As soon as Aunt May said the power-responsibility line, her fate was sealed

Fan service can normally take me out of the movie when they're not done properly, which happens often, but how they fit the fan service organically into the story was so satisfying to watch.

They didn't just make Tobey and Andrew's appearances some tacky cameos. They actually made a relevant impact not only on Tom Holland's story but on their own. This movie was incredible.

Seeing the 3 generations of Spider-Men on screen was pretty surreal. They absolutely nailed it! Who would have guessed that by treating iconic characters with respect would lead to massive success?

Lol showing every villain killing people, then just Sandman hitting a dog 😂

Fucking died of laughter when Ben said "these villains have killed thousands of people" and it proceeded to show Sandman punching a dog

I was surprised that I was the only person in the theater that laughed at the part where Norman Osbourne tells Tom Holland Spiderman, "I'm something of a scientist myself." 😳

The chemistry between the 3 spidermen was so great I didn’t want it to end. I’d love an entire movie with them together.

Garfield really shined in this. LOVED his take here and how he was just so happy to meet the other two. Also really liked how Doc Ock became an ally in the final fight.

What was most fun for me was seeing how visibly Maguire and Garfield were enjoying themselves. You can tell that both of them, especially Garfield, are genuinely happy about being back in the Spidey suit and it adds a lot to their performances

"With great facts, comes great logic" - Uncle Ben Shapiro

Not only does this use the nostalgia of the old characters for the benefit of the audience, they use it to properly mature and advance Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. The world’s longest origin story

That tear-filled eyes of Andrew Garfield when he saved MJ... that was really emotional and made him so happy that he was able to save her.

“Doctor strange is not the type of character to do something so reckless” Didn’t his entire character pretty much happen because he was driving 90mph on a mountain pass road while it was raining and he was on his phone?

I watched it in theaters and I completely FLIPPED OUT when Daredevil made the appearance as his lawyer. That was such a small detail that wouldn't have catered to everybody but Daredevil is one of my favorite shows so I was trying not to scream!

Andrew catching Zendaya and then tearfully checking that she was okay made me freaking cry. Andrew remains my favorite Spider-Man.

You know what else was pure gold about the movie? The Matt Murdock cameo, and the fact that they just officially established his canon in the MCU, pure gold.

8:29 i like how they cut to Flint punching a dog after showing villains kill actual ppl 🤣

I'd say the only reason Dr. Strange agreed to do the spell in the first place is because it was never supposed to go wrong. With that happening, it actually builds the story to not only this movie, but also the next Dr. Strange movie. He decides to explore the multiverse with Wanda. I think it was great.

I'd argue Doctor Octavious is technically not evil. I mean his arms killed all those people not himself. Plus I feel for Otto, he was trying to help humanity with cheaper energy, too bad it cost him his wife.

Legend has it that “Ben Shapiro has never flown on an airplane because he always destroys the left wing.”

When Garfield's Spider-Man had a chance to save MJ, this may be the very definition of catharsis. How many of us have made mistakes and wish we could go back in time and save ourselves from the very things that made us the people who we are today, a paradigm. In the fantasy world of film, we get the chance to vicariously live through our modern day mythic figures. I had a great experience watching this movie, total reco.

I think regardless of who anyone personally believes is "correct" regarding the villains, Peter Parker is the kind of person to value life no matter what, and his decision to do what he believes is right even at the cost of great loss and suffering simply because he believes it's the right thing to do is pure Spider-man for me

I love how they made Dafoe almost a brand new villain, and made him personal to Holland's spiderman. Both of their fight scenes were outstanding.

I trust Ben to review movies, because his wife is a doctor.

9:23 That's the exact mistake Doctor Strange 2 made.

I actually sobbed when Garfield's SpiderMan saved MJ. So redemptive!!!!

I'm amazed they pulled off such a huge spectacle. That film was so many moving pieces that weave together so perfectly. Almost like a beautiful spider web.

It really warms my heart to see Ben actually like something for once.

Everyone when Aunt May dies: “Oh no thats so sad!!!” Ben: “ah”

The whole multiverse concept gave them an excellent opportunity to do something special with all the actors and I think they nailed it.

“Are you going into battle as a cool youth pastor?” - Parker, played by Andrew Garfield, to Parker, played by Tobey Maguire. This was the film’s funniest line. Maguire had his Spider-Suit on under his clothes.

