@Tasha And
This is my favorite spider man movie. It's almost as if it takes everything I loved about the spider man movies I like and combined them into one while adding new wrinkles and twists and everything it gets right, it gets extremely right. I could talk about Tom Holland and how dope he is making peter parker and spider man separate characters and playing them both perfectly, or his relationships and how well done they all are, especially with Ned. Or I could talk about the high school shyt, which all works, even though I would've loved more of it. But what takes this thing over the top for me is the 3rd act, starting with the twist and then bowling ahead from there. Keaton is on fukking fire this whole movie and manages to take it to another level in his scenes with Peter. He's menacing, scary, and fleshed out enough where you know this isn't just him talking. He really will kill this kid if need be and you understand why. His motivations are clear, as are Peter's, and it's obvious why they gotta do what they gotta do.
But the Amazing #33 reference is my favorite scene in any spider man movie and possibly any comic book movie. Maybe second to the interrogation scene in the dark knight, but it may supplant it, and I love both for the same reasons. They're earned, they say a lot about their main characters, and they propel them forward without the scene just being there for show. That scene has been imitated in countless issues of spider man and every single time it rings hollow but this movie understands what those comics don't and even other spider man movies haven't, is that those kinda things have to be played straight and needs to be used to actually do something rather than just being fan service.
But on the subject of fan service, the one glaring issue with this movie is pure fan service and its type terrible. The movie definitely loses points for that shyt because it's stupid and cheap. Outside of that, I've really got no issues with it and I can't wait for the sequel. I also love the fact they let Peter make mistakes here, whether its getting his ass whooped or letting down the girl he likes all in the name of saving the day. It's heartbreaking when he lets people down because clearly they care and you know he's going to pay for it in the end, but also because in the grand scheme of things, he's doing the right thing.
The quips are there, the drama is on point and thick, the whole world feels lived in and fully realized, the villain is spectacular, and even the father/son shyt with Peter and Tony works better than I thought it would while serving as a nice bookend to the first iron man movie as well. Peter had the perfect arc in this movie and the Parker Luck was in full effect, which is what made his triumph in the end that much sweeter. I don't know if its a perfect movie, but it's a phenomenal one and an incredible spider man story.