Everything GREAT About Spider-Man: No Way Home! (Part 1)

The woman who tries to grab MJ and then claims Spider-Man hit her after he stops her is the best villain in the MCU. People actually do that in real life and it's infuriating.

I think it's worth noting that in the MCU trilogy they've called it the "tingle" or the "Peter tingle" but when Green Goblin talks about it as a character from a universe where it's probably been called the "Spider sense" he refers to it by saying "that's some neat trick that sense of yours." Just another fun multiverse thing.

Love Dafoe's delivery on the line "Norman's on sabbatical, honey." Probably my favorite line from the whole film

I love how when Peter fixes Otto, they specifically kept it a secret from us fans who knew where to look by cleverly not showing the lights on the claws, since that’s the give away as to who is in control. Red = Claws are in control. White = Otto is in control. Blue = Peter/Iron Spider is in control. So when us keen eyed fans were drastically searching for a hint of the lights, they kept them hidden so we wouldn’t know if it worked or not until they wanted to reveal it. Pretty clever… clever and devious!

14:07 "Just throw all the Oscars at this man will ya?" Jokes aside though, Willem Dafoe is a legendary actor

That moment when Peter's spider sense is going haywire in the condo, with all the effects surrounding that scene, gave me chills. Looking back, I love the idea that Peter sensed the moment Norman switched to the Green Goblin, and the Goblin is such a threat to Peter on a scale he's never felt before that it nearly overloaded his spidey sense and he couldn't tell where it was coming from. Willem Dafoe's amazing performance when he's found out as Goblin also really sold the whole thing. I love MCU Spidey so nothing against him, but as a big fan that grew up on the Raimi movies, its a nice nod to how Tobey's Spider-Man and his villains are almost in a different league to what Holland's Spidey has had to face.

I really appreciate the balance the movie struck with the other Peters and villains. My biggest fear was that they would either barely show up or steal the movie away from the main characters, but no. They all have plenty of screen time, but it’s very much still MCU Peter’s movie.

Finally someone else noticed the spidey sense lines, I haven't seen anyone else talk about those anywhere. Wavy lines around his head is traditionally how the spidey sense was depicted in the comics, except usually in solid bold colors. It's basically a direct callback to the classic Ditko artstyle. I had a feeling CinemaWins would catch that, very nice.

A detail that not a lot of people have pointed out is that Strange’s spell initially had two rings, meaning that Strange wanted to remember who Peter was and that’s adorable ok bye

14:26 The reason Osborne hides the donuts is because last time he tried to go for food in front of auntay, his hand was slapped.

It just occured to me, how Tom's Spiderman Great responsibility speech has quite a different implication. In all three cases he hears it as a last thing from the respective aunt/uncle before they die. But where Tobey's uncle dies after he lets a criminal go (despite being very easily able to stop him) And Andrew's uncle dies, because Andrew is too busy being sassy with the criminal a police and bailing on his uncle despite making a promise. Tom does nothing wrong. He did the right thing. He went far beyond trying to do the right thing and still, this course of action leads to May dying. Could this be the reason why he is got so close to killing the Goblin? Because, he could blame only him and not himself like Tom and Andrew? Cool detail, it has not occured to me untill now.

I love how Happy just takes in peter as soon as the crisis with his identity being leaked hits. He does actually care for Peter, may just dumped him but he still immediately offers his apartment for Peter to have genuine shelter from the press and people out to get him. I think outside of may dying, Peter losing Happy as a confidant and ally sucks the most, I loved their relationship in this trilogy. Especially when you consider that when Tony was still alive Happy couldn’t give less of a shit what Peter was doing lol, but now he’s really come to love him and wants to help him grow as a hero.

