Spider-Man: No Way Home

"That's really my main gripe with the movie: some of the editing choices, sometimes it felt like shots just weren't as interesting, or as dynamic as they could’ve been. But it's a very small gripe amongst a two-and-a-half hour movie that I found consistently entertaining. Tom Holland is wonderful as Spider-Man. It's the best he’s ever been; I’ve liked him since his [other portrayals], but here he is REALLY good. I mean fuckin' phenomenal in this movie. And it has an amazing ending. I love the ending of this movie, it's extremely satisfactory… That's all I can say right now, there’s so much other stuff I want to talk about, but I can't."

- Chris Stuckmann

"You know what’s going to get [audiences] back in movie theaters? Spider-Man. So let’s be happy about that."

- Paul Thomas Anderson

Spider-Man: No Way Home is a 2021 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home, the 27th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and serving as a crossover between the original Spiderman trilogy and The Amazing Spiderman duology. The film is directed by Jon Watts, written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, and stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, alongside Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Benedict Cumberbatch and Alfred Molina.

The film premiered in Fox Village Theatre at Los Angeles on December 13, 2021, and was released in the United States on December 17, as part of Phase Four of the MCU, after facing a couple of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was originally going to be scheduled for July 16, and November 5, 2021 release.

Plot
For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man's identity was revealed to be Peter Parker, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk. When he enlists Doctor Strange’s help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who’ve ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe. Now, Peter will have to overcome his greatest challenge yet, which will not only forever alter his own future but the future of the Multiverse.

