Better late than never

THREE MONTHS!!! It has literally been over 90 days since Spider-man: Homecoming was released and I just saw it for the first time yesterday. I made a promise to my boyfriend that I would only see it with him and we finally had time and opportunity yesterday to go see it.

We had the whole afternoon free so we went out and ventured to a new theater. It was the ArcLight out in Bethesda. A coworker of the BF had recommended we go there and so we did. When you first walk in, there is a wall of movie posters that was very cool to look at. I very quickly declared which ones I wanted to see. After gawking at that, we went to go buy the tickets. They cost $30 FUCKING DOLLARS. It was a Friday afternoon! There were no matinee prices to speak of. You know how much I love a cheap movie ticket. But we forged ahead. I wasn't turning back now that we were actually going to see Spider-man. I had waited long enough.

We had center seats and the theater to ourselves. I would have been completely surprised if someone else showed up to watch it. This theater doesn't play ads so it went straight to the previews and then the movie started. It was amazing. I had never laughed so hard at a Marvel movie. I see now why everyone thinks Tom Holland is the best Peter Parker. He looked the age and acted just like a teenager would. I believed every second of his performance. As a part of the MCU, I felt like it jelled together rather well. I loved Tony Stark as the father figure/mentor to Peter. If Robert Downey Jr ever leaves the franchise, I hope he pops up every now and then. He's the perfect grumpy snark to tell everyone how much they're screwing up and then immediately leave after.

So after the looooooong wait, I'd say it was worth it. I'm glad I saw it in the theaters and with the boyfriend. Watching it on my TV would not have done the experience justice.