Spiderman Homecoming

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I really really like it. It's the best Spiderman movie since Spiderman 2, and probably part of the reason why is that it features the best villain we've seen in the MCU (I just realized that Michael Keaton was the lead in Birdman *wink wink*). The main reasons why is that Tom Holland is the best Spiderman/Peter Parker like ever, and the story/movie lets him be the kid that he really is. It also reminds me of Ant-Man because it's really a small movie, masquerading as a blockbuster -- the story and conflict is localized, the concerns (especially Peter's) are not about the fate of the world/universe but are serious all the same.

I wasn't that spoiled (like I knew that Zendaya was going to be MJ) but I didn't know that the Vulture would end up as Liz Allen's dad. That was a great twist, which lead to an amazing confrontation between two antagonists without their masks on. That ending with Mae was ah-mah-zing.

Also, yay, Pepper's back!

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I was not planning to see this because I could not possibly care less about Spider-Man and actively loathe Tony/RDJ now, plus I still resent them taking somuch time away from Cap's story line, so I am totally down for spoilers and my friend won't give them to me: I really want to know about the Cap appearances! I heard there were more than just the fitness one.

Also, Pepper's back???? Really?! That kind of almost makes me willing to go…though I have a lot on my mind so I don't think I will.

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He gets featured twice, and first things first, the movie is set at and will reference different periods of the MCU timeline from The Avengers to Civil War. The first one is that video for the fitness challenge where the teacher in charge introduces it and comments about Cap's current status to the tune of "while Captain America is now a war criminal, I'm still obligated to show this to you."

The 2nd one is awesome and very meta. It's at the very end of the movie and Cap starts talking about having patience and how sometimes, waiting and waiting for something for a long time may not always be rewarded with something they want/need/expect. He then breaks off, looks to the side and asks how many more of these are they gonna do.

p.s. Pepper's appearance is basically a cameo at the end of the movie but a good one. And it just proves to you that whenever Pepper's around, everything will be alright and no shit like Ultron or the Sokovia accords can happen. Do you really want me to spoil you because I will spoil you af

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Oh, Pepper's cameo and the Cap post credit is now floating all over the internet, if you're interested.

[gwyn]

I have seen gifs, but I'm still up for spoilers if you are! No one ever believes me, I don't even really believe in "spoilers" because it does not impact my enjoyment of anything to know about it. I was curious why so much of it seems to be about Tony's life, if they were going that route again of being convinceed no one cares about any other character except him. My friend also said there were three Cap PSAs but I've only seen two??

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The PSAs I've seen is the one in the movie about the Fitness Challenge and the one about patience. If there's another one, I'm going to be really irritated since I was patient and waited until the end of the movie lol

RDJ/IM is still their most marketable star and hero, I guess. It's not as loaded with RDJ as Iron Man 4: Avengers Disassembled, Featuring Special Guest Star, Captain America but Peter's story (and Vulture's too) is so much linked to what happened in the MCU (specifically Avengers & Civil War). Jon Favreau as Happy gets a lot of face time as the Tony stand-in because the whole movie is Peter wanting to be an Avenger because being a friendly neighborhood Spiderman is not enough for him.

What else? If you're watching for Zendaya, prepare to be disappointed since she's like 5 minutes in the whole movie. It's a set-up for the next one where she'll probably have more screentime as Michelle "my friends call me MJ" Jones.

A critic commented that if there was a villain that evokes the political climate in the US now, it's Tooms because this is the guy who voted for Trump, and I kinda agree a little. Just ask me, I'm still high from the first watch, and I'm sure I'll watch again.

p.s. Jacob Batalon who plays Peter's bff Ned is Filipino, yay!