Fun fact about Norman’s changing teeth. His “goblin” teeth are Willem Dafoe’s real teeth, while his “Norman” teeth are capped

19:18 "Norman's on sabbatical, honey" I really appreciate the idea/detail that even his Goblin self takes care to avoid using the phrase "out" when referring to his better half not being present since it was "You're out, Norman" that pushed him to taking the serum in the first place (which was then further rubbed in when he made the poor choice of using the same phrasing in his bid to tempt Spiderman into an alliance and got rejected.) It's such a subtle thing, wouldn't surprise me if Dafoe himself remembered after all this time since he enjoys this role so much.

This version of Parker and MJ have such good chemisty becuase they're actually a couple. But also, yes. After the Spidey films and Dune, Zendaya is fast approching "always a win" status. Girl has been killing it lately, imo.

A detail you forgot that you probably wont notice when it happens again: Peter's spidey sense did not go off when the brick came through the window becasue Matt was sure to catch it. This happens again later when Otto grabs all three Spidermen at once and none of them dodge it because they were not in danger, just part of Otto's trick against Max.

Flint’s “I am.” After Electro’s “Y’all just gonna stand around and act like I’m not butt ass naked?” Slayed me in theatres

7:53 Missed win: that was not scripted, Benedict Cumberbatch actually did slip on the ice right there while the wires were lowering him.

Something I noticed: Peter’s reaction to Strange saying “their sacrifice means infinitely more than their lives” is a big character moment for him. Up until this Film Peter has held all of the older mcu heroes on a pedestal, he looked up to them in the way that a kid tends to look up to his childhood heroes and he looked to heroes like Strange and even Tony for guidance. But at that moment Peter realizes how flawed heroes like strange can really be in their thinking and you can 100% see it in his face when he decides he can’t rely on them to make the calls he thought they were best at making.

What I enjoy about Dr. Strange’s point of view is that it actually closely mimics an omniscient, objective rationalist - which is precisely the audience’s perspective. “They’re sacrifice means more than their lives” is something that the pure humanist Peter Parker can’t stomach, but it’s exactly what the audience believes because we’ve seen each character’s villainy before. Strange also clearly cares for Peter specifically, from being willing to cast the forgetfulness spell in the first place to intentionally including himself in those who will not forget Peter’s identity. Bottom line, I love that Strange’s beliefs and reactions not only are reflective of the audience’s (creating greater contrast for quiet tension as well as euphoria for their redemptions), but also staying consistent with his character as well - one who only obeys the rules when he doesn’t have a dog in the fight.

William Dafoe is by far the star of the middle third of this movie and a large part of the final fight. He seems like such a genuinely broken man as Norman, and him smashing the mask was extremely satisfying. And the way Green Goblin takes over is beautiful. The fact that he's only caught because of Peter's spidey sense is terrifying in its own right, but that entire sequence leading up to the reveal he was back was beautiful. "Norman's on sabbatical honey" is one of the best lines in the whole film.

I love how the marvel logo Constantly evolves with each project they do it’s truly unnecessary but totally Awesome and shows that the team behind the mcu really cares about the universe they built

Was crying for pretty much the entire movie, the entire cinema went insane when Daredevil showed up and it just didn't stop, this movie has all the wins. As soon as Dafoe started talking about May i began crying again i knew she would die within the next few minutes 😭

I hadn't seen Goblin in a movie since I was a kid, so I completely forgot how formidable he was until I watched this in theaters. Dafoe has never been scarier than he was here.

I love Norman being a "good guy" at first so much because it just adds so much tension to everything. _We_ know he's a villain, _we_ know his goodness won't last, but Peter doesn't. He's a ticking bomb and we have no idea when it'll go off. It itches at the back of your mind, it doesn't let you relax even when stuff is going right, I love it.

Those smiles William Defoe delivers in between each punch Peter is throwing at his face at full strength,is haunting. But it’s more brilliant than anything.

May: “With great power comes greater responsibility.” * “Another One Bites the Dust” starts playing in the sarcastic part of my head as the rest of me tries not to cry

Willem Dafoe saying “just me” gives me chills, you know just from the voice that its the goblin before you even see his face and its honestly incredible acting. That was the moment I thought he deserves an oscar for his role as the goblin. He was phenomenal throughout the whole movie

15:55 Finally!! I never see anyone talk about this dialogue here. It’s so nice and important for our mcu Spider-Man to finally speak up for himself for once. I feel like normally he’s talking to some “higher” hero or person.