Why There's Way Home

 * 1) Much like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, No Way Home is a love letter to Spider-Man fans, celebrating 20 years of the character's appearance on film.
 * 2) It features an amazing, interesting, and engaging never before seen premises for a Spider-Man film: Peter Parker having to face different villains from other universes after ruining a spell that would cause everyone to forget him.
 * 3) Tom Holland gives his best performance as Spider-Man yet and goes through a major character development, once again.
 * 4) The original villain cast, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Thomas Haden Church, Rhys Ifans and Jamie Foxx reprised their iconic roles as Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Lizard and Electro without ever messing up a single beat.
 * 5) * In Foxx's case, his portrayal is more accurate to the one from the comics and gives a much better, cooler, and more convincing performance than in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
 * 6) * Unlike in Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, this film managed to handle multiple villains at the same time and each of them gets their time to shine.
 * 7) *Green Goblin is fantastic as the main villain and is even more threatening than in Spider-Man (2002). The movie also got rid of Green Goblin's mask, which many people thought looked very bad, allowing the audience to see Goblin's facial expressions and making him more terrifying.
 * 8) ** It also gave more exploration to Norman's struggle and seeking help from his Goblin persona.
 * 9) Awesome and epic action sequences especially the fight at the bridge, the attack at Hogan's house, the skirmish in the Mirror Dimension and, of course, the final battle at the Statue of Liberty.
 * 10) The way the film managed to connect with Sam Raimi and Marc Webb's franchises was clever and effective.
 * 11) The emotional moments are pretty intense and well-done. Especially Aunt May's death, Peter and MJ's farewell and when Peter meets his alternative versions.
 * 12) It features the so anticipated return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Men. All without stealing the spotlight from Tom Holland's Spidey.
 * 13) *Not only they're in the movie for a good part, but they also contribute to the story in a good way.
 * 14) *The interactions between the 3 Spider-Men are a delight to watch as they have amazing chemistry. Every time these three share the screen is a blast as they share pretty amusing and emotional moments.
 * 15) **There's this very wholesome moment when Tobey's Spidey encourages Andrew's to think he's amazing after the latter keeps downing himself. It's a scene that also feels self-aware, considering there were many who didn't like Andrew's Spider-Man film saga.
 * 16) **"I always wanted brothers", "I love you guys"; those lines are so cute they feel improvised when you think the actors must have had a great time shooting the movie.
 * 17) *This movie made the Sam Raimi trilogy and Marc Webb's duology films much better and acts as a continuity by helping each Spider-Man resolve their fears and traumas.
 * 18) **Andrew's Peter redeemed himself by saving MJ from falling to her death, just as he couldn't save Gwen and it ate him up entirely inside never being able to overcome it and move on. He let himself go and lost sight of what Spider-Man was supposed to symbolize.
 * 19) **Tobey's Peter redeemed himself when he stopped Tom's Peter from killing an unmasked Green Goblin with the glider. He couldn't let him go through with it when he couldn't let the father of his best friend be killed again. Not only would it not make things better for either one of them, but it would've also lead to his best friend hating him and trying to kill him. Something that Tobey's Peter came to regret in his movies.
 * 20) **This movie wasn't just about curing the villain's and have them redeemed. It was also about redeeming the other Spider-Men, and compensating all their faults and failures from their own respective movies.
 * 21) The end credits is amazingly animated, like the previous two Spider-Man movies.
 * 22) The soundtrack by Michael Giacchino is still excellent, which is another step up from the previous movies. Giacchino even samples the compositions of previous Spider-Man films, as well as his own from Doctor Strange.
 * 23) As expected from Marvel Cinematic Universe and Spider-Man movies, the cinematography is awesome, especially in the consistently full-screen IMAX presentation - which is a major improvement over the shifting aspect ratios of its predecessors.
 * 24) The relationship between Peter and MJ is very deep and well-handled.
 * 25) The acting is still great, mostly from Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire.
 * 26) *Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei are also great as well.
 * 27) *Even the villain actors, such as Willem Dafoe who still kills it as the Green Goblin that it feels as if he never left.
 * 28) *It could be argued that certain actors delivered better performances than even their previous appearances - especially Dafoe and Molina - which some can say were very difficult performances to surpass.
 * 29) It finds the perfect balance between dark and light tones, much like other MCU and previous Spider-Man movies.
 * 30) This is the first MCU Spider-Man movie where the story and Peter's development doesn't revolve around Iron Man, since both Vulture and Mysterio were villains who were somehow tied to Iron Man and the previous movies focused on Peter being accepted by Tony and taking up his mantle, making this feel more like an actual Spider-Man movie.
 * 31) The ending is pretty moving and devastating, perhaps the most emotional in a Spider-Man movie so far.
 * 32) *Doctor Strange during the climax warned about the severe and tragic consequences of Tom's Peter to be completely forgotten as if he never existed in order to save the Multiverse from being torn apart, and it shows when he completed the request of Tom's Peter. Spider-Man as a superhero is still remembered as someone who fought with the Avengers at major battles in Infinity War and Endgame while previously fought personal villains in Homecoming and Far From Home, but all knowledge and identity of Peter Parker himself is now totally vanished as his loved ones and allies cannot remember him. What makes this ending all more devastating is the fact that everything happened as a consequence of Tom's Peter's actions as he was the one who asked Strange to perform the spell in which Tom's Peter messed up so badly. It all happened because of him and now he is paying the consequences of being completely alone with no connections.
 * 33) Jon Watts' directing is still amazing, as expected from the previous two Spider-Man movies.
 * 34) A subtle and well-done message about rehabilitation over punishment.
 * 35) There are some pretty memorable quotes, such as:
 * 36) *"Hello, Peter."
 * 37) *"Be careful what you wished for Parker."
 * 38) *"Gods don't have to choose. We take."
 * 39) *"Strong enough to have it all.. too weak to take it!"
