That's why I didn't really like the new ghostbusters. Cameos show up in the end to pretty much save the day. It was well done, but I think the little nerd girl should've gone to Dan Akroyds (sp?) shop early on in the movie and consulted him throughout until he figured out what was going on from what she was telling him about why she was buying gear from him and what she told him about what was happening in their new home they inherited, etc... It seemed getting the band back together in the end was rushed for time.
Plot is wack as hell tho, the Tony Stark machine that can make everything, the motives of The Lizard and Sandman makes no fucking sense, the ending is Strange casting another fucking spell to fix all the crazy shit, seems too convenient.
What's really sad is that the entire tragedy that Peter went through in the events of NWH was a tragedy of Peter's own making, because if he'd spent the time to think about it and consulted with Doctor Strange before going through with casting the spell, he might have ended up figuring out a better way to solve the problem. If you think about it for a bit, you'll see what he could have done differently. But instead, we got this genius piece of film where, because the hero messed with a power he didn't fully understand, he got consequences that he didn't expect.
Thats the whole point of the trilogy an origin story about him learning resposability as a teen Now that he had may die by his actions he will be more responsible with his actions and powers in his college years The sad part though is he lost everyone he knew Again slow and steady wins the race And to point out before someone say he can go back and tell them everything No he chose to not tell them so he wont put them in danger again becouse without him he saw that they had better life more safer then when they knew
I mean personally I can’t have that dr strange is a adult and adept at magic. Should we really expect him to not realise that the original spell would of caused problems. He just started doing it without any planning of course he would object and add stuff what kind of doctor does things with no consultation for their client he was a surgeon for gods sake. Did he always go in raw. Ofc all he had to do was make everyone forget what mysterio said/done or that only people he trusts would remember. But that probably wouldn’t of been as good looks like strange gets his punishment in his sequel as far as I stand he’s 56%+ responsible for it.
@@no_player_commentary I mean, Doctor Strange has only been the Sorcerer Supreme for a small amount of time at this point in the timeline. Magic takes decades to really master, and Strange has had half of a decade to work.
@@kennyholmes5196 I hear you but, Well as far as I'm aware he's technically not sourcer supreme at this point cause Wong & he was gone. Second he should have common sense as a adult & actual doctor, third he's done the spell before he should of know how it works. Four Wong told him not to.
The cheers in the theatre when Andrew and Tobey came out the portal was worth the ticket. Not only they went for fan service, but also made them an integral part of Tom's Spider-Man journey to realize what he had to do.
Honestly I was not expecting much from it because it's the newest spiderman and all his movies suck ( no offense to fans but they are really pile of nonsense crap) but tobey saved it. After many years it's was finally a good spiderman movie.
Why NWH works is simple: they trusted the audience enough to have seen and remembered enough of those previous movies to allow the 3 Peters section to breathe and just be fun, with minimal exposition. You briefly mention "an alien made of black goo," send Venom back, but you see the piece of symbiote left to set up future Spiderman movies.
Yeah, NWH as a stand alone movie is mediocre at best. Most of its meat came from nostalgia Pandering and barely have anything that it can say that it truly owns.
@@fg009letyrds8 Maybe you missed the explanation in the video, but NWH still puts the MCU version of Peter through the heaviest consequences for doing the right thing no other Spidey film has ever done. The callbacks are a big part of the movie sure, but this entire video was about showing that NWH does have an overall character-driven storyline that keeps the nostalgia from being a huge mess.
When Andrew saved MJ, everyone in the theater jumped out of their seats. I hadn’t seen a level excitement this big since end game. Filled my heart with joy.
Honestly, as hype as the whole movie was, my favorite moment came in the credits scene. When the symbiote fragment moved, me, my brother, the guy to the left of me, and the entire group sitting behind us all said "Oh no." in the exact same tone of voice. It was a weird little bonding moment.
I'm a grown man, but I honestly teared up a little when that happened. I think Andrew just sold the tragedy so well in those two scenes (when he tells Peter about his loss and then moment after the save) and it so impactful even though it was so quick that it hit me like a brick. Excellent performance.
@@jareejones it’s not the fact that she was gonna die we all know she wasn’t gonna die. It was the fact that Andrew was the one to save her in the same way that killed Gwen and for Andrew to relive that experience but to find redemption and peace from it which makes that scene so great.
That and the conversations especially at the Statue of Liberty. It's something showcased i Into the Spiderverse, but at a somehow more intense level (maybe because these Spider-Men are at maximum awkwardness). They've never got to talk to someone with a different perspective but the same basic experiences.
I love the "Garfield saves MJ" scene. They managed to sneak in redemption even for the Spidey loved the least. Thus, even without a proper trilogy, his story came to a conclusion.
@@alexanderwindh4830 I got that kind of feeling too man. I loved the movie, but it just seemed like an amalgamation of references to previous movies...
The great thing about the movie is it showcased the "with great power comes great responsibility" strongly. It shows how each decisions he makes can escalate or ruin things and taking responsibility of them without losing himself. It also excites me that they set it up to pull away from ironman's shadow because that was always my problem with the previous films. They revolve around ironman and now that everyone forgot he rebooted to ground zero. Now it would make sense if he became a photographer and paying the DAMN RENT
@Erik Kemeey IMO, I always feel that MCU's Spider-man is clumsy despite the reliable people he has around him (good mentor, good bestfriend, heck, even the best girlfriend!) whereas the Spider-man we love and know is trying so hard to make ends meet all the while carrying all the burdens of the world upon his shoulders and life always giving him a really hard time. NWH fixes all of that.
I just want to put out there how unreasanable happpy this movie made me. It felt like it fixed the errors with the older Spideys. It kind of made all Spiderman movies feel good in the end. I havent felt this happy from a simple movie since i was a little kid. it doesnt only feed on nostalgia, it completes it.
What “errors” did the OG Spider-Man have exactly? I mean in terms of the things they brought in from that Raimi verse? I’m just a little confused what people think needed to be “fixed” about these characters and these situations.
@@Karma-pq9fi honestly for me( and what I feel he's trying to say) it gives those movies a true definitive ending( I mean unless they decide to bring them back *shrugs*) like I love the the raimi movies, but those movies didnt really give spidey a definitive ending and while I'm not the biggest fan of the amazing Spiderman movies, I do feel like they at least got an ending here too, that feels like they built on the movies those movies that came before. yeah it feeds on your feelings of those movies's nostalgia, but it feels like it makes those stories feel complete. even if it doesn't completely hang together well
No Way Home is kind of genius. They managed to have Uncle Ben die and surprise us with it. They just snuck him in as Aunt May and did it in part 3 when we weren't expecting it.
My only complaint on this trilogy is how they didn’t develop or give us more time with the cast like May and MJ. The scene was emotional, but I always wanted them to spend more time with her and now that’s lost.
I don’t even understand why people act like this ‘3 part origin’ thing was planned. Uncle Ben dying is when Peter realises “with great power comes great responsibility”. This is a concept he is shown to ALREADY know back in Civil War. Then when he regresses as a character and RE-LEARNS the same message from Aunt May people praise it? Like what? (NWH was still dope though)
you were suprised when she died? i mean when she got plowed through by the goblin glider she woulda died straight up there, so i mean i kinda lost the immersion already and was like yeahhhhh, she dead, ope nvm she uncle ben lmaoooo, cheesy af
The thing I love about NWH is that it respected all of it's characters, even the side characters. Like, this is Tom Holland's/Peter 1's movie, but they still gave Peter 3/Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man that amazing moment where he cried after saving MJ. They gave Peter 2/Toby McGuire's Spider-Man a chance to help Peter 1 on his emotional journey using the experiences of his own movies. Even MJ and Ned. Like MJ could be the stereotypical love interest and give Peter a hard time about his decisions but instead she's understanding and there for him when he needs her. Her and Ned aren't just passive, but actually help and contribute. But they also do this with the villains. They aren't just there to fight or for a cameo; they act like themselves, like actual CHARACTERS. The way Otto talks to Norman as a former associate is, yes, there to help exposit, but it also feels natural. The way Flint helps Spider-Man vs Electro because they last left on good terms. That Peter 3 finally gets some closure with Max, by actually talking to him, rather than just killing him off like what happened in ASM 2. And yeah, even the lizard got the respect of being called by his own name (Dr. Connor) and not treated (purely) as comic relief. And that's not to mention that the entire plot is trying to save these tragic character's from a terrible fate, even though they aren't necessarily good people. How many super-heroes actually put in the effort to reform the villains rather than just murder them these days? Movies that treat their characters like individuals with their own thoughts, feelings and motivations will always win in my eyes over movies that are just spectacle for the sake of it.
The way the Spider-Men redeem the villains is a lot like *_Return of the Jedi_* when Luke redeems his father despite the death and destruction he caused for two decades.
One of Spiderman 3's most common (yet inaccurate) criticisms was that it had too many villains. It's main problem was it had no true villains. For half the movie, Spiderman went sort of bad, and fought a bank robber who had a big heart (established early with the interaction with his daughter). When the Venom villain came around, he was miscast and his motive was jealousy. He was still sort of good/bad. Young Goblin was beaten early, then kind of fell into a grey zone, before becoming a hero. There was no central powerful villain throughout, just a two weak ones and a kind robber - the symbiote itself didn't have a character nor origin. It meant the movie was a bit of a jumbled mess of ideas, hampered by poor casting and a lack of a central villain that made the previous two so good.
That's a very good point. The villains all were basically canceled out. They were simultaneously too many and not enough. It really shows in the movie that Raimi allegedly was forced by executives to put Venom into the movie. Otherwise Sandman would have gotten much more screen time to become the central villain with a decent backstory and character development. And Goblin Junior would have still worked as a sub-plot, because Harry was already established in the previous movies. It could have lead up to a great fourth movie with Venom as the main antagonist.
@@schattentaenzerin To be honest, the part where Venom eats the camera after he fused with Eddie is a great way to end Spider-Man 3 or a credit scene, even if its 2007 yet and it's not a trope in superhero movies in that era.
I agree. I think three villains could’ve worked had it been done well, but I still probably would’ve saved Sandman for Spider-Man 4 and focused on the Green Goblin and Venom
The real problem isn't that Spider-Man 3 had too many villains, it's that certain plotlines contradict everything from the 1st film. First, it's making Sandman the actual killer of Uncle Ben because like Peter said, the police should've told him and Aunt May who really killed Ben that very night instead of waiting for Sandman to escape from prison to say something. Not only does it make the police look stupid for withholding information, it means that Peter was never responsible for Uncle Ben's death since the guy he chased after never really shot Ben. Second, Harry's butler waiting 3 movies to tell him how Norman really died. Like the situation with Sandman being Uncle Ben's killer, Bernard should've told Harry on the very night Norman died that he accidentally killed himself with his own glider. Instead, Bernard stood by and let Harry think that Spider-Man murdered his father which caused him to destroy his friendships with Peter and Mary Jane. Bernard caused Harry's downward spiral and eventual death by keeping his mouth shut. Third, Gwen Stacy should've been in the 1st film instead of in the 3rd. We know that Peter dated her first before he hooked up with Mary Jane and I think that Sam Raimi made a huge mistake leaving Gwen out of the 1st film. By putting Gwen in the 3rd movie, Sam severely damaged the Peter/MJ love story but that's not the only thing that hurt the love story. Mary Jane was a horrible girlfriend for kissing Harry and letting him talk her into dumping Peter. She could've warned Peter that Harry threatened to kill him if she didn't do what he said but she didn't and she should've seen Peter's behavior coming at the nightclub. The Venom storyline did some damage as well when it made Peter smack MJ in the face but Sam Raimi didn't want to put Venom in the movie but the studios forced him to. Terrible plotlines and studio interference are what hurt Spider-Man 3.
I think the majority of spiderman 3 is great and remains pretty much consistent with the other 2 films. I think a lot of people think the film is bad because the most widely spread opinion online says so.
NWH is essentially a high-budget fanfic, and as someone who loves to read fanfiction, that's why it works so well like you explain here. These are all characters I'm already invested in (plus nostalgia). So of course I just want to see more of them, even just hanging around talking.
Not really a “high budget fanfic” at all in the way how you think as MCU Spider-Man had a core story arc inside this movie for him to go through and worked perfectly fine and great for his character to go through and develop to do that most fanfic wouldn’t have, as there was a purpose to all these as MCU Peter goes through deeper and darker struggles and conflict in this movie than in any other.
Calling it 'fan-fiction' is an insult to the film. Fan fiction is just lazy, non-talented writers with no imaginations writing out scenarios with characters that almost inevitably end in a weird love/sexual angle. That's why other than E.L James, no fan-fiction author ever actually sees real success in the real world. This was written by competent screen-writers who understand why fan-fiction SUCKS and didn't do it.
@@pinealdreams1064 I said I loved reading fanfiction so... I disagree to a certain degree. There's really bad movies and really great fanfiction. I've read fanfics that moved me and felt better written and had more respect to the characters than soulless/cash-grab sequels (like Toy Story 4). I know fanfics are most known for pairings, romance, and sexual content (which to be completely honest, I also love reading) but you can find some great ideas and writing if you look into it. It's not for everyone though, but I think that's okay, since mainstream movies try to appeal to a bigger audience and make as much money as possible thus making very safe and sometimes predictable movies, while fanfic writers write and share their work because they love a franchise and can bring some fresh and risky ideas.
@@pinealdreams1064 Mate you do realize that even us fanfic readers hate the fact that books like ‘50 Shades’ and ‘After’ are the ones that get published and read by the general public right? Because it gives fanfiction and those that read it a bad rap… case in point. I’ve been reading fanfiction for 14 years and I’ve actually read fic that’s as good as or even elevates the media it’s based on. Yes a lot of fic is about ships, pairings and romance but many also aren’t… that’s why you have different genres. Such as gen - which has no main pairings and quite often not even background. Did you know that quite a few fanfic writers are actually people who are either writing, publishing or have published their own books? (Nothing to do with their fics.) I know another was a doctor because they mentioned it in their author’s notes: they based their MCU au fic on their experience as doctor, studying in college, what working in the hospital was like, dealing with patients. I knew they based it on real experiences before I even got to that author’s note because my cousin is a nurse and I’ve heard stories man. Another author spent weeks researching different mathematical systems from different countries from different time periods as well as looking up pagan religious views, the Wheel of the Year and items needed for rituals in order for their Harry Potter fic to be interesting and set apart from JK’s canon HP. The mathematics was to help explain how different magical systems existed over the centuries - both the math and the paganism built extra lore on top of JK’s canon in a fun and interesting way. I think the shitty quality of main stream fanfiction - like 50 Shades and After - might have skewed your views. Yeah there’s a bunch of fic like that, but there are also gems. I’d honestly classify the Star Wars sequels as high budget mainstream fanfiction. It has a bunch of the tropes lol.
