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Spider-Man No Way Home Full Reaction

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Anonymous

Oh boy, here we gooo 👀❤️

Ryan

It's pretty much a miracle that this movie exists. Wrangling this huge cast of returning actors, some from decades earlier, would have been a scheduling nightmare under any circumstances, but then you throw in COVID and it seems like it would be impossible, yet here's the proof in front of us. And while the seams do show in places (Thomas Hayden Church and Rhys Ifans were only able to send in voice clips, and their brief onscreen appearances at the end are pretty clearly footage from their previous films), you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone who cares that much because it's just so awesome to see them again, in particular Willem Dafoe finally getting to show us just how much of his performance we were missing under that mask. Plus, it's all the more meaningful that Jamie Foxx got to play a version of Electro that he found to be a much better experience, now that it looks like we might lose him soon. And while it's doubtful how much was pre-planned, it's pretty fascinating to see Tom Holland's Peter, who often was accused of being a bit bland despite his best efforts, has now been reverse-engineered into having the typical Peter Parker setup and backstory. I very much look forward to where he goes from here.

Anonymous

I’ll try not to chatter away too much with this movie. Start by saying I continue to love you loving Jameson. J. K. Simmons was great as this media blowhard variant of Jameson. I'm mildly annoyed you were spoiled about Daredevil. You instantly crossed my mind when I saw him in the theater. And bear in mind, this came out at the same time as Kingpin appearing in Hawkeye. Then again, your reaction to when he appeared was delightful. Now to gush about the villains. All of them appearing in this film was known to me in advance. The emotions that came with seeing them again, that was profound. Sadly, the covid restrictions prevented Thomas Haden Church actually appearing as Sandman. The covid restrictions, likewise, prevented Rhys Ifans appearing as the Lizard, though I also suspect that there was scheduling conflicts of him killing it as Otto in House of the Messy. It's still great that both gentlemen were still able to contribute their voices. I loved seeing Jamie Foxx return as Electro, particularly as Electro gets a bit of a better spotlight than he originally got, and you can tell that Jamie greatly had a blast acting alongside his fellow Spidey villains. Which brings us to my two favorites of the Spidey Villain Bunch, Doc Ock and the Green Goblin. Seeing Alfred Molina and Willem Dafoe return to the roles felt like seeing dear beloved friends again. I loved your reaction to when they both appeared in this movie. Alfred does such a superb job of reminding us that Doc Ock was a most tragic figure, and Lord, did he make me emotional when he cried when the voices in his head were gone. Willem, you can tell, LIVED to bring his maniacal energy back to ol’ Gobby. Evidently, he freaked everyone out on set. I loved it when they got to quote their famous lines. In Doc Ock’s case, his line about the power of the sun, which the crowd loved, I went, “Oh-ho! Shit!” In the Goblin’s case, his line about being something of a scientist himself, which I and the rest of the adult audience in the theater appreciatively laughed/chuckled at. Then in the end-credits scene, we have the most humorous Tom Hardy cameo as Venom. As you say, a major highlight of the film is the showcasing of the villains’ tragic nature of scientists who miscalculated their work and became monsters, or in Sandman and Electro’s case, men who weren’t careful where they fell. It is therefore, such a lovely part of the film in that Spider-Man tries to help them heal and live. I KNEW the scenes with Aunt May would get to you, Jess. Marisa Tomei was so excellent in her emotional scenes, and yes, Marisa was rocking killer look after killer look. It broke my heart seeing your reaction to May’s death. The thing is you handled those scenes MUCH better than I did. Those scenes got to me, BAD. There was almost a situation of me having a full-on emotional breakdown in the theater. I held on. I avoided passing out. Still not entirely sure how I accomplished that as a matter of fact. Dark though it is, I had a moment of nerd appreciation when the Goblin is taunting Spidey at the end as his dialogue is deliberately reminiscent of his dialogue in the comics on the night Gwen Stacy died.

