One of the main selling points of this film, especially to comic book fans, was the inclusion of Spider-Man. Now no one is more excited than me for a good film Spider-Man. I fondly remember how memorable Spider-Man 2 was to me as a kid, me and my brother would repeatedly re-enact the amazing train sequence. But this is the third Spider-Man iteration in the last 9 years on film, naturally skepticism is required on why Hollywood can't seem to nail this character well enough once but are still desperately trying to to do. I went into the film expecting at best a palatable version of the web-slinger, but I exited thinking to myself, "They are definitely giving Tobey Maguire a run for his money." Say what you will on the acting abilities demonstrated by him in his portrayal, but Tobey Maguire definitely fit the role. This new Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland, is the youngest we've seen on the big screen, in his teens, and potentially could bring us a better, relatable version of everyone's favourite super-hero. There's still the movie industry-wide issue of reboots and remakes becoming the norm(Disney, I'm looking at you...), but if they do it right, why not.

Overall this is a yet another solid Captain America film from the Russo Brothers. As far as I'm concerned, they should be involved in some capacity in every single future Marvel production so that we can have some good films coming from them. But this could potentially become problematic. Marvel, along with Lucasfilm (The owners of Star Wars), Pixar (Arguably the most creative studio on the planet), and even Disney Animation Studios, are all owned by the entertainment behemoth Disney. Seeing Disney's lineup of films for the future, which comprises primarily of live-action remakes of ALL of their classic animation releases of decades before, I can only see nothing but film after film being thrown onto us with almost no new creative direction. A majority of Disney's productions come from their tent-pole franchises, and continuing this trend will only make things worse in the long run, as film goers will eventually call them on the bullshit that they are doing and demand that Disney put more money into original ideas. Films like the amazing Disney Animation feature "Zootopia", which has grossed around a billion dollars worldwide, are desperately needed to refresh the movie lineup from what it currently looks like: sequels of well established franchises. But as we move into the third phase of the MCU, all we can do is hope that the writers flex their creative muscles as hard as they possibly can, and that Marvel and Disney invest in creativity, not re-hashery.