What Went Wrong in Spider-Man No Way Home[Spoiler Alert]
Before I say anything more, I’d like to preface that I am a huge MCU fan, so I have seen all Spider-man movies: from Sam Raimi’s trilogy to Jon Watt’s. I liked all the movies I have seen but this last one hits differently.
In all three movies where Tom Holland played as Peter Parker, we see how his character develops. Each battle makes him a better hero. His battle with the vulture made him realize that he should stay “close to the ground” — not chasing missions that are beyond his capabilities, otherwise, everybody else could get hurt (see Washington monument, New York Ferry scene, and neighborhood van chase scene).
In Far From Home, Peter Parker learns that he can’t really escape his masked crusader identity, even in different countries (Italy, Czech Republic and England). In his fight against Mysterio, Spider-Man becomes more attuned to his spider sense than he has ever been. In addition to that, he learns a hard lesson about being naïve, this is the reason why he was initially hesitant in helping the “bad guys” of No Way Home.
Following this trend, Peter Parker later meets his greatest enemy in No Way Home: the goblin (Willem Dafoe). From this movie he learned the importance of doing the right thing regardless of its convenience.
The movie No Way Home is really entertaining to watch, I really like how Jon Watt’s Peter Parker finally experiences a loss, after two movies. However, the problem I have with the movie lies in the continuity holes it creates: was Tony Stark ever a mentor to Peter? Did Spider-Man not help in the Avenger’s Civil War? Did Happy not know Peter at all while he was dating his aunt (funeral scene)? Was Avengers Infinity War a joke?
I could go on all day…
It feels like all the 23 movies of the MCU that built up to Endgame feels lost. Why? Because Peter Parker wished for a world where everyone doesn’t know he is Spider-Man. Now he has to start over. The ending scene shows he’s preparing to take his GED and he made his own suit since it’s like he never met Tony Stark. Although his personal growth is not taken away from him, the bond he made with people who knew who he was is.
This whole thing makes me think of Flashpoint. It’s like it never happened.
So, the boiling question is: what does this mean for future movies? Is MCU going to introduce storylines that are then going to be erased because of a future war in the multiverse? It begs the question of whether anything that happens is to be taken seriously.
Well, these are my thoughts. Let me know if you think differently.