I remember reading when Tom Holland was cast that he was considered the perfect combination of Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire. Remember them saying that Tobey was the best Peter parker, and that Andrew was the best spider-man. When they are all introduced in the movie Andrew is in his complete Spider-Man outfit, Tobey is not in the costume at all, and Tom sees them both wearing the costume on his lower half but not wearing the mask. I think that was all on purpose

I liked this movie alot, and my wife caught me teary eyed a couple times. And I like that they kept the other Spiderman characters legit by having them be from the other universes.

The green goo was supposed to reverse the effects of the super serum that the Green Goblin had in him. The super serum he had in him was identical to Captain America's, giving him super-strength, agility, and durability, except it had its flaws. Giving him a separate identity. The dementia was a result of old age, ontop of him having a split personality. He is aware that he takes on the persona of the Green Goblin, except he isn't entirely aware of what he does during those episodes.

Instead of fighting each other, we can all feel the connection of our humanity here, no matter what your political beliefs are, we all had the biggest smile in our face seeing 3 spider men all on the same screen, it's quite beautiful how our childhoods can bring us together

This felt like Tom Holland's Peter Parker true origin story movie especially with the ending. Peter ends up all alone, in an apartment, no one knows him anymore, he promised his friends he would make them remember him but Peter decided it was best to leave them alone. Besides the beggining of the film 9/10 movie

Andrew's Spiderman was done major justice in this movie.

I cried watching this movie so much! I loved every moment of it! 😭😭😭 tobey maguire was my childhood crush and seeing all of the Spidermen together just MY HEART

I think my favorite part is how Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker is allowed to shine. His interactions with Ned and MJ reminded me of actual interactions I saw between high schoolers and university students when I was that age.

Holland punching Defoe during their first fight, and Defoe not feeling any of it, but starts laughing was just the most beautiful moment for me! That fight was the best part, in my opinion.

I loved the reaction of the audience when Toby McGuire walked through the gate. Even though I knew he'd be coming I was super freaking excited. He's the original Spider-Man. They even acknowledged how me makes his own web. This movie was top notch.

I agree with this review. I thought they threw Dr. Strange under the bus, but at least they salvaged it a bit from the preview. He looked even more immature and careless when Wong tells him not to cast the spell and he does it anyways (Scene was deleted or reshot). They also salvaged it a bit by explaining that the spell shouldn't have resulted in such a failure. Which suggests there is a larger problem in the multiverse that it happened. So you can't blame Dr. Strange for taking such a massive risk. But I agree that it seemed odd for Dr. Strange to be willing to erase memories of hundreds of millions of people just because Peter can't deal with the fallout. Another problem I had with the film is how Strange pretends as if he never had a life before being a magic user. Overall a good movie. Better than most of the Marvel crap movies released in the last few years.

He wasn't curing schizophrenia, he was curing the chemical substance in Norman Osborne's blood that caused him to have psychotic breaks with reality. Doc Ock and Electro were both mechanical problems that needed to be solved.

The scene with all three of them chilling on the scaffolding waiting for the villains was probably the best casual banter I've seen in a movie. That might just be because of nostalgia but I could literally watch another full length movie of just that

The editor of this video deserves massive amounts of credit

One thing I like about Shapiro, I don’t agree with most of what he says but I respect him standing ten toes down on his word.

You know a film is good when even an old curmudgeon like Ben Shapiro likes it. I can see the headlines now: “Ben Shapiro defends No Way Home with facts and logic”! 😂

There was a very specific reason why MCU Spidey’s Character never had any personal tragedies up until this film, and that was because his story arc was going to be limited at best due to the contract. Spiderman was only given to the MCU for two stand alone films and three collaboration films, so his character was there to enhance the MCU story arc. Now that he is in the MCU for more films and the MCU arc has finished the Infiniti War saga, they can now focus on his character development more.

Normally plot holes are the type of thing to irk me, but if the story and production of the movie is top notch, I'm willing to just turn an absolute blind eye to it, which is what No Way Home did for me. Speaking of one of the big plot holes is that, Sandman doesn't need to be cured, he's already gone through a redemption ark and supposedly is a good guy now, which the movie basically implies by having Flint know who Peter is and having him help Peter. Furthermore, Sandman and Connors, DO NOT die, so I was like just send those two back. And the third one that I think on the top of my head right now is, Doc Ock's death is kind of necessary, unless it's implied the fusion reactor is stopped another way without Octavius dying. Otherwise, loving the fact this movie ties in the triology in a roundabout way to tell us the story of Peter's MCU origins into becoming a fully fledged newly experienced Spider-Man.

