![]() ![]() However, even though it has a bit of a pacing issue before its universes-altering climactic stretch, it is another largely entertaining ride - one with an ending that should resonate with viewers and have lasting implications in both the MCU and Sony’s future with the character. The handling of this incarnation of Spidey, who has benefited from the futuristic tech of the late Tony Stark, has been handled nearly perfectly.Īnd now we have “No Way Home,” a film that threatens to succumb to the weight of its skyscraper-high goals and the inclusion of its many, many noteworthy characters. ![]() There have been plenty of reports of a bumpy business road for the studios as they hauled in the box-office riches, but every appearance of Spider-Man in the MCU - starting with 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War” - has been a win for fans. However, an unusual deal between Sony and Disney-owned Marvel Studio allowed for this third live-action version of Spider-Man to exist within the hugely popular Marvel Cinematic Universe, in films produced by both Marvel and Sony. ![]() The studio already had produced a pair of cut-short Spidey franchises - a trilogy starring Tobey Maguire as the Webslinger in the 2000s and two films with Andrew Garfield as the Wallcrawler in the early 2010s - and Sony Pictures Animation is the studio behind the aforementioned, astonishingly dazzling “Spider-Verse.” Spider-Man has the right suit with which to take on Doc Ock in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” (Courtesy of Sony Pictures)Īs you may know, any big-screen version of Spider-Man long has been the intellectual property of Sony Pictures. However, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” feels right the longer you sit with this deeply satisfying conclusion to the excellent trilogy that began with 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” which solidified a version of Spidey portrayed by the wonderful Tom Holland. The name of that Academy Award-winning animated film from 2018 would have been an appropriate one for the ambitious, worlds-colliding live-action movie slinging into theaters this week. Holiday movie season: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ ‘The Matrix Resurrections,’ ‘West Side Story’ lead packed slate Guillermo del Toro ‘Nightmare Alley’ is gorgeous, entrancing and unsettling piece of noir | Movie review It’s too bad the movie title “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” already was taken. ![]()
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