Fun Fact - Willem Dafoe said that he would return as the Green Goblin, if they let him do nearly all his own stunts and acts. This man deserves an Oscar

This movie is such a love letter to Spider-Man!!!! I loved how all the characters were treated, my biggest fear was that Tobey, Andrew and the villains were just going to be treated as fan service. But they all had their own little arcs in this movie. Andrew was able to save MJ after failing to save Gwen. And Tobey stopped Peter from taking a life, something Tobey failed to do with Uncle Ben's killer. Each villain had their own moment to shine. Sorry for how long this will be, but Spider-Man is my favorite Hero ever!!! And I can't believed how well Marvel was able to pull this off. They brought back all these characters from different Spider-Man movies and was still able to tell it's own story for Tom's Peter/Spider-Man. Willem Dafoe will never stop scaring me with his Green Goblin. Alfred Molina was just as threating and Complex as he was in Spider-Man 2. Jamie Foxx wasn't blue and had some of the best lines and jokes in the movie. I'm so excited to see where they take Tom's Peter next, I LOVE THE MCU!!!! P.S. was not expecting Charlie Coxx to be in this movie "I'm a really good Lawyer" Still gets me.

That scene where Goblin just slowly begins to smile through Peter's punches secured in my mind that this movie was amazing.

10:16 a small detail, Doc Ock stole Peter's chest part of the suit for his tentacles. He then used said tentacles to try to stab Peter. Peter uses his mask nanotech to reconstruct his chest panel, giving him protection from the spike, and luckily, revealing which Peter he is. Neat detail I noticed on my second watch, makes these movies so much more fun to revisit

I didn’t even notice this but my dad found out that the Night Monkey suit in this movie was literally just Peter’s suit flipped inside out! He even realises he could do that after trying to wash the suit. Really fun detail!

It's not just for great moments or big twists, but because gives fans the most essential version of Peter Parker in movies. The movie focuses on Peter Parker's humanity and morality, and in doing so, is a testament to why he's been an iconic superhero for nearly 60 years.

Over the last 2 years I've really come to appreciate the joy and positivity that you put out into the world through this series. Thanks so much man you make the world a kinder place

Honestly didn’t expect this EGA this soon, but I’m not going to complain. This was definitely a video we were all waiting for!

i literally was obsessed with this movie when it came out and actively avoided spoilers so i could see it in theaters. im the kind of person who doesn't care about spoilers and this movie gave me the most nostalgia even though i had never seen it

“Just throw all the Oscars to this man” I think everyone else agrees.

In Spanish Electros line is 'gotta know where to fall' and honestly I love it so much because it changes the meaning from ''ah damn look at us now'' to ''look how powerful we are now'' and makes them bond a bit more

I honestly think the 5 seconds that made this movie Dafoes best performance was him taking those haymakers from Peter, first 2 punches you see what could possibly be Norman, a bit of a frightened reaction, then the punches after that, every time Normans face looks at Peter we get that psychotic grin, then the laugh. God. The laughter. DaFoe is damn near 70, and he perfected the Goblin, truly made it feel like instead of it being some military grade performance enhancers, this was a super being with a twisted personality, and i love it.

As someone trying to eschew his overly-cynical and analytical nature, this channel is a breath of fresh air. There’s so much creativity in the world, and I’d rather spend my time seeing the best in it than picking it apart.

William Dafoe's performance of Green Goblin is so incredible that I'm sad he's stuck to the multiverse one-off. I'd love to see him get more time like Loki got. Also, someone pointed out to me a great moment in the GG/Spidey hallway fight. When Peter is punching Norman in the face, after a few hits Norman shows a big smile and at first I thought it was just cause he's crazy, BUT we know how strong Peter is and that's when Norman realized how much he's pulling his punches. Norman knows he can exploit Peter's mercy, make him suffer, punish his morality.