 * 40) *"I told you there'd be consequences!"
 * 41) *"The Avengers, that’s great! What is that?"
 * 42) **"Is that a band, are you in a band?"
 * 43) There are a few cameos and hints, mostly in the post-credits scenes, that hint toward the future of the MCU.
 * 44) * Jamie Foxx in the movie teases about Miles Morales/Spider-Man being in a future MCU movie, like Donald Glover previously did in Homecoming.
 * 45) * A short, but cool cameo from Charlie Cox, reprising his role as Matt Murdock and thus confirming himself as the MCU's Daredevil. Tom Hardy's Venom also returns in the mid-credit scene until he goes back to his universe while a remainder of the symbiote is in the MCU.
 * 46) * An amazing and surprising post-credits scene that serves as a teaser trailer for Doctor Strange's own sequel: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, confirming his return in 2022.
 * 47) There are tons of cool references and fan-service throughout the movie that are huge treat for fans of Spider-Man and Marvel movies, to the point where the Blu-ray even has an Easter egg hunt.
 * 48) *The inclusion of the main cast members from the Sam Raimi and Marc Webb films is more than enough to make audiences happy.
 * 49) * As mentioned above, Electro stating that he wishes there was a black Spider-Man out there, a subtle reference to Miles Morales.
 * 50) * When Peter and MJ swing through Times Square a poster for Rogers: The Musical can be seen which is same musical that Hawkeye and his family saw in the Hawkeye Disney+ series.
 * 51) *Norman saying "I'm something of a scientist myself".
 * 52) * Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man saves MJ in a similar way to how he tried to save Gwen in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
 * 53) * When Holland's Spider-Man is knocked out of his body by Strange, there is a moment where if you look closely above his head you can see his "Spider-sense waves", a neat touch to how the comics visualized the ability.
 * 54) * A brief moment when Electro's lightning creates a bit of an outline of his shape in the older comics.
 * 55) * Tobey and Andrew reminisce about their fights with Venom and Rhino respectively.
 * 56) * When Otto Octavius asks Tobey's Spider-Man how are you he says "trying to do better”, a reference to when they first met in Spider-Man 2.
 * 57) It has become so popular that fans are now begging Sony to properly finish Tobey and Andrew's franchises making Spider-Man 4 and The Amazing Spider-Man 3.
 * 58) *Some fans even want Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man to be the one that meets Tom Hardy's Venom.
 * 59) This  IS  the movie that saved cinemas during the pandemic, since it was the first film to gross $1 billion in two years, making all the fans and viewers around the world unite to enjoy this historic moment in film history. Something that even Paul Thomas Anderson stated.
 * 60) *Many movies after that would release their movies in cinemas normally after seeing the success.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Although its amazing to see that Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, Rhys Ifans and Alfred Molina are back as Electro, Green Goblin, Sandman, Lizard and Doctor Octopus, some viewers may get confused because they are playing the same characters they previously portrayed in films set in other continuities than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and in the films they appeared they were killed off or imprisoned at the end.
 * 2) *On top of this, even though Tom Hardy's Venom appearing in the mid credit scene was amazing, it wasn't long as they get pulled back to their own universe (i.e. Sony's Spider-Man Universe) before they could do some heroics or meet Spider-Man as the mid-credits scene of Let There Be Carnage teased.
 * 3) Product placement for things like [Https://rottenwebsites.miraheze.org/wiki/TikTok TikTok] are present in the movie. Not only that, outdated memes like the "This is fine" sticker appears as a lazy attempt to be hip with its audience.
 * 4) Not all of the characters are handled well.
 * 5) * Curt Connors/the Lizard serves as little more than muscle throughout the film, despite having a similar degree of scientific expertise as Osborn and Octavius in his original film. He gets captured by Strange offscreen before Peter is tasked with finding the other dimension-hopping villains, and doesn't enter Happy's apartment to research cures with Peter and the other villains. The moments when he does get involved in dialogue are mostly Played for Laughs due to everyone's collective surprise that he can talk and because the others think he just wants to turn people into lizards For the Evulz. It's notable since Connors was, like Otto, one of the more genuinely sympathetic villains in his film, and was actually successfully cured in the end.
 * 6) * Ever since The Stinger of Venom: Let There Be Carnage, fans wondered if Eddie Brock and Venom would show up throughout this film's main plot, but they only make a cameo in the mid-credits scene and aren't able to do anything (besides getting wasted at a bar for about a minute and a half trying to figure out what's been going on in the MCU) before being sent back to their home dimension The upside? They left something behind that will likely have repercussions in the MCU down the road.
 * 7) * Despite the early setup and consistently sympathetic treatment Electro and Sandman are given in the first half, after the Spider-Men arrive, the film proceeds to nearly forget about them until the third act suddenly needs to scale up the threat, and their earlier sympathy is nearly thrown out for the sake of needing a fight. Sandman's motivations basically boil down to "get home and reunite with his daughter" is completely at odds with the former's collective goal (of staying in this universe to avoid dying/losing), whereas Electro at least has the excuse that he's given a reason for wanting to stay/not return and is clearly not enthused with losing his powers in the first place.
 * 8) * Jameson's nearly wasted as a character throughout the film. While it's expected for the guy to be on Spider-Man's case for the things he's done, the film hardly draws attention to specific misdeeds or actions that would warrant such antagonism. You'd think for Peter's identity being public knowledge, it would elicit any number of petty grievances with his personal or professional life, but it's not to be. Even after Peter's identity is erased and you might expect curious journalists to want to look into his past, Jameson still gives generic "Spider-Man's a menace" prattle that could've been filled in by any stock reporter. Not helping matters is the decision to frame Jameson as a stand-in for Alt-Right media figures, which besides the fact it leads to them leaving out some of Jameson's depth as a character, they don't actually do anything with this angle, just having him be a voice to kick Peter while he's down.
 * 9) There are some plot holes. For example:
 * 10) Electro shouldn't have been brought to Tom Holland Peter's world since he never found out that Peter was Spider-Man.

