Sunday, July 9, 2017

Welcome Home to Spider-Man: Homecoming

     DC heroes often oversee justice in fictional cities like Metropolis, and Gotham City. Marvel character plots are often written so that they "exist" in real cities. New Yorkers claim Spider-Man as their #1 hero, with all due respect to Dare Devil (Hells Kitchen), Captain America (Brooklyn), and Luke Cage (Harlem). I live in Queens, New York, and trust me, this movie captured Queens more accurately than any previous Spider-Man film. The racial diversity of the cast is beautiful.

     This movie depiction of Spider-Man is really a Spider-Boy. When not fighting crime he's building Lego structures with his best friend, but still trying to be cool around girls. Gaining his super powers as a teenager, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is very impulsive and over eager to explore the reaches of his skills. He admires the Avengers, and wants to drop out of school if necessary to join them. Tony

     Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) mentors the rambunctious Parker. Parker starts a criminal investigation solo which is discouraged by Stark. Parker's not ready, regardless of his successful debout helping Stark with his Avengers' "Civil Wars". So much is at stake for Parker, as he becomes careless (as teenagers often are) about concealing his Spider-Man identity. Can the space aged equipment loaned to Parker by Stark be the difference between his life and death? Or will Spider-Man have to save himself without it? This new Spider-Man movie edition is incredible, and amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39udgGPyYMg

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