Spider-Man: Homecoming Review

Spider-Man: Homecoming

 

 

Release Date: 6th July 2017 - Australia

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures (presents)

Marvel Studios

Pascal Pictures

Distribution

Sony Pictures Australia

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 133 minutes

Budget: $175,000,000

Box Office Gross: $880,978,185 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

After his thrilling experience

with the Avengers, young

Peter Parker returns to his

home, where he lives with

his Aunt May. All the while,

Tony Stark keeps a watchful

eye on him as Peter begins

to embrace his newfound

identity as Spider-Man. He

is also trying to get back to

his regular day-to-day life -

sidetracked by thoughts of

becoming more than just a

friendly neighbourhood

superhero. Peter must use

his powers when the evil

Vulture appears and

threatens to destroy all he

loves.

Cast

Tom Holland - Peter Parker/

Spider-Man

Robert Downey Jr. - Tony

Stark/Iron Man

Michael Keaton - Adrian

Toomes/Vulture

Zendaya - Michelle

Marisa Tomei - Aunt May

Tony Revolori - Flash

Donald Glover - Aaron Davis

Laura Harrier - Liz Allan

Bokeem Woodbine - Herman

Schultz/Shocker #2

Kenneth Choi - Principal

Monta

Martin Starr - Mr. Harrington

Jacob Batalon - Ned

Hannibal Buress - Coach Wilson

Logan Marshall-Green -

Jackson Brice/Shocker #1

Jon Favreau - Happy Hogan

Gwyneth Paltrow - Pepper Potts (Cameo)

Tyne Daly - Anne Marie Hoag

Abraham Attah - Abe

Selenis Leyva - Ms. Warren

Angourie Rice - Betty

Garcelle Beauvais - Doris

Toomes

Michael Chernus - Phineas

Mason/The Tinkerer

Michael Mando - Mac Gargan

Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/

Captain America (Cameo)

Jennifer Connelly - Karen/Suit

Lady (Voice)

Gary Weeks - Agent Foster

Christopher Berry - Randy

Jorge Lendeborg Jr. - Jason

Tunde Adebimpe - Mr. Cobbwell

Tiffany Espensen - Cindy

Isabella Amara - Sally

Michael Barbieri - Charles

Josie Totah - Seymour

Hemky Madera - Mr. Delmar

Kerry Condon - Friday (Voice)

John Penick - Mr. Hapgood

Stan Lee - Gary (Cameo)

Crew

Screenplay/Director - Jon Watts

Based on Marvel Comic Book "The Amazing
Spider-Man"/Executive Producer - Stan Lee
Based on Marvel Comic Book "The Amazing
Spider-Man" - Steve Ditko

Captain America Creators - Joe Simon

and Jack Kirby

Screen Story/Screenplay - Jonathan Goldstein
and John Francis Daley

Screenplay - Christopher Ford,
Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers

Executive Producers - Victoria Alonso,
Avi Arad, Louis D'Esposito, Jeremy Latcham
and Matt Tolmach

Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Patricia Whitcher

Producers - Amy Pascal and Kevin Feige

Co-Producers - Mitchell Bell,
Eric Hauserman Carroll and Rachel O'Connor
Casting Director - Sarah Finn