Noticed that Green Goblin didn't just kill Aunt May, he also killed a fuckload of cops in the same seen. Really grim. Added a lot to the weight of the film.

It was amazing, like a dream come true. I couldn't believe they actually got the other Spider-Men and let them play such a big role in the story. So many elements of the movie work so well.

Honestly this movie has the most depressing ending in all of the mcu. They have Tom living the plot of its a wonderful life. Just a heart wrenching ending.

Yeah, when I watched this on the cinemas, I thought to myself... "Finally, Tom Holland has experienced the Great Power comes with Great Responsibility line."

Spiderman: no way home is like a love letter to all the Spiderman fans all over the world. Remember when you first received a love letter from the person you love? You want to read it over and over again. This movie brought back the exact kind feeling in which every Spiderman fans want to watch it over and over again. I personally have watched Spiderman: No way home four times already and still want to watch again many times more.

I think the Movie is Great, good to see Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man again.

I never expected the film to be this good. The old characters got the respect they deserved and having all three Spider Men was awesome. Willem DaFoe also stole the show and was much creepier in this film than I remember him being. Maybe it’s the fact that he doesn’t wear the goblin mask. DaFoe really nailed it. All of the actors did.

Ben Shapiro reviewing movies is something I didn't know existed but I absolutely love. It's absolutely amazing and he makes a lot of great points about the film, really enjoyed this.

I really enjoyed the 3 Peter Parker's working in the lab showing off their intelligence. The scene with Holland and Osborne was very impressive as you could tell that Osborne was truly impressed with Peter no matter which Osborne was watching.

This movie was great! No wokeness! They treated the characters with respect. And guess what? It made a ton of money because it wasn’t pushing a stupid sjw message. No identity politics. A good story and good characters.

I absolutely loved this movie. The scene when Aunt May dies was just everything and Andrew Garfields redemption! Chefs kiss

Man, the editing in this video is so good. Kudos to you editor!

Honestly, one of the things I really like about the new film is it shows more of peters intelligence. A lot of people forget that Peter Parker is one of the smartest humans in the marvel universe.

Ben's editing team + his witty narration is a lethal combo

"You know, I'm something of a movie reviewer myself." - Ben Shapiro

2:16 SPITER-Boy

The use of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man clips... particularly the oft maligned Spider-Man 3 clips... was a real *chef's kiss.* Particularly "Ya gonna cry?" and "I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye." I chortled heartily.

Willem Dafoe is one of the most interesting actors out today. He’s doing some really cool movies and has been for a long time, but definitely look into his movies if you aren’t familiar with him, he’s really good.

What Dr. Strange does actually is in character. He really is quite reckless. After all, the reason he became a sorcerer in the first place is because he was texting while driving 100 mph in the rain on a curvy cliff side road.

Gotta say goblin fight with Tom was dope as hell

8:21 the montage 😂 then sandman just punches the dog

The only thing I disagree with is Ben’s criticism of the characterization of Doctor Strange. His willingness to perform the spell wasn’t a show of recklessness but instead a show of arrogance, which is entirely in keeping with his character.

To be fair, when Spider Man’s identity was exposed in the comics, he asked Dr. Strange for help. Strange performed the mind wipe spell for him as a favor, but unlike the movie it actually worked. I assumed this was a reference to that.

You know I never thought in a hundred thousand years I’d agree with Ben Shapiro, we may be on different sides of the political coin but I can agree with you on movies I guess.

Well it’s not Strange’s fault for bringing in people from other universes. It’s rather Sylvie’s fault for unleashing branched timelines (multiverse). So if Sylvie didn’t kill who he remains and kept the sacred timeline stable, Strange’s spell wouldn’t have any consequences.

It was the combination of Tom holland’s own genius and Tony Stark’s machine that he was able to cure the villains. So to be fair it was stark who also helped in a sense. Also I believe Toby’s Spider-Man was the one that cured goblin as he stated he was thinking of a cure for him for a while and that he’d work on it.