Spider-Man 3 was a step backwards in the original Spider-Man trilogy. But, it wasn't so bad to the point where Sony desperately needed to reboot Spider-Man in general. We wanted Spider-Man 4 with Tobey Maguire. Sony panicked!! But, in the end it all worked out thanks to Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the actor who benefited the most is Andrew Garfield. 🕷🕸
I heard the reason had something to do with them needing the movie to come out by a certain date to keep the rights and San Raimi wanted too much time? Spider-Man 4 would’ve been great, as would TASM 3, but it’s worth it to have all 3 different versions in NWH
One of the things I loved about _No Way Home_ is how they finally fix MCU Peter's problem of being "Iron Man Jr.", with him having access to Stark Technology and little to no problems in life aside from basic teenager stuff. With Strange completing the spell and making everyone forget who Peter is, it adds a whole new layer of tragedy that MCU Peter lacked, which the previous cinematic incarnations had: Peter Parker's life is always sucks. It is one of the defining traits of the character, which makes him so relatable. With Peter having nobody in the world now, he has to fend for himself and grow; it is tragedy at its peak. I also like how they had May take Ben's place with the motto as well him losing her. Since we never see Uncle Ben dying in the MCU, this gives May a new purpose to make Peter a better Spider-Man.
I don’t agree at all that he was EVER this “iron boy jr” nonsense that people keep on saying as MCU Spider-Man was STILL Spider-Man entirely so even with stark tech that he had, it’s just that MCU Spider-Man tired to take a different angle on focusing on his highschool life and tired to understand this as to not be like the amazing Spider-Man films that went all over the place. Your not getting this as simply having advanced tech and not having extreme problems doesn’t make Spider-Man not Spider-Man at all. MCU Spider-Man was ALWAYS Spider-Man ever since His first introduction into the MCU with Civil War, as SOON as we saw Tom Holland as Peter Parker, that WAS Spider-Man entirely so! Mcu Spiderman was ALWAYS Spider-Man from the get go! And that’s a fact!
The BIG MAJOR reason why Spider-Man No Way Home is my favorite Spider-Man movie now, is because it pays respect to all the Spider-Man films. Despite what you think of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy or the first two Amazing Spider-Man films, No Way Home considers all films canon in their own universes. And I appreciate the film for doing that. The characters from those universes still have their character developments explored and expands even further in this movie! No Way Home treats the Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy and the first two Amazing Spider-Man films for existing. Unlike most films when they start all over and say "those last films never happened," No Way Home doesn't do that. Again, it pays respect to all the films. No matter what you might think of them! And just for that, Spider-Man No Way Home is MY PERSONAL favorite Spider-Man movie!
Not only that but they also equalize every version of Peter Parker/Spider-Man by having all of them respect one another. Everyone's so busy fighting who is the superior Spider-Man or whatever that they forget to realize that none of that ever matters because these guys are too pure for that kind of dick measuring and would rather build each other up.
Plus knowing that Electro's right that there is a Black Spiderman (Miles Morales) "somewhere" means that No Way Home really acknowledge all Multiverses.
Just to add to the other posts: The biggest reason why NWH was so great, is that it took what worked what worked in all the other films, and RAN with it, HARD! But even better, it took what didn't work, and fixed it. It literally healed every single negative about the other films (to the point it's worth watching all of them in series before watching NWH)
How about a video analyzing how No Way Home succeeded in utilizing nostalgia, while the Star Wars Sequel trilogy failed at it. Basically NWH incorporated Nostalgia without relying on it, while the Sequel Trilogy solely relied on the use of nostalgia
@@johnkobebalod9211 Great point. The other Spideys got to contribute to MCU Peter's development and guide him while at the same time rounding out their characters in a way their own franchises didn't get a chance to.
No Way Home is legit one of the saddest super hero films of all time, if not THE saddest. Like it wasn't enough that Peter lost aunt May, which alone is devastating considering uncle Ben is already gone too, now leaving him a true orphan, no one to look out for him, no where to live, no job, no college due to Spidey stuff, all just barely out of high school. But by the end of it, he also loses his friends, his fellow super heroes, and the woman he loves, none of them remember him and he can't waltz back into their lives. He can't turn to Starke cause he's already dead, can't turn to Strange or SHIELD or the Avengers for help and advice. The dude is completely, 100% alone. Imagine being barely out of high school and having to start completely over, socially. Literally not a single person to talk to. Not one. This ending is also heartbreaking from Ned and MJ's, and hell even Happy's POV, since Peter as a person and a friend meant SO much to all three of those characters, and one day they just wake up with no memory of him whatsoever. Like, you know those random points in life where you just get SUPER depressed out of the blue and don't even know why, you just know and feel like something is suddenly missing but don't have a clue what it is or where this sadness and melancholy comes from. Well in this case, Ned, MJ and Happy probably all go through this for several days, weeks or even months. They wake up without one person who means so much to them but they don't realize he's missing, but they might feel it, in a way. I really do believe this is the first super hero movie ever where the hero saves the day, but loses and sacrifices everything but his actual physical life. This movie holds the most severe consequences to any other super hero film.
Yeah that’s why this movie is so fantastic, it’s a phenomenal film overall as one of the BEST Spider-Man movies out there! It makes you love MCU Spider-Man/Peter Parker even more and makes you want to see more of him! MCU Spider-Man is looking to be my favorite Spider-Man with this fantastic direction at the best bittersweet ending I’ve ever seen in a movie entirely!
I love that this movie actually had consequences. I feel like a lot of movies, especially super hero movies, often end with little consequence outside of the occasional death of a loved one, which even then doesn't always amount to anything in the long run. This one had a real weight that leaves you wondering where Peter will go from here. It was an even more selfless act than a sacrificial death, because he has to live with the loss of everything he once had.
@@IanDresarie Stark's death was brutal too for sure, especially because of Holland's performance. Dude can just turn on the tears and make you BELIEVE he's REALLY grieving and in unimaginable pain.
Yes and how Tobys spidey sense just some how just allowed him to be stabbed in the back, with zero consequence and reason. So good so deep so profound. Aunt with great stupidity you die.
@@WhatisReal11 that happens in literally every spider-man movie, NWH has its problems but you don't have to make dumb nitpicks to shit on the movie for no reason lmao 🤡 if their spidey sense worked 100% of the time then none of the spider-men would ever get hit
It is soooo predictable. When the trailer hit, and it shows that scene. Then we all knew it's gonna be andrew who saves her. (Despite the rumours he'll be in it or not) Aunt may death was more impactful
To be fair to Spider-Man 3, having such a large team up and so many sub-plots wasn't something movie goers were used to or expecting, and Spider-Man NWH is kinda given a headstart by having the characters all set up in five other movies, whilst Spider-Man 3 had to establish a handful of villains on it's own.
That's the point because everything was established Marvel can trust that the audience will remember the details and just get on with the story, this is how they've been handling big movies like this for 20+ years and counting and it's why I'm 100% confident that the same will be true for Doctor Strange.
Spider-Man 3 becomes a lot tighter when you realize Peter Parker is the villain, not Sandman, New Goblin, or Venom. All three "characters" unite against the villain Peter Parker who caused them all unjustified grief. Peter, who is in the process of having a villain reform arc at the end third of the movie, then have to face the demons his dark actions created.
Except they didn’t expand on electro, sandman, or lizard at all they barely expanded on goblin. In this whole movie the only villain that got any kind of development or arc was Otto.
At the end of No way Home i felt so lost because i related to Peter so much because of the rolercoster he had gone through. To imagine how it must be to be truly and completly lonely...because NOBODY remembers you...nobody can help you with your losses and even the people who are still there are lost to you too...it feels so sad and unfair.
One thing I like about NWH in comparison is that ut doesn't juggle 3 plot lines about amnesia, a symbiote and a fugitive father at the same time. It has a single plot, villains from other universes hop in, they have to catch then fix them, and send them out. This movie isn't perfect, but that's an element it handes amazingly.
Yeah you’re so right. Spider Man 3 has three villains with different stories and arcs and meanings for the hero. No Way Home has five villains, but there is a singular clear meaning that all of them being to the story for Tom’s Peter Parker. It’s not a friend with amnesia and an alien of evil something and a fugitive father plot line all competing for the spotlight, it’s the story of trying to help people because everyone deserves help and Spider-Man has the power to give it to them. No Way Home works because of this. I don’t know why I’m even saying all this, it’s literally the point of the video.
I completely agree with you. I also like how the final battle has all 3 Spider-Men fighting their pas villains but instead of fighting to beat them their fighting to save them from themselves and cure them.
lol right. Spider-Man 3 was a mess with to many half assed ideas none fully realized whereas no way home was beautifully executed. Spider-Man 3 was to complex for Rami and the screen play was also given to writers not up to the task.
Yeah. I like Spider-Man 3, but ultimately it was jumbled with too many things to focus on and setup for one final battle. NWH is Top 3 Spider-Man movies.
Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 made the hard calls and we hated them for it so that No Way Home could climb on their shoulders and we love it. Without those prior movies, No Way Home wouldn't be as good as it is.
It really did hit so differently when she died... I thought we were safe from having that kind of event because Uncle Ben was already dead before Spider-Man: Homecoming, so it came as a complete blindside emotional gut punch...
The best part in this movie for me, was the moment after Andrew caught MJ, and the reactions they give. HE, and by extension, WE know why this moment was so VERY important to him, though MJ is confused about his reaction and ultra concern.
Hey, Fil. I think it's worth mentioning the problem that Spiderman movies have by accident, which is the passive hero that does not drive the plot. In multiple videos of yours, you talk about the importance of a hero driving the plot with a central goal that then forces them to constantly take action. And in short, this is important not just because it helps to make a plot seem structured, but because an active hero is more entertaining. The problem inherent with a developing a Spiderman movie is that Peter is a normal kid with small goals, and these bad guys get in the way. They are an obstacle, yes, but because they don't completely shatter the hero's ordinary world with their presence as the inciting incident, Spiderman ends up having a passive goal of stopping them rather than an active goal that spans every scene and thus structures the plot. Most superhero movies are structured that way. You can tell because you can't really change the order of any of the scenes, but in a lot of the Spiderman movies, there are a few scenes that could be jumbled around without majorly affecting the plot. Something the Tom Holland movies do well is have a pretty well structured plot with an active goal throughout. They fit your parameters for great and entertaining movies extremely well, while the others have trouble with this aspect. How can a hero like Spiderman who is supposed to fight bad guys when they appear have a story where the entire two-hour plot revolves around one problem? Usually, he just sort of lives his life one day at a time until a bad guy appears, to which he fights them, then goes right back to his life. This is what made my personal Amazing Spiderman 3 script project so difficult for me to conceptualize. I kept running into this issue. But No Way Home does the best job of all the Spiderman movies of fixing this problem by having a clear inciting incident caused by Peter's own actions, with a clear basic idea of how this problem affects everything in the story along with enough characters and events to structure the entire plot around. You have gone over this problem in the past by explaining how useful the Joker's laugh is in creating conflict, or how in BumbleBee the girl and robot needed a central goal to drive the plot. Can you make more videos about movies that have progression and are thoroughly entertaining that either don't have a central goal or that have a looser, more general goal that does not permeate every scene. That is the sort of thing that would make for a great study. And I think you would be great at cutting to the heart of the matter.
I actually think Spider-Man is one of the easier superheroes to make proactive in a story. When a villain shows up, it's because of his position as a kid with small goals that makes it important that he decides to do the right thing anyway (his decision to go after Vulture during Homecoming is a good example). And No Way Home does a good job of this too - the villains weren't Peter's problem, but instead of just reacting to them by sending them back, he makes the active choice to help them just because it's the right thing to do.
I think The Amazing Spider-Man films were much better at making Peter proactive then the Raimi trilogy. In TASM 1&2, Peter actively tries to find a way to stop the villains. In the first two Raimi films, he pretty much just waits around for the villains to attack (despite pretty much saying it was his job to stop the Green Goblin?) He was more active in Spider-Man 3, but that had a different set of problems covered in the video
The tried and true way to handle this is to start with a single problem and then pile on other problems that prevent the initial one from being solved. Which, tbf, is exactly what No Way Home does.
The real question is why No Way Home worked where The Rise Of Skywalker failed? Both are the third entries of their sagas, have tons of fanservice and bring back the original baddies. But only one does it right.
Because this movie RESPECTS and used the Nostalgic characters to actually help the plot, the story ark for the main character, finally getting him where he needs to be and where to head to, and even finishes the Nostalgic character's plots(Tobey and Andrew). Rise of Skywalker HATES the Nostalia. It exists specifically to shit on them, but to first use their popularity to make money.
Because NWH isn't trying to pretend as if the previous movie didn't happen, or as if the Raimi Trilogy is the only one that deserves to be referenced and recognized and as if the TASM movies didn't exist. Because it tried to introduce the fanservice elements in a way that felt natural to the story and could progress from FFH's ending.
The way tobey said, "You can't do that, huh?" Is so perfect😂😂😂 and then you hear Tom saying"noo" in a shocked and slightly envious way, meanwhile the whole time, andrew is just curious😂😂
I would love to hear you talk about the first Kick-Ass movie! How out of his league the main character is compared to the other heroes from the film, and how much charm that brings to us movie goers. Keep up the great work I love your videos bruv!
Great video! I loved no way home my only complaint about the movie was that the whole mistake with the Dr. Strange's spell would have been completely avoided with a 2 minute conversation. " Okay you want everyone to forget you? Even your friends and family? Any other exceptions we should lay out before I start?" It made Strange seem like kind of an idiot.
That’s some what of a fair complaint in a way but I would say that make strange look that way at all here, fair tho but than we would not have any plot at all, we needed some sort of plot advancements to happen!
" you take it they discussed the conditions before but Peter did lose his nerves anyway as he got nervous when real time arrives.So its meant to be Peters fault in the movie" Thats the directors explanation...
NWH utilizing "nostalgic" characters for purpose in the plot is so refreshing. The nostalgia is there for sure, but when that fades from the initial reveal / watch, you're left with a movie that still works. I noticed this in the Mandalorian with Luke when he took Grogu away: It's not just Luke, it's the physical manifestation of what a Jedi truly is. He takes Grogu to train him, and is a first impression of a space wizard for Din. Same with this movie: nostalgic function. I hope that they keep this live action Spider-man crossover a sparse and thus special thing, because it's easy to go crazy once Marvel looks at the numbers it brought in. But, you know, it'll likely happen. Will I fell meh about it? Yes. Will I still watch it avidly? YES.
