I think people are being fooled when they're told it's not a retold origin story. It totally is - it just skips over the "bitten by a spider, Uncle Ben dies" bit. The movie is how Peter Parker becomes "SPIDERMAN." That is an origin story, by my book.
I really didn't like this movie. The humor fell flat for me for 90% of the jokes (I did like the one when he was driving). The lead girl was possibly the least developed leading lady in any Marvel story yet (Zendaya was far more interesting, even though her part was small). The "twists" were telegraphed from a mile away - nothing in it was surprising. The big action scene in the Washington Monument was done better in Superman II at the Eiffel Tower. Michael Keaton was pretty good as the bad guy, though he gives a speech that makes him too sympathetic for a comic villain and sort of makes you root for him. He's not given enough to really justify that, but the politics that is brought into it makes it kind of unavoidable.
I did like the ferry scene, and the acting was mostly okay. I think I'm just over Marvel movies.
For a WAY better action movie, go see Baby Driver - I saw that on Friday and LOVED it.
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