.

Michael Keaton shows up as Adrian Toomes, the Vulture. The story begins eight years previous, immediately after the first The Avengers movie and Toomes is cleaning up after the damage. Removed by government order, Toomes is overextended and in financial trouble. When he realizes he has a load of alien technology, he decides to keep it and move forward and become a bad guy. Cut to modern day, post Civil War and Spider-Man is bored by his daily, ordinary existence and waiting for Stark to call him back to action. Then the Vulture shows up on his radar and all hell breaks loose, so to speak.

The Good:

Michael Keaton is awesome.

Tom Holland is awesome.

Marisa Tomei is awesome.

This film takes a more comedic approach to the superhero genre that is refreshing. I see that in the trailers for Thor: Ragnarok and it has me looking forward to it too.

I love that this is not an origin story but that it's a story about a teenage boy who is trying to be everything to everyone.

I am a fan of Downey and especially him in the role of Stark. The father/son relationship he builds with Peter is very strong. So is Tomei's relationship with Peter for that matter.

The Not so Good:

Mostly, I'm just tired of the superhero genre so that's the main complaint here. This one is a refreshing take at this point.

Very enjoyable flick! Just liked it more than I thought I would.

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