Title: Spiderman No Way Home
Year: 2021
Director: Jon Watts
Country: US
Language: English
For some reason, unknown to myself, I have made it my mission to see every movie Marvel puts out. I update my Marvel Movie Ranking on a fairly frequent basis wherein The Eternals, which oddly was met with hate by fans, is at the top of the list. I hoped Spiderman: No Way Home would be near the top, but it seems like the film did not meet the expectations of its hype.
With Spider-Man's (Tom Holland) identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
In No Way Home, Spiderman unlearns the Scooby Doo-esque lesson about Stranger Danger from Far From Home and well, trusts people who are obviously evil (unlike Jake Gyllenhalal's Myseterio who was secretly evil) instead of trusting the magic wizard who he saved the world with in Endgame. This not only makes the last film & his character arc therein moot, but makes our hero unbelievably stupid to a point that is difficult to identify with.
The only thing No Way Home has going in its favour is the gimmick of "remember this guy??". They hammer the point home with tedious dialogue providing exposition about who they are, just in case you forgot! It's overarching lesson is very shallow, surface level ethics that can't really be applied in real life because people's problems are complicated & they can't be solved by jabbing them with a "make this person better" serum.
No Way Home is better than Spiderman 3 (2007) but only due the brief appearances of Doctor Strange and the lack of emo Peter Parker "Now dig on this". The film was entertaining and wasn't boring, but it's not a movie I'd spend any more time thinking about.
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