Got the feeling that Otto is generally amicable with May because she reminds him of Rosie, which just adds to the angst and the foreshadowing

I know it sounds cliché and the movie hasn't been out long enough to justify this, but: this is my all-time favourite movie. It blends my most beloved fiction topics (parallel universes/altered timelines, and comic books) so beautifully, and it far exceeds any previous favourites I have had.

I enjoy watching Tom Holland’s lip-sync of Umbrella also. That transition, costume, dancing, and interaction with Zendaya are just chef’s kiss.

I love how MJ and Peter’s chemistry reflect those of the actors. Aww, now I’m sad.

Some things I think deserve some recognition. Murdock telling Happy he needs a really good lawyer then immediately telling Peter he's a really good lawyer. The Iron Spider suit not being in the charger when they searched his room because Peter already had it on him. The cracked Goblin mask in the alley mirroring Peter throwing away his suit in S2. Strange's annoyed "Ow" when Peter takes the sling ring. Also, the suit in the forest was just his normal suit turned inside out because of the green paint.

Also a huge thing about Doctor Strange!!! The fact that Strange can control the mirror dimensions on that MASSIVE! of a level without using power from the Dark Dimensions shows how absurdly powerful he has become. There a theory going around that when Strange faced off against Dormamu he was there for years and years perfecting his spells. Hence why he held his own against Thanos

19:25 Holy shit that is possibly the coolest detail in every SM movie to date

i was a freshmen in high school when the OG Spiderman came out and can remember the hype everyone had for it, the love and excitement. it was just amazing to see Tobey in the suit again, to sit back 20 years later in awe of how far we have come.... the only thing I would have loved to have seen were cameos from Ted Raimi and Bruce Campbell haha Marvel continues to give me wonderful expierences and memories. Bless our Lord and Savior Kevin Fiege 🙏

The best part for me of this movie was the return of Tobey’s and Andrew’s Spider-Man characters, because Andrew’s iteration of the character saved MJ, Tobey says the “I’m back! My back!” line while on the Statue of Liberty alongside being friendly, and the action sequences. Hence it became the biggest movie not just of 2021, but one that will never leave our hearts like previous MCU movies.

I know people aren't saying it but all the actor's who played Spiderman I loved every single one of them, they all played there own Peter their own way and I just love them

This movie deserves Academy Awards, Oscars, and an eternal love!

Fun fact: dr Strange slipping on the snow was actually a blooper but it happened so many times they just gave up

What I love most about the Goblin fight is that Willem DaFoe insisted on doing as many of the physical scenes himself as he could.

The "with great power comes great responsibility" line said this time by May while she is dying literally made me scream in tears. Because the second she said the first to es I realized she's dead. Like dead dead. With no way of coming back.

11:55 I still wish Otto followed them laughing at his name with a comeback like "It's the damn high school bullies all over again" or something that make Peter and friends instantly regret laughing 13:43 ALSO, A great way to give a sendoff to the mask for those who ACTUALLY liked it like me. with the whole minor parallelism to the "spider-man no more" moment 15:21 NOT TO MENTION how Electro and Venom only were dragged to this universe by the loopholes. Electro by apparently getting the data "Peter Parker is Spider-Man" But without realizing how he even looked like.... and Venom because "symbiote hive mind" letting him access the memories of a symbiote of a different universe

A small detail I like that I don't know if it was intentional or not, you can tell who the threat in the Spider sense scene is early if you pay attention to the Villains. All of them ask Peter what's wrong and are somewhat concerned about him reacting to his Spider sense EXCEPT Norman who just kinda wanders away from him

I always get some chills when he says " Norman's on sabbatical, honey" like you know that the goblin is gonna come out, but you don't know when and then when he does your heart sinks and you know things are about to go down and to quote cinema wins that fight is " brutal" and how it ends is even more emotionally " brutal"

20:07 This was the moment that freaked me out in theatres. As Peter keeps punching him, Goblin doesn't ignore the pain. He embraces it, because now he knows he can break this Spider Man.

