Michael's Movie Grade: A-
A superior superhero movie.
This ranks among one of the best live action Spider-Man movies (even if Spider-Man 2 (2004) still gets the top spot for me). The reason for this is simple. The new Spider-Man movie is full of heart. What has always made Spider-Man stand out with all the superheroes out there is not the superpowers or the villains. Rather it is the person behind the mask. The best Spider-Man stories, whether in comics or film, have always been more about Peter Parker than about Spider-Man and that is easily the case here. Though there are some stellar Spider-Man action scenes here, the heart of the story revolves around Peter Parker's loneliness. This film focuses on Peter's fear to let anyone in and to love him after the passing of his Aunt May. As the film starts superhero-ing is becoming the character's full life as a way to compensate for how lonely his personal life is. As Peter, he spends nearly all his time watching social media videos of his former friends being sad he is not there. Yet as the movie goes on Peter's loneliness and action-packed adventures become quite intwined creating many moments that will truly pull on your heart strings. Tom Holland's previous films as the webslinger have been rather lighthearted, however he proves he is more than up to the more emotionally heavy material given to him here.
Yet as well as being quite emotional, this movie is also a lot of fun. As mentioned before the action scenes are fantastic. The action-packed climax is truly wonderful. This movie also has some of the funniest post-Endgame bits of MCU humor. Unlike the weakest MCU films, the humor and the drama are balanced out very well. The filmmakers know when to be funny and when to be serious. Neither ever gets in the way of the other.
Like many Marvel movies, this tries to put a lot of Marvel into a movie that is supposed to be about a specific one. On the bright side all of these characters are entertaining in their roles. On the downside it can make the movie feel a bit overstuffed. However, this is not enough to truly hurt a movie as delightful as this.
A must-watch for all Marvel fans.
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