Spider-Man: Homecoming (Video Podcast) - EXCERPT 

FULL downloadable discussion: soundcloud.com/user-874800775/spider-man-homecoming-podcast-discussion

You know, I'm something of a Raimi fan myself.

I understand the gripes about how this film tries it's best not to be like the Rami films but I didn't mind it. I feel like Feige wants to take time to actually develop Spidey through all the crossovers and solo films which is gonna be the ultimate payoff. My only issue is that he kinda feels nerfed compared to how he was in Civil War. But I guess the Russo's are just that good at characterization because I have the same issue with T'Challa in the Black Panther movie as well.

I like that Aunt May discovered Peter's identity this early so that plot points don't get recycled. But did it have to happen because Peter was a careless dumb fuck and in a comedy scene?

I was the only one of my friends who didn't love Homecoming and it took me a 2nd viewing to find out why. I came to the same conclusion as you guys. Homecoming simply didn't try. It was content with being a funny summer comedy with Spider-Man in it but it never took steps to become anything more than that. The film skips over the drama and the consequences from being Spider-Man as everybody gladly shrugs off Peter's mistakes and instantly forgives him for everything. Also like you mentioned, the Aunt May scene was just used for a cheap laugh at the end. The action I also found to be very forgettable. Even the soundtrack which was once one of the most instantly recognizable things about Spider-Man movies is now just background noise. Homecoming simply did not try and that is why it is one of the more disappointing Marvel movies in my opinion.

happy to see you back sam and while i disagree with you on homecoming because i liked this movie i do understand where you are coming from and i respect your opinion.

What prevents me from being completely happy with Homecoming is Spidey's motivation. Not to protect people and demonstrate responsibility but to join the Avengers. That made it hard to like him most of the time and I was shocked when he talked about dropping out of high school. It's as if Uncle Ben's death meant nothing.

I have a deep hatred for this movie and it really bothers me how these “fans” claim this is the perfect Spider-Man movie. Spider-Man isn’t just a quippy teenage superhero. He’s a breathing human being grounded in reality. This movie focuses on none of that and just rather go for the entertainment value instead of what the character is actually about. I go back to this video to maintain my sanity.

I couldn’t agree more with what y’all said. You earned a sub my friend. Thank you.

Amazing podcast guys, couldn’t help but find myself screaming “ EXACTLY “ all the way through

my day just got a whole lot better, really thought you quit and very glad you are back, keep up the excellent work Sam, you’re an inspiration

I like how you place clips and images over while you three are talking I like to see that more in future podcasts and again it’s great to see you, Kirk and Anthony back talking again Sam, keep it up man and hopefully you have other guests on your podcasts in the future

I really hate the fighting in this movie. Spiderman never throws a punch at anything . There is no fighting. It's just spiderman trys to dodge stuff than got his ass kicked for failing to dodge .

SAM IS BACK, BAAYBEEEE. I personally enjoyed Spider-Man: Homecoming, but I love getting Sam's perspective, even if I disagree, because it is always insightful.

Welcome back Sam. I agree with everything you said in this podcast. I really wanted to like this movie, but deep down i was thinking, why am i not impressed? Now i know. Your point on character interactions opens my eyes.

My fellow Hardcore Spidey fan is back with the goods.

FINALLY HE'S BACK!,WE MISS U SO~ MUCH!! :'')

Can't wait to see the whole discussion gents, I'm sure it will be Amazing, Spectacular...Web of, etc. I like this film, but you guys bring up some great points even in this small snippet and speak the complete truth. Anthony, love your point about it being "Sony's MCU". Ever since the film came out, I compared it to being a cinematic version of Agents of SHIELD. It walks the line of being in and out of the universe and we can pretend like it's not there if we need to.

Tom Holland will never beat Tobey and Homecoming doesn’t even come close to the Raimi trilogy

I clapped! I clapped when I saw Ferris Bueller! Aunt May found out her underage nephew she raised fights dangerous criminals for a living but then it ends! Oh well.... I applauded it for being different!!! No web swinging scenes? IT BROKE NEW GROUND!!!! On a serious note, glad to see you back on RU-vid and looking forward to your future content. However we understand you have a busy schedule so don’t push yourself. Cheers!