Fun Fact: if Grogu became an apprentice of Luke, then Kylo Ren killed him when he rebelled to Luke or when he killed the Knights of Ren, which were composed of some of his classmates from there.
Yeah I like Phase 4 trying to start some more completely original stuff, but if nostalgia bait is inevitable I hope it's at least given purpose in the story. Infinity War did this better than NWH and Endgame did it worse.
@@LordofSadFac Yeah, the best parts of Book of Boba Fett were the Mando moments. It made me realize (more so than before) that some characters and their history are better left mentioned but never shown. Like they didn't need to give us a Han Solo origin movie, it was more fun coming up with a history between him and Lando on our own. It's something I appreciated with the Black Widow movie, which didn't explore the ever-referenced Budapest mission apart from a few flashbacks. A little imagination goes a long way, like when they don't show a monster in a horror movie for the longest time, or give us the true origin of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Regardless of popular opinion, I still unironically like Spider-Man 3. Obviously No Way Home was better. However, I will always enjoy the 3rd Spider-Man film from 2007.
the movie was super cringe at times but the venom stuff made the film way too fun for me that I didnt give one shiet abt the integrity of the story until I looked at video essays on it
When Tobey came onto the screen, I jumped up off my seat at the theatre screaming. And for some reason, everyone thought I was insane, and they just stayed seated.
This is honestly your best Spider-Man movie review on this channel in my opinion. You perfectly highlighted what are the biggest pros what makes No Way Home succeed as a third installment in a Spider-Man movie trilogy brilliantly. But it's also pretty genius on how you recap some of those nostalgic and narrative moments for over the most important scenes to analyze on.👏
Spider-Man 3 becomes a lot tighter when you realize Peter Parker is the villain, not Sandman, New Goblin, or Venom. All three "characters" unite against the villain Peter Parker who caused them all unjustified grief. Peter, who is in the process of having a villain reform arc at the end third of the movie, then have to face the demons his dark actions created.
I think the idea that Peter already knew this concept of responsibility but had lost sight of it is a realistic take on the character. Kid has lost his uncle, been recruited by his idol, been to space, fought a galactic tyrant one on one, got blipped, his idol died, and he started relying on the iron spider suit (nullifying his spider sense) and therefore losing sight of what it means to be Spider-Man. The true realization of this regression is when he wants to let the villains die, when he goes so hard on the goblin Tobey has to intervene. How many of you were kids and immediately learned a lesson? Idk about you, but I have had multiple experiences reinforce the same lesson cause I’m human and sometimes you think you can cheat the universe. Tom’s Spider-Man didn’t become Spider-Man overnight, because his entire journey is nowhere near the traditional Peter becoming Spider-Man journey, he lives in a different world than Tobey and Andrew. There’s so much criticism this movie gets that I honestly don’t understand
This movie took advantage of nostalgia not only for attracting viewers but also telling a story without telling it. Fans know its a big moment for Andrew when he saved MJ, fans know it's an emotional moment for Tobey because fans knows that Tobey's spider man has gone through the same rage. We all know why it felt heart warming when Doc was fixed. Its a really creative use of nostalgia
It brilliantly follows the “show don’t tell” rule in moments like that, especially Andrew saving MJ. It’s never spoon fed to us why that accomplishment is so significant to him. We already know. Even people who haven’t seen TASM2 could easily figure out the significance. Andrew mentions he lost the love of his life and couldn’t save her, then he starts to tear up after saving another girl from falling from a great height, making it simple for non-fans to put two and two together. Fantastic subtlety that respects the intelligence of the audience.
I don’t think we talk enough about the gravity of Peter Parker’s sacrifice. This kid puts his life at risk on a daily basis and in the end chooses a life where if he were to die on one of those days no one, not even the avengers, would miss him. Keep in mind this is a kid who, at the beginning of his trilogy, wanted nothing more than to be recognized for his talents. It’s about the best possible ending to a Spider-Man story but also the pure heart of what superheroes were created to inspire.
Tobys version was quite accurate, funny how people repeat that Toms spidey is comically accurate when versions of a 15 year old spiderman only were made almost a decade if not more than the original spiderman
@@icarovdl I think a good way to incoperate the symbiot was to get rid of Eddie Brock. Focus on sandman and his daughter relationship. Show how brutal the black suit is making Peter and make him do immoral acts like beating the shit out of criminals infront of people which ruins his rep. While also giving more time for Peter to focus on the duality with it. And also gives him another challenge to face in the next movie
I never really hated Spider-man 3 but man did I get emotionally invested in No Way Home. It was fun to watch and then after rewatching a bunch of Spider stuff it was even more fun to go watch again. I had fun with all the Easter eggs, even for the movies I didn't like. I had fun watching it on my own and with people. I had fun talking about it with people after they had seen it. I even like that everyone else had fun getting to see their favorite versions of Spider-man again even if they weren't mine. Whatever your thoughts about the MCU, they love all their characters and nerdiness and it shows. Meaning these massive splash page movie things are fun!
Why No Way Home works...because it's a love letter to the previous Spider-Man movies and the previous Spider-Men in general, while at the same being a love letter to the MCU Spider-Man. To quote some dude "It just works."
I actually am very grateful with the proudcers and writters of this movie, they fixed all 3 spiderman's flaws in just one movie, which it can only be described as perfect.
The ending in the movie was terrible: -"I win because I punch harder than you." Never seen that before. -Everyone forgetting the identity is 1 of the biggest tropes ever. The logic in the movie was terrible too: -1 of the most famous people on the planet not being accepted into colleges. Riiiiiiiiiight. Lebron would be accepted into any US college today and Spider-Man is likely 10x more famous in his world. Then, his admittance "problem" is fixed by saving 1 person because now she sees he is a hero??? So she just ignored all other videos? If she thought he was a terrorist due to Mysterio, just saving her shouldn't matter. (Won't even bring up the fact that committees determine college acceptance, not just 1 person). -Not wanting to send the villains back to exactly where they left is absurdly dumb. It somewhat makes Parker a Villain because he is recklessly trying to change timelines with 0 understanding of the Consequences. Take Doc Oc. He died by sacrificing himself to save the city. Sure wouldn't want to send him back to that!!
@@jasonjanisewski78 if you didn't understand the ending is your own problem actually, because for many the ending was pretty emotional. Second he wasn't that famous in the movie, remember Tom's Peter was still a teenager, only the people of US knew his existence and that's why everyone put a blind eye when they saw Mysterio's video. Third his problem wasn't fixed by saving one person, in the movie she said that Peter and his friends would probably have a second chance, that doesn't count as a problem completely fixed is just a new chance for doing something. Lastly it is not absurd to change the villains, the thing is Peter didn't knew they would die and when he knew about it he didn't knew how they would die, so before taking any chances he just did what a hero do, save others, that's one reason why Batman is a cool superhero because even though he is a genius and good in combat his first rule is to not kill anyone, and so the same goes to Spiderman, if you actually think, you could have seen that the other Spidermans didn't actually want to kill the villains, if they did it was because they were forced too but it wasn't their intention, that's why seeing the Villains get cured and remember the other Spidermans makes it very emotional to the public, very nostalgic, of you don't understand that well it's your own problem it doesn't mean the movie is bad or it doesn't make any sense, because it does make sense
@@g4m-3r It seems you did not understand the ending if you think it was well done. Additionally, just causing emotion doesn't mean something is well done. That is a very flawed analysis. It is straight wrong to believe that Spider Man was not very famous. The avengers are world famous and he was with the avengers. Also, the internet exists in the MCU just like here. It is nonsensical to believe a Super Hero that has partnered with the most famous Super Hero Team in the World, and had a suit personally by 1 of the World's most famous heroes who also is the world's most famous tech genius would only be known in the US. Riiiiiiiight. A Superhero does not just blindly save people from another world without understanding the consequences. His entire philosophical believe is supposed to be "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." Turning a blind eye to the consequences that his actions will have on multiple realities simply because he has the power to do so completely contradicts his entire belief system.
@@jasonjanisewski78 you actually need to watch all the MCU films, because while it is true that Spiderman is part of the avengers and his suit was made by Tony Stark, remember that He didn't said publicly he was part of the Avengers, to know this you should have watch Spiderman Homecoming. Then when he was part of the Avengers it was when Tony Doctor Strange and him were in the ship of Thanos' son nobody was there, so again the only people that actually knew about Spiderman was the US poblation or the people that went to visit New York, so again the reason why everyone all of a sudden believed in Mysterio's word and not Spiderman was because Mysterio was supposedly well known by the world, you can see that at Spiderman Far From Home. Also he is still following that path, because he has the power and knowledge to save people, in this case the villains, so then he has the responsibility to do something to help them from dooming themselves, that's how the phrase works, you can also see that in Tobey's Spiderman, and again if you don't understand it doesn't mean is bad or trash, is just mean that you haven't been a good watcher
@@jasonjanisewski78 1.Thats how fighting works 2.How???Have you seen the movie 3.Peter did not get accepted of the controversy 4.All physical evidence was removed 5.Hmm blame a young person for having mercy
NWH isn’t just an incredible movie. It’s a celebration. A celebration of 3 generations of live action Spider-Man finally coming together after 20 years. We got to see Tobey’s Peter after Spider-Man 3 and we got to see Andrew’s Peter finally redeem himself after 7 years of suffering, and we got to see Tom’s Peter fully become Spider-Man. I could not ask for a more beautiful Spider-Man movie than NWH. The Spider-Man movies to come won’t be as amazing as NWH, but they’ll still be amazing regardless. And also, can we get #TheAmazingSpiderMan3 Sony? Plz?
Yes it did what it meant to do Complete the other 2 spiderman arks with toms spidey and open up a new begining for toms spidey id say andrew too if sony doesnt f up again Cant wait for toms college trilogy and andrew spiderman 3 And there were rumors for tobey spiderman 4 but idk if they are true
18:00 I think one of the biggest reasons to me for why this was emotional was that she's not a "replacement" for Ben. Instead Peter lost both Ben and May and not just Ben.
can I Just say I LOVE how you can tell which villains they wanted to bring back(Green Goblin/Doc Ock which villains whose actors wanted to come back (Jamie Foxx) and then which villains just sit in a conrner the whole movie because they either didn't know what to do with or their actors came back for the money (Lizard/Sandman)
You LITERALLY took the words out of my mouth. You perfectly explained too me why Spider-Man NWH is my favorite Spider-Man movie while also explaining why Spider-Man 3 is my least favorite Spider-Man movie. And you explained why I love the story of NWH perfectly. It just gets annoying when fanboys dismiss the movie as nostalgia bait or bad fanservice. This movie is fanservice done right and is their nostalgia and fanservice yeah but they used it in a good way helping the characters and stories. I also like how the final battle isn’t about beating up the villains but it’s about saving them from themselves and curing them and this movie pays respect to all of the movies that came before it and the characters. So thank you for this video and also keep up the edits some of them had me dying🤣
To be honest, the finale of spider man 3 taking place in a construction tower is something that was being build since the start of the movie, for exemple when Sandman hide in a sand truck it was to build ciment for the construction
Well nwh had pointing meme and made the 3 peters act like brothers and ask the questions we wanted Web slingin and where the webs come from It had that bonding between the 3 and redemption for andrew Closure for tobey And learning the lesson for tom being responsibility
*Me realizing Spider-Man 3 is better than No Way Home and the latter has every problem the former's been accused of having but gets a pass for fan-service*
I'm surprised to see people's view of NWH turn sour. I gotta wonder if people are realizing that the movie hinges on just the dumbest plot (REALLY Peter? I know you're a teenager and teens RARELY think things through but COME ON), or if they think it's JUST fan service, or if they just want to go against the grain and seem COOL, or if they genuinely didn't like the movie...but honestly I can't find any real major faults in the movie. The main thing being Peter not thinking to talk to the MIT recruiter before going to Strange, BUT again that can be explained away as him being an idiot teenager and desperate and I'M SURE we made good choices when desperate.
@@daniellauricella5132 Meh it happens with most Marvel movies at this point even if the product being criticized is objectively better then earlier Marvel media. Some criticism is deserved sure but the amount of people that form a dogpile on Marvel movies once someone points out something is insane
the only flaw I see in the movie is one of the last scenes, where Peter talks to Happy on Aunt May's grave. Happy met May because of Peter. How does he still knows May then?
No way home worked out well because some of the villains in it didn’t even have arcs. They were just hanging there. Like sand man and The lizard! Spider-Man 3 tried to have character arcs. And it was just too much for 1 movie.
Yeah, Plus it helps they added a clear main villain with The Green Goblin. As much of a glow-up they gave Electro, Gobbie was the main threat given the most focus (Not to mention Willem Dafoe has only gotten better as time went on)
@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn It changes the whole dynamic as well as the validation of those characters in their universes. Norman doesn't buy into what Doc Ock said about his death but Sandman was right there to confirmed the truth. Same goes for Lizard and his interaction with Electro. The interaction between Sandman and Electro also gave an interesting look at how similar their circumstances were and yet they chose different path. Just because they weren't as important doesn't they don't have any layers to their presence.
This is one of your first episodes that I feel like didn’t blow my mind or fundamentally show me something I never realized on my own. But it was legitimately one of your funniest.
This movie really knows how to pull on the emotional baggage set up by the other 2 movies. Both petes really make you feel heart broken in the final scene they show up
No way home was a great movie and loved most of it. But it really annoyed me the way aunt May died because Peter actually told MJ and Ned NOT to come with him to the apartment because it would be too dangerous. And then it cuts to them entering the apartment and Aunt May is just there with them. Just seemed really silly to me that Peter wouldn't protect his own family like he did his friends.
i cried when they three way hugged becuase i felt it was like me saying goodbye to my childhood/teenagehood that coincided with the previous releases of earlier franchises. so well done
yeah you're right. On paper No way home sounds like the fever dream of a 12 year old fanboy but the endproduct worked suprisingly well. Definetely one of my favourite Spider-Man movies so far.
Great analysis as usual! Now I think you’re ready to take on Spielberg’s true masterpiece: Hook. A movie that as a kid you identify with because “Yay kids versus pirates, and your parent eventually comes to save you.” Then as an adult you identify with because “Oh no, I too am like Peter, focused too much on work at the expense of my family, and only through learning to play again like a kid can I save them…and myself.” RIP Rufio, who died for all our childhood overconfidence and prideful sins.
