Low_hit

could have gotten a 10/10 if it wasn't for underwhelming third act. chances are, you're gonna be slightly disappointed in your first watch, I implore you to rewatch it, as it gets better. there is a "Mephisto" level of let-down to certain sub-plots and ideas, like there is no connection to the larger MCU, which is not a bad thing, but, if you are an Internet sleuth like I am, you're gonna be disappointed. BUT, it gets better in the rewatch without the heavy expectations. Pls rewatch it. the biggest problem with this movie is that the villain ends up being 2-dimensional, which could work for a large-scale story like the first Avengers movie. However, for a small-scale story, the villain should be multi-faceted, like I dont think the villain in this movie had something unique. Look at Homecoming, it is a small-scale story, However Michael Keaton's Vulture is so good, he is a leader who cares about his employees and sub-ordinates, but he is also opportunistic ,like he looks at alien tech and immediately thinks about crime,he often pounces at any chance he could use. He is idealistic, like he has a lot of opinions of the world he lives in, he hates Tony Stark and Avengers and thinks of himself as an ordinary man's frustration towards the world and society. He is also funny , like he keeps referring to Peter as "Pedro". He is scary, like Peter gets his ass kicked by him. He is also a good father. He is calculative and manipulative. but most importantly, he is petty in a very subtle way. like that's what makes Homecoming feel like a movie and not like an episode. The villain in this movie has a lot of aura, but definitely isnt multi-faceted. This is a very character-focused movie so it sticks out when one of the main driving forces of the story has 2-dimensional motivations and doesn't have many traits. Makes it feel like a Video-game side quest after the main plot has ended. However, the actor playing the villain character is reallyyy good. The movie is focused on certain themes, that clearly deserved more screentime. I would prefer a 3hr version of this movie adding some extra layers. like, I'm not joking , we are sub-conciously programmed to recognise when the first two-acts of the movie are great, like genuinely. The first 1hr and 45 min is probably the best spidey story out there. The last act kind of rushed it. There sshould have been more emphasis on the DODC, they feel like NPCs in this movie. remember in The first Avengers movie whenn Nick Fury was secretly working on weaponising the Tesseract behind the Avengers' back, and how the revelation felt like a huge betrayal almost. There is something very similar in this movie, but its given no weight, it feels like an inconvinience. Its obvious that the movie is trying to adapt the prejudices of the government against super-powered individuals like shown in Daredevil,Wonderman and X-men. Yet, the weight and animosity isnt there. Its the main theme of this movie. The villain is rebellious to the authoritarian agency that is opressive. Spidey is caught in the cross-fire, that he feels different due to his spider-puberty whilst agreeing with the villain. all the side characters are set-up perfectly that feel in line of being yourself, like Hulk who is adamant against expressing himself and The Punisher who is adamant about doing things their way. It was perfect. Yet, Spider-man feels like his conflict just wafts up into the air, whereas I expected he was going to make another difficult decision, which would have been wayy better. like this needs a sequel or a longer edition for sure. but the best part of this movie and any spider-man movie is how spiderman defeats the villain in this movie. It is definitely the highlight of spiderman as a character. This was a great movie go watch it.