I actually really loved Homecoming but I get where you're coming from. Also, welcome back! Great to see you uploading again. :)

My initial viewing of the movie was enjoyable but definitely doesn't measure up to Spider-man 2, so probably my 2nd favourite in the franchise. But with each consecutive viewing I started to dislike it more and more and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why the movie got more 2 dimensional everytime, until this video... Cheers Sam, this was a brilliant explanation, your arguments are quite well founded and you've got all the right points to back them up (unlike ALOT of the disagreement comments here)

I agree with everything said in this video. While I don't hate this movie, it felt shallow and underwhelming. It's a shame how much this movie misunderstood the character, and that's what irks me the most. What makes Peter Parker such an interesting character is that he doesn't really WANT to be Spider-Man, he would much rather live a life for himself like most other people but his sense of guilt and responsibility keeps him from permanently looking the other way and continues his fight for peace even at the cost of disappointing those closest to him. This movie just throws all of that out of the window and makes Peter a naive child striving to be the next Tony Stark and the generic "don't treat me like a kid" shtick. I try not to let it get to me, but as a huge Spider-Man fan, it's so hard to overlook. They should have focused the movie around Peter's personal life and how his life as Spider-Man effects his relationships and opportunities. It could have been so much more endearing, and they could still pull some comedy out of that, while also not completely neglecting the drama of it as well. I also really hate how they ignored his origin entirely. Not that I want an entire hour dedicated to retelling his origin, but a few flashbacks and ACKNOWLEDGING Uncle Ben's existence could have done wonders for Peter's character. This movie acts like it never happens, so where is this character at? What is he fighting for? Is he using his great powers for great responsibility as a result of ignoring a situation he could have easily remedied, or is he just there for the thrills and to "prove" himself to Tony Stark and not his deceased uncle? Because the latter just doesn't make sense if we're to assume his origin is the same as the original Sam Raimi film. And it seems pretty contradictory to how the character was handled in Civil War where you can clearly see signs of remorse and that SOMETHING happened without ever going into full detail of what. I also agree so much with your point about the characters being caricatures. They just felt like backdrops for Peter to react to instead of feeling like actual people. While I have my issues with the past two franchises based on Spider-Man, Sam Raimi is the only one to comprehend what makes Spider-Man work, and that's putting Peter Parker first and foremost. The suit and his powers should be secondary. Part of me understands why they went the direction they did - I get it, they had to play it safe. But they could've done it so much better, while also staying true to the character, and it's really disappointing. I know we all really want to like this movie, because if this tanked, that would have been it for Spider-Man for a while. I just hope that the next movie gives us more substance. It doesn't have to be on Spider-Man 2's level, but something that shows what makes Spider-Man one of the all-time great superheroes and not just any cute ol kid around the block.

I love the movie but I respect your opinion. I would have loved to have seen the rest of that scene of May finding out Peter is Spider Man. I totally understand why you don't like it. I still found it funny though. XD

I think the reaction Aunt May gives is a good and valid one. Spider-Man isn't this huge deal yet, he's a smaller figure. So her not being amazed by his heroism and just shocked that her nephew is a crime fighter is warranted imo. The whole conflict is Peter choosing his responsibilities as Spider-Man over his wants as Peter, classic Spider-Man conflict. Vulture wasn't really a bad guy, just a criminal, he wasn't endangering the entire city, but because Peter is so attached to his morals he has to stop the bad guy. I feel it shows the moral fiber of Peter to ditch all he ever wanted, a date with Liz, to stop the Vulture. The consequence of this choice is that he doesn't get to date Liz, he's still a loser. He's down on his luck yet again because he did the right thing. The spectacle isn't there because he's new at this, he doesn't have a full grasp on his powers. It's a smaller movie, it's meant to be, that's why there is no city destroying plot or anything. It's a personal story exploring the moral strength of Peter Parker by him choosing doing the right thing over what he would like to do. Would you really expect Tony to treat Peter like anything other than a kid? Tony is the father figure for this movie. He teaches him to respect his suit, why he wears it, and who he wears it for. "If you're nothing without this suit, than you shouldn't have it" "I wanted you to be better (than himself)" these both show explicitly the relationship they have. Tony see's himself in Peter, and wants to help Peter not turn out like him. Perhaps because they both lost their father figures or that they are both kid geniuses, whatever it is there is a definitely a connection there. Honestly I always saw Pepper not being there a simply Gwenith Paltrow not wanting to do it, never bothered me that she was in this one. Adults work out problems, Tony only ever said they were taking a break. I don't think you should crap out with the web slinging on the first outing. Let the action build up as the character gets a better grasp on his power. It's more natural that way. Putting you're friendship in jeopardy because you're friend didn't want to possibly reveal his secret identity and put his family and friends in danger is hardly logical. I feel the ferris Bueller criticism is an incredibly over played nit pick. It's not that big a deal. Okay fair enough, we really didn't get to know the other characters that well, and while I don't really care, I see where you are coming from. I tried to substantiate my points best I could without like rewatching the movie lol. Hope I did more than most in this response.