The established backstories are definitely the key to making it work. Spiderman 3 had too many villains without enough screen time each. The Amazing Spiderman 2 had the same problem. But now we have No Way Home. If No Way Home was a standalone movie, it would have completely failed. The reason it works is because all of the characters have already gone through plenty of character development.
I think it would be great if you compared an animated movie, like a silent voice, to a live action one dealing with similar themes. Or anything else as long as a silent voice is involved. I just really love that movie xD
NWH is amazing, and I agree with much of what is said here. One thing I think was genius though, is that bringing in these alternative Spidey's is that the very nature of 'alternate reality' gives the movie license to both nod to those who have seen the previous movies, but also to not have to explain either. If you never saw Amazing Spiderman, for example, all you need is 'this is another Peter, I guess he too has been through some stuff' and even if you didn't know about Gwen, you still understand that this Peter is just so damn relieved he saved Marvel Peter from losing MJ (great acting from Garfield here too, you can see he is suppressing some kind of emotion so even if you're not in the know, you can tell it's important).
I am a big fan of Tobey and agree with everything, the film is good when it get right (like all the hit MJ and then go to church stuff, and i like to think that MJ do apologise him but they didn't marry again or back to the relationship) but when it fail it just fail badly to the point of the show has more bad moments or fail more moments than make good ones. I think that a good or excelent still have fails or problems but its good cause it get right more than fail
I know it's a Netflix series and not a movie, but i'd like to hear you talk about Arcane and why it, as a videogame adaptation, worked where so many before faild. Like storytelling, visuals, soundtrack, real human emotions, character desicions, ... Btw i love your videos, keep Up the good work.
Spider-Man 3 was never an actual failure. Sure, it had multiple things to juggle and No Way Home is better. But Spidey 3 still has heart in its story and I argue it has somewhat of a cohesive plot. I think the issues you stated are more in line TASM2 since all those plots are jumbled and barely lacks a theme with everything going on.
@@hunterlawrence3573 TASM 2 is probably more entertaining with its more light hearted tone and visuals and the final fight was pretty good, it's better than spider-man 3's final fight, but I think spider-man 3 was more coherent as a movie overall, TASM2 was even more of a jumbled mess than spider-man 3 was with even worse side plots (like Peter's parents) and way worse villains
@@spike5499 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 does have more storylines than it can fully develop in its runtime, but unlike Spider-Man 3, those storylines are good. Spider-Man 3 is definitely entertaining, but the only major character that’s written well is Sandman, and he’s the one that didn’t really need to be there. For some people this isn’t such a big deal, but as someone with aspirations in creative writing, having well written characters is the most important thing to me personally. The dead parents subplot is fine; it’s fairly entertaining. The only thing I don’t like about it is the implication that Peter only got his powers because of his father’s DNA, but I suppose that’s easy enough to write around. Keep in mind, this was never resolved because TASM3 was canceled Sandman was interesting, but didn’t get developed. They probably should’ve saved him for Spider-Man 4. Harry’s Green Goblin was the only thing setup at the end of Spider-Man 2 so it’s reasonable to expect he’d get a fair amount of development. Instead he doesn’t even have a character arc. He just conveniently finds out (in a really stupid way) that Peter didn’t do the thing he thought he did and immediately turns good. Eddie was very unsympathetic and his motivations made no sense. Despite this, somehow the Venom scenes were still the best part of Spider-Man 3. What I can praise Spider-Man 3 villains for, is having good design. TASM2, not so much. It’s not as bad as some say, but it could be a lot better. Harry and Electro are written pretty well. Again, Harry was meant to be in TASM3 where he’d likely be developed further. The film could’ve benefited from being a bit longer, but at least it feels like one coherent story rather than the beginning of three different stories.
Spider-Man 3 failed…. In what god damn universe! Spider-Man 3 is an unbridled Masterpiece that reaches heights the likes of which Martin Scorsese wishes in his wildest dreams he could reach
Spider-Man 3 becomes a lot tighter when you realize Peter Parker is the villain, not Sandman, New Goblin, or Venom. All three "characters" unite against the villain Peter Parker who caused them all unjustified grief. Peter, who is in the process of having a villain reform arc at the end third of the movie, then have to face the demons his dark actions created.
Would love to see a video on Shutter Island, one of my favourite movies and think it has one of the best reveals in modern movies. For something more recent I’d definitely love a video on the new Batman. Maybe on how it makes itself so different from the Nolan trilogy to avoid comparisons and make it stand out as it’s own piece of cinema.
The genius of NWH, is that instead of creating a mediocre 3rd installment of a franchise, they pulled an Endgame and concluded an 8 film Spider-Man saga. It justified the reboots and our MCU peter gets to now continue the legacy of the character having benefited from the character development of the previous iterations. We get to move forward now in a way we never could before because we kept starting over.
I think they could have made Lizard better if they use the same relationship that they did with Goblin. Or maybe made it like a symbiote, enhancing Connor's bad qualities. idk it's just a suggestion.
When I watched no way home, it feels like infinity war The problem starts at 0 minutes and it keeps going almost without a brake But it gave us a lot of fan service just like endgame
I'm gonna write this comment before I watch the video: The main problem with Spider-Man 3 is that we had 3 origin stories that needed telling. In NWH, we had already seen their origins and we knew the characters well -- so the movie could have an overarching story to focus on instead.
Dunno why this is even a comparison worth mentioning at all, it's like saying it's 10x more enjoyable to watch Endgame 2019 after having watched every single Marvel movie compared to watching it without. When you go to watch a sequel, there's always homework to do.
Part of No Way Home's success is attributed to my biggest issue with Marvel, in that it relies on you having seen every Spiderman movie before it. It feels very clearly like the suits said "people are falling out of live with SpiderTom, let's bring in every character from all the other movies we own", and the writers had enough sense to follow this advice to make a bad idea for a movie into an okay movie.
I really enjoyed watching these videos and kinda helped me in story writing. I found the channel after watching the Dune movie and when you did the One v One on Dune and Blade Runner. If anything I could recommend try a review of The Batman and called back to the video on se7en and see what it pulled off and what didn't work, and if anything maybe the Uncharted movie (How not to make a video game movie/proper adaptation?) or Sonic 2 on how to make a hyped sequel? Anyway, good video!
That's an easy one. No Way Home had five established antagonists to work with, so less time was needed to introduce the characters. Meanwhile, Spider-Man had to finish Harry's transition to a villain, give Harry amnesia to give room for the other villains to show up, introduce the Symbiote, begin Peter's shift into being Symbiote Spider-Man, introduce Marko and Eddie, transform Marko, have Peter get rid of the Symbiote, transform Eddie, begin Harry's redemption arc, etc. Spider-Man 3 had to create two to three movie plots and then mash them into the timeframe of one film, while No Way Home was basically just a crossover event. Regarding your first point about Spider-Man 3 being a series of random events, I will play devil's advocate and say there's a unifying idea to some degree: Peter handling a number of situations poorly. He doesn't talk to Harry when he has the chance, tries to kill Marko, and bullies Eddie to the point of actively making him a worse person. All of these things gradually come back over the course of the film to bite Peter for his poor decision-making. Granted, that doesn't stop the plot from having a lot of randomness (Symbiote falling from the sky, anyone?), but I think there's at least an idea to how Raimi structured things. Particularly since the ending is Peter making peace with two of the three villains, while the third is destroyed due to being unable to let go.
Can you do another video on Spider-Verse? Because The only Spider-Man film to do a multiple villains correctly is Spider-Verse because there is an established hiecahry of villains, the movie makes it very clear that Kingpin is the leader of the villains.
I think both movies played to their own strengths quite nicely: Kingpin is basically a Mob Boss with enough resources to have Super-Villains as Goons (Goblin, Scorpion, Tombstone and Doc Ock) to do most of his bidding, but ain't no pushover by himself, kind of a dark reflection of Miles seemingly not being ready to aid the Spider-People in stopping the machine but pushing himself to do so... While the No Way Home Villains are mostly a bunch of strangers in a strange land that seemingly share a fate, even ideas to a degree (Electro - Goblin) akin to Peter after JJ exposes his identity. It also helps that despite Sandman and Lizard just hanging around, we know about about their agendas due to previous movies so they aren't complete goons-footsoldiers like in the PS4 game or Spider-Verse.
@@michaelriverside1139 True, but prowler in Spider-verse is more then a goon.Lizard and Sandman are CGI puppets in No way home because Thomas Hayden Church couldn't physically come to set because of Travel restrictions due to covid and Rhys Ifans was off filming King's Man. The only villains that were characters are Doc Ock, Electro, and Green Goblin but Green Goblin is the only true Villain of the film. Green Goblin should have been at the final fight ordering the villains because him only showing up a the end makes no sense because he glider can fly up to 90 MPH. A lot of things were scrapped in No Way Home.
I can finally rest.
End credit scene: can you please cover………
i found the guy!!
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Good thing you got pinned. Had a little trouble finding ya💀
I'm so hyped for the Abdulaziz Merdad Cinematic Universe
So which is your favorite spiderman movie?
Definitely cool that they bought all 3 of them together but also that they had a strong interaction with each other instead of being cameos.
Yeah it's so nice!
I liked it as well, it was very cool to see the characters from the previous franchises back after decades.
That's why I didn't really like the new ghostbusters. Cameos show up in the end to pretty much save the day. It was well done, but I think the little nerd girl should've gone to Dan Akroyds (sp?) shop early on in the movie and consulted him throughout until he figured out what was going on from what she was telling him about why she was buying gear from him and what she told him about what was happening in their new home they inherited, etc...
It seemed getting the band back together in the end was rushed for time.
Plot is wack as hell tho, the Tony Stark machine that can make everything, the motives of The Lizard and Sandman makes no fucking sense, the ending is Strange casting another fucking spell to fix all the crazy shit, seems too convenient.
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Doctor strange: Listen here you little shi-!
What's really sad is that the entire tragedy that Peter went through in the events of NWH was a tragedy of Peter's own making, because if he'd spent the time to think about it and consulted with Doctor Strange before going through with casting the spell, he might have ended up figuring out a better way to solve the problem. If you think about it for a bit, you'll see what he could have done differently. But instead, we got this genius piece of film where, because the hero messed with a power he didn't fully understand, he got consequences that he didn't expect.
Thats the whole point of the trilogy an origin story about him learning resposability as a teen
Now that he had may die by his actions he will be more responsible with his actions and powers in his college years
The sad part though is he lost everyone he knew
Again slow and steady wins the race
And to point out before someone say he can go back and tell them everything
No he chose to not tell them so he wont put them in danger again becouse without him he saw that they had better life more safer then when they knew
I mean personally I can’t have that dr strange is a adult and adept at magic. Should we really expect him to not realise that the original spell would of caused problems. He just started doing it without any planning of course he would object and add stuff what kind of doctor does things with no consultation for their client he was a surgeon for gods sake. Did he always go in raw. Ofc all he had to do was make everyone forget what mysterio said/done or that only people he trusts would remember. But that probably wouldn’t of been as good looks like strange gets his punishment in his sequel as far as I stand he’s 56%+ responsible for it.
@@no_player_commentary I mean, Doctor Strange has only been the Sorcerer Supreme for a small amount of time at this point in the timeline. Magic takes decades to really master, and Strange has had half of a decade to work.
@@joshbrosh6626 he's learned the same lesson 3x the trilogy has been kind of a wash
@@kennyholmes5196 I hear you but, Well as far as I'm aware he's technically not sourcer supreme at this point cause Wong & he was gone. Second he should have common sense as a adult & actual doctor, third he's done the spell before he should of know how it works. Four Wong told him not to.
The cheers in the theatre when Andrew and Tobey came out the portal was worth the ticket. Not only they went for fan service, but also made them an integral part of Tom's Spider-Man journey to realize what he had to do.
And they managed to give Andrew's Spidey redemption. One of the best, most emotional scenes in the whole MCU.
@@lonestarr1490 ever since the trailer showed MJ falling I knew Andrew was going tk be the one catching her. So damn satisfactory.
Honestly I was not expecting much from it because it's the newest spiderman and all his movies suck ( no offense to fans but they are really pile of nonsense crap) but tobey saved it. After many years it's was finally a good spiderman movie.
@@alexandersebela370 yeah it was a mix of fan service and a well written plot.
If you pay attention, the movie actually pauses just so people can do that and bot miss the movie. It is easy to spot in tons of movies
Why NWH works is simple: they trusted the audience enough to have seen and remembered enough of those previous movies to allow the 3 Peters section to breathe and just be fun, with minimal exposition. You briefly mention "an alien made of black goo," send Venom back, but you see the piece of symbiote left to set up future Spiderman movies.
EXACTLY YOU GET IT!!!👍🏾
Nope
Spider-Man 3 walked so NWH could run.
Yeah, NWH as a stand alone movie is mediocre at best. Most of its meat came from nostalgia Pandering and barely have anything that it can say that it truly owns.
@@fg009letyrds8 Maybe you missed the explanation in the video, but NWH still puts the MCU version of Peter through the heaviest consequences for doing the right thing no other Spidey film has ever done. The callbacks are a big part of the movie sure, but this entire video was about showing that NWH does have an overall character-driven storyline that keeps the nostalgia from being a huge mess.
When Andrew saved MJ, everyone in the theater jumped out of their seats.
I hadn’t seen a level excitement this big since end game. Filled my heart with joy.
Honestly, as hype as the whole movie was, my favorite moment came in the credits scene.
When the symbiote fragment moved, me, my brother, the guy to the left of me, and the entire group sitting behind us all said "Oh no." in the exact same tone of voice. It was a weird little bonding moment.
Bro stop gassing everyone knew she wasnt dying.
I'm a grown man, but I honestly teared up a little when that happened. I think Andrew just sold the tragedy so well in those two scenes (when he tells Peter about his loss and then moment after the save) and it so impactful even though it was so quick that it hit me like a brick. Excellent performance.
Same
@@jareejones it’s not the fact that she was gonna die we all know she wasn’t gonna die. It was the fact that Andrew was the one to save her in the same way that killed Gwen and for Andrew to relive that experience but to find redemption and peace from it which makes that scene so great.
This video slaps harder than Will Smith.
Ayo closer look?
Didn't expect to see you here. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
Keep his name out of you freaking mouth
Ayoo?? 🤨
HAHAHA!
One of the coolest scenes was when the two spider men were amazed that Tobey’s Spider-Man could make his own webbing. That interaction was so cool.
That and the conversations especially at the Statue of Liberty. It's something showcased i Into the Spiderverse, but at a somehow more intense level (maybe because these Spider-Men are at maximum awkwardness). They've never got to talk to someone with a different perspective but the same basic experiences.
