Review of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) by Ultancombo — 20 Dec 2021

I didn’t think I would love this movie as much as I do. Probably my favourite Spiderman movie of all time. It looks great, it sounds great and it is amazing. My main issue is the whole reason for all the crazy multi-verse stuff happening. Now if you look past that you find that this is a real gem of a film.

Peter wants everyone to forget that he’s Spiderman, except for MJ, Ned, Aunt May and maybe one or two more. Dr Strange is given those exceptions midway during him casting the spell. Why not just hash it out beforehand instead of just jumping to ‘brainwashing the world’. That’s not like Dr. Strange’s character to do something like that. Peter’s character would be a little wishy washy like that since he has been so far in this MCU but the doctor is smart and has a thinking brain. He might even talk Peter out of it or make sure that they get the parameters of the spell correct before casting it. Ridiculous!

Everything else is brilliant. Bringing Daredevil into the universe I absolutely love it. Are we going to see a stand-alone movie or a series with him. I hope so. And if so I will get Disney Plus for that series or movie. Love that character. I nearly cried when I saw him.

But that wasn’t the only returning character. The three Spidermans were on screen together. It wasn’t just cameos, they were proper supporting characters in this movie. And the way they had Andrew Garfield’s Spiderman catch MJ felt like it was closing his arch. A second chance for redemption after he was unable to save Gwen. That was beautiful. Toby’s Spiderman showed why he’s the GOAT. He is wise and offered what useful information Tom Holland’s character needed to hear.

The way the movie ended I didn’t care for, not because it was bad no, it wasn’t the ending I wanted. And that venom teaser we got a few months back was a bluff it turns out. Eight I think is fair. It is leaning on the nostalgia factor a little bit but it works. Really cool they got the cast that they got.