Thank you so much for making this video

"If you ask me, it's in the same genre as *Ferris Bueller's Day off.* I think it's more of a movie like that than a Marvel movie." -Ralphthemoviemaker, Best & Worst Movies of 2017, 1/17/18. Sorry Sam. I just couldn't resist. P.S. I love the fact that the Phantasm is in the artwork at the end. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is such an under- appreciated film that it actually pains me.

Our favorite boi is back.

These are legit points, I think people are changing they're minds about this movie because EVERYONE liked it, but there's more likes then dislikes on this video.

SAM POSTED! Great to see a new video from you mate

This aged like fine wine. I feel as more time as gone on, more people have come to realize how incredibly flawed this movie is

I thoroughly enjoyed the podcast and I liked Spider-Man Homecoming.

It's been ten months now. Are you going to do more reviews?

While the movie wasn't perfect, I think it depicted Spider-Man and Peter perfectly. Holland was teriffic. And the scene when he is trapped under the rubble (the issue 33 moment) is one of the best Spider-Man movie moments ever. You really see how he's just a kid and is scared like any other 15 year old would be, but he knows he has this incredible strength and pushes and pushes and his sheer willpower allows him to free himself. That "cmon Peter... cmon Spider-Man... CMON SPIDER-MAN!" tugged at my heartstrings

Finally someone who understands me, i don't like homecoming for many reason

people like to compare this to classic ultimate (bagely) but what some people dont know is that there is some dark shit in those comics that nobody ever mentions. its just like deadpool, yeah hes a happy and funny character on the outside, but inside he's completely different

I agree with this video

I really liked the movie and basically hated every decision they made. I have a weird love and hate relationship with it...

I don't care if I, you or anybody disagrees sith this video. All I wanna know is WHERE'S THE LINK!? I need it.

You didn't say anything about Vulture. As for me I feel people are over exaggerating on how he "broke the Marvel curse", no he didn't. I give him credit that at least he's not a "trying to destroy the world, universe, or whatever" villain, but he still came off as an underwhelming and forgettable villain.

If you just watch this movie as a parody of Spider-man I actually think it's really really funny, probably the funniest superhero movie I've ever see-oh shit I still see it as a superhero movie..

Well done analysis, Sam! The film itself was fine, but it left so much to be desired! I never want to bite the hand that feeds me because I desperately wanted a radically different Spiderman film myself, which is ultimately what I got. However, as you've pointed out nothing that's different in this interpretation feels in service of the film's identity and rather feels in service of simply being different. I love that Marvel Studios has more recently been hiring younger independent filmmakers to put their own stamp on the individual films, but Jon Watts is a director who would seem to have a much less distinct voice and style in comparison to say a Ryan Coogler, a James Gunn, a Jon Favreau, etc. But even if the film suffered from studio interference, nothing about the film's aesthetic in terms of the clothing for each character, the cinematography or even the film's setting would seem to indicate anything in the way of a singular vision. Compare this film to say Iron Man 2, which arguably had much worse studio interference and is probably an objectively worse film, Jon Favreau's directorial style and identity still feels heavily present in almost every scene, the way he opens the film with Iron Man's entrance choreographed brilliantly to AC/DC as well as how he makes every scene flow very naturally, the way that he establishes a wonderfully oozing chemistry between his actors that makes the scenes of exposition really entertaining to watch, etc. Iron Man 2, despite horrible flaws, is still quite an entertaining film to watch simply for those wonderful Favreauisms that we love and adore so much. Iron Man 2 even had great action set-pieces. Watts is practically just a second unit guy in comparison to Favreau. Perhaps the element that I enjoyed most about Homecoming was its cast. Despite the characters feeling very underwritten, the cast all had a good chemistry with one another that slightly elevated their characters above what the script allowed for them. Poor Tom Holland, as great as he may be, is forced to carry entire sections of the movie practically just by himself. Let's hope for a better future with this franchise!

Hey Sam! I'm just curious, did You catch A cold at the time of this video?

I've got to be honest and I know I'm probably in the minority here but I don't like Holland at all in this role. His sarcasm comes across as more annoying than funny, it grates on the nerves. As far as I'm concerned the best Spider-Men (Christopher Daniel Barnes and Josh Keaton) are in the animated world.

