#like witih superman he had a series that started like a year ago

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Just curious bc I can't really tell: what did you think about Spider-Man homecoming? I really loved the movie and was wondering what you thought :D

I loved it too! it was a great modern take on spidey, and tom Holland did a fantastic job of communicating that “Oh god he’s 15 what the hell is he doing getting almost murdered he should be at home playing with legos” vibe. the jokes were funny, and just when i felt like they were going a little too far with the comedy and teen BS we got the car scene. I wanted to jump out of my own skin that scene was so tense. We got a nice homage to the famous sewer scene, and the relationship between peter and tony was just perfect. The climax was amazing, and looking back it’s a testament to the great writing that i cared so much about what was essentially an arms deal gone wrong. Tony stark making the spidey suit was a stroke of genius, since it let the directors make the eyes on the mask move expressively and gave spidey someone to vent to. a train of thought works in comic books, but it’s a hard thing to translate on screen.

It had its flaws. the supporting cast, for instance, had some wrinkles. i felt zendaya’s character didn’t contribute anything other than some star power, and while flash thompson worked in this specific movie i don't think there’s anywhere else to go with him, which is a shame since flash actually has some interesting stories in the comics. and while the movie does tension well when it wants to, it’s absence until the very end of the movie is a problem

 As far as the marvel movies go it’s my favorite non avengers film. But as far as spider-man films go the sam raimi trilogy has it beat (expcept for spidey 3). I was re watching some clips of those recently, and i just never appreciated how stylized and fast paced those movies were until now. homecoming was a wonderful film, one of the best superhero movies in years, but at the end of the day it’s still the same marvel formula, this time starring spider-man.  Those raimi films had their flaws (toby mcguire’s fish faced acting and the forgivable but noticeable dating of the special effects come to mind), but they had such a fantastic sense of scale and style that they’re still on top for me. plus they were the films i grew up with, theres a lot of nostalgia there