But things go wrong and soon Spider-Man villains from the past — specifically, past villains from the Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man” films and the Andrew Garfield “The Amazing Spider-Man” movies — emerge to face off against Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
There are a few clunky moments where you have to remind yourself what happened previously, and there’s not nearly as many lighthearted moments as earlier Spider-Man movies.
One of the biggest concerns going into “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was the idea that it could become too messy.
Well, I’ll say this — the film does a better job managing its characters and storylines than I thought it would.
Yes, there’s the typical fight scenes, crashes, battles, drama and everything that comes with a major motion picture.
But it’s a film that reminds us of the power of storytelling and the importance of why we see movies — they show us the pitfalls we go through and how we climb our way out of them, like an amazing and friendly heroic spider.