Andrew Garfield was the star of the movie for me, fantastic performance, was a pity they gave him such horrible stories for his movies. Would love to see a third one with him of his descent into "not pulling his punches" although Im not sure how you would end that kinda movie

It's 100% Tobey that moved the film to badass level.

hahahaha the minecraft noise at 3:34 lmaooo

I was gonna be mad that you said it’s 2nd best movie next to Spiderverse… but I couldn’t deny how unique that movie was and how it was it’s own thing while making references to the classics.

i really like how this ended up pretty much being Tom Holland (Spider-Man)'s origin story deal.

Let's not forget green Goblin said "you know, I'm something of a scientist myself"

Good review, I agree with you mostly - apart from the criticism that, “Tom Holland being able to heal all the villains with science”. That was actually the genius of the movie by setting up his major failure as Spider-Man and the death of May which brought about arguably the best scene in the film.. specifically Norman becoming the Goblin again.. and boy did he nail THAT scene!! And in so doing setting up the rest of the film and the villains and ultimately the much needed help of Andrew and Toby who knew their villains and solutions better than anyone else ie. Tom.

The healing part of the movie can make sense as technology in the Tom Holland's universe seems much more advanced ( possibly due to Stark's influence and contact with aliens outside the planet ), so their medicine is also more advanced.

Spiderman 2 is still the best imo. When Peter understands that meaning(responsibility, sacrifice of the self) > personal satisfaction(selfishness). That brings the most important message of all spiderman movies (the peak scene when he saves baby from the fire by just being Peter, which shows the viewer that you can be hero too).

Great editing!

3:29 I was not expecting that sound effect to play, and God I can't stop laughing at it

When Tobey appeared… I was in disbelief, in awe and just overall excited. I say disbelief because after Spider-Man 3, Tobey wanted nothing to do with the series onward, so for him to come back was something.

I feel like Doctor Strange casting the spell was less to do with Peter’s request and more to do with curiosity and just wanting to try it. He’s been like that since the first Doctor Strange. Trying anything and everything. Seeing what might happen with these new powers he’s learned.

Thank God Andrew caught Gwen in the clock tower with that web. It would have been a lot more messy if he didn't.

I really liked your breakdown of the film. Personally I thought that this was the best Spiderman film ever. Seeing all three Spidermen together was pretty epic ! And the fact that all the villains came back and had different emotional roles and principal roles was a true masterpiece in my opinion. Now the next question is where Doctor Strange in the multi-verse of madness is going to go because this is going to be the next step in the MCU. We are going to see the introduction of the illuminati and probably Kang and or Tom Cruise as a villainess Iron Man. Or we may see the introduction of Reid Richards and Patrick Stewart as Professor X. One thing I know for sure is that the X-Men will be introduced in this next film. All in all Spiderman was a great introduction into these next films that are coming. I also can’t wait to see what’s going on with Scarlet witch. Wanda is going to be a bad ass in the multi-verse. Thanks again Ben.

What they did was really good. It honestly feels like the "Home" Spider-Man trilogy is like an entire origin story up until the very end of No Way Home where he finally becomes the Spider-Man we all know

Dr. Strange was likely willing to help Peter because he said it's not about him and that it's really hurting a lot of people. This echoes what the Ancient One said to Strange "it's not about you.".

Willem Dafoe was amazing. Somehow he managed to shock with a transformation from good to evil that we all saw coming. Then he proceeded to steal every scene he was in. An amazing performance from a legendary actor.

The opener works for this version of Strange because he is a little more careless and a little more egotistical than he would typically be in the comics because he has never had the full ramifications of his bad decisions realized when it comes to his magic. It’s like having him at the being of his journey of becoming a better wizard instead of the end. He didn’t always know how careful he had to be, he had to learn that.

I personally expected about the same as Ben in that the story would suffer due to the callbacks, but I was still surprised that he gave it that much praise. It definitely deserves it, but I wasn't expecting it.

I don't get emotional very easily, but man that moment when Tom Holland realized that everyone he cared about would have to lose their memory of him was pretty rough.

Completely agree! The Dr. Strange premise to the film was sloppy and senseless. Dr. Strange is due for a great story. That said, the story progressed well and ended up in a great place that nearly made me forget the sloppy intro. Character arches were great! And that's really the heart of a gest story. Despite the bad start, the writers focused on what matters to a good story, and did it well.

I am still 1,000% of the opinion that the reason Marvel chose Dr Strange to do this, is so they can set up a Mephisto plot.

I've heard that McGuire was supposed to die at the end when Goblin stabbed him. But test audiences didn't like it. So they reshot the ending so he lives.