Spider-Man: No Way Home

Finally watched Spider-Man: No Way Home (household is finally done having covid/isolating from the 13yo who never tested positive this time around). I enjoyed it, I thought they did some neat stuff, but it definitely felt like a "long spear" work in the sense that it was relying on a lot of other prior works for its impact to land. I don't think that's bad, necessarily - when it's done well, it's very cool! Someone tells a whole series of stories and builds them up to a point that couldn't hit without all that spear behind it! In this case I don't think I really got the full impact that a more dedicated spider-fan might have, but I got enough - they helpfully recapped some key points re the Andrew Garfield movies, which I never saw - and I liked the plot overall. ( Read more... )

(Also I was convinced that this was a 2022 movie and I was getting a jump on my Hugo watching, but apparently it was a 2021 movie and just missed being on the ballot last year. I guess if I want to watch something for this year I need to watch Wakanda Forever...)