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Rating: Very snobbishly, I usually claim that the cinematic universe is the death of cinema, that Marvel relies on Stan Lee's cameos, and that DC at least has the decency not to try too hard and to suck. Well, with this movie I haven't changed my mind too much.
I warn you right away there will be spoilers, but first, I recommend watching the previous fifteen movies and reading all the Spider-Man comics from the sixties onward, including the reboot, to get a clearer picture of the whole. Done? Good, we can continue.
This is the sixteenth (!) chapter of that monster, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the second reboot of the Spider-Man character, featuring the fairly decent Tom Holland as the new Spider-Human (although personally, Tobey Maguire is unbeatable), who is practically Iron Man's cheerleader.
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Just kidding, although this could very well be the summary of the new Spider-Man.
Anyway, the plot is simple: we have our Peter Parker, a smart high schooler who has to deal with "every American high schooler's problems": he has a crush on the senior year girl, he's a bit of a nerd and suffers from the usual bully's jabs.
Michael Keaton plays the part of Batm- of Birdm- of Vulture, a pigeon- a vulture, a former construction worker now unemployed, who together with his team of workers manufactures weapons with alien scraps left by the Avengers all over New York.
Our Spider-Man will save friends in danger, confront our mechanical pigeon, try to maintain his secret identity, try to impress the girl, but plot twist! Bat-Vulture is the girl's father! Wow! They must have spent months on this idea! Who saw that coming!
Anyway, jokes aside it's a light-hearted film, at times amusing, with the usual Stan Lee cameo, but there's one thing that infuriates me.
Anyone with a sprinkle of knowledge of the subject knows our Peter is surrounded by many secondary but still important characters: the editorial J Jonah Jameson, the decrepit Aunt May, who has a heart attack every other day, the girl next door and historical flame Mary Jane, friend Harry Osbourne, son of the evil Jok- Goblin, etc., etc. Well, there's not even a shadow of these. Oh dear, there's Aunt May, but she's a fifties woman in better shape than ever, and so the character is lost.
"But why aren't these characters there, they are vital for Spiderman, they help carve out a personal story and environment for Peter Parker..." This cunning move serves to be able to move our hero in the other MCU movies (for example, now Peter can go fight in space with the Guardians without worrying about the missed lesson), but in doing so not only are brilliant characters like JJJ lost, but the product of the film is sacrificed for the main plot, that of the Avengers. Let me explain better.
Aunt May is a vital character for the Spider-Man series in her fragility because if, for example, Peter doesn't give her any news or isn't reachable by phone, she will die of a broken heart and our hero will be left alone. That's why it's perhaps the most famous case of "superhero with super problems." So, in my opinion, not only do we lose many interesting characters, but above all, the characterization of the character dissipates and becomes almost nothing.
But hey, it's Spider-Man! He shoots webs! He stole Cap's shield in Civil War! He's awesome!
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