Really? Was it "so cool"? The whole movie was so lazy I can't even fathom it.
I love the "Garfield saves MJ" scene. They managed to sneak in redemption even for the Spidey loved the least. Thus, even without a proper trilogy, his story came to a conclusion.
@@alexanderwindh4830 I got that kind of feeling too man. I loved the movie, but it just seemed like an amalgamation of references to previous movies...
@@alexanderwindh4830 Well put. Pure garbage.
The great thing about the movie is it showcased the "with great power comes great responsibility" strongly. It shows how each decisions he makes can escalate or ruin things and taking responsibility of them without losing himself. It also excites me that they set it up to pull away from ironman's shadow because that was always my problem with the previous films. They revolve around ironman and now that everyone forgot he rebooted to ground zero. Now it would make sense if he became a photographer and paying the DAMN RENT
I totally agree! NWH fixes not only the MCU's Spider-man/Peter Parker but also the previous movies.
@Erik Kemeey IMO, I always feel that MCU's Spider-man is clumsy despite the reliable people he has around him (good mentor, good bestfriend, heck, even the best girlfriend!) whereas the Spider-man we love and know is trying so hard to make ends meet all the while carrying all the burdens of the world upon his shoulders and life always giving him a really hard time. NWH fixes all of that.
@Erik Kemeey Mate i kinda agree but you gotta elaborate instead of just saying nope
You’ll get your rent when you fix this damn door.
They were definitely not lmao. Yes he did have a very noticeable presence in the movies but the say they revolve around him is a massive overreaction
I just want to put out there how unreasanable happpy this movie made me. It felt like it fixed the errors with the older Spideys. It kind of made all Spiderman movies feel good in the end. I havent felt this happy from a simple movie since i was a little kid.
it doesnt only feed on nostalgia, it completes it.
For me it was a real mess.
What “errors” did the OG Spider-Man have exactly? I mean in terms of the things they brought in from that Raimi verse? I’m just a little confused what people think needed to be “fixed” about these characters and these situations.
@@Karma-pq9fi yeah and i still blame sony for interfearing with sm3 but og spider-man were better
@@Karma-pq9fi honestly for me( and what I feel he's trying to say) it gives those movies a true definitive ending( I mean unless they decide to bring them back *shrugs*) like I love the the raimi movies, but those movies didnt really give spidey a definitive ending and while I'm not the biggest fan of the amazing Spiderman movies, I do feel like they at least got an ending here too, that feels like they built on the movies those movies that came before. yeah it feeds on your feelings of those movies's nostalgia, but it feels like it makes those stories feel complete. even if it doesn't completely hang together well
Yes. Spider-Man: No Way Home brings joy to people. This world needs more joy in it.
No Way Home is kind of genius. They managed to have Uncle Ben die and surprise us with it. They just snuck him in as Aunt May and did it in part 3 when we weren't expecting it.
My only complaint on this trilogy is how they didn’t develop or give us more time with the cast like May and MJ.
The scene was emotional, but I always wanted them to spend more time with her and now that’s lost.
I don’t even understand why people act like this ‘3 part origin’ thing was planned. Uncle Ben dying is when Peter realises “with great power comes great responsibility”. This is a concept he is shown to ALREADY know back in Civil War. Then when he regresses as a character and RE-LEARNS the same message from Aunt May people praise it? Like what? (NWH was still dope though)
@@PeterParker-mp7ns I'd agree that he already knows the concept. But now it's been heavily reinforced.
you were suprised when she died? i mean when she got plowed through by the goblin glider she woulda died straight up there, so i mean i kinda lost the immersion already and was like yeahhhhh, she dead, ope nvm she uncle ben lmaoooo, cheesy af
@@jacklodger2462 But did you expected her to die *before* the glider scene? If not, the movie still did it's job to surprise you
The thing I love about NWH is that it respected all of it's characters, even the side characters.
Like, this is Tom Holland's/Peter 1's movie, but they still gave Peter 3/Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man that amazing moment where he cried after saving MJ.
They gave Peter 2/Toby McGuire's Spider-Man a chance to help Peter 1 on his emotional journey using the experiences of his own movies.
Even MJ and Ned. Like MJ could be the stereotypical love interest and give Peter a hard time about his decisions but instead she's understanding and there for him when he needs her. Her and Ned aren't just passive, but actually help and contribute.
But they also do this with the villains. They aren't just there to fight or for a cameo; they act like themselves, like actual CHARACTERS. The way Otto talks to Norman as a former associate is, yes, there to help exposit, but it also feels natural. The way Flint helps Spider-Man vs Electro because they last left on good terms. That Peter 3 finally gets some closure with Max, by actually talking to him, rather than just killing him off like what happened in ASM 2.
And yeah, even the lizard got the respect of being called by his own name (Dr. Connor) and not treated (purely) as comic relief.
And that's not to mention that the entire plot is trying to save these tragic character's from a terrible fate, even though they aren't necessarily good people. How many super-heroes actually put in the effort to reform the villains rather than just murder them these days?
Movies that treat their characters like individuals with their own thoughts, feelings and motivations will always win in my eyes over movies that are just spectacle for the sake of it.
The way the Spider-Men redeem the villains is a lot like *_Return of the Jedi_* when Luke redeems his father despite the death and destruction he caused for two decades.
One of Spiderman 3's most common (yet inaccurate) criticisms was that it had too many villains. It's main problem was it had no true villains. For half the movie, Spiderman went sort of bad, and fought a bank robber who had a big heart (established early with the interaction with his daughter).
When the Venom villain came around, he was miscast and his motive was jealousy. He was still sort of good/bad. Young Goblin was beaten early, then kind of fell into a grey zone, before becoming a hero.
There was no central powerful villain throughout, just a two weak ones and a kind robber - the symbiote itself didn't have a character nor origin.
It meant the movie was a bit of a jumbled mess of ideas, hampered by poor casting and a lack of a central villain that made the previous two so good.
That's a very good point.
The villains all were basically canceled out. They were simultaneously too many and not enough.
It really shows in the movie that Raimi allegedly was forced by executives to put Venom into the movie. Otherwise Sandman would have gotten much more screen time to become the central villain with a decent backstory and character development. And Goblin Junior would have still worked as a sub-plot, because Harry was already established in the previous movies.
It could have lead up to a great fourth movie with Venom as the main antagonist.
@@schattentaenzerin To be honest, the part where Venom eats the camera after he fused with Eddie is a great way to end Spider-Man 3 or a credit scene, even if its 2007 yet and it's not a trope in superhero movies in that era.
I agree. I think three villains could’ve worked had it been done well, but I still probably would’ve saved Sandman for Spider-Man 4 and focused on the Green Goblin and Venom
Yeah plus venom was just added because their was this one guy that just really wanted venom in it
The real problem isn't that Spider-Man 3 had too many villains, it's that certain plotlines contradict everything from the 1st film.
First, it's making Sandman the actual killer of Uncle Ben because like Peter said, the police should've told him and Aunt May who really killed Ben that very night instead of waiting for Sandman to escape from prison to say something. Not only does it make the police look stupid for withholding information, it means that Peter was never responsible for Uncle Ben's death since the guy he chased after never really shot Ben.
Second, Harry's butler waiting 3 movies to tell him how Norman really died. Like the situation with Sandman being Uncle Ben's killer, Bernard should've told Harry on the very night Norman died that he accidentally killed himself with his own glider. Instead, Bernard stood by and let Harry think that Spider-Man murdered his father which caused him to destroy his friendships with Peter and Mary Jane. Bernard caused Harry's downward spiral and eventual death by keeping his mouth shut.
Third, Gwen Stacy should've been in the 1st film instead of in the 3rd. We know that Peter dated her first before he hooked up with Mary Jane and I think that Sam Raimi made a huge mistake leaving Gwen out of the 1st film. By putting Gwen in the 3rd movie, Sam severely damaged the Peter/MJ love story but that's not the only thing that hurt the love story. Mary Jane was a horrible girlfriend for kissing Harry and letting him talk her into dumping Peter. She could've warned Peter that Harry threatened to kill him if she didn't do what he said but she didn't and she should've seen Peter's behavior coming at the nightclub. The Venom storyline did some damage as well when it made Peter smack MJ in the face but Sam Raimi didn't want to put Venom in the movie but the studios forced him to.
Terrible plotlines and studio interference are what hurt Spider-Man 3.
Spider-Man 3 failed in some areas but it succeeded in other areas that kind of transcended the movie itself. I love it.
Couldn’t have said this better myself.
The presence of memes do not make a movie good
@@krthecarguy5150 who said that?
@@krthecarguy5150 We pay no attention to car guys. We see what you do on the streets. Your input is not valid here
I think the majority of spiderman 3 is great and remains pretty much consistent with the other 2 films. I think a lot of people think the film is bad because the most widely spread opinion online says so.
NWH is essentially a high-budget fanfic, and as someone who loves to read fanfiction, that's why it works so well like you explain here. These are all characters I'm already invested in (plus nostalgia). So of course I just want to see more of them, even just hanging around talking.
I don't like to read online fanfiction
Not really a “high budget fanfic” at all in the way how you think as MCU Spider-Man had a core story arc inside this movie for him to go through and worked perfectly fine and great for his character to go through and develop to do that most fanfic wouldn’t have, as there was a purpose to all these as MCU Peter goes through deeper and darker struggles and conflict in this movie than in any other.
Calling it 'fan-fiction' is an insult to the film. Fan fiction is just lazy, non-talented writers with no imaginations writing out scenarios with characters that almost inevitably end in a weird love/sexual angle. That's why other than E.L James, no fan-fiction author ever actually sees real success in the real world.
This was written by competent screen-writers who understand why fan-fiction SUCKS and didn't do it.
@@pinealdreams1064 I said I loved reading fanfiction so... I disagree to a certain degree.
There's really bad movies and really great fanfiction. I've read fanfics that moved me and felt better written and had more respect to the characters than soulless/cash-grab sequels (like Toy Story 4). I know fanfics are most known for pairings, romance, and sexual content (which to be completely honest, I also love reading) but you can find some great ideas and writing if you look into it. It's not for everyone though, but I think that's okay, since mainstream movies try to appeal to a bigger audience and make as much money as possible thus making very safe and sometimes predictable movies, while fanfic writers write and share their work because they love a franchise and can bring some fresh and risky ideas.
@@pinealdreams1064 Mate you do realize that even us fanfic readers hate the fact that books like ‘50 Shades’ and ‘After’ are the ones that get published and read by the general public right? Because it gives fanfiction and those that read it a bad rap… case in point.
I’ve been reading fanfiction for 14 years and I’ve actually read fic that’s as good as or even elevates the media it’s based on. Yes a lot of fic is about ships, pairings and romance but many also aren’t… that’s why you have different genres. Such as gen - which has no main pairings and quite often not even background.
Did you know that quite a few fanfic writers are actually people who are either writing, publishing or have published their own books? (Nothing to do with their fics.) I know another was a doctor because they mentioned it in their author’s notes: they based their MCU au fic on their experience as doctor, studying in college, what working in the hospital was like, dealing with patients. I knew they based it on real experiences before I even got to that author’s note because my cousin is a nurse and I’ve heard stories man.
Another author spent weeks researching different mathematical systems from different countries from different time periods as well as looking up pagan religious views, the Wheel of the Year and items needed for rituals in order for their Harry Potter fic to be interesting and set apart from JK’s canon HP. The mathematics was to help explain how different magical systems existed over the centuries - both the math and the paganism built extra lore on top of JK’s canon in a fun and interesting way.
I think the shitty quality of main stream fanfiction - like 50 Shades and After - might have skewed your views. Yeah there’s a bunch of fic like that, but there are also gems. I’d honestly classify the Star Wars sequels as high budget mainstream fanfiction. It has a bunch of the tropes lol.
Spider-Man 3 was a step backwards in the original Spider-Man trilogy. But, it wasn't so bad to the point where Sony desperately needed to reboot Spider-Man in general. We wanted Spider-Man 4 with Tobey Maguire. Sony panicked!! But, in the end it all worked out thanks to Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the actor who benefited the most is Andrew Garfield. 🕷🕸
I heard the reason had something to do with them needing the movie to come out by a certain date to keep the rights and San Raimi wanted too much time?
Spider-Man 4 would’ve been great, as would TASM 3, but it’s worth it to have all 3 different versions in NWH
@@hunterlawrence3573 Yes indeed.
@@hunterlawrence3573
Agreed.
Definitly, Andrew steals the show everytime he's on screen
spider-man 3 i the best one. 3 > 1 > 2
I can't wait for your upcoming video, "Why Morbius failed where every single other Sony Movie also failed."
I've heard it is really bad myself. I'm still seeing it anyway.
@Luis Suazo It'll probably make a billion bucks, but that hasn't stopped Mr. Ento before.
@@grfrjiglstan idk man into the spider verse did pretty well. With the fact that theirs going to be a sequel like next year
Can't wait for all the fatherless sony bots blaming Disney/marvel for morbius bad reviews, just like they did for shitty venom movies.
One of the things I loved about _No Way Home_ is how they finally fix MCU Peter's problem of being "Iron Man Jr.", with him having access to Stark Technology and little to no problems in life aside from basic teenager stuff.
With Strange completing the spell and making everyone forget who Peter is, it adds a whole new layer of tragedy that MCU Peter lacked, which the previous cinematic incarnations had: Peter Parker's life is always sucks. It is one of the defining traits of the character, which makes him so relatable. With Peter having nobody in the world now, he has to fend for himself and grow; it is tragedy at its peak.
I also like how they had May take Ben's place with the motto as well him losing her. Since we never see Uncle Ben dying in the MCU, this gives May a new purpose to make Peter a better Spider-Man.
It was never fixed it was an arc
I don’t agree at all that he was EVER this “iron boy jr” nonsense that people keep on saying as MCU Spider-Man was STILL Spider-Man entirely so even with stark tech that he had, it’s just that MCU Spider-Man tired to take a different angle on focusing on his highschool life and tired to understand this as to not be like the amazing Spider-Man films that went all over the place.
Your not getting this as simply having advanced tech and not having extreme problems doesn’t make Spider-Man not Spider-Man at all.
MCU Spider-Man was ALWAYS Spider-Man ever since His first introduction into the MCU with Civil War, as SOON as we saw Tom Holland as Peter Parker, that WAS Spider-Man entirely so! Mcu Spiderman was ALWAYS Spider-Man from the get go! And that’s a fact!
