Summer Blockbuster season is UPON US!

(No, Blockbuster isn’t back. Regardless of how much you wanted two bags of microwave popcorn, two 3-day movie rentals and a giant yellow popcorn bowl ALL FOR ONE INCREDIBLE LOW PRICE!)

Tom Holland‘s first SOLO effort as the friendly neighbourhood hero was EXCELLENT.

This is the first Spider-Man incarnation where you ACTUALLY feel like he’s in highschool, the whole time.

(Still not buying the whole “15 years old” thing, though.)

Right out of the gate, this flick has all the hallmarks of a great popcorn flick, with the addition of some GREAT character development for Spidey, a glimpse into his high-schooler world (Best Friend, girls he’s into, FLASH THOMPSON, And more of Marisa Tomei‘s FANTASTIC new take on Aunt Mae) combined with the pressure of being SUPERHUMAN.

Plenty of action, and YES, there ARE incredible things that you DIDN’T see in the trailers (GASP!)

NOW: Let’s talk villainy, shall we?

Michael Keaton is INCREDIBLE.  His various henchmen: do their part, I guess.

Keaton just… I DON’T WANT TO SPOIL ANYTHING. THIS IS SO HARD. HE’S AMAZING (sorry previous spider-man films… had to use that word.)

 

Are there appearances by other notable Marvel characters? You bet.

Will I tell you which? Nope.

 

HOWEVER:  it’s almost ENTIRELY worth your ticket cost, just to see a certain series of “SO you…x” videos, created with ANOTHER big name in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe, for the non-nerdy).

And yes. Stay for the Credits. One IN them. One AFTER. And I don’t feel bad telling you the latter is a total troll move, and STILL worth it.

 

I’d give it a solid 7/8 pretzel bites.

 

I’m only using pretzel bites as a scale because the theatre I caught the showing at sold me a combo with those as the “main” in em… then proceeded to tell me they were OUT of them, after I’d already paid.

PETTY, RYAN

 

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