Review of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) by Tonto — 17 Jan 2022

This is the third MCU Spider-Man movie, and the movie starts where the last one left off with Spider-Man's secret identity being broadcasted by J Jonah Jameson at the Daily Bugle after his exploits with Mysterio and Peter is trying to avoid attention.

He goes to Doctor Strange to cast a spell to make everyone forget he's Spider-Man. Strange casts the spell but it is tampered with by Peter so that other unwanted characters come through. Alfred Molina returns as Doctor Octopus and Willem Dafoe comes back as Green Goblin.

The best part of the movie was having all these characters from previous franchises come back. Sandman, Lizard, and Electro were re-introduced, and they were all portrayed by their former cast members.

It was also cool seeing Tobey's Spider-Man again and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man and I liked how they are given a real role in the film. The movie ends bittersweet with Peter and MJ going off to college, having had her memory of Spider-Man being Peter erased.

There are potential routes the series could go from here, one is a symbiote storyline which is winked at after the credits. Kraven the Hunter, Hydroman, Shocker and Black Cat could be introduced. Scorpion or a storyline with Ned Leeds becoming Hobgoblin has also been speculated on.