Title - Spider-Man: No Way Home
Production - Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, Pascal Pictures
Starring - Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Benedict Wong, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Jamie Foxx, Tony Revolori, J.K. Simmons
Writer - Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers
Director - Jon Watts
Release - 17 December 2021
A movie as big and ambitious as this requires at least a second viewing. And after just watched a second time, I was able to fully take in everything presented onscreen. Especially the emotional parts.
As the movie has already been out for almost a month now, and SPOILERS are every where, I won't refrain from talking about them.
Andrew Garfield had three movies come out this year. One will nab him an Oscar nomination for sure (and he could even win it), and his performance in this movie was actually his second best, followed by another great turn in The Eyes Of Tammy Faye.
The writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers really dug into both the Spider-Man franchise and The Amazing franchise to neatly wrap up the characters of Garfield and Tobey Maguire for us fans. But it was Garfield's performance and his Spider-Man's story arc that brought tears to my eyes.
But not just for the Spider-Men, their villains as well. While I don't know if Rhys Ifans and Thomas Haden Church really came back for cameos as their characters were mostly in CGI, but the standouts were definitely Alfred Molina and Willem Dafoe. They got back into characters without missing a beat even after all these years. Jamie Foxx's Electro came with a makeover so it's not the actor's fault for not looking the same.
This was also the movie that Tom Holland has done the most acting with the most emotions, and was very impressive.
There were also many great moments in the movie but they mostly involved Garfield and Maguire. I was never one who wished for seeing three Spider-Men together, but the creators did craft up some magical moments that made the geek in me cheer.
But then because of that, this version of Peter Parker has never been alone (or at least we've never seen him alone). He's always under the Avengers banner and with Stark technology helping him every step of the way. Even in this one, he has Doctor Strange helping him right from the beginning too.
So I for one am thrilled at how the movie ended. It felt like the Home trilogy has been this Peter's origin story. There was even the great power comes great responsibility line, finally.
If Tom Holland never dons the Spidey suit again, I'm okay with it because of how this movie ended. It has a nice, albeit sad, wrap up to his story arc. But if he does, I'm excited to see where his Spider-Man goes from here.
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