Here at Cineworld, we’ve been paying tribute to the world’s most famous web-slinger by screening all of the films in Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise. Last month, we showed the movies in which Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield played the arachnid superhero, which means we’re now up to the point where Tom Holland slipped into the famous skin-tight costume.
Over the next few weeks, you can see Spider-Man: Homecoming (6 September), Spider-Man: Far From Home (13 September) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (20 September) on the huge, state-of-the-art screens at Cineworld, enabling you to relive Spidey’s acrobatic exploits in the most exhilarating way possible.
To celebrate this momentous event, we’ve highlighted the greatest Spider-Man moments from the Tom Holland era. Do you agree with our choices? Let us know your favourites by sending us a message @cineworld.
Also, don't miss our sit-down with stars of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon – click here to view it.
1. Spidey’s elevator drama (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Superhero films have a long tradition of featuring dramatic scenes at famous landmarks, and this one is up there with the best of them. When a grenade is activated at the Washington Monument, trapping Peter Parker’s best pal Ned and love interest Liz in an elevator, our hero rushes to their aid, scaling the 169-metre tower while a throng of onlookers gasp below. Despite calls from a police helicopter to return to terra firma, Spidey performs a daring leap that sends him crashing into the side of the structure, which in turn sends the elevator crashing towards the ground. Can he save them from certain death? We won’t give it away, but suffice to say you’ll be clinging to the edge of your seat.
2. The ferry fight (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
When you’re sailing peacefully along a river, the last thing you expect is a massive fight to break out between two super-powered beings. But the occupants of one particular Staten Island Ferry crossing – and we the audience – wind up slap-bang in the middle of an awesome dust-up between Spider-Man and Vulture (Michael Keaton) as Homecoming nears its crescendo. Over the course of several nail-biting minutes, we get spectacular aerial stunts, a tense shootout with a laser-firing drone and a jaw-dropping climax that sees the ferry split right down the middle. It’s Marvel at its marvellous best.
3. Spider-Man intercepts a hijack (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Spidey and Vulture are at it again – but this time, it’s an aeroplane that gets caught up in the melée. The jet in question is carrying weapons from the Avengers Tower to the hero team’s new HQ in Upstate New York when Vulture decides to hijack it. Sadly, his plans come unstuck when, in a scene that’s brimming with tension, Spider-Man clings onto the wing of the plane, sending it crashing to the ground.
4. The Water Elemental runs amok in Venice (Spider-Man: Far From Home)
Tourists in Venice get much more than they bargained for when the deadly Water Elemental creates a path of destruction through the ancient city’s canals. While Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal) does his best to thwart the liquid offender, Peter Parker – aptly sporting a Venice carnival mask – sets out to save his friends from crumbling buildings and the like. Watching our holidaying hero swoop and weave through centuries old palazzos while mayhem ensues all around him is genuinely thrilling on the big screen – though we’ll probably never look at Venice in the same light again.
5. Prague feels the heat (Spider-Man: Far From Home)
Venice isn’t the only European city to be terrorised in Far From Home – Prague also comes under fire, quite literally. With flickering ferocity, the Fire Elemental lays waste to the Czech Capital, forcing Quentin Beck back into battle – once again with the help of Peter Parker. If you were in any doubt as to the strength of Spider-Man’s web, the sight of him holding up a giant ferris wheel filled with horrified tourists will make you change your mind. As dramatic as that feat is, though, it’s Beck who wins the day as he jousts the fiery foe and causes it to vaporise in a blinding sea of green.
6. Spider-Man descends into illusory hell (Spider-Man: Far From Home)
Once Peter Parker discovers that Quentin Beck has been using special effects to create the Elementals, it becomes clear that the Mysterio man will need to be defeated. Beck has other ideas, though, and delves into his box of tricks to thrust Spidey into an illusory nightmare featuring giant fists, terrifying reflections and even a deadly snow globe. While it’s scary for our superhero, it’s exhilarating for us viewers as director Jon Watts and his SFX team flex their creative muscles.
7. Spider-Man and MJ escape the baying crowd (Spider-Man: No Way Home)
When Spidey needs to get somewhere quickly, he rarely travels in a conventional way. But he excels himself after Quentin Beck publicly reveals the superhero’s true identity and frames him for Mysterio’s murder. Taking MJ in his arms, Spider-Man swings through the city at breakneck speed, before skydiving into a manhole and embarking on a game of chicken with an oncoming Tube train. Seen on one of Cineworld’s giant screens, it promises to be a real white-knuckle ride.
8. The bridge battle with Doc Ock (Spider-Man: No Way Home)
Wherever Doctor Octagon goes, devastation tends to follow – just ask the motorists who happen to be crossing the road bridge when the tentacled tearaway wreaks merry havoc on it. Except you wouldn’t be able to because they’re too busy plunging towards the river below – that is, until Spider-Man comes to the rescue with his usual array of death-defying gymnastics. Not content with these acts of heroism, he then dons the Iron Spider suit to lock horns with Doc Ock himself. A feast of breathtaking stunts and thunderous sound effects, it simply has to be seen on the silver screen.
9. The three Spider-Men swing together (Spider-Man: No Way Home)
One of the most breathtaking scenes in the entire Spider-Man franchise sees Holland’s web-slinger team up with two alternate versions of Spidey (played by Maguire and Garfield) in an attempt to cure various villains before they’re sent back to their respective universes. With Holland’s Peter Parker having just lost his Aunt May, the trio share stories of loved ones passed, before the three Spandex-clad superheroes swing in beautiful synchronicity through the city soundtracked by Michael Giacchino’s soaring score. Goosebumps guaranteed.
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