Thank you
The BIG MAJOR reason why Spider-Man No Way Home is my favorite Spider-Man movie now, is because it pays respect to all the Spider-Man films. Despite what you think of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy or the first two Amazing Spider-Man films, No Way Home considers all films canon in their own universes. And I appreciate the film for doing that. The characters from those universes still have their character developments explored and expands even further in this movie! No Way Home treats the Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy and the first two Amazing Spider-Man films for existing. Unlike most films when they start all over and say "those last films never happened," No Way Home doesn't do that. Again, it pays respect to all the films. No matter what you might think of them! And just for that, Spider-Man No Way Home is MY PERSONAL favorite Spider-Man movie!
Not only that but they also equalize every version of Peter Parker/Spider-Man by having all of them respect one another. Everyone's so busy fighting who is the superior Spider-Man or whatever that they forget to realize that none of that ever matters because these guys are too pure for that kind of dick measuring and would rather build each other up.
@@nekowatt2402 facts all the spider bro’s are equal
Plus knowing that Electro's right that there is a Black Spiderman (Miles Morales) "somewhere" means that No Way Home really acknowledge all Multiverses.
It was done in a respectful and entertaining way while being relevant to the plot of the film. Just amazing
Just to add to the other posts: The biggest reason why NWH was so great, is that it took what worked what worked in all the other films, and RAN with it, HARD! But even better, it took what didn't work, and fixed it. It literally healed every single negative about the other films (to the point it's worth watching all of them in series before watching NWH)
How about a video analyzing how No Way Home succeeded in utilizing nostalgia, while the Star Wars Sequel trilogy failed at it. Basically NWH incorporated Nostalgia without relying on it, while the Sequel Trilogy solely relied on the use of nostalgia
Another key difference is that The Rise Of Skywalker made the trilogy worse. No Way Home elevated the movies before it.
Hell, that’s simple. Marvel honors the past and well, you know what Star Wars does to the past.
@@johnkobebalod9211 Great point. The other Spideys got to contribute to MCU Peter's development and guide him while at the same time rounding out their characters in a way their own franchises didn't get a chance to.
Yes please filmento
Yes, Matrix 4 is another example of relying too much on nostalgia and failing as a result
No Way Home is legit one of the saddest super hero films of all time, if not THE saddest. Like it wasn't enough that Peter lost aunt May, which alone is devastating considering uncle Ben is already gone too, now leaving him a true orphan, no one to look out for him, no where to live, no job, no college due to Spidey stuff, all just barely out of high school. But by the end of it, he also loses his friends, his fellow super heroes, and the woman he loves, none of them remember him and he can't waltz back into their lives. He can't turn to Starke cause he's already dead, can't turn to Strange or SHIELD or the Avengers for help and advice. The dude is completely, 100% alone. Imagine being barely out of high school and having to start completely over, socially. Literally not a single person to talk to. Not one.
This ending is also heartbreaking from Ned and MJ's, and hell even Happy's POV, since Peter as a person and a friend meant SO much to all three of those characters, and one day they just wake up with no memory of him whatsoever. Like, you know those random points in life where you just get SUPER depressed out of the blue and don't even know why, you just know and feel like something is suddenly missing but don't have a clue what it is or where this sadness and melancholy comes from. Well in this case, Ned, MJ and Happy probably all go through this for several days, weeks or even months. They wake up without one person who means so much to them but they don't realize he's missing, but they might feel it, in a way.
I really do believe this is the first super hero movie ever where the hero saves the day, but loses and sacrifices everything but his actual physical life. This movie holds the most severe consequences to any other super hero film.
Yeah that’s why this movie is so fantastic, it’s a phenomenal film overall as one of the BEST Spider-Man movies out there! It makes you love MCU Spider-Man/Peter Parker even more and makes you want to see more of him! MCU Spider-Man is looking to be my favorite Spider-Man with this fantastic direction at the best bittersweet ending I’ve ever seen in a movie entirely!
I love that this movie actually had consequences. I feel like a lot of movies, especially super hero movies, often end with little consequence outside of the occasional death of a loved one, which even then doesn't always amount to anything in the long run. This one had a real weight that leaves you wondering where Peter will go from here. It was an even more selfless act than a sacrificial death, because he has to live with the loss of everything he once had.
@@GippyHappy Exactly. Very well said.
*ahem* Endgame with Tony Stark. No way home was sad, but I haven't cried as much as I did for Tony in a long while.
@@IanDresarie Stark's death was brutal too for sure, especially because of Holland's performance. Dude can just turn on the tears and make you BELIEVE he's REALLY grieving and in unimaginable pain.
The part where peter almost killed goblin was so good, you can see how angry he was and the power coming from that anger is just so cool to see
Yes and how Tobys spidey sense just some how just allowed him to be stabbed in the back, with zero consequence and reason. So good so deep so profound. Aunt with great stupidity you die.
And tobey stoping him from doing what he did in his universe knowing that killing the killer wont satisfy you is great way improving on both
@mmm mmm this is a problem in almost Spidey movie theres moments like that in damn near all of them.
@@WhatisReal11 that happens in literally every spider-man movie, NWH has its problems but you don't have to make dumb nitpicks to shit on the movie for no reason lmao 🤡 if their spidey sense worked 100% of the time then none of the spider-men would ever get hit
@@WhatisReal11 go back to twitter fatherless DC cinephile.
The scene when Andrew caught MJ was so powerful I’m tearing up seeing screenshots of it in this video. A++++++ movie
DUUUUUUDDDE!!!
I thought I'm the only one.
One of the best scenes in the whole MCU.
Andrews acting is what really sold that scene
It is soooo predictable. When the trailer hit, and it shows that scene. Then we all knew it's gonna be andrew who saves her. (Despite the rumours he'll be in it or not)
Aunt may death was more impactful
Predictable doesn't always equal bad. wow Tom Holland survived at the end, how predictable!
To be fair to Spider-Man 3, having such a large team up and so many sub-plots wasn't something movie goers were used to or expecting, and Spider-Man NWH is kinda given a headstart by having the characters all set up in five other movies, whilst Spider-Man 3 had to establish a handful of villains on it's own.
That's the point because everything was established Marvel can trust that the audience will remember the details and just get on with the story, this is how they've been handling big movies like this for 20+ years and counting and it's why I'm 100% confident that the same will be true for Doctor Strange.
Spider-Man 3 becomes a lot tighter when you realize Peter Parker is the villain, not Sandman, New Goblin, or Venom. All three "characters" unite against the villain Peter Parker who caused them all unjustified grief. Peter, who is in the process of having a villain reform arc at the end third of the movie, then have to face the demons his dark actions created.
@@whaleping nah
Don't forget all these villains are not Tom's villains.. They were brought by magic.. Lol.. And where is Franco's Goblin Junior and Topher's Venom??
@@kaybigg not all the villains would have come
Well basically all the characters had their own movies before so the only thing that No Way Home needed to do was expand a bit more of their story
true, No Way Home is almost the Endgame to Spider-Man movies.
Except they didn’t expand on electro, sandman, or lizard at all they barely expanded on goblin. In this whole movie the only villain that got any kind of development or arc was Otto.
@@Karma-pq9fi Fr.
No Way Home was probably the closest we'll ever get to a live action Spider-Man Vs. Sinister Six movie.
And we didn’t even get six
Without task master sinister six isn't complete
@@newworld8526 taskmaster? Wtf
@today was a good day These fcking spam bots man lol
shame it's unlikely neither spider-man will ever return again so we can get one
At the end of No way Home i felt so lost because i related to Peter so much because of the rolercoster he had gone through. To imagine how it must be to be truly and completly lonely...because NOBODY remembers you...nobody can help you with your losses and even the people who are still there are lost to you too...it feels so sad and unfair.
So you felt like there was no way home?
One thing I like about NWH in comparison is that ut doesn't juggle 3 plot lines about amnesia, a symbiote and a fugitive father at the same time. It has a single plot, villains from other universes hop in, they have to catch then fix them, and send them out. This movie isn't perfect, but that's an element it handes amazingly.
I know filmento said this, but I fel I had to say this
Yeah you’re so right. Spider Man 3 has three villains with different stories and arcs and meanings for the hero. No Way Home has five villains, but there is a singular clear meaning that all of them being to the story for Tom’s Peter Parker. It’s not a friend with amnesia and an alien of evil something and a fugitive father plot line all competing for the spotlight, it’s the story of trying to help people because everyone deserves help and Spider-Man has the power to give it to them. No Way Home works because of this. I don’t know why I’m even saying all this, it’s literally the point of the video.
I completely agree with you. I also like how the final battle has all 3 Spider-Men fighting their pas villains but instead of fighting to beat them their fighting to save them from themselves and cure them.
yeah i see that as bad though. it doesn't even bother to develop the villains, we don't even see why they team up
I love how some people are immediately going into the comments before even watching the video and being like "mmmmmm, Spider-Man 3 better yes"
lol right. Spider-Man 3 was a mess with to many half assed ideas none fully realized whereas no way home was beautifully executed. Spider-Man 3 was to complex for Rami and the screen play was also given to writers not up to the task.
And I’m one of them. I only clicked this video to comment “you’re wrong” and leave.
"Um, filmento stupid yes" xD
Yeah.
I like Spider-Man 3, but ultimately it was jumbled with too many things to focus on and setup for one final battle.
NWH is Top 3 Spider-Man movies.
@@miragegaming984 A funny thing is that Sam didn't even want a lot of villains, it was Avi Arad
Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 made the hard calls and we hated them for it so that No Way Home could climb on their shoulders and we love it. Without those prior movies, No Way Home wouldn't be as good as it is.
"Why No Way Home is better than Spider Man 3."
Maguire: I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye.
It is though
Look at this fatherless sony bot.
@@kilnareth7970 I still prefer Spider-Man 3
@@kilnareth7970 It's just a joke :)
@@thegunslinger1363 It's a fact, not a joke.
It really did hit so differently when she died... I thought we were safe from having that kind of event because Uncle Ben was already dead before Spider-Man: Homecoming, so it came as a complete blindside emotional gut punch...
The best part in this movie for me, was the moment after Andrew caught MJ, and the reactions they give.
HE, and by extension, WE know why this moment was so VERY important to him, though MJ is confused about his reaction and ultra concern.
Hey, Fil.
I think it's worth mentioning the problem that Spiderman movies have by accident, which is the passive hero that does not drive the plot.
In multiple videos of yours, you talk about the importance of a hero driving the plot with a central goal that then forces them to constantly take action. And in short, this is important not just because it helps to make a plot seem structured, but because an active hero is more entertaining.
The problem inherent with a developing a Spiderman movie is that Peter is a normal kid with small goals, and these bad guys get in the way. They are an obstacle, yes, but because they don't completely shatter the hero's ordinary world with their presence as the inciting incident, Spiderman ends up having a passive goal of stopping them rather than an active goal that spans every scene and thus structures the plot.
Most superhero movies are structured that way. You can tell because you can't really change the order of any of the scenes, but in a lot of the Spiderman movies, there are a few scenes that could be jumbled around without majorly affecting the plot.
Something the Tom Holland movies do well is have a pretty well structured plot with an active goal throughout. They fit your parameters for great and entertaining movies extremely well, while the others have trouble with this aspect. How can a hero like Spiderman who is supposed to fight bad guys when they appear have a story where the entire two-hour plot revolves around one problem? Usually, he just sort of lives his life one day at a time until a bad guy appears, to which he fights them, then goes right back to his life.
This is what made my personal Amazing Spiderman 3 script project so difficult for me to conceptualize. I kept running into this issue.
But No Way Home does the best job of all the Spiderman movies of fixing this problem by having a clear inciting incident caused by Peter's own actions, with a clear basic idea of how this problem affects everything in the story along with enough characters and events to structure the entire plot around.
You have gone over this problem in the past by explaining how useful the Joker's laugh is in creating conflict, or how in BumbleBee the girl and robot needed a central goal to drive the plot.
Can you make more videos about movies that have progression and are thoroughly entertaining that either don't have a central goal or that have a looser, more general goal that does not permeate every scene. That is the sort of thing that would make for a great study. And I think you would be great at cutting to the heart of the matter.
*Cough* Spider-Man 2 *Cough*
That movie is the definition of proactive protagonist. This guy even did a video on it.
I actually think Spider-Man is one of the easier superheroes to make proactive in a story. When a villain shows up, it's because of his position as a kid with small goals that makes it important that he decides to do the right thing anyway (his decision to go after Vulture during Homecoming is a good example). And No Way Home does a good job of this too - the villains weren't Peter's problem, but instead of just reacting to them by sending them back, he makes the active choice to help them just because it's the right thing to do.
I actually entirely disagree all of tobeys movies were proactive
I think The Amazing Spider-Man films were much better at making Peter proactive then the Raimi trilogy. In TASM 1&2, Peter actively tries to find a way to stop the villains. In the first two Raimi films, he pretty much just waits around for the villains to attack (despite pretty much saying it was his job to stop the Green Goblin?) He was more active in Spider-Man 3, but that had a different set of problems covered in the video
The tried and true way to handle this is to start with a single problem and then pile on other problems that prevent the initial one from being solved. Which, tbf, is exactly what No Way Home does.
The real question is why No Way Home worked where The Rise Of Skywalker failed?
Both are the third entries of their sagas, have tons of fanservice and bring back the original baddies.
But only one does it right.
Because this movie RESPECTS and used the Nostalgic characters to actually help the plot, the story ark for the main character, finally getting him where he needs to be and where to head to, and even finishes the Nostalgic character's plots(Tobey and Andrew).
Rise of Skywalker HATES the Nostalia. It exists specifically to shit on them, but to first use their popularity to make money.
@@spider-man500 damn right
Because NWH isn't trying to pretend as if the previous movie didn't happen, or as if the Raimi Trilogy is the only one that deserves to be referenced and recognized and as if the TASM movies didn't exist.
Because it tried to introduce the fanservice elements in a way that felt natural to the story and could progress from FFH's ending.
it would be boring to even compare with TROS
SM3 is entertaining, so is NWH and well video becomes entertaining as well
I think TROS was already covered and compared to Avengers Endgame.
The way tobey said, "You can't do that, huh?" Is so perfect😂😂😂 and then you hear Tom saying"noo" in a shocked and slightly envious way, meanwhile the whole time, andrew is just curious😂😂
We have Holland to thank for not letting Sony use their original ending, because if they did...oh boy
What was it?
@@maureenobrien4968 I think it is an end with a spell that send everybody back, but everyone keeps remembering who Spider-Man is
@@maureenobrien4968 Everyone would've been sent back but everyone would still know who Spider-Man is, he'd break up with Zendaya and say dueces to Ned
@@kidkatanatv The original ending doesn’t really sound that much worse than the actual ending.