Reception
Spider-Man: No Way Home received positive reviews from critics as well as universal acclaim from audiences, with praising the performances, cinematography, musical score, action sequences, screenplay, fan services, villains, emotional weight and direction. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 93%, with an average score of 7.90/10, based on 391 reviews. The verified audience score was 98% based on over 25,000+ ratings. The site's critical consensus reads: "A bigger, bolder Spider-Man sequel, No Way Home expands the franchise's scope and stakes without losing sight of its humor and heart.", while the Audience Says consensus reads, "Packed with action, emotion, and surprises, Spider-Man: No Way Home is franchise fan service at its finest.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The audience score is 8.9 out of 10 based on 2,051 ratings, indicating "universal acclaim." IGN gave the film a positive review praising the performances, writing "The vast majority of everything presented in this newest chapter works." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade on an A+ to F scale, making it the first live action Spider-Man film and the fourth film in the MCU to do so, after The Avengers (2012), Black Panther (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). PostTrak reported 96% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 91% saying they would definitely recommend it.

Box office
As of January 10, 2022, Spider-Man: No Way Home has grossed $670.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $867.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $1.538 billion. It is the highest-grossing film of 2021, the eighth-highest-grossing film of all time, the sixth-highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada, the highest-grossing Spider-Man film, and the highest-grossing film released by Sony. No Way Home is also the first film since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) to gross over $1 billion, becoming the third-fastest to reach that milestone and the first to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic. It surpassed Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to become Sony Pictures' highest-grossing film in North America. Deadline Hollywood estimated the film's final net profit to be $610 million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs versus box office grosses and home media revenues.

In the United States and Canada, Spider-Man: No Way Home earned $121.85 million (which included $50 million from its Thursday night previews) on its opening day, becoming the second-highest opening film after Avengers: Endgame ($157.4 million) and the highest-opening film for a December release. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $260 million, surpassing Avengers: Infinity War ($257.7 million) to become the second-highest domestic box office opening of all time. As of January 9, 2022, an estimated 54.4 million people have seen Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters in the United States and Canada.

The film earned $43.6 million from 15 markets on its opening day, with Sony holding the best opening-day record in South Korea, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, and Taiwan. In South Korea, the film grossed $5.28 million on its opening day, thereby beating Spider-Man: Far From Home 's opening day in the country by over 11% and the biggest day-one figure for any film during the pandemic. In the United Kingdom, the film beat No Time to Die 's opening box office record at £7.6 million ($10.1 million). In India, the film's box office on its opening day was ₹32 crore (US$4.2 million) to ₹34.50 crore (US$4.6 million), beating Endgame and the Indian film Sooryavanshi (2021). In its five-day opening weekend, the film grossed $340.8 million from 60 markets. As of January 10, 2022, the film's largest markets are the United Kingdom ($105.8 million), Mexico ($64.9 million), South Korea ($55.8 million), France ($55.2 million), Australia ($47.9 million), Brazil ($46.9 million), Russia ($41.4 million), Germany ($36.7 million), India ($35.3 million), and Spain ($25.7 million).

