LM23 Rating: Go to the movies now while you still can
I just returned from watching Spiderman: No Way Home. I can finally join in on all the spoiler talks and watch the videos about Spiderman from the content creators I follow.
If you’re a Spiderman fan, this movie has everything you want. It’s got not just one Spiderman but three Spiderman’s. And it’s got not just one villain but six villains.
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll be paying attention to every inch of the screen to see if there are any Easter eggs. I couldn’t quite make out what was written on the coffee mug that Doctor Strange was carrying. That’s something I’ll make sure to rewind back to when the movie is available on Disney+.
No Way Home marks the end of Peter Parker’s childhood and the beginning of his life as a young adult who is forced to make it on his own after the world forgets who he is. But before we get to that part, Peter learns the phrase No good deed goes unpunished in the most heartbreaking way.
I was really impressed that in NWH, they tried to give a bit of humanity to the villains. It was sad to hear Sandman talk about wanting to see his daughter and Electro saying that he was a nobody. I really wished they went with that storyline swerve for at least some of the villains and make Green Goblin the one to want to remain super evil. But in the end, only Dr. Otto Octavius was the only one who turned over a new leaf after being “fixed” by Peter Parker.
The weakest part of NWH could have been its strongest if they just spent a bit more time fleshing out the villains and their stories. We never got to see Sandman’s daughter. And there wasn’t quite enough exploration in the villains’ previous average lives. I would have liked there to have been more of a buildup of the Sinister Six taking a walk on the good guy side before they changed their minds.
It would have been much more interesting for us to have been able to follow Green Goblin or Norm Osborn as he tried to return to his home and see his old life, only to realize that traces of his past don’t exist in this universe. This attempt to go back home was only talked about, but we didn’t get to see it.
But the overall plot and story of NWH is totally original and very thrilling to see. If you’re a super fan, you will not be disappointed. Although we didn’t get a lot of character building of the villains, there was a significant time spent on the OG Spiderman’s. Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield return to the Spiderverse to help Tom Holland’s Spiderman defeat the villains, but they were also there to provide experience and advice to the younger Peter Parker.
I also liked that the older Spiderman’s talked about having back issues; a reminder to the audience that they’re still human guys who just happen to have Spiderman abilities.
The ending also hit the right note. Although Peter Parker had everything written down and prepared to reintroduce himself to MJ and Ned, he didn’t push things further than they needed to be at that moment in the donut shop. This ending scene shows the maturity of Peter Parker and him growing up from a high school kid to a young man. That you can’t always get everything you want and timing is always everything.
Run to the theatres to see NWH now in case shutdowns occur again. This is a movie to be seen on the big screen as there are big action sequences.
And I don’t know if it’s a trend, but the final showdown featured the Statue of Liberty and scaffolding around the monument. Is it just me or are there more and more fight scenes revolving scaffolding? Shang-Chi. Mulan. Now Spiderman. It’s a great backdrop to have a fight as scaffolding can double as uneven bars and like a real life gymnastics apparatus. But anyways, thank you to the entire Spiderman cast for a great fan film.
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