The most drastic change that anyone will notice is the tone… Gone is the happy and almost carefree Peter of past movies, as he sees the full weight of his decisions fall on his -and his friend’s- heads. Spiderman is no longer New York’s favorite hero, and no Matt Murdock cameo, however badass, is going to change that.
It was amazing to see a whole theater clap and cheer just for one of the Goblin’s grenades… It was also proof that Marvel and Jon Watts were right to be so confident in people’s knowledge of Spiderman lore that they didn’t waste any time on clunky exposition, the same way that they glossed over Spidey’s origin story in Civil War.
Seeing these three interact and goof around was one of the highlights of the movie, filled with little Easter eggs and callbacks to previous movies and even cartoons. I’m still a bit disappointed that the question of why exactly Spiderman 1 didn’t need web shooters wasn’t answered !
Of course, he chooses to be forgotten, ending the movie on a soft reboot that might accomplish several things: allow Peter to join the Young Avengers along with Wanda’s twins, Kate Bishop and cie., or maybe allow Sony to make its own Tom Holland Spiderman movies independently from the main MCU canon… let’s hope for the first option!
What did you think of this episode? What do you think will happen in the future? Leave your thoughts in the comments bellow!