@@uncle5486 Its how they would've executed it...
I would love to hear you talk about the first Kick-Ass movie! How out of his league the main character is compared to the other heroes from the film, and how much charm that brings to us movie goers. Keep up the great work I love your videos bruv!
Great video! I loved no way home my only complaint about the movie was that the whole mistake with the Dr. Strange's spell would have been completely avoided with a 2 minute conversation. " Okay you want everyone to forget you? Even your friends and family? Any other exceptions we should lay out before I start?" It made Strange seem like kind of an idiot.
Or, "Peter, can you wait outside until I finished the spell?"
@@musikalora fair tho but than we would not have any plot at all, we needed some sort of plot advancements to happen!
That’s some what of a fair complaint in a way but I would say that make strange look that way at all here, fair tho but than we would not have any plot at all, we needed some sort of plot advancements to happen!
" you take it they discussed the conditions before but Peter did lose his nerves anyway as he got nervous when real time arrives.So its meant to be Peters fault in the movie"
Thats the directors explanation...
@@lanalan4157 uhhhh what? It makes sense in the movie completely!
NWH utilizing "nostalgic" characters for purpose in the plot is so refreshing. The nostalgia is there for sure, but when that fades from the initial reveal / watch, you're left with a movie that still works. I noticed this in the Mandalorian with Luke when he took Grogu away: It's not just Luke, it's the physical manifestation of what a Jedi truly is. He takes Grogu to train him, and is a first impression of a space wizard for Din. Same with this movie: nostalgic function. I hope that they keep this live action Spider-man crossover a sparse and thus special thing, because it's easy to go crazy once Marvel looks at the numbers it brought in. But, you know, it'll likely happen. Will I fell meh about it? Yes. Will I still watch it avidly? YES.
Fun Fact: if Grogu became an apprentice of Luke, then Kylo Ren killed him when he rebelled to Luke or when he killed the Knights of Ren, which were composed of some of his classmates from there.
@@LordofSadFac Book of Boba Fett (spoilers) shows grogu ultimately goes back to the mandalorian in the end, so i dont think grogu gets killed by kylo
@@mason5244 oh, guess something good came out of that show
Yeah I like Phase 4 trying to start some more completely original stuff, but if nostalgia bait is inevitable I hope it's at least given purpose in the story. Infinity War did this better than NWH and Endgame did it worse.
@@LordofSadFac Yeah, the best parts of Book of Boba Fett were the Mando moments. It made me realize (more so than before) that some characters and their history are better left mentioned but never shown. Like they didn't need to give us a Han Solo origin movie, it was more fun coming up with a history between him and Lando on our own. It's something I appreciated with the Black Widow movie, which didn't explore the ever-referenced Budapest mission apart from a few flashbacks. A little imagination goes a long way, like when they don't show a monster in a horror movie for the longest time, or give us the true origin of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Regardless of popular opinion, I still unironically like Spider-Man 3. Obviously No Way Home was better. However, I will always enjoy the 3rd Spider-Man film from 2007.
Oh boy yeah
the movie was super cringe at times but the venom stuff made the film way too fun for me that I didnt give one shiet abt the integrity of the story until I looked at video essays on it
no way home says nothing and its fight scenes are not even good, Spiderman 3 is absurdly more well crafted in basically everything
I think No Way Home is gonna age worse than Spider-Man 3
@@jamiemccreath3959 how?
When Tobey came onto the screen, I jumped up off my seat at the theatre screaming. And for some reason, everyone thought I was insane, and they just stayed seated.
Did Filmento seriously post a NWH video like three hours before the Oscars? What an absolute madlad
This is honestly your best Spider-Man movie review on this channel in my opinion.
You perfectly highlighted what are the biggest pros what makes No Way Home succeed as a third installment in a Spider-Man movie trilogy brilliantly.
But it's also pretty genius on how you recap some of those nostalgic and narrative moments for over the most important scenes to analyze on.👏
Spider-Man 3 becomes a lot tighter when you realize Peter Parker is the villain, not Sandman, New Goblin, or Venom. All three "characters" unite against the villain Peter Parker who caused them all unjustified grief. Peter, who is in the process of having a villain reform arc at the end third of the movie, then have to face the demons his dark actions created.
I think the idea that Peter already knew this concept of responsibility but had lost sight of it is a realistic take on the character.
Kid has lost his uncle, been recruited by his idol, been to space, fought a galactic tyrant one on one, got blipped, his idol died, and he started relying on the iron spider suit (nullifying his spider sense) and therefore losing sight of what it means to be Spider-Man. The true realization of this regression is when he wants to let the villains die, when he goes so hard on the goblin Tobey has to intervene.
How many of you were kids and immediately learned a lesson? Idk about you, but I have had multiple experiences reinforce the same lesson cause I’m human and sometimes you think you can cheat the universe.
Tom’s Spider-Man didn’t become Spider-Man overnight, because his entire journey is nowhere near the traditional Peter becoming Spider-Man journey, he lives in a different world than Tobey and Andrew.
There’s so much criticism this movie gets that I honestly don’t understand
As Aunt May once said it best: "I don't think it's for us to say whether a person deserves to live or die."
This movie took advantage of nostalgia not only for attracting viewers but also telling a story without telling it. Fans know its a big moment for Andrew when he saved MJ, fans know it's an emotional moment for Tobey because fans knows that Tobey's spider man has gone through the same rage. We all know why it felt heart warming when Doc was fixed. Its a really creative use of nostalgia
It brilliantly follows the “show don’t tell” rule in moments like that, especially Andrew saving MJ. It’s never spoon fed to us why that accomplishment is so significant to him. We already know. Even people who haven’t seen TASM2 could easily figure out the significance. Andrew mentions he lost the love of his life and couldn’t save her, then he starts to tear up after saving another girl from falling from a great height, making it simple for non-fans to put two and two together. Fantastic subtlety that respects the intelligence of the audience.
I don’t think we talk enough about the gravity of Peter Parker’s sacrifice. This kid puts his life at risk on a daily basis and in the end chooses a life where if he were to die on one of those days no one, not even the avengers, would miss him.
Keep in mind this is a kid who, at the beginning of his trilogy, wanted nothing more than to be recognized for his talents. It’s about the best possible ending to a Spider-Man story but also the pure heart of what superheroes were created to inspire.
Now that the symbiote is actually in the mcu we are going to get a more comic accurate version of black suit Spider-Man.
Who knows maybe we might wind up with Agent Venom or even Mania
Tobys version was quite accurate, funny how people repeat that Toms spidey is comically accurate when versions of a 15 year old spiderman only were made almost a decade if not more than the original spiderman
@@icarovdl yeah but now it’s time for Tom Hollands Spider-Man to go through the venom phase and I’m pretty sure Andrew will too.
@@icarovdl I think a good way to incoperate the symbiot was to get rid of Eddie Brock. Focus on sandman and his daughter relationship. Show how brutal the black suit is making Peter and make him do immoral acts like beating the shit out of criminals infront of people which ruins his rep. While also giving more time for Peter to focus on the duality with it. And also gives him another challenge to face in the next movie
I would love to see a live action adaptation of the animated series where Black Suit Spidey chased Shocker and scared the shit out of him. lmao
I never really hated Spider-man 3 but man did I get emotionally invested in No Way Home. It was fun to watch and then after rewatching a bunch of Spider stuff it was even more fun to go watch again. I had fun with all the Easter eggs, even for the movies I didn't like. I had fun watching it on my own and with people. I had fun talking about it with people after they had seen it. I even like that everyone else had fun getting to see their favorite versions of Spider-man again even if they weren't mine.
Whatever your thoughts about the MCU, they love all their characters and nerdiness and it shows. Meaning these massive splash page movie things are fun!
Why No Way Home works...because it's a love letter to the previous Spider-Man movies and the previous Spider-Men in general, while at the same being a love letter to the MCU Spider-Man. To quote some dude "It just works."
I actually am very grateful with the proudcers and writters of this movie, they fixed all 3 spiderman's flaws in just one movie, which it can only be described as perfect.
The ending in the movie was terrible:
-"I win because I punch harder than you." Never seen that before.
-Everyone forgetting the identity is 1 of the biggest tropes ever.
The logic in the movie was terrible too:
-1 of the most famous people on the planet not being accepted into colleges. Riiiiiiiiiight. Lebron would be accepted into any US college today and Spider-Man is likely 10x more famous in his world.
Then, his admittance "problem" is fixed by saving 1 person because now she sees he is a hero??? So she just ignored all other videos? If she thought he was a terrorist due to Mysterio, just saving her shouldn't matter. (Won't even bring up the fact that committees determine college acceptance, not just 1 person).
-Not wanting to send the villains back to exactly where they left is absurdly dumb. It somewhat makes Parker a Villain because he is recklessly trying to change timelines with 0 understanding of the Consequences. Take Doc Oc. He died by sacrificing himself to save the city. Sure wouldn't want to send him back to that!!
@@jasonjanisewski78 if you didn't understand the ending is your own problem actually, because for many the ending was pretty emotional. Second he wasn't that famous in the movie, remember Tom's Peter was still a teenager, only the people of US knew his existence and that's why everyone put a blind eye when they saw Mysterio's video. Third his problem wasn't fixed by saving one person, in the movie she said that Peter and his friends would probably have a second chance, that doesn't count as a problem completely fixed is just a new chance for doing something. Lastly it is not absurd to change the villains, the thing is Peter didn't knew they would die and when he knew about it he didn't knew how they would die, so before taking any chances he just did what a hero do, save others, that's one reason why Batman is a cool superhero because even though he is a genius and good in combat his first rule is to not kill anyone, and so the same goes to Spiderman, if you actually think, you could have seen that the other Spidermans didn't actually want to kill the villains, if they did it was because they were forced too but it wasn't their intention, that's why seeing the Villains get cured and remember the other Spidermans makes it very emotional to the public, very nostalgic, of you don't understand that well it's your own problem it doesn't mean the movie is bad or it doesn't make any sense, because it does make sense
@@g4m-3r It seems you did not understand the ending if you think it was well done. Additionally, just causing emotion doesn't mean something is well done. That is a very flawed analysis. It is straight wrong to believe that Spider Man was not very famous. The avengers are world famous and he was with the avengers. Also, the internet exists in the MCU just like here. It is nonsensical to believe a Super Hero that has partnered with the most famous Super Hero Team in the World, and had a suit personally by 1 of the World's most famous heroes who also is the world's most famous tech genius would only be known in the US. Riiiiiiiight.
A Superhero does not just blindly save people from another world without understanding the consequences. His entire philosophical believe is supposed to be "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." Turning a blind eye to the consequences that his actions will have on multiple realities simply because he has the power to do so completely contradicts his entire belief system.
@@jasonjanisewski78 you actually need to watch all the MCU films, because while it is true that Spiderman is part of the avengers and his suit was made by Tony Stark, remember that He didn't said publicly he was part of the Avengers, to know this you should have watch Spiderman Homecoming. Then when he was part of the Avengers it was when Tony Doctor Strange and him were in the ship of Thanos' son nobody was there, so again the only people that actually knew about Spiderman was the US poblation or the people that went to visit New York, so again the reason why everyone all of a sudden believed in Mysterio's word and not Spiderman was because Mysterio was supposedly well known by the world, you can see that at Spiderman Far From Home.
Also he is still following that path, because he has the power and knowledge to save people, in this case the villains, so then he has the responsibility to do something to help them from dooming themselves, that's how the phrase works, you can also see that in Tobey's Spiderman, and again if you don't understand it doesn't mean is bad or trash, is just mean that you haven't been a good watcher
@@jasonjanisewski78
1.Thats how fighting works
2.How???Have you seen the movie
3.Peter did not get accepted of the controversy
4.All physical evidence was removed
5.Hmm blame a young person for having mercy
NWH isn’t just an incredible movie. It’s a celebration. A celebration of 3 generations of live action Spider-Man finally coming together after 20 years. We got to see Tobey’s Peter after Spider-Man 3 and we got to see Andrew’s Peter finally redeem himself after 7 years of suffering, and we got to see Tom’s Peter fully become Spider-Man. I could not ask for a more beautiful Spider-Man movie than NWH. The Spider-Man movies to come won’t be as amazing as NWH, but they’ll still be amazing regardless.
And also, can we get #TheAmazingSpiderMan3 Sony? Plz?
Nostalgia hits hard. Still haven't topped SpiderMan 2 yet.
@@forbiddencroisant not the point
Yes it did what it meant to do
Complete the other 2 spiderman arks with toms spidey and open up a new begining for toms spidey id say andrew too if sony doesnt f up again
Cant wait for toms college trilogy and andrew spiderman 3
And there were rumors for tobey spiderman 4 but idk if they are true
We need TASM 3 I also am really excited for Toms Spider-Man 4
@mmm mmm L opinion
18:00 I think one of the biggest reasons to me for why this was emotional was that she's not a "replacement" for Ben. Instead Peter lost both Ben and May and not just Ben.
can I Just say I LOVE how you can tell which villains they wanted to bring back(Green Goblin/Doc Ock which villains whose actors wanted to come back (Jamie Foxx) and then which villains just sit in a conrner the whole movie because they either didn't know what to do with or their actors came back for the money (Lizard/Sandman)
Strange way how some come back
Doc Oct :I came for the money
@@trla6505 fair point but at least you can tell Alfred Molina liked this
I’m pretty sure the actors for Sandman and Lizard couldn’t make it on set so that somewhat explains it
It’s not as simple as money. Some of the actors just couldn’t be there in person.
Most of all, disney and sony learned they can get along fine!
Until it comes to who gets all the money
You LITERALLY took the words out of my mouth. You perfectly explained too me why Spider-Man NWH is my favorite Spider-Man movie while also explaining why Spider-Man 3 is my least favorite Spider-Man movie. And you explained why I love the story of NWH perfectly. It just gets annoying when fanboys dismiss the movie as nostalgia bait or bad fanservice. This movie is fanservice done right and is their nostalgia and fanservice yeah but they used it in a good way helping the characters and stories. I also like how the final battle isn’t about beating up the villains but it’s about saving them from themselves and curing them and this movie pays respect to all of the movies that came before it and the characters. So thank you for this video and also keep up the edits some of them had me dying🤣
To be honest, the finale of spider man 3 taking place in a construction tower is something that was being build since the start of the movie, for exemple when Sandman hide in a sand truck it was to build ciment for the construction
Except No Way Home didn’t have a scene where Peter becomes an emo & dances outside
Well nwh had pointing meme and made the 3 peters act like brothers and ask the questions we wanted
Web slingin and where the webs come from
It had that bonding between the 3 and redemption for andrew
Closure for tobey
And learning the lesson for tom being responsibility
*Me realizing Spider-Man 3 is better than No Way Home and the latter has every problem the former's been accused of having but gets a pass for fan-service*
I'm surprised to see people's view of NWH turn sour. I gotta wonder if people are realizing that the movie hinges on just the dumbest plot (REALLY Peter? I know you're a teenager and teens RARELY think things through but COME ON), or if they think it's JUST fan service, or if they just want to go against the grain and seem COOL, or if they genuinely didn't like the movie...but honestly I can't find any real major faults in the movie. The main thing being Peter not thinking to talk to the MIT recruiter before going to Strange, BUT again that can be explained away as him being an idiot teenager and desperate and I'M SURE we made good choices when desperate.
