Tom Holland's second solo outing as Spiderman. A big undertaking, considering that this is directly following the conclusion of the Avengers Infinity Saga. Now, for starters, there's no way in hell that this film would match the larger than life standards and stakes of Endgame.
That being said, what we're presented with is an entertaining and occasionally compelling character story, where Spiderman is trying to balance his two lives, as schoolkid and superhero respectively. Nothing we haven't seen before, but there's the different spin thrown in of Peter Parker trying to come to terms with Tony Stark's death from the previous film. There are obvious parallels to Uncle Ben here but I feel this deviation works just as well.
The film is more or less a glorified publicity video for European tourism with added superheroes, as Parker and his class go on a Eurotrip through Venice, Prague, Berlin and London. Jake Gyllenhaal is introduced as Mysterio, a mysterious character, as the name would suggest, and Nick Fury returns, attempting to give Parker some tough love when it comes to his struggles between his two lives.
For the most part, the film serves as an adequate extension of the MCU, post-Endgame. Tom Holland's performance as Peter Parker is fairly stellar and has great onscreen chemistry with his co-stars such as Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Gyllenhaal and Samuel L Jackson.
The stereotypical millennial tropes such as the constant livestreaming from Flash the bully was kinda grating though. It's a given that Marvel would need to update the teenage lifestyles of the younger characters to the current year, but I still find some of the aspects cringy.
The mid credits scene caught me by surprise, with the return of JK Simmons, but the end credits scene felt completely unnecessary.
In conclusion, this was a fun film with a lot of action and good performances from the cast members. Not exactly award-worthy but it's decent nonetheless.
That being said, what we're presented with is an entertaining and occasionally compelling character story, where Spiderman is trying to balance his two lives, as schoolkid and superhero respectively. Nothing we haven't seen before, but there's the different spin thrown in of Peter Parker trying to come to terms with Tony Stark's death from the previous film. There are obvious parallels to Uncle Ben here but I feel this deviation works just as well.
The film is more or less a glorified publicity video for European tourism with added superheroes, as Parker and his class go on a Eurotrip through Venice, Prague, Berlin and London. Jake Gyllenhaal is introduced as Mysterio, a mysterious character, as the name would suggest, and Nick Fury returns, attempting to give Parker some tough love when it comes to his struggles between his two lives.
For the most part, the film serves as an adequate extension of the MCU, post-Endgame. Tom Holland's performance as Peter Parker is fairly stellar and has great onscreen chemistry with his co-stars such as Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Gyllenhaal and Samuel L Jackson.
The stereotypical millennial tropes such as the constant livestreaming from Flash the bully was kinda grating though. It's a given that Marvel would need to update the teenage lifestyles of the younger characters to the current year, but I still find some of the aspects cringy.
The mid credits scene caught me by surprise, with the return of JK Simmons, but the end credits scene felt completely unnecessary.
In conclusion, this was a fun film with a lot of action and good performances from the cast members. Not exactly award-worthy but it's decent nonetheless.