I can't agree more about the character interactions point you made. I recently read the first 200 issues of TASM and I am still reading and sometimes the villian of the week action starts to bore me as I wait for the next panel where all the characters are interacting with each other. (Btw the cast kinda sucked through issues 200-230 or something but thankfully at least betty brent is back so it should get better any issue now. :D)

Kevin Feige said that they are not gonna touch the "May finds out he is SP" for a long time, personally I think that Peter will just say that it's a Halloween costume and he will avoid it.

I quite liked the movie but for some reason it didn't feel right. I felt like I liked the villain more than the main character.

Overreliance on comedy: Thor Ragnarok was worse in that sense. I.e: When Banner fell on the rainbow bridge, you could already see that joke coming. It was tireing.

I saw the whole podcast and you guys forgot to mention the musical score. I thought that out of 6 Spider-Man films to date it was the least memorable score out of any of the films

Man what happened to this channel? I used to love watching the movie reviews sam did but now nothing and no new content.

What are your thoughts on black panther

Happy to see you back on RU-vid Sam ! Really good video, Homecoming was the worst Spider-Man movie for me.

I liked Michael Keaton as The Vulture. I just wish he'd been in a better Spidey film because even he isn't saving this one!

They really played it safe with this one. Even though I enjoyed certain aspects of the film I personally don't think that John Watts was the best choice for director.

I don't know. Maybe its because I have graduated and now have to deal with real life. But just this whole High School dynamic and setting killed any and all interest I have in the MCU Spider-Man. I understand that was a major draw of his character in the original comics. But he also grew out of those stories fairly quickly and became an adult and seeing that transition is what drew me into the character. And While I'm sure something similar to that is going to happen with these movies, I don't have the patience or interest to see it through. Also after playing a role in defeating a galaxy conquering genocidal alien warlord, what personal problem could one teenager have that will amount to anything greater then a hill of beans?

i agree 100% with everything here

This is fucking great. Moar Sam Pls

I liked homecoming and I liked Spider-Man 1 and 2 and I’m fine that homecoming isn’t Spider-Man 1 or 2. Judge the movie for what it is- not what you want it to be.

Hated the ending of this movie!

please make more videos,youre great

HI SAM I'M GLAD UR BACK.

Sam, where did you go? It’s as this was five months ago, and I’ve been missing your content. Is everything all right?

Are you gonna review marvels Spider-Man the new series that we got after ultimate ended.

There's no way on earth that this movie is better than Spider-Man 2. I personally think it's not even better than Spider-Man - which, to me, felt more coherent, and felt more like an actual movie, instead of mishmash of pop culture references and cynical jokes. This movie felt very incoherent in the way it tells its story and treats its character. I really wish if the movie was just one coherent narrative with one big theme as the focus. But it was very muddily written. Personally, I hoped it will be like an anti-bullying, anti-school-establishment movie. I'm not pretending to be some kind of a screenwriter, but, fuck me, after I saw the movie, I already built, what I think, a much better story than the one movie provided me with. I thought, since this movie implies that Ned and Peter are the bottom of the barrel in school and they want to become part of school's high hierarchy, why wasn't that the main theme of the movie? You know, them trying to gain respect from popular kids like Flash, but failing at that, so that Peter then uses his ties with Spider-Man to gain respect from them, and, over the time, he gets distanced from Ned, because cool kids tell him to not hang out with him because he is a looser. But then Peter realizes, "What the hell?... All these people are phonies. They're not my friends. I have a friend. And he's better than all of them. " You know, you respect your friends for who they are to YOU, not who they are to the public. But nope, nobody thought of that. Instead, we have some bullshit story about Peter wining science competition, and Ned, so-called best friend of Peter, being a bigger douche than Flash Thompson. This movie let me down.

Sums up how I felt about Far from Home.

I DID ENJOY THIS CLIP. And I willlll listen. :) #fanboy

Is there an argument to be made that this film was what some Spidey fans wanted out of the Raimi films but never got until now? I can understand there are certain big Spidey fans who have never liked the Raimi films since they came out.

Sam wouldn't be satisfied with a spider man movie if he made it himself.

Couldn't have said it better myself. This movie is beyond overrated. This movie had the opportunity to show us the aftermath of Civil War and how Peter reacted to that, but instead this movie committed the worse crime a film in a cinematic universe can do. Ignore the continuity. Easily the worst MCU film for me.

