Spider-Man Homecoming

I recently saw Spider-Man: Homecoming.  My reviews of it are mixed. Truthfully, I STILL prefer the Tobey McGuire Spider-man movies. To me he'll always be the Spider-man that was supposed to be depicted in the movies. Now, prior to this *Homecoming film* they tried to make Andrew Garfield Spider-man, but in my opinion he was a little bit *too* quirky. With this new kid, well...although he's not *as* weird as Andrew, with him they focused more on the teen angst/high school aspect of the part and, in my opinion, they've dumbed down the character due to that. It's almost as if they're trying to match the intelligence of a typical *modern* teen with that of Peter Parker. Yet, in the comics, Peter Parker was way beyond his peers and it showed. Then there's the emotional aspect of it. At least when Tobey was playing the part, his turmoil seemed real and he was endearing as a character. With the new boy, you just can't *feel* for the kid and, without that connection, the part just doesn't seem to work. In addition, when Tobey played the part, he was witty but also intelligent, outspoken, and just *seemed* smart when you heard him talk. With the new kid, you start to doubt his overall intelligence. The main pros to this movie, in my opinion, were the (Spoiler alert!) reappearance of alien technology that first appeared in the first Avengers movie, and, of course, the occasional appearance of Iron Man. Out of the last two movies I have seen that were super hero related, I would truthfully have to say that Wonder Woman was about 300% better than this new Spider-Man movie. Sad, but most certainly true.