Anonymous

Then there were the Spidey variants. Neither of them was advertised, yet many fans surmised that they would appear. I could tell by friends’ reactions that they would. How, when, and in what context, that remained unknown until I saw the film. The crowd went NUTS when Andrew showed up, and they went even more nuts when Tobey showed up. The nice thing was that you could tell the crowd was equally favorable to both, albeit you could sense stronger nostalgia for Tobey. I knew you’d love the scenes of Tobey and Andrew laying bare their feelings about Uncle Ben and Gwen. The part about Gwen, especially how it addressed a few problems I had with the films way back when, made me realize how harshly I treated the Andrew films, and I realized that he always was excellent in the role. I just couldn’t see it originally. I love that he emerges as your favorite cinematic Spidey. Your reactions to them working together were precious reactions. Of course, they were going to incorporate the pointing Spidey meme in some fashion. I got confused with the numbering as I was saying, “Excuse me! Tobey is Peter ONE! Goddamn it!” Since seeing your reaction to Andrew’s second film, I was most anticipating your reaction to Andrew Spidey saving MJ. That reaction was EVERYTHING I knew it would be, which was beautiful PERFECTION. That moment in the theater was HIGHLY emotional for me as well. Most emotional seeing the Spideys save the villains and have their moments with them, the scene of Tobey and Alfred especially. I think I was the only one in the theater who caught the call-back to Spider-Man 2 when Tobey says he’s “Trying to do better.” I heard that, had a wry, knowing smile on my face and quoted Doc Ock by saying, “Brilliant, but lazy. Right?” It breaks the heart seeing the MCU Spidey make the sacrifice he made. All in all, I love that you loved the film. It was emotional revisiting it. When I first saw it, the year it came out was quite probably the worst year of my life thus far. When I saw this at the end of that year, there was tremendous catharsis, and it allowed me to just weep, it was most therapeutic. Seeing it again with you brought those memories back, and it was emotional sharing the film with you. Thank you so very much for this most lovely Spider-Man Spring, Jess. I hope that when we get to them, you will have a great time with the other MCU films. Unless, of course, there’s more swinging building fights that you have to edit, and even if there are, hopefully, they are few and far between. Until then, thank you for the lovely time, and I wish you well on recovering from your surgery. Take care of yourself, Jess.

Ryan

People love to crack jokes about how Aunt May is too young in these movies, but what were they thinking before, that his grandparents just waited 30 years to have another kid? Besides, Tomei is in her 50s and just happens to still look spectacular.

Ryan

When they all discuss the “With great power” line, I like to imagine Andrew’s Peter is thinking “Wait, is THAT what Uncle Ben was trying to say with that weird rambling speech? Why didn’t he just say that?”

Anonymous

I have to admit it´s kinda funny that everyone who says the "with great power"-line to Peter (or tries to) dies short after... It´s a pretty deadly advice... ^^

Anonymous

Yeah, I remember the backlash to the casting and thought it was ridiculous. I assume some of it is MCU fans not being too familiar with Marisa and her work. I just remember hearing it and saying, “Marisa’s in her fifties. Or, well, let’s see, she was about twenty-six when she made My Cousin Vinny, and that was, yeah, she’s in her fifties.” I grant people that she does look pretty much exactly the same as she did in My Cousin Vinny, and she’s pushing sixty at this point. Even so, the age difference between her and Tom Holland is realistic, and she’s excellent as she always is, thus, I never saw the problem.

Anonymous

Maybe that's why Martin Sheen's Uncle Ben tried not to say it verbatim to avoid his fate.

Anonymous

I´m so glad you watched all the other Spidey-Movies before watching this one... The emotional load when Adrews Peter saves MJ is so much more present when you know what happened to Gwen Stacy! Also it shows that he thought about HOW he could´ve saved her constantly - which is so much more tragic. Honestly, I want MJ and Peter back together ASAP in the next movie that I wouldn´t be mad if they do a "True loves kiss"-thing to bring back her memories... Tom and Zendaya are a couple in RL so I don´t want them to waste that "real couple"-energy... :D Oh, and it´s kinda interesting that this movie retcons the endings of the other Spidey-Movies: Norman Osborn and Doc O are still alive, so is Henry because he never becomes The Green Goblin out of revenge. BUT I wonder how Spider-Man defeats Venom now - maybe Doc Oc helps him! ^^ And since Dr. Connors is cured earlier, there's a good chance that Gwens dad survived, which could mean that this whole "on-off"-shit between them in TASM2 never happened and regarding Gwens death, there is a good chance that Electro was cured early enough in that scenario that this Green Goblin wasn´t able to take Gwen to that Clock Tower and/or the fight was different because Spider-Man was more focused since their relationship was much more stable now that her dad is still alive ^^

Anonymous

Oh, and I´m really wondering if Venom will be the main-antagonist in Spider-Man 4 or if he´ll be more of a side-villain... They have to repair the relationship between MJ and Peter AND the friendship between Peter and Ned, and I can´t think of any scenario where a corrupted Spider-Man with the venom-suit would fit in that story! :D

Jeff Clark

Honestly I really hope they just move on from Michelle and Ned. It would devalue the ending of no way home to go back on it, and they have other great characters in Gwen and Harry to introduce as the love interest/best friend, or they could even use Felicia Hardy, Mary Jane as the love interests and go a new direction with the best friend in one of the younger X-men like Bobby Drake who was his friend in the comics.

Jason

Just want to point out to everyone that the edition Jess is reacting to is the (far superior) extended version of "No Way Home" & not the original theatrical cut. Basically "The more fun version" & only avaliable on digital which is now known as "The Extended Version" however regrettably it is not yet available on any physical media.

Anonymous

Yeeesss justice for my fave Spidey Andrew! You have such good taste 😂

YodatheHobbit

I watched your edited reactions to al the Spider-Man films, and then this full length reaction in the span of 2 days and boy was that an experience. Even though I'd seen all the films multiple times, to have the drama and trauma of their experiences in such recent memory really enhanced No Way Home for me this time. It's about the 4th or 5th time I've watched it all the way through.