Production Designer - Oliver Scholl

Art Directors - Brad Ricker,

Beat Frutiger and Lauren Abiouness 

Head of Visual Development - Ryan Meinerding

Visual Development Concept Illustrators -

Rodney Fuentebella, Alexander Mandrajiev,

Josh Nizzi, Paul Ozzimo and Phil Saunders

Concept Artists - Richard Buoen,

Andrew H. Leung, Peter Rubin, Stephen P. Burg,

Ed Natividad, Tully Summers, Tani Kunitake,

Vicki Pui and Henrik Tamm

Set Decorator - Gene Serdena

Property Master - Kirk Corwin 

Costume Designer - Louise Frogley

Key Makeup Artist - Greg Funk

Makeup Artist: Robert Downey Jr - John Blake 

Supervising Specialty Costumer - Robyn Genhart 

Director of Photography - Salvatore Totino

Location Manager - Mike Fantasia 

First Assistant Director - Liz Tan 

Second Unit Director - John Mahaffie 

Stunt Coordinator - George Cottle
Fight Choreographer - Ilram Choi

Special Effects Supervisor - Daniel Sudick

Legacy Effects - Lindsay MacGowan,

David Merritt, Jeff Deist, Alan Scott,

Brian Namanny, Christopher Swift and

Rodrick Khachatoorian 

Visual Effects Supervisor - Janek Sirrs

Visual Effects Supervisor: SPI - Theodore Bialek
Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain - Lou Pecora

Visual Effects Supervisor: Trixter - Dominik Zimmerle

Visual Effects Supervisor: Cantina Creative -

Stephen Lawes

Additional Visual Effects Supervisors - Edwin Rivera
and Matt Dessero
Visual Effects Producers - Diana Giorgiutti

and Maricel Pagulayan

Senior Visual Effects Producer: SPI - John Clinton

Digital Effects Supervisor: SPI - Chris Waegner
Digital Effects Supervisors: Digital Doman -

Jep Hill and Nikos Kalaitzidis
Animation Supervisor: SPI - Richard Smith

Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain - Jan Philip Cramer

Animation Supervisor: Luma Pictures - Raphael A. Pimentel

CG Supervisors: SPI - Matt Welford

and Joosten Kuypers

Character Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -

Nathan Fok 

3D Stereoscopic Supervisor - Evan Jacobs 

Editors - Debbie Berman and Dan Leb

Supervising Sound Editors & Designers -

Steve Ticknor and Eric A. Norris

Sound Designers - Tony Lamberti

Andy Sisul, Louis Galdames and Benjamin Cook

Re-Recording Mixers - Kevin O'Connell

and Tony Lamberti

Foley Artists - Gary A. Hecker and Rick Owens 

Music - Michael Giacchino

Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan

 

 

Review

It's been a while since we last saw our friendly neighbourhood web-slinging hero in his very own movie after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappointed most audiences everywhere. Now that the title character has become an official member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) after being introduced in Captain America: Civil War, Sony still retains the cinematic rights to the characters from Disney. Unless the studio grants permission to borrow the main hero for new standalone features. However, with its lighthearted tone and a new modern look for the franchise, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING presented an opportunity to differentiate itself from the comics. It has elements of a coming-of-age story for Peter Parker, who was still a high-school student and trying to balance his life as a superhero and an ordinary teenager.

The previous film adaptations had already showcased the character's past, how he gained his powers, and how a tragedy convinced him to become the hero. Whereas this film, however, rejects the origin story in favour of a separate narrative, which was a wise decision. Past directors like Sam Raimi and Marc Webb knew how to translate the character into the silver screen straight and different, but paled in comparison to Jon Watts, an indie filmmaker noticed by Hollywood. He is a perfect extraordinaire to helm HOMECOMING. It's the first mega-budgeted blockbuster that Watts has ever done, and he will have several features shortly.

Tom Holland was still the youthful actor performing energetically as the title protagonist. He appears adjusted for the role, and nobody expects former actors like Tobey Maguire to be exactly like him. Michael Keaton once starred as the superhero Batman in Tim Burton's first two movies. However, he now portrays Spider-Man's arch-nemesis, the Vulture, alluding to his previous role as Birdman. Michael Giacchino's score for HOMECOMING was faithful for its colourfully toned look, and the instrumental pieces doused in moments of comedy, action, and drama.

I genuinely enjoyed the film, as I liked it more than the original. HOMECOMING welcomes the title character back to a new state and is probably the only Spider-Man movie that will fulfil my expectations. I recommend this feature for viewing by audiences, including Marvel comic book fans, as it is now showing in theatres.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

 

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