@Energy ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my god GO TF AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Peter not going to the MIT mixer first to ask them to reconsider is so relatable, imo.
People are turning on No Way Home?
Wish I hadn't learned that...
@@daniellauricella5132 Meh it happens with most Marvel movies at this point even if the product being criticized is objectively better then earlier Marvel media. Some criticism is deserved sure but the amount of people that form a dogpile on Marvel movies once someone points out something is insane
the only flaw I see in the movie is one of the last scenes, where Peter talks to Happy on Aunt May's grave.
Happy met May because of Peter. How does he still knows May then?
No way home worked out well because some of the villains in it didn’t even have arcs. They were just hanging there. Like sand man and The lizard! Spider-Man 3 tried to have character arcs. And it was just too much for 1 movie.
yeah thanks avi arad
Yeah, Plus it helps they added a clear main villain with The Green Goblin. As much of a glow-up they gave Electro, Gobbie was the main threat given the most focus (Not to mention Willem Dafoe has only gotten better as time went on)
That’s a flaw in my eyes; cut Lizard & Sandman out of the film & what really changes?
@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn Several action scenes, jokes, group dynamics. Just because something isn’t huge doesn’t mean it doesn’t add to the movie
@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn It changes the whole dynamic as well as the validation of those characters in their universes.
Norman doesn't buy into what Doc Ock said about his death but Sandman was right there to confirmed the truth. Same goes for Lizard and his interaction with Electro.
The interaction between Sandman and Electro also gave an interesting look at how similar their circumstances were and yet they chose different path.
Just because they weren't as important doesn't they don't have any layers to their presence.
This is one of your first episodes that I feel like didn’t blow my mind or fundamentally show me something I never realized on my own. But it was legitimately one of your funniest.
This movie really knows how to pull on the emotional baggage set up by the other 2 movies. Both petes really make you feel heart broken in the final scene they show up
No way home was a great movie and loved most of it. But it really annoyed me the way aunt May died because Peter actually told MJ and Ned NOT to come with him to the apartment because it would be too dangerous. And then it cuts to them entering the apartment and Aunt May is just there with them. Just seemed really silly to me that Peter wouldn't protect his own family like he did his friends.
i cried when they three way hugged becuase i felt it was like me saying goodbye to my childhood/teenagehood that coincided with the previous releases of earlier franchises. so well done
Love the way you present your videos and how you explain details that i would have never seen or even thought of.
Thank you. Keep up the great work
we are truly lucky to have experienced no way home, i’ll never get over the fact that what we watched is real.
yeah you're right. On paper No way home sounds like the fever dream of a 12 year old fanboy but the endproduct worked suprisingly well. Definetely one of my favourite Spider-Man movies so far.
I really appreciate the detail of putting the music from a Mission complete from al GTA's after fixing the problems.
I saw Spider-Man 3 when it first came out in th theaters, and 15 years later, I was excited to see Tobey back in NWH!
Great analysis as usual!
Now I think you’re ready to take on Spielberg’s true masterpiece: Hook. A movie that as a kid you identify with because “Yay kids versus pirates, and your parent eventually comes to save you.” Then as an adult you identify with because “Oh no, I too am like Peter, focused too much on work at the expense of my family, and only through learning to play again like a kid can I save them…and myself.”
RIP Rufio, who died for all our childhood overconfidence and prideful sins.
16:46
"A guy who isn't made of sand and will actually die when killed" cracked me up idk why
The established backstories are definitely the key to making it work.
Spiderman 3 had too many villains without enough screen time each. The Amazing Spiderman 2 had the same problem.
But now we have No Way Home. If No Way Home was a standalone movie, it would have completely failed.
The reason it works is because all of the characters have already gone through plenty of character development.
Same with other MCU movies, really. Like Infinity War.
I think it would be great if you compared an animated movie, like a silent voice, to a live action one dealing with similar themes. Or anything else as long as a silent voice is involved. I just really love that movie xD
LMAO same, it's my favorite animated movie
He should compare a silent voice to the boss baby
can't lie that had me feeling emotional for close to two days
@@subbinbacktoallsubbs5272 lmfaooo
NWH is amazing, and I agree with much of what is said here. One thing I think was genius though, is that bringing in these alternative Spidey's is that the very nature of 'alternate reality' gives the movie license to both nod to those who have seen the previous movies, but also to not have to explain either. If you never saw Amazing Spiderman, for example, all you need is 'this is another Peter, I guess he too has been through some stuff' and even if you didn't know about Gwen, you still understand that this Peter is just so damn relieved he saved Marvel Peter from losing MJ (great acting from Garfield here too, you can see he is suppressing some kind of emotion so even if you're not in the know, you can tell it's important).
Great video! I hope, somehow, Flint Marko gets to come back for another installment. Such a rich character and foil for SpiderMan.
I am a big fan of Tobey and agree with everything, the film is good when it get right (like all the hit MJ and then go to church stuff, and i like to think that MJ do apologise him but they didn't marry again or back to the relationship) but when it fail it just fail badly to the point of the show has more bad moments or fail more moments than make good ones. I think that a good or excelent still have fails or problems but its good cause it get right more than fail
*OMG* *LOLOL*
That Spidey Jump at 15:09 w/ the Mario Jump sound effect had me rolling lololol
*15:05
You should definitely make a video about the movie 1917!
The way it was shot as if its one continous scene is just so cool and unique.
no, it's garbage
love the videos man, keep up the amazing work
"Aunt May isn't supposed to die, so clearly we have entered uncharted emotional territory"
2018 video game: Am I a joke to you?
I will forever love Spider-Man 3
I know it's a Netflix series and not a movie, but i'd like to hear you talk about Arcane and why it, as a videogame adaptation, worked where so many before faild.
Like storytelling, visuals, soundtrack, real human emotions, character desicions, ...
Btw i love your videos, keep Up the good work.
I second this, it actually got me to play league again
@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 my condolences
@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 are u still alive?
💯🥰
@@leonardo9259 🤣🤣
Spiderman 3 has given us years of memes, it didn't fail.
Spider-Man 3 was never an actual failure. Sure, it had multiple things to juggle and No Way Home is better. But Spidey 3 still has heart in its story and I argue it has somewhat of a cohesive plot. I think the issues you stated are more in line TASM2 since all those plots are jumbled and barely lacks a theme with everything going on.
Huh. I’d have said the opposite.
@@hunterlawrence3573 amazing spider man 2 better than Spidey 3?
@@onionshrekgirlfeet3249 Yeah, definitely. In my opinion, at least.
@@hunterlawrence3573 TASM 2 is probably more entertaining with its more light hearted tone and visuals and the final fight was pretty good, it's better than spider-man 3's final fight, but I think spider-man 3 was more coherent as a movie overall, TASM2 was even more of a jumbled mess than spider-man 3 was with even worse side plots (like Peter's parents) and way worse villains
@@spike5499 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 does have more storylines than it can fully develop in its runtime, but unlike Spider-Man 3, those storylines are good. Spider-Man 3 is definitely entertaining, but the only major character that’s written well is Sandman, and he’s the one that didn’t really need to be there. For some people this isn’t such a big deal, but as someone with aspirations in creative writing, having well written characters is the most important thing to me personally.
The dead parents subplot is fine; it’s fairly entertaining. The only thing I don’t like about it is the implication that Peter only got his powers because of his father’s DNA, but I suppose that’s easy enough to write around. Keep in mind, this was never resolved because TASM3 was canceled
Sandman was interesting, but didn’t get developed. They probably should’ve saved him for Spider-Man 4. Harry’s Green Goblin was the only thing setup at the end of Spider-Man 2 so it’s reasonable to expect he’d get a fair amount of development. Instead he doesn’t even have a character arc. He just conveniently finds out (in a really stupid way) that Peter didn’t do the thing he thought he did and immediately turns good. Eddie was very unsympathetic and his motivations made no sense. Despite this, somehow the Venom scenes were still the best part of Spider-Man 3.
What I can praise Spider-Man 3 villains for, is having good design. TASM2, not so much. It’s not as bad as some say, but it could be a lot better.
Harry and Electro are written pretty well. Again, Harry was meant to be in TASM3 where he’d likely be developed further. The film could’ve benefited from being a bit longer, but at least it feels like one coherent story rather than the beginning of three different stories.
I love how he said “all the money in the box office”
“It explores some really deep philosophical love”
Proceeds to puts Mr. Ditkovich dating tips
Spider-Man 3 failed…. In what god damn universe! Spider-Man 3 is an unbridled Masterpiece that reaches heights the likes of which Martin Scorsese wishes in his wildest dreams he could reach
Spider-Man 3 becomes a lot tighter when you realize Peter Parker is the villain, not Sandman, New Goblin, or Venom. All three "characters" unite against the villain Peter Parker who caused them all unjustified grief. Peter, who is in the process of having a villain reform arc at the end third of the movie, then have to face the demons his dark actions created.
Would love to see a video on Shutter Island, one of my favourite movies and think it has one of the best reveals in modern movies.
For something more recent I’d definitely love a video on the new Batman. Maybe on how it makes itself so different from the Nolan trilogy to avoid comparisons and make it stand out as it’s own piece of cinema.
The genius of NWH, is that instead of creating a mediocre 3rd installment of a franchise, they pulled an Endgame and concluded an 8 film Spider-Man saga. It justified the reboots and our MCU peter gets to now continue the legacy of the character having benefited from the character development of the previous iterations. We get to move forward now in a way we never could before because we kept starting over.
I think they could have made Lizard better if they use the same relationship that they did with Goblin. Or maybe made it like a symbiote, enhancing Connor's bad qualities. idk it's just a suggestion.
When I watched no way home, it feels like infinity war
The problem starts at 0 minutes and it keeps going almost without a brake
But it gave us a lot of fan service just like endgame
Raimi's plan was to pay most attention on sandman while finishing harry's story but he wasnt able to because the studio forced him to add in venom
I'm gonna write this comment before I watch the video:
The main problem with Spider-Man 3 is that we had 3 origin stories that needed telling. In NWH, we had already seen their origins and we knew the characters well -- so the movie could have an overarching story to focus on instead.
Dunno why this is even a comparison worth mentioning at all, it's like saying it's 10x more enjoyable to watch Endgame 2019 after having watched every single Marvel movie compared to watching it without. When you go to watch a sequel, there's always homework to do.
Part of No Way Home's success is attributed to my biggest issue with Marvel, in that it relies on you having seen every Spiderman movie before it. It feels very clearly like the suits said "people are falling out of live with SpiderTom, let's bring in every character from all the other movies we own", and the writers had enough sense to follow this advice to make a bad idea for a movie into an okay movie.
I really enjoyed watching these videos and kinda helped me in story writing. I found the channel after watching the Dune movie and when you did the One v One on Dune and Blade Runner.
If anything I could recommend try a review of The Batman and called back to the video on se7en and see what it pulled off and what didn't work, and if anything maybe the Uncharted movie (How not to make a video game movie/proper adaptation?) or Sonic 2 on how to make a hyped sequel?
Anyway, good video!
Persistence pays off. Congrats to Abdulaziz Merdad.
That's an easy one. No Way Home had five established antagonists to work with, so less time was needed to introduce the characters. Meanwhile, Spider-Man had to finish Harry's transition to a villain, give Harry amnesia to give room for the other villains to show up, introduce the Symbiote, begin Peter's shift into being Symbiote Spider-Man, introduce Marko and Eddie, transform Marko, have Peter get rid of the Symbiote, transform Eddie, begin Harry's redemption arc, etc. Spider-Man 3 had to create two to three movie plots and then mash them into the timeframe of one film, while No Way Home was basically just a crossover event.
Regarding your first point about Spider-Man 3 being a series of random events, I will play devil's advocate and say there's a unifying idea to some degree: Peter handling a number of situations poorly. He doesn't talk to Harry when he has the chance, tries to kill Marko, and bullies Eddie to the point of actively making him a worse person. All of these things gradually come back over the course of the film to bite Peter for his poor decision-making. Granted, that doesn't stop the plot from having a lot of randomness (Symbiote falling from the sky, anyone?), but I think there's at least an idea to how Raimi structured things. Particularly since the ending is Peter making peace with two of the three villains, while the third is destroyed due to being unable to let go.
Can you do another video on Spider-Verse?
Because The only Spider-Man film to do a multiple villains correctly is Spider-Verse because there is an established hiecahry of villains, the movie makes it very clear that Kingpin is the leader of the villains.
He already did
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He only talked about the power of reversal, which is why I said "another"
Oh ok@@Raccon_Detective.
I think both movies played to their own strengths quite nicely:
Kingpin is basically a Mob Boss with enough resources to have Super-Villains as Goons (Goblin, Scorpion, Tombstone and Doc Ock) to do most of his bidding, but ain't no pushover by himself, kind of a dark reflection of Miles seemingly not being ready to aid the Spider-People in stopping the machine but pushing himself to do so...
While the No Way Home Villains are mostly a bunch of strangers in a strange land that seemingly share a fate, even ideas to a degree (Electro - Goblin) akin to Peter after JJ exposes his identity. It also helps that despite Sandman and Lizard just hanging around, we know about about their agendas due to previous movies so they aren't complete goons-footsoldiers like in the PS4 game or Spider-Verse.
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True, but prowler in Spider-verse is more then a goon.Lizard and Sandman are CGI puppets in No way home because Thomas Hayden Church couldn't physically come to set because of Travel restrictions due to covid and Rhys Ifans was off filming King's Man.
The only villains that were characters are Doc Ock, Electro, and Green Goblin but Green Goblin is the only true Villain of the film.
Green Goblin should have been at the final fight ordering the villains because him only showing up a the end makes no sense because he glider can fly up to 90 MPH.
A lot of things were scrapped in No Way Home.