Its sad to think we probably wont see these actors reprise their roles again after such top notch performances

Willem Dafoe is literally the BEST Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin ever put to film. No one plays it as terrifying as he does. It is literally horror movies level of terrifying when he slips in and out of both halves. I honestly feel sorry for whoever has to act as the character after him. Legitimately. Those shoes might just be too big to fill.

Willem hasn't played the goblin role in 20 years but damn he slides right back to it

5:30 I think Happy sleeping in the recliner wearing a cpap deserves a win. I don’t know that I can recall another live action film that features a cpap, and this feels like such a real interaction ( at least to anyone who grew up with a parent who uses a cpap ).

I am just so grateful for your channel. My life has felt so negative lately, and it’s so nice to come watch something that’s so articulately developed on just the positive aspects of something. Really trying to be grateful for the little things and these videos are one of them.

Thanks for logically dissecting and analyzing this movie without over the top fanboying. Can't stand those goofy videos that only says this movie is good because it's good. Can't wait for part 2.

Not gonna lie a scientist discussing possibilities with a magical being just looks really epic

I would've liked you to comment on the scene in which Peter decides to steal the box from Strange. For me, it's the emotional backbone of the movie in many ways, and I like that it has little to do with nostalgia. I think the music and even the camera frame that moment as pretty significant for the overall story.

I love that Willem plays Norman and Goblin like they are 2 different characters just like he would if there were from different movies he was doing. if you pay attention you can tell when it is Goblin play acting at being Norman like when he says just me.

For me the best part is when Happy went from a heartbroken man to a protector in one second.

"We truly live in good times. For movies. Everything else is going to crap" couldn't have said it better

Honestly the Spider-Sense scene in the apartment is a masterclass in suspense film-making because I was butt-clenched and cold-sweating the whole shot. It's so perfectly done, it's flawlessly timed. For the first time *ever*, you get to feel what the Spider-Sense feels like; fear. Fear by the pricking of your thumbs, the knife-edge on a standing hair. Absolutely stellar shit.

I love this movie so much. It gave everything I wanted and so much more

I like how strange got humbled in his movie and we still see how much he still needs to learn and I cant wait until friday

8:06 ok so I have no idea if this is genuinely canon but I certainly head-canon it. When trying to convince Wong the forgetting spell isn’t too dangerous Strange asks Wong if he remembers a party. But then when Strange goes to cast the spell for Peter, he says that everyone will forget Spider-Man’s identity, including himself. Therefore, Strange completely made up a party that never happened in order to convince Wong to let him do a spell for Peter and I think it’s hilarious and seriously hope it’s canon lol

I loved this movie I was literally born the year the first Spider-Man movie came out so have literally grew up with all the Spider-Man movies so this was just so special to see in the cinema

I remember doing an essay on this film for my film humanities course about diegesis, and I asked my professor about Electro's dubstep being diegetic or not because I was confused as to whether or not the characters could hear it, and he replied, and I quote: "Electro absolutely has dubstep powers."

I really don't think we give enough Credit to Willem DeFoe for his portrayal of Norman/Green Goblin. I agree. We need to give him some more Oscars.

My interpretation of the spider sense against goblin in happy’s house, is that he knew exactly who the spider sense was warning him about, but he didn’t want to believe it, but he just let it go and trusted it

The visual spidey sense was my absolute favorite easter egg in this movie.

The brick catching scene was impressive, but what’s more impressive is the random person that freaking threw a brick that high up, like at least 5 stories high. with such aim.

When Peter had his comic book Spidey Sense lines, I literally clapped and went “Woo! Hell yeah!” and everyone was confused. No one even noticed it but me, and the few that might have seen it didn’t know what it was… lol But that is definitely exactly what his Spidey Sense looks like in the comics, squiggles coming from his head, they just made them a “Shimmer” instead of yellow or orange or whatever.