Something I haven't seen anyone talk about. In the scene with Peter under the rubble, he definitely shouts "Eddie!" when he's screaming for help. This makes me think that they were planning to do a storyline with Eddie as Peter's sort of brother after the death of their parents. Wouldn't that be a great Venom story with this version of Peter? Tom Holland's portrayal is a younger, more naive and vulnerable character and, if Eddie is an older brother figure who he instinctively views as his protector then him becoming a villain could be really dangerous. That's what I want the sequel to be but Sony's definitely shit Venom film has ruined any chance of this happening.

I still like The Amazing Spider Man.

I can't see where the hate is coming from..... It is not a grown up Peter Parker from the earlier movies, it is a millennial high school kid around 15yrs of age Of course his world would look nerfed having seen spectacles like Avenger earlier This movie was shown from the perspective of the street level people and how they would view The Avengers in real life

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH Boi I hated this movie so much that I've spent the last eight months rewriting it, and remaking it, mostly just for my own personal sanity. Currently in the animation stage. Its is SO therepeutic, considering how disappointing this film was.

I agree and disagree at the same time. 1. He needs to be grounded and joyful of his powers. He is a kid in highschool. Everyone would give their left nut to be spiderman. And also he is a kid, so he wont go swinging from high buildings all the time. He was scarred shittless when he flew on the plane, and as some1 pointed out, that wasnt a fight, Peter was hanging for his dear life (coz he didnt have parachute) and Vulture is the one who was going for a kill. I really want his swinging to be earned. To see him go higher and faster. Its a skill he needs to learn. 2. I agree most supporting characters are bland. Aunt May never felt like an actual character, just a nuisance to him. Like if he had a puddle in front of his door so he had to go trough window to get in. She never felt indearing or lovable or w/e. I like school friends but they could have used more development yes. But the thing is, spiderman is in MCU now....Raimi`s spiderman didnt have MCU so they had to build a strong surrounding cast. Homecoming just brings in Tony without explanation and it workds. It works oh so well. He is the Unlcle Ben of this story, Aunt May of the story. Peter looks up to him. And i guess thats the thing now about MCU.....you either make it its own movie (like black panther) or you use chararcters from MCU and shove other characters aside. So, i dont mind MCU approach. Granted, they can do supporting cast better, a lot. But biggest mistake in spiderman movies is this. Peter NEEDS to know his villains before they become villains or before he fights them. Thats why Raimi movies work. He was friends with all villains (except in 3rd movie, which is the worst, and they ruined Amazing spiderman where he had no relations outside with Lizzard) and that makes his fights more ingaging. Will he save Octavius? Will he murder Norman? WIll Harry forgive him? Vulture should have been introduced sooner as a dad of liz...sure it would take away the twist, but i think the end fight would be better.

Is this channel dead ? :(

Please Come Back

YOU'RE ALIVE

Even after 6 years you haven’t changed at all

Dudee, what happened to you, I miss your videos!

Superbad was a better teen movie to be honest

Hey Sam, you should do a review of the "movie" of the spideman ps4 game, i think that would be pretty interesting.

I have seen the film on dvd. I am a big Spider-man fan but i am not that picky. I do not have high expectations but this movie was a bit of a letdown so far. I hope this will change in the future films ,,for me the film wasn t that spectacular or amazing as the first two films were. It was nice but sometimes even boring for a Spider-man movie and it didn t had the WOW feeling for me.

Back to the whole lack of consequenses thing is the sokiva accords. Now I really did dug the movie but did marvel forgot about it. Why is iron man letting spider man go out and even though the whole point of the accords was to put heroes on more of a leash with the goverment. Like I said before did marvel forget about the accords or thought it wasn't important enoughbto bring up.

