

Perhaps, to fight in a crunch but not someone reliable enough to be called an Avenger. Stark, however, sees a young man who's too immature for his own good,

Tony Stark's door, but he also feels he's all but a full-fledged Avenger. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is flying high after fighting alongside Iron Man against a rogue Captain America. Rebooted again in oh, say, 2025, because Spider-Man just can't be Spider-Man if he's a twenty- or, heaven forbid, thirty-something.can he?). Standalone Sony property picture, it stands to reason that this iteration is the one that's going to last (feel free to laugh when the franchise is Seems to be no set answer to any of these questions (unless one considers "nearly $900,000,000" an answer), but considering thatįinally a "proper" Marvel Cinematic Universe film rather than just a Special effects-supported villains can he fight? Can there even be substantial characterization at this point? How many reboots will audiences Same? How many scenes of Spider-Man using all his might and webs to hold up some in-peril bus or train or boat can audiences tolerate to watch? Of the million-dollar questions: at what point does it all just begin to look and feel the

Have all been critical successes, too, so it's no surprise to see the studios continue to churn them out at breakneck speed. That matter) have been major financial success and to some degree All of the Spider-Man films (and most comic book movies, for This latest take on the character saw his debut inĭisney/Marvel's Captain America: Civil War, where the webslinger was once againĪs a protégé of billionaire playboy Tony Stark, a.k.a. Spider-Man: Homecoming is Sony's third big-screen adaptation for the popular Marvel superhero in well under two decades,ĭating back to 2002's Spider-Man, which spawned two sequels, only to be re-imagined in The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel a few years later. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, October 15, 2017
