Review of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) by Mgamer490 — 23 Dec 2021

The build up to this movie since the trailer has been very hyped and for good reason. If you are like me and have memories as a child of watching Sam Raimi's Spiderman trilogy then the trailer would've given you a near heart attack from excitement. My memories of the first Spiderman film with Tobey Maguire have never left and still remains one of my favourite superhero movies or all times, and yes it is very goofy and campy but it is timeless, I have watched it so many times and still love every minute of it, include 2 and 3. As for The Amazing Spiderman movies, they are not that fun to watch, but have some good moments and Andrew Garfield could have been a great Spiderman in my view, but wasn't given that justice which I believe was out of his control. Why is giving my views on old movies so important in relation to this one? Well, I personally don't know how you could not talk about your history with the older movies when it comes to No Way Home, because it is nostalgia and fan service that will make you weak at the knees.

I typically break down my thoughts into sections based on the content but I am gonna do this a little differently because I honestly cannot pick apart this movie. It exists for fans of the older movies and the newer Spiderman (like myself) and puts it into a blender to create a glorious 2 hour and 30 minute experience that makes you shout in excitement and go teary eyed at parts.

Seeing Tobey back just made my day, I never thought I would see him in this role again and I grabbed my girlfriend's hand in the movie theatre and shook it in excitement. Andrew Garfield was given justice for his prior two movies, he was playing a Spiderman that you could just tell he was loving and that carried over to me as well. Tom Holland was exceptional, this was one of the most emotional experiences that this version of Peter/Spiderman has had to face so far and Tom took it on his shoulders and carried it so well, he wasn't a side character to Andrew or Tobey, Tom was the lead and never did his spotlight get completely taken, he was mostly solo in the spotlight or just sharing it with someone else.

How would this movie be without all this fan service? I honestly cannot answer that question, the content of this movie is purely based around fan service in my view, this movie was made the way it is for this purpose and taking it out would mean an entire script re-write aside from a few plot points that could've occurred a different way. For people who say this movie is terrible because it is just fan service, well again I would say this movie is not trying to do anything else other than be what it is, it is completely intentional and transparent, and we are all eating it up because it is just so incredible. This is an event, something us Spidey fans never thought would happen, this movie is for us. If you didn't like it, then that is fine, but the people making this movie knew their audience that they wanted to target and not only were they accurate, but they did it with such grace. If I had to have a complaint (nery minor), it would be just the end with Peter being erased from everyone's memory. How exactly does someone like Happy know who May is despite meeting May through Peter, like how does his brain process that. Even at the cemetery when both Happy and Peter were there and Happy asked "How did you know her?", so even the thought of how May was known was on his mind, even if it wasn't himself, you'd think there would be some brain malfunction going on when he tries to remember how he met May himself, but yeah I don't know how it works exactly. In terms of Peter starting fresh without anybody knowing who he is, I have absolutely no problem with that, I am happy to play dumb and not overthink how it works, but just enjoy what is to follow.

For everyone who read through this whole thing and felt similar to myself about this movie, then I send you a fist bump with a big smile, we got something truly amazing.

If you don't know anything about Spiderman, and haven't watched the Sam Raimi trilogy, the 2 Amazing Spiderman movies and none of the Tom Holland Spiderman movies...You should probably watch those first before this one.