The great thing about No way home is that is satisfies both lovers and haters of the Tom Holland spiderman If you like him, then this is probably his best movie yet. If you hate him (And have a high possibility of having called him iron boy jr), this movie is good in completing his origin story and making him Spiderman.

I like how Peter has wrinkles in his clothes. It goes to show how chaotic his life’s become.

I also love how they use the clip of Peter unmasking in endgame, which fits with the plot point of peter being unmasked

One little detail that I like in this movie that I don't see a lot of people talk about is one of the Lizard's lines in this movie. When Peter goes and tells the villains his plan to cure them the Lizard says to him; "Trust me Peter. When you try to fix people, there are always consequences." It makes sense for his character to say this because out of all the villains in this movie he was the only one to be cured in his movie and live to tell it but because of that someone died. He's telling Peter this out of personal experience that just because you're trying to save someone it doesn't always guarantee the safety of everyone. Furthermore, when all the villains escape he tells Peter; "I told you there would be consequences" which then leads to aunt May dying. I definitely would have liked it if the Lizard was given more screen time in this movie but I do like these few moments where he does get to shine and provide his own cynicism and realism.

This was the best movie I ever saw in theaters. Thank you for reviewing it!

People had an issue with his Spidey Sense making his body react without his conciousness but like, he can swing home perfectly whether he is drunk or completely passed out. It's honestly pretty overpowered. Even uses it for poker. It just keeps any ohysical or even monetary harm from coming to him. Like, "Don't buy that milk. It's expired." Or "Don't get that haircut."

It makes sense that coach Wilson was a Mysterio truther, since in Homecoming, he also believed that Captain America was a war criminal.

I also like the clear indication of strange having post blip depression in his scenes making what he says to Peter land harder

Neat little detail I love, just like how Norman is using a green jacket over purple hoodie, and Max is wearing a green and yellow electrician safety coat, Ned is wearing a blue and yellow jacket, so even if he doesn't become the Hobgoblin (in *THIS* movie), he still has his comic book accurate colors.

"I'm a really good lawyer." Indeed. He is SOOO good that he can't even be in the rest of the movie! He's just too good!

16:58 in fact food is high level acting statement. Whenever things are normal in a movie, nobody is actually eating, they pick nothing from it and pretend to eat and anybody can tell the difference. But think of any scene where the characters are actually eating or drinking something, it's a great scene with awesome acting skills from the cast And being honest I mostly recall villains actually eating or at least morally ambigous characters so...

19:19 I always interpreted that closing of eyes as him taking a moment, knowing what is about to happen, and sadly accepting the reality that Norman is likely gone.

During the scene when May tells Peter "With great power, there must come a great responsibility", everyone in my theater started gasping and saying "Oh no", and I didn't get why at first, but then I remembered what always happens right after he's told that line.

I can't leave a comment there but that Nebula Origin video is absolutely spot on! As the movie ended in the cinema I was saying that this was the greatest way to finish a Spider-Man origin story and you really nailed the point home :)

Nobody ever mentions that Norman looks like the Hobgoblin a little bit right before he throws the grenade in the lobby, it really stuck out to me because I always saw the Green Goblin as a goofball when I was growing up (I was obviously wrong) but the Hobgoblin was frightening

I always thought Strange was sipping hot cocoa out of that mug. He looked so comfortable and relaxed in that jacket. Now I think it's strange that's not the case!

My favorite thing about this movie (wonderful fanservice aside) is how it presents the villains. In this era of "realistic" superhero movies, I think it can be very difficult to toe the line between cartoonish evil and realism- because, obviously, both can be fun in their own way. Obviously, you can't do this for everyone- Victor von Doom is probably not getting moral complexity anytime soon. But this movie does it perfectly: instead of changing anything, it just adds. The Green Goblin is still terrifying, insane, and a wonderfully hammy performance, but now we ALSO see the rest of Norman. We ALSO get to see Electro being a normal person. It's a lovely way of doing this, and it makes me glad they used the potential of this movie to its fullest.