Overuse of comedy? Did you see Thor: Ragnarok

I really like the movie, I was getting tired of the angst-ridden tone of the previous series', and the light tone of this one made it feel refreshing, as well as fun. This movie is aiming to be breezy and inconsequential, acting like an entertaining pilot to a TV series similar to the first X-Men film. Like X-Men, it sets up all the characters for bigger things. Michelle is a loner and acts like she doesn't mind, but she wants friends really and is shown to be making an effort to reach out at the end. Flash bullies Peter because he effortlessly does better than him academically (with regards to Sam's comment about Flash idolising Spider-Man, there's no reason to think this interpretation feels that way, perhaps he will in the future due to some events). Ned is actually a very realistic best friend for high school, in that he's not a very good one. He's frequently shown to be more concerned with exploiting Peter's abilities and persona as Spider-Man for popularity, than helping Peter in a substantial way. These are teenagers, they're all self-obsessed to some degree and finding a truly great friend is hard to come by. I'm guessing he'll learn to be more dependable, loyal and responsible in time. These things are only touched upon and are actually quite subtle, being set-up for future movies. X-Men acted like a pilot as it was held back by budget constraints, due to Fox having little faith in comic book properties, Homecoming is doing this purposefully. Unlike the other solo heroes, Spider-Man won't be a trilogy because he's Sony's property, so making this movie act like a chapter of a comic book annual, as opposed to a complete one makes sense. I think when the series is down the road, this film will look much better to you guys in retrospect. I think the movie is another showing of Marvel attempting to diversify their superhero films, to ensure things don't get stale. Guardians 2 went for a family therapy tone, focusing on that far more than being an action film, Thor: Ragnarok went for a kind of self-aware parody tone, and Spider-Man goes for an episodic feel. Even though Wonder Woman is a good movie, it feels like a "been there, done that" type of film because it's plot is very conventional now that so many conventional superhero movies have been made. It's unfair to the DCEU really, as they're just getting started and are attempting to lay the groundwork for their cinematic universe like Marvel and the X-Men ones did, but it feels repetitive. Marvel and Fox are trying to expand into other tones to diversify, in order to keep viewers invested, and I think it's been successful overall. I agree with Tony's development in Civil War being negated with him appearing happy with Pepper at the end, though I think the Russo Brothers will make the consequences of everything Tony's been through be front and centre, and palpable in Infinity War. They're the kind of filmmakers who pay attention to every little detail, and will be very concerned with the culmination of the MCU making sense and having weight. Tony and Pepper's apparent reconciliation was done to fit into the film's light tone, cementing the happy, feel-good ending. While it was well done, I really don't like that they did it at the expense of the MCU's continuity.

The mcu made spiderman alot closer to deku from my hero academia he is a kid who grows up in a world filled with super heroes and he looks up to them

Finally a video, but you're shitting on Homecoming? Its not that Bad, its not even a disappointment. It was just ok.

Holy shit a video!?

Where are you

please come back.

I didn't think the movie was bad at all. I don't get the "over reliance on comedy" thing. Doesn't every Spidey movie have at least some comedy? I felt it was pretty balanced.

While I didn't think this movie was all that Great, I still think it's better than the Andrew Garfield movies. mostly because it's more Original and doesn't rehash so many stuff from Maguire Films. I still think the Maguire movies are Far Better, but I thought this film was Fine nonetheless. it even had a Great Villain. something the Garfield Films were Completely Lacking X-D

Review black panther !

Comedy over consequence! That's why I dislike Ragnarok!

I don't agree with this at all

Am I the only one who feels like Sam is a Raimi fanboy? I have issues with this movie too, but it feels like Sam is nothing but biased towards those movies. I don't like the way Peter is treated like a child in this movie, and I hate the unneeded changes to MJ, but that's mainly it. I'll just go back to being the only people who like the TASM movies lol.

I still fundamentally disagree with you on this film.

I don’t see the problem with focusing more on comedy for Homecoming. We’ve had multiple films that focused on the moody/hardship of Spider-Man that people forget that there’s a lot of comics that are just fun and/or comedic adventures. One of the things that bothers me about Spider-Man is the over reliance on the drama. Writers often write stories that add in typical manufactured drama because they feel like they’re supposed to do that in a Spider-Man book. They focus on the lows and forget that Peter is supposed to have highs as well. Peter has to be a sad sack about everything and can’t have anything going his way because that’s what Spider-Man stories are about. However, they forget that gets old after a while if he is never allowed to grow past his problems and is never shown to enjoy his life. It’s fine having a more fun or comedic story every now and then where the aim is to kick back and relax. Homecoming does have its shares of flaws in that it does miss opportunities to show the emotional consequences of his actions, and the supporting characters needed more characterization. Adding in more emotional heft could have aided some areas, but it never ruined the whole experience for me. It’s not perfect, but it’s overall good. I’d say that Raimi was the best director for Spider-Man, but I’d argue that Homecoming, while its goals aren’t as high as Spider-Man 2, is the best Spider-Man film because I think it achieves its goals better than the other films. Spider-Man 2 is the best directed Spider-Man film though. Spectacular Spider-Man is the best adaptation for me, and Civil War was the best live action Spider-Man representation. As far as I’m concerned, my Spider-Man quota has been more than filled.

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And then far from home releases and its such an insult to the character......sadge