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Trivia

 * Jon Watts is the first director in the MCU to direct an entire trilogy himself.
 * It says that the movie itself is based on a MEME.
 * The trailer had 355.5 million global views in its first 24 hours, becoming the most viewed trailer in that time period, surpassing the record of Avengers: Endgame (289 million views) and more than double the views for the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer (135 million). It also generated the largest 24-hour social media conversation volume of all-time globally with 4.5 million mentions, made up of 2.91 million in the United States, and 1.5 million internationally; these both exceeded Avengers: Endgame's mentions (1.94 million in the United States, 1.38 million internationally).
 * Holland's brother Harry was set to make a cameo appearance as a drug dealer, after doing the same in Cherry, but his role was removed from the final cut.
 * Nicholas Hammond who played Spider-Man in the 1970s Amazing Spider-Man TV show wanted a cameo but it didn't happen.
 * In late February 2021, Holland, Batalon, and Zendaya released three stills featuring their characters from the film alongside fake logos with the titles Spider-Man: Phone Home, Spider-Man: Home-Wrecker, and Spider-Man: Home Slice, respectively. The film's official title was announced the next day with a video showing Holland, Batalon, and Zendaya leaving Watts' office (where they supposedly received the fake titles). Batalon and Zendaya note that Holland could not be trusted with the actual title since he had "accidentally" revealed the second film's title. The video ends on a whiteboard showing the film's true title, among various other titles featuring the word "home" that were apparently considered.
 * The movie was originally the COVID-19 pandemic its release date was delayed (on April 24th, 2020) to November 5, 2021, placing it on the original release date for the Disney-distributed MCU film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
 * Venom was originally gonna have a bigger role where he should have bonded Spider-Man, which was only in concept arts.
 * In November 2021, the film was reported to be getting a theatrical release in China, making it the first Phase Four film to do so after Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Eternals were not released in the country, though as of December 9, 2021, there was no release date in part because of diplomatic tensions between China and the United States, including the planned U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
 * This is the first MCU movie to not have new villains, as all villains appeared before in previous Spider-Man movies (even in The Avengers, Loki wasn't the only villain to appear).
 * This is the second Spider-Man movie as well as the first live action Spider-Man movie to not have a tie-in video game released for it, however there's a skin based on the movie released for free to the PS5 version of Spider-Man Miles Morales.
 * This movie was scheduled to release on July 16, 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its release date was delayed (on April 24, 2020) to November 5, 2021, placing it on the original release date for the Disney-distributed MCU film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). Three months later (on July 23rd, 2020), it was delayed a second time: to December 17, 2021. As a result, the aforementioned film was forced to undergo rewrites and reshoots to realign continuity with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as it was originally intended to be released prior to this film.
 * Benedict Cumberbatch has admitted to not reading the full script, wanting to surprise himself with the final product.
 * Sam Raimi was very pleased to see Doctor Octopus in the film's first trailer, praising the character's appearance and tentacle animation, while also expressing excitement to see the full movie.
 * This film is currently the 27th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, originally meant to be the 28th in the series.
 * On December 16, 2021, they released a trailer for the very popular game, Fortnite, but this time with the arrival of Winterfest 2021 (which is one of the favorites of many players) and also the collaboration of Spider-Man: No Way Home (Although there is the original Spider-Man in the battle pass of Chapter 3), since the 2 skins as Spider-Man (No Way Home) is worth in the store as 1500 V-Bucks and more with a built-in gesture, there is also MJ (No Way Home) which also comes out as 1500 V-Bucks ( click to see the Winterfest 2021 trailer).
 * This movie along with Uncharted, made Tom Holland the only person to